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Script some removal routines. Aaron Parker has some useful profile pruning scripts that may help

I take advantage of the redirections xml to exclude files and caches so they don’t roam in the first place.

We have shortcuts in the user's Start Menu for things like Clear Outlook Cache, Clear Chrome Cache, Teams Cache, etc.

i dont believe we keep cache, i think thats in the local_user folder that gets deleted on logout.. just an example

You can only put it in the local_username folder by using redirections.xml - which as I said you really shouldn't do

wait a sec.. so you're saying youre supposed to let the cache and stuff roam to the Fslogix profile vs blowing it away locally?

Yes. That's the point of FSLogix (or a lot of it). The cache is always instantly available

I understand.. I guess i was just trying to keep the fslogix profiles from bloating with useless stuff

But there's no gain to keeping them small. A 300GB profile mounts as fast as a 30MB one

other than storage usage, of course..

If you're storage constrained, then switch to a file-based solution

i'm not really, just trying to keep it manageable

How is a 50GB VHDX less manageable than a 500MB one?

if a user has a 50GB profile something is wrong lol 🙂

Not at all. Mine is approaching a terabyte

wow. that is true.

Like I said, an average user profile these days (Office, Chrome/Edge, Teams, OneDrive, etc.) is usually about 15-20GB in size.

we also have ODFC, so outlook should be in its own vhdx

Is there a reason to have it separate?

So when I set it up.. I was heavily suggested to separate them because "outlook profiles corrupt all the time.. you dont want to have to blow away the users entire profile just to fix outlook"

Main reasons a) different storage tiers for cache and profile, b) wanting to be able to remove caches individually c) you are replicating the profiles and don't want to replicate the cache

I should preface to say we're new with outlook as of last year.. we used groupwise before.. so i paid attention to horror stories

Microsoft are trying to encourage people away from ODFC now 😞

Ah is that right.. well I'm fine with merging.. it doesnt really matter to me. Just how it was set up day 1

It's only the Outlook "cache"

I thought all office settings were stored in ODFC too?

No

customizations, etc.

Just some licensing bits, if you've ticked that option

good segue.. how can I see whats in a users ODFC vhdx?

Mount it when they are logged out

I've tried to copy/mount but they wont

You need to make sure it's available (user logged out), double-click to mount, assign a drive letter through Disk Management, and don't forget to unmount afterwards

its always said "You dont have permission to mount the file" when i try. Just tried on a user who isnt logged in currently.

Odd

thank you

Sure, but all uninstallers do (basically) is just remove filesystem entries and Registry values

you are right there 🙂

since we use RDP/RDS servers, we say "no zoom on the server" so they have it installed on their desktops, but every now and then, someone will click a zoom link from an email or what not and install the appdata version.. or webex, etc. probably best that I remove the ability

OK well applying those AppLocker policies on the server end might do the trick then

will read your post.. thx for that

I'd take them all out

1TB profile is mad, your storage team must love you. In a non-persistent env, if you redirect locally to the diff/write cache where IO don't matter, I think it's choice of slower start of Teams vs load of storage needed. You need to find the sweet spot between usability vs requirements. 1TB IMO is way too much for what it gives but that's me. And storing .ost in the same than the profile container is another non-sense from MS. Why would you replicate/backup an .ost. Anyhow that's why I'm still on UPM and still using Teams, not roaming the cache and still have an acceptable user experience. Teams even if you have your cache is going to hit your CPU pretty hard. I can't wait to see if the new Teams v2 will do better.

The argument for replicating is that from a UX position it doesn't need to re-cache in terms of recovery. Again, it all depends on your use cases, impact assessments and requirements. I deal a lot with devs and traders where every possible extra drop of performance must be extracted

Indeed it depends of the scenario 👍

A lot of stuff to absorb here 🙂

I have a script to cleanup unnecessary folders in the profiles. You can define the folders and the script mounts the profile (only if it’s not in use) and deletes everything you defined. I will share it on Tuesday if you like. Right now I’m camping with my family 😊

Sure! Thanks.. have a good time