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<p><b>User virtualization</b> refers to the independent management of all aspects of the user on the <a href="Desktop_environment" title="Desktop environment">desktop environment</a>. User virtualization decouples a user's profile, settings and data from the operating system and stores this information into a centralized data share either in the data center or cloud. User virtualization solutions provide consistent and seamless working environments across a range of application delivery mechanisms. Although user virtualization is most closely associated with <a href="Desktop_virtualization" title="Desktop virtualization">desktop virtualization</a>, this technology can also be used to manage user profiles on physical desktops. As the range of currently used operating systems expands, and the use of multiple devices by workers to perform their jobs escalates, user virtualization can support the creation of a "follow-me" identity that will allow access to a workspace without being tied into only a single device or a single location.
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<p>For virtualized desktop environments, <b>user virtualization</b> represents a fundamental change in how the corporate desktop is constructed, delivered and managed. The user’s personality is decoupled from the <a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> and <a href="Application_software" title="Application software">applications</a>, managed independently and applied to a desktop as needed without <a href="Script_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Script (computing)">scripting</a>, <a href="Group_policies" class="mw-redirect" title="Group policies">group policies</a> or use of user profiles – regardless of how the desktop is being delivered (physical, virtual, <a href="Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud</a>, etc.).
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="User_virtualization_for_terminal_servers">User virtualization for terminal servers</h2></div>
<p>For <a href="Server_(computing)" title="Server (computing)">server</a> based computing environments, <b>user virtualization</b> enables IT to have more control over the shared environment, optimize infrastructure needs and ensure an optimal experience for their users. With application entitlement, unauthorized applications are blocked without the need for complex scripts or high-maintenance lists, providing protection from unknown executables and ensuring compliance with <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> licensing.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="User_personality">User personality</h2></div>
<p>User personality is a combination of corporate policy and user personalization. Policy is used to set up and maintain a user <a href="Desktop_environment" title="Desktop environment">desktop</a> session. Policy also ensures a user session remains compliant by controlling application access, locking down or removing operating system and application functions, as well as self-healing essential files, folders, processes, services and registry settings. Personalization constitutes any change a user makes to his or her desktop.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="User_persona">User persona</h2></div>
<p>User persona is another term used interchangeably with user personality or user personalization.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.datacenterjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4713:coming-together-on-virtualization&catid=142:the-daily-buzz&Itemid=100366">Coming Together On Virtualization</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://azure.snagy.name/blog/?p=185">Above the Cloud – User Virtualization</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179911/User_virtualization_8211_the_key_to_successful_desktop_virtualization">User virtualization; the key to successful desktop virtualization</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theuvblog.com/2011/09/16/users-first-desktop-transformation/">User Virtualization, consider the user first</a></li></ul></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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