Performance Optimization Guidelines for Windows 7 Desktop Virtualization

Applies to:
Windows 7 VDI

A whitepaper for Windows 7 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) performance optimization.

It goes over the following the following topics:

· Visual Effects Settings

· Windows Services Optimization Recommendations

· Windows “Features” Possible Settings

· Windows Group Policy Settings

· Windows Event Log Optimization Recommendations

· Virtual Machine Disk Controller Configuration

· Clean up miscellaneous files from the base image before locking down as “gold”

· Apply applicable Microsoft updates and hotfixes

· Memory Management Settings

· Networking Recommendations

· Scheduled Tasks

· Increase Service Timeout

· Disable Boot Animation

· Change Hard Error Popup Behavior

· File System Optimizations

· Event Trace Sessions

· Crashdump Recovery Options

· Pagefile Settings

· Miscellaneous Startup Items

Download available at:

v1.0 Jun. 21, 2012
v1.9 Dec. 3, 2012

Published to web: 10/18/2013:

Comments

Anonymous
November 11, 2013
Is it correct that most of non-specific to VDI settings are appropriate to use on servers and workstations for performance reasons?
Anonymous
November 25, 2013
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