The UEM management console software may be installed wherever it is needed to facilitate UEM management. The actual UEM configuration is stored in the UEM configuration share; the console does nothing more than connect to and manage the UEM configuration data stored on it. In the examples provided in this chapter, administrative access to UEM is controlled using the UEM_Admins AD security group. Only members of that group have the necessary access rights to make changes to the UEM configuration share, which is what is required to administer UEM.

The following steps outline the UEM management console installation process. The console is installed using the same installer file as the UEM Agent. In the example provided, we are installing the console while logged in as a user who is a member of the UEM_Admins AD security group:

1. Double-click VMware User Environment Manager X.y xYY.exe to launch the VMware User Environment Setup wizard. Click Next to proceed through the initial installation steps, including accepting the license agreement.
2. In the Destination Folder window, accept the default software Destination Folder, or update as needed and then click Next.
3. In the Choose Setup Type window, click Custom.
4. In the Custom Setup window, uncheck the VMware UEM FlexEngine components and sub-components, check the VMware UEM Management Console component as shown in the following screenshot, and then click Next:

5. In the Ready to Install VMware User Environment Manager window, click Install.
6. When the install process completes, click Finish.
7. In the Windows Start menu, click the VMware UEM folder, and then click Management Console to open the UEM management console for the first time.
8. The UEM management console will open up the UEM configuration share window. Provide the FQDN Location: of the UEM configuration (\dc-01.vjason.localUEM in the example provided) share as shown in the following screenshot, and then click OK to return to the UEM management console main window:

9. If this is the first time the UEM configuration share was accessed using the UEM management console, you will be prompted in the Settings screen to check which features you want to enable in the console. As shown in the following screenshot, enable all of the features and then click OK:

The UEM management console is shown in the following screenshot and is ready to be used to customize the UEM installation. Since we have not yet configured the UEM client GPO objects, we are free to configure the UEM without the risk of impacting our clients: