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
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Performance Optimization Guidelines for Windows 7 Desktop Virtualization
v1.0 Jun. 21, 2012
v1.9 Dec. 3, 2012Published to web: 10/18/2013:
Related:
The Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE) view on Virtual Desktop (VDI) Density
Deconstructing the PFE VDI Optimization Script