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Configure active write-back

February 20, 2023
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By default, Profile Management writes changes that are made to the local user profile back to the user store when a user logs off. If a user starts a second session before logging off the first, local profile changes made in the first session aren’t available in the second.

To improve profile consistency across concurrent sessions, you can enable the active write-back feature. With this feature, Profile Management writes local profile changes back to the user store during a session, rather than waiting until users log off.

Overview

Profile Management provides the Active write-back policy and two extension policies as follows:

  • Active write-back. Has Profile Management write changes made to the local profile files and folders back to the user store. By default, Profile Management performs active write-back every five minutes.

  • Active write back registry. Use it along with the Active write-back policy. Has Profile Management write changes made to the local registry entries back to the user profile.

  • Active write back on session lock and disconnection. Use it along with the Active write-back policy. Has Profile Management perform active write-back only when a session is locked or disconnected, instead of every five minutes.

Enable active write-back

To enable active write-back using a GPO, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Group Policy Management Editor.
  2. Access Policies > Administrative Templates: Policy definitions (ADMX files) > Citrix Components > Profile Management.
  3. Double-click Active write back.
  4. In the policy window that appears, select Enabled, and then click OK. By default, active write-back occurs every five minutes.
  5. To enable active write-back for registry entries, follow these steps:
    1. Double-click Active write back registry.
    2. In the policy window that appears, select Enabled, and then click OK.
  6. To have Profile Management perform active write-back only when a session is locked or disconnected, follow these steps:
    1. Double-click Active write back on session lock and disconnection.
    2. In the policy window that appears, select Enabled, and then click OK.

      Note:

      As a best practice, we recommend that you enable the Active write back on session lock and disconnection policy.

The configuration precedence for an active write-back policy is as follows:

  • If the setting isn’t configured using a GPO, Studio, or Workspace Environment Management (WEM), the value from the .ini file is used.
  • If the setting isn’t configured anywhere, Profile Management configures it dynamically.

For your changes to take effect, run the gpupdate /force command from the command prompt as documented at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/gpupdate.

Configure active write-back
February 20, 2023
Contributed by: 
C B C
February 20, 2023
Contributed by: 
C B C

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