When the machine policy for the Sync Disk volume is enabled (ShareFile GPO), we always hide the Sync Monitor process. This is because the Run keys (HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Run) are not invoked in a seamless application as the Explorer Shell is never run. In the case of XenApp published applications, the only way to actually start that process is through the Winlogon\AppSetup registry key. So the design is to always have Sync Session Agent run and do some checks at session logon. (Be sure to download the full PDF and read that too)īy default the Sync Service is set to Manual and is only run when Sync Session Agent starts and does some GPO checks. Pay particular attention to the Computer and User policies that are part of the GPO. Information about configuring Citrix ShareFile On-Demand Sync is posted here and should be read and thoroughly understood before reading further.
This post is meant to help those looking to target the On-Demand Sync client only at certain users/groups in XenApp or XenDesktop environment that are using a common image with the ShareFile On-Demand Sync client installed. In some cases our customers want to deploy this for every user that logs in to the XenApp or XenDesktop image, in other cases they only want certain users or groups to use the ShareFile On-Demand Sync client. When you have 100 users all sharing a single server you don’t want them to each also have several GB of local data that is constantly being synchronized.” In 2012 Citrix announced ShareFile On-Demand Sync for “Customers who are providing hosted desktops or hosted apps for their users have traditionally not been able to seamlessly integrate file sharing products because they use too much local storage and/or IOPS to be effective in those environments.
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Adding to the article written about the Citrix ShareFile Outlook Plugin here is how to configure whether to launch/login to ShareFile On-Demand Sync in a XenDesktop / XenApp environment.įirst a little background.