Profile container policy settings
Profile container
Large folders associated with a user profile result in a slow logon. Citrix Profile Management provides a VHDX-based profile solution that lets you specify the folders to be contained in the profile disk (VHDX files). This solution reduces logon times by mapping the specified folders to the profile disk that is stored on the network. The profile container attaches the profile disk containing those folders during logon, thus eliminating the need to save a copy of the folders to the local profile. Doing so decreases logon times.
Enable local caching for profile containers
This policy enables local caching support for Citrix Profile Management profile containers. With the policy set to Enabled, each local profile serves as a local cache of its Citrix Profile Management profile container. If profile streaming is in use, locally cached files are created on demand. Otherwise, they are created during user logons. To use the local caching feature, put an entire user profile in its Citrix Profile Management profile container.
Folders to exclude from profile container
List of folders to exclude from a Citrix Profile Management profile container.
Folders to include in profile container
List of folders to keep in a Citrix Profile Management profile container when their parent folders are excluded.
Folders on this list must be subfolders of the excluded folders. Otherwise, this setting does not work.
Files to include in profile container
List of files to include in a Citrix Profile Management profile container.
Files on this list must be inside the excluded folders. Otherwise, this setting does not work.
Files to exclude from profile container
List of files to exclude from a Citrix Profile Management profile container.
Enable VHD disk compaction
Lets you enable VHD disk compaction for Profile Management. If enabled, VHD disks are automatically compacted on user logoff when certain conditions are met. This policy enables you to save the storage space consumed by profile container, OneDrive container, and mirror folder container.
Depending on your needs and the resources available, you can adjust the default VHD compaction settings and behavior using the Free space ratio to trigger VHD disk compaction, Number of logoffs to trigger VHD disk compaction, and Disable defragmentation for VHD disk compaction policies in Advanced settings.
Enable VHD auto-expansion for profile container
Lets you specify whether to enable VHD auto-expansion for the profile container. When enabled, all VHD auto-expansion settings apply to the profile container.
Configuration precedence:
- If this policy is not configured here, the value from the .ini file is used.
- If this policy is not configured either here or in the .ini file, it is disabled.
Enable exclusive access to VHD containers
By default, VHD containers allow concurrent access. With this setting enabled, they allow only one access at a time. This feature applies to profile containers and OneDrive containers.
Note:
Enabling this setting for profile containers in a container-based profile solution automatically disables the Enable multi-session write-back for profile containers setting.
Configuration precedence:
- If this policy is not configured here, the value from the .ini file is used.
- If this policy is not configured either here or in the .ini file, the setting is disabled.
Log off users when profile container is not available during logon
Lets you force log-off users when the profile container is unavailable during user logon and (optionally) customize the error message users see.
Configuration precedence:
- If this policy is not configured here, the value from the .ini file is used.
- If this policy is not configured either here or in the .ini file, the setting is disabled.
Users and groups to access profile container
Lets you specify which AD domain users and groups have Read & Execute permission on profile containers. By default, a profile container is accessible only to its owner.
Configuration precedence:
- If this policy is not configured here, the setting from the .ini file is used.
- If this policy is not configured either here or in the .ini file, the profile container is accessible only to its owner.
In this article
- Profile container
- Enable local caching for profile containers
- Folders to exclude from profile container
- Folders to include in profile container
- Files to include in profile container
- Files to exclude from profile container
- Enable VHD disk compaction
- Enable VHD auto-expansion for profile container
- Enable exclusive access to VHD containers
- Log off users when profile container is not available during logon
- Users and groups to access profile container