Run the vmware os optimization tool install the horizon agent post optimization taskclean the image and remove unnecessary software, files, and data. Horizon is a linuxbased server software with a webbased thin client application, providing management of the family of ngenius 3900 series and onpath 2900 series packet flow switches from virtually any location. Vmware vsphere nvidia virtual gpu software documentation. Solved windows 10 in horizon view desktop virtualization. For example, if the target system is running windows 10 version 1909, use the windows 10 18092004server 2019 builtin template to optimize it. Optimizing the windows 10 image for vmware horizon view. It compares optimized and nonoptimized versions of windows 10 and optimized.
Vmware operating system optimization tool guide vmware. The key ways to optimize windows 10 performance in a vdi environment are. Install the vmware view agent last, only after all other optimizations, changes, software installs, etc have been completed. See vmware windows operating system optimization tool guide for. The os optimization tool helps with three key steps in this process. Creating an optimized windows image for a vmware horizon. At tech zone, weve made it our mission to provide you with the resources you need, wherever you are in your digital workspace journey. Horizon management software is available as an individual or redundant external server. For information about the features that are supported in nested mode, see vmware knowledge base kb article 67248. Apr 10, 2017 optimize windows 10 for vmware horizon view 7. This has caused tremendous stability issues on a day to day basis due to the mandatory usage of roaming profiles which does not address all issues of ours. Operating system optimization tool osot for view in vmware horizon 6 and. By enabling the default settings, we already concluded that vmware os optimization tool gives an impressive vsimax increase of 44% in comparison to vanilla windows 10. Once you have created a windows 10 virtual desktop machine, it needs to be optimized so that it runs optimally as a vdi desktop.
Most screenshots in this guide are from windows 10 1803. Windows 10 1909 optimization hschimpf feb 28, 2020 2. Click start, type regedit in the start search box, and then press enter. Download vmware os optimization tool for windows 1087. Rob beekmans already blogged about optimizing windows 10 for vdi, i will focus on optimizing the login experience and the impact of user environment management solutions.
Builtin session experience score based on session performance and variables. I faced a lot of problems when customer create a master image in horizon cloud on azure due to appx packages in windows 10. Plan for skype for business in vdi environments skype for. You use vmware vsphere web client to create the master vm.
These procedures include creating a vm, installing and configuring a windows operating system, optimizing the os, and installing the various vmware agents required for desktop pool deployment. Horizon view also supports basic gestures in a view client running on intelbased surface tablets. There are various programs and scripts to optimize windows in vdi settings. Additional settings from the windows restricted traffic limited functionality baseline guidance. The osot includes customizable templates to enable or disable windows system services and features, according to vmware recommendations and best practices, across multiple systems. Windows 10 optimization test results introduction this paper presents crucial test results that demonstrate the benefits of the vmware operating system optimization tool osot fling for view desktops in vmware horizon 7. Horizon is a linuxbased server software with a webbased thin client application, providing management of the layer 1 pfs systems securely from virtually any location. Oct 10, 2018 vmware horizon training 10 add microsoft rds to vmware horizon view farm step by step vmware horizon training 11 creating an rds desktop pool in horizon view step by step. Horizon 7 is tightly integrated with vmwares softwaredefined data center, which includes vsphere, vsan and nsx. Vmware horizon clients for windows, mac, ios, linux, and android allow you to connect to your vmware horizon virtual desktop from your device of choice giving you onthego access from any location. Download windows 10 64bits and ms office 2016 iso file and upload it to an accessible datastore. For vmware horizon view environment there are several components where optimization practices could be applied view connection brokers connection servers, security servers, vsphere infrastructure, virtual desktop templates or golden images, end user devices.
Creating an optimized windows image for a virtual desktop provides stepbystep procedures for creating optimized images. Click here for a list of certified thin clients, zero clients, and other partner solutions for vmware horizon. The vmware os optimization tool osot fling helps optimize windows 78 10 and windows server 2008 r2201220162019 systems for use with horizon 7. To begin with, the vmware os optimization tool is a free download that can be found here the download is a zip file that contains the. One of the goals of a vdi image is to be as small as possible. With the microsoft lync vdi plugin solution, the user has to be on a windows computer or thin client and have microsofts lync vdi plugin installed to handle audiovideo streams from the client on the virtual desktop. To begin with, the vmware os optimization tool is a free download that can be found here. Two useful ones are vmwares osot and citrix optimizer. The results were found to be acceptable for use with windows 10based vdi pools.
Vmware horizon training 10 add microsoft rds to vmware horizon view farm step by step vmware horizon training 11 creating an rds desktop pool in horizon view step by step. Mar 31, 2016 vmwares osot offers builtin windows desktop and server operating system templates including windows 7, windows 8, windows 8. The vmware os optimization tool helps prepare and optimize windows 10 87 and windows server 2019201620122008 systems for use with vmware horizon. Vmware horizon view windows 10 golden image creation.
At a high level, the process of creating a master vm image consists of the following steps. You can view all the categories of maintenance that take place. The os optimization tool attempts to select the appropriate builtin template by detecting the os of the target machine. The vmware os optimization tool helps in preparing and optimizing windows 10 87 and windows server 2019201620122008 systems for use with vmware horizon.
Horizon management software features click to see sample screenshots. Doubleclick the delayeddesktopswitchtimeout registry entry. The os optimization tool includes customizable templates to enable or. The optimization tool includes customizable templates to enable or disable windows system services and features, per vmware recommendations and best practices. Vmware windows operating system optimization tool guide. Welcome to vmware digital workspace tech zone, your fastest path to understanding, evaluating and deploying vmware end user computing products. Vmware horizon view optimization guide for windows 7 and. Windows 7 and windows 8 os customizations provides background information on the specific optimizations and techniques used by the optimization aids. Check out vfellers blog on windows 10 optimization. According to vmware, the vmware os optimization tool helps you optimize windows 1087 systems for use with vmware horizon view, but. For more information, see vmware knowledge base article. Vmware 2149393 supported versions of windows 10 on horizon. The osot fling provides extra information and tips for further tuning and optimization.
Jun 10, 2015 for a well functioning vdi environment all components should be well tuned and optimized. May 28, 2019 the onedrive sync client is not supported in a vdi nor rdsh environment as per following microsoft support article. Aug 14, 2018 vmware os optimization tool osot is a free tool provided by vmware labs website. This integration provides a seamless turnkey solution onpremise and in the public cloud, eliminating the need to build, test and support disparate storage, virtualization and networking products. So there are a lot of guides out there see link list at the end. Sometimes, new windows operating systems are supported after this document is published.
Benchmarking amd s7150 passthrough mode with unigine 2. Vmware horizon training 12 creating golden or master. Logon to the desktop using the local administrator account. Windows server 2012 r2, windows server 2016, and windows server 2019 are supported for the purposes of running horizon client in nested mode. Integrated printing is an optional feature of the horizon agent installer and requires horizon client 4. Oct 25, 2018 vmware horizon view optimization guide for windows 7 and windows 8 white paper update free tool to optimize a windows 7 desktop for horizon view windows 8 and windows server 2012 support on vmware esxi, workstation and fusion. View in vmware horizon 7 white paper is short and sweet, and the main points are easy to grasp. In windows 8 there is now a services state change where only the necessary services are running at system startup, with most services marked as manual triggered start. Windows 10 optimization test results for view desktops in. Tune windows 10 in every vdi environment with vmware os. The horizon helpdesk utility takes all of the functionality of the current html5 based helpdesk in vmware horizon and adds true desktop integration features, including.
Vmware view window 7 complete optimization windows 7 forum. The plan is to combine all the optimizations and results and create a. Domain controller server previously created in part 5 of this series. Optimization tool osot fling for view desktops in vmware horizon 7. The vmware os optimization tool osot fling helps optimize windows 7810 and windows server 2008. If you use horizon 7 servers with a version of view agent older than 6. Aug 02, 2017 i havent applied any windows 10 gpos to it yet but ill be trying some today to see if it makes a difference with the new windows 10 admx. While that is the main purpose, it is an optimization software that has its uses even if vmware horizon view is not installed on the computer. The ultimate vdi deployment guide from scratch with vmware vsphere 6.
Content tagged with horizon view, vmware appvolumes 2. Therefore the goal for us is to have our software fully functional with a redesigned gui by january, 2016. Horizon virtualization pack for skype for business. May 11, 2020 windows 10 optimization script for vdi configurations. There is a lot of useful information in our new vmware windows operating system optimization tool guide. Creating an optimized windows image for a vmware horizon virtual.
Oct 25, 2017 benchmarking amd s7150 passthrough mode with unigine 2. Nov 25, 2019 the horizon helpdesk utility is designed to be a tool used by real help desk agents. Make sure that the version of the vmware horizon view agent you are using is compatible with the view connection server version you will be using. For the supported guest operating systems for horizon agent on singleuser machines and rds hosts, see vmware knowledge base kb article 2150295, supported windows versions for remote desktop systems for horizon agent. Optimizing windows 10, version 1803, for a virtual desktop. Managing vmware horizon view desktops offers guidance and considerations for optimizing the environmental aspects on an ongoing basis. Amongst the settings in this dialog there is the option to remove windows 10. The ultimate windows 10 tuning template for any vdi environment. Vmware horizon view is the virtual desktop host platform for vsphere.
Vmware os optimization tool osot is a free tool provided by. Windows 10 optimization script for vdi configurations github. This free utility allows to optimize windows 78 desktops for vdi. When a vgpu on a gpu that requires 64 gb of mmio space is assigned to a vm with 32 gb or more of memory on esxi 6. Mar 05, 2017 in the upcoming blogposts i will write about optimizing windows 10 in a nonpersistent vdi environment and especially focus on optimizing the login speed. Windows 10 in nonpersistent vdi login speed part 1. Tuning windows 10 network performance by using registry settings. What can you tune with vmware os optimization tool. A website which is well known for the flings, which are free utilities which helps it admins in their daytoday administration tasks. Login vsi windows 10 tuning template vmware os optimization tool screenshot.
You may not want to disable agent logs on pools that are set to delete or refresh on log off since you wont be able to recover realtime logs. From early talks of adopting windows 10 before i was working here it was actually recommended to buy gpus for the servers as windows 10 is quite heavy on the visuals. As you can see, vsimax dramatically increased by 44% by enabling all the. The uitlity is a standalone executable as no install is required. Optimizing windows 10, version 1909, for a virtual desktop. While you might think that this tool is only capable and usable for vmware horizon view desktops.
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