There is always a Microsoft profile no matter how you slice it. AppSense gives you better control over the user's environment and application preferences. Portability is another subject. Many of these venders sell their product as allowing apps to be "OS" independent. It doesn't' work quite the way it's sold. Think of it as a migration tool and not an interoperability tool. You can go from XP to Win7, but going back is much more difficult. Win7 x86 to Windows 2008 R2? You'll have bit level issues to deal with. Joe From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Scanlon Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:59 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Appsense personalisation The removal of windows profiles entirely The ability to have the settings portable across different OS's (server 2008, 2003 and win7) Thats it.... for now...:) _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Wood Sent: 19 November 2011 11:15 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Appsense personalisation The first question you need to ask is what are you hoping to achieve.. lets work from there up. From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of scanjam@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 18 November 2011 13:50 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Appsense personalisation Any suggestions here? For's or against's?? Alternatives? We are looking to deploy at some stage in new year. Cheers! Sent from my HTC ______________________________________ C. Hoare & Co. is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority with registration no. 122093. The FSA's address is 25, The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS. Registered in England no. 240822. Registered office 37 Fleet St, London, EC4P 4DQ Confidentiality Disclaimer: This message and attachments are confidential and may be privileged, and are sent for the personal attention of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended addressee, any use, disclosure or copying of this document is unauthorised. Information transmitted by email may be intercepted, lost, destroyed, corrupted or delayed and as a result, C. Hoare & Co. do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message. If you would like to confirm the contents of this email, please request a hard copy version. If the contents of this message are of a personal nature, the email will have been sent in a personal capacity and not on behalf of C. Hoare & Co. Monitoring/Viruses: C. Hoare & Co. may monitor all incoming and outgoing emails in line with current legislation. Although emails are screened for viruses, C. Hoare & Co. cannot guarantee that any transmissions will be virus free. ________________________________________