FSLogix antivirus exclusions

For FSLogix Profile Container to work properly, configure your antivirus to exclude the following objects, as per Microsoft’s recommendations:

Files:

• %TEMP%\*\*.VHD

• %TEMP%\*\*.VHDX

• %Windir%\TEMP\*\*.VHD

• %Windir%\TEMP\*\*.VHDX

• \\server-name\share-name\*\*.VHD

• \\server-name\share-name\*\*.VHD.lock

• \\server-name\share-name\*\*.VHD.meta

• \\server-name\share-name\*\*.VHD.metadata

• \\server-name\share-name\*\*.VHDX

• \\server-name\share-name\*\*.VHDX.lock

• \\server-name\share-name\*\*.VHDX.meta

• \\server-name\share-name\*\*.VHDX.metadata

Note: Antivirus exclusions for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (previously Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection) can be set via Parallels RAS optimizations (Windows Defender ATP category). See this KB for more info: https://kb.parallels.com/en/125071.