Many of our Immidio Flex Profiles customers are successfully using the product on workstation platforms such as Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. Now some of them had the question if it is possible to use Immidio Flex Profiles Advanced Edition in offline scenarios. The simple answer is YES!

Here is a short description on how to use Immidio Flex Profiles offline: The runtime component FlexEngine uses INI files to select the profile information to be stored when terminating individual applications or logging off from a user session. The profile information is written into ZIP files that are used to restore the profile information on application launch or at logon. In order to run Immidio Flex Profiles offline, you have to make sure that all required INI files and the user home folder – or any other location you want to store the profile archives at – are available offline.

This can be achieved by making sure that the INI files are accessible locally and that the user home directory is made available offline. The relevant settings are configured in User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Offline Files and in Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\Offline Files in the Group Policy Object Editor snap-in. For details see Microsoft’s TechNet article “Configuring Group Policy for Offline Files”.