Today, Immidio releases an updated version of its flagship product Flex+. With the Immidio Flex+ workspace virtualization solution, end users get a personalized and dynamic Windows desktop that adapts to their specific situation based on aspects like role, device and location.

Modern workforces expect flexibility from their employers; users need to have the capability to work anywhere with multiple devices and a high degree of self-service. With Flex+ workspace virtualization, Immidio enables such a flexible workstyle in a simple, scalable, extensible and affordable manner, without introducing additional complexity. Immidio Flex+ uses the existing Windows infrastructure, ensuring a low total cost of ownership.

Next to many small improvements, the latest version of Immidio Flex+ contains new features that were mostly developed based on feedback from Immidio’s partners and customers. The focus of this release is to support the latest Windows versions and application virtualization technologies, providing users with an even more dynamic desktop experience and improving the administration of Flex+ in enterprise environments.

Flex+ multi-tenancy support for IT departments
Immidio Flex+ has always supported multi-tenant environments, and this release introduces much improved management of scenarios with multiple environments, such as different customers, DTAP, or separately managed organizational divisions, for instance.

Such setups can now be managed from within a single instance of the Flex+ management console, making it possible for the IT department to switch between these environments and also export configuration items from one environment to another.

An even more dynamic desktop experience
In the initial release of Flex+, Immidio introduced many capabilities for managing the user environment. Flex+ support for shortcuts, file type associations and printers is now even more powerful thanks to the new UEM Refresh feature, which during a Windows session reapplies these user environment settings, dynamically re-evaluating conditions.

Another new feature is Triggered Tasks which executes a custom or built-in task (like UEM Refresh) when a certain trigger occurs. The triggers that Flex+ supports are the lock/unlock of a workstation and disconnect/reconnect of a remote session in VDI and RDS environments.

To improve the dynamic adaption of the Windows user environment, based on role, device and location, this release extends the conditions available in Flex+. The new battery condition makes it easier to detect laptops and tablet devices. The new “Computer or User in Active Directory” condition helps determine the role of the user within the organization and the place of the currently used device within the IT infrastructure.

Support of latest technologies
Immidio Flex+ now supports personalization for Microsoft App-V 5.0, in addition to the existing App-V 4.x integration. Platform support has been extended with Windows 8 and Server 2012.

Other improvements
Many other improvements have been made to the Flex+ management console and client component. These are all documented in the Administrator’s Guide of this Flex+ release.

More information?
If you would like to get more information about Immidio Flex+, please visit the Flex+ product page or send us an email at info@immidio.com.

For more information about some of the specific features of the latest version of Flex+, please visit Immidio’s YouTube channel for videos about the multi-tenancy support and the App-V 5.0 integration.

Immidio is about to release an updated version of its flagship product Flex+. Next to many small improvements, it contains new features that were mostly developed based on feedback from Immidio’s partners and customers.

The focus of this release is to support the latest Windows versions and application virtualization technologies, providing users with an even more dynamic desktop experience and improving the administration of Flex+ in enterprise environments.

Immidio Flex+ has always supported multi-tenant environments, and the new version introduces much improved management of scenarios with multiple environments, such as different customers, DTAP cycles, or separately managed organizational divisions, for instance.

Such setups can now be managed from within a single instance of the Flex+ management console, making it possible for the IT department to switch between these environments and also export configuration items from one environment to another.

See this video demonstration for a preview of the new functionality.

Today Immidio announces the release of its brand new User Environment Management (UEM) solution: Flex+. Immidio Flex+ provides end-users with a personalized and dynamic Windows desktop, adapted to their specific situation based on aspects like role, device and location. With Flex+, Immidio offers an extremely competitive UEM solution, requiring no additional backend infrastructure investments, and at a fraction of the price of comparable solutions.

Immidio Flex+ is the successor of Flex Profiles – the most successful Windows profile management solution, with over 2 million users worldwide. Driven by a changing landscape for the workplace, where end-users expect to work anywhere, anytime and on multiple devices (including their own), Immidio developed Flex+ in close collaboration with its large customer base.

Immidio Flex+ offers a desktop that adjusts to the actual situation of the end-user, providing access to the IT resources that are required based on a user’s role, device and location. Many organizations suffer from hidden productivity loss as a result of ad hoc activities like manually mapping network drives and printers or providing application shortcuts to end-users. This so-called distortion not only impacts IT departments but also affects end-users. The relevant user experience that Flex+ offers, significantly eliminates this distortion.

The release of Flex+ is a major milestone in Immidio’s history. We have been able to develop a low-cost high-end solution that will bring great value to our customers. Flex+ scales seamlessly with the existing Microsoft infrastructure, is implemented in a matter of days and does not need any additional back-end infrastructure. Flex+ has the lowest TCO in the market!

“UEM that fits”, is the key message. Immidio Flex+ distinguishes itself from other UEM solutions because it naturally fits your current architecture, infrastructure, timeline, and budget, regardless of whether physical or virtual desktops are used. A whitepaper called “Immidio Flex+: User Environment Management that Fits” is available for download.

For an in-depth product demo, please view the 44-minute Flex+ demonstration video, recorded by DABCC TV.

You are invited to download Flex+ for a 30-day trial period free of charge.

Managing application shortcuts and file type associations are just some of the new capabilities introduced in Immidio Flex+.
As demonstrated in this video, you can also use this functionality to manage application access for applications that are virtualized with VMware ThinApp.

Following up on our blog post from last week, it’s time to share some more information.
We’ll let the screenshots speak for themselves.

Immidio Flex+ Shortcut Management (Click to zoom)

Immidio Flex+ Printer Mapping (Click to zoom)

Immidio Flex+ Condition Sets (Click to zoom)

Since the release of Flex Profiles 7.5 last September, Immidio’s technical team has dedicated all its time to develop the next logical step: Immidio Flex+.

Immidio Flex+ is the drastically improved successor of Flex Profiles, designed in close collaboration with our ever-growing installed base. Immidio Flex+ is not only about profile management anymore; it has evolved to a mature User Environment Management solution, comparable to other UEM solutions, at only a fraction of the cost.

The upcoming release of Immidio Flex+ is a major milestone in the 10-year history of Flex Profiles. Starting as a freeware user profile management solution — touching millions of users around the world — it has now become a full User Environment Management solution.

In addition to enhanced user profile management, Immidio Flex+ offers:

• User Environment Management features like mapping network drives and printers, managing shortcuts and file type associations, setting environment variables and much more
• Condition-based targeting to control when to apply certain configurations and define “workspaces” for easy administration
• Application State Management to configure the initial state of an application and optionally reset it to a predefined state every time it is started
• Migration of application personalization, not only from one OS to another, but between application versions!

Last week our CTO Rodney Medina presented a sneak preview of Flex+ in a webinar for a limited number of invitees. If you would like to view the recording of this webinar please send us an email.

From June 26 to June 29, Immidio will be present at Microsoft TechEd in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (booth #87). This is an excellent opportunity for you to meet face-to-face and get your personal demo of Flex+.

Immidio Flex+ will be available in Q3. Stay tuned for more detailed information about Immidio Flex+ in the weeks to come. We are about to surprise you!