[Edit – 31/10/19 – Updated for Dynamic Environment Manager]

In this post we’ll be installing the management console and starting it for the first time. This is what I really like about this solution “No server backend. The management console is a fairly small executable and once installed gets pointed at the share we put together in the previous post, where it goes off and creates the folder structure, if it isn;t already there.=.

It’s a smart way of controlling desktops and in my opinion is much more powerful and flexible than using GPO’s.

Installing the Management Console.

1. Extract the downloaded DEM ZIP.
2. Run the executable VMware Dynamic Environment Manager
   
3. Click Next.
   
4. Tick “I accept the terms in the License Agreement“.
   
5. Click Next.
   
6. Select Typical and click Next.
   
7. Unselect VMware DEM FlexEngine and Select VMware DEM Management Console.
8. Click Install.
   
9. Click Finish.
   
   

Installing the Management Console.

1. Select Start -> VMware DEM -> Management Console.
   
2. During the first run you’ll be asked for the location of the confguration share.
   
3. Select Application Migration and Click OK.
   

We’re almost ready to go. Next we need to install the agent onto a desktop. This can be a physical or virtual machine.