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Use this post to build a virtual desktop that will be used as the parent image or source image for additional virtual desktops. There’s a separate article for RDS Session Host.

This post applies to all VMware Horizon versions 7.0 and newer, including 7.12, 7.10.2 (ESB), and 7.5.4 (ESB).

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Change Log

• 2020 July 2 – Install Horizon Agent – added info from VMware 78434 Performance issues for Horizon 7 when using VMware VMTools 11.x
• 2020 Jun 5- Antivirus – added link to Interoperability of VMware Carbon Black and Horizon (79180)
• 2020 Jun 5 – updated download links for Horizon 7.10.2 (ESB)
• 2020 Apr 3 – VMware OS Optimization Tool updated April 2020
• 2020 Mar 18 – updated Install Horizon Agent for Horizon Agent 7.12
• 2019 Dec 25 – updated download links for Horizon 7.10.1 (ESB), and Horizon 7.5.4 (ESB)
• 2019 Dec 14 – updated Install Horizon Agent for Horizon Agent 7.11
• 2019 Sep 22 – updated Install Horizon Agent for Horizon Agent 7.10
• 2019 Jul 15 – System Settings – added link to VMware 2150495 Computer-based Global Policy Objects (GPOs) that require reboot are not applied on instant clones
• 2019 Jul 7 – Virtual Hardware – for Microsoft Teams, the virtual desktop should have 4 vCPU and 4 GB RAM
• 2019 Jul 3 – updated Install Horizon Agent for Horizon Agent 7.9
• 2019 Mar 16 – updated Install Horizon Agent for Horizon Agent 7.8
• 2019 Mar 8 – updated Install Horizon Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.5.2
• 2018 Dec 15 – updated Install Horizon Agent for Horizon Agent 7.7
• 2018 Nov 6 – Install Horizon Agent – added link to VMware Product Interoperability Matrices for supported versions of VMware Tools with different versions of Horizon Agent.
• 2018 Sep 9 – updated Install Horizon Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.6
• 2018 July 30 – added link to VMware TechZone Creating an Optimized Windows Image for a VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop
• 2018 July 21 – updated Install Horizon Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.5.1
• 2018 July 7 – UEM Agent – added info from VMware 2151440 Smart card SSO fails when you use User Environment Manager with a zero client
• 2018 May 29 – updated Install Horizon Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.5
• 2018 May 27 – Direct Connection Plug-in – added link to 2144475 Manually enabling screen DMA in a virtual machine
• 2018 Mar 31 – updated OS Optimization Tool section for version b1097.
• 2018 Mar 8 – in Install Horizon Agent section, added link to Terence Luk Add features to an existing VMware Horizon View 7.x Agent install.
• 2018 Mar 4 – in Install Horizon Agent section, added link to VMware 51518 Production Support for VMware Horizon 7.4, 7.3.2, and 7.2 with Win 10 1709 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) Guest OS
• 2018 Jan 21 – in Install Horizon Agent section, added info from Paul Grevink View Agent, what is installed?
• 2018 Jan 6 – updated Install Horizon Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.4
• 2017 Dec 15 – in the Windows Preparation section, added link to VMware 51663 Windows 10 Guest OS support FAQ for Horizon 7.x and 6.x.

Virtual Hardware

Lieven D’hoore has a desktop VM build checklist at VMware Horizon View – Windows 10 Golden Image Creation

1. The virtual desktop pools will use the same hardware specs (e.g. vCPUs, memory size, network label) specified on the master virtual desktop. Adjust accordingly.
2. For New Hard disk, consider setting Thin provision.
   
3. Make sure the virtual desktop is using a SCSI controller.
   
4. The master virtual desktop should be configured with a VMXNET 3 network adapter.
   
5. When building the master virtual desktop, you will probably boot from an ISO.
6. Before using View Administrator to create a pool, ensure the CD/DVD drive points to Client Device and is not Connected. The important part is to make sure ISO file is not configured.
   
7. There’s no need for the Floppy drive so remove it.
   
8. If you have any Serial ports, remove them.
9. In Device Manager, after installing VMware Tools, make sure the video driver is VMware SVGA 3D.
   
10. If not, you can use the driver at C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\video_wddm.

Windows

VMware TechZone Creating an Optimized Windows Image for a VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop

Preparation

Windows 7 VMXNET 3 Networking Hotfix

For Windows 7 machines:

1. Ensure the vSphere network port group allows a sufficient number of connected virtual machines.
2. Make sure Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is installed.
3. The recommended hotfix for fixing VMXNET 3 is the 3125574 Convenience Rollup.
   
   1. Run windows6.1-kb3125574-v4-x64.msi.
      
4. Or, the minimum hotfix is 2550978 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2550978.
   
   1. Run Windows6-1-KB2550978.msu.
      
5. Click Yes when asked to install the hotfix.
6. Click Restart Now.
7. After installing either hotfix, follow http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539 to delete ghost NICs.
   

From Microsoft KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235257: For desktop VMs using VMXnet3 NICs, you can significantly improve the peak video playback performance of your View desktop by simply setting the following registry setting to the value recommended by Microsoft:

• HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Afd\Parameters\FastSendDatagramThreshold to 1500

Windows 7 Black Screen Hotfix

For Windows 7 machines, request and install Microsoft hotfix 2578159: The logon process stops responding in Windows. More info at VMware 2073945 Reconnecting to the VDI desktop with PCoIP displays a black screen.

Windows 7 SHA2 Hotfix

For Windows 7 machines, install Microsoft Security Advisory 3033929, Availability of SHA-2 Code Signing Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Windows 7 Hotfix for AppVolumes

For Windows 7 machines, install the Microsoft hotfix for mountmgr.sys.  More info at VMware 2126775 Logging in to a virtual machine fails or is slow at the Welcome Screen when using VMware AppVolumes,

Power Options

1. Run Power Options. In Windows 8 and newer, right-click the Start Menu to access Power Options.
   
2. Click the arrow to show more plans, and select High performance.
   
3. Next to High performance, click Change plan settings.
   
4. Change the selection for Turn off the display to Never, and click Save changes.
   

System Settings

1. Domain Join. For linked clones, join the machine to the domain. For Instant Clones, see VMware 2150495 Computer-based Global Policy Objects (GPOs) that require reboot are not applied on instant clones.
   
2. In System control panel applet (right-click the Start Menu > System), click Remote settings.
   
3. Enable Remote Desktop.
   
4. Activate Windows with a KMS license if not already activated. Note: only KMS is supported with View Composer.

Windows Profiles v3/v4 Hotfix

Roaming user profiles are tied to the operating system version so profiles on Windows 8.1-based, Windows 10-based, or Windows Server 2012 R2-based computers are incompatible with roaming user profiles in earlier versions of Windows.

Profiles are compatible only between the following client and server operating system pairs:

• v6 = Windows 10 1607 and newer, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
• v5 = Windows 10 1511 and older
• v4 = Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
• v3 = Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
• v2 = Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

If Windows 8, install hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2887239.

If Windows 8.1, ensure update rollup 2887595 is installed. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2890783

After you apply this update, you must create a registry key before you restart the computer.

1. Run regedit.
2. Locate and then tap or click the following registry subkey:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlset\Services\ProfSvc\Parameters
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then tap or click DWORDValue.
4. Type UseProfilePathExtensionVersion.
5. Press and hold or right-click UseProfilePathExtensionVersion, and then tap or click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then tap or click OK.
7. Exit Registry Editor.

After you configure the UseProfilePathExtensionVersion registry entry, you have to restart the computer. Then, Windows 8.1 creates a user profile and appends the suffix “.v4” to the profile folder name to differentiate it from version 2 of the profile in Windows 7 and version 3 of the profile in Windows 8. Then, Windows 8.1-based computers that have update rollup 2887595 installed and the UseProfilePathExtensionVersion registry entry configured use version 4 of the profile.

Windows 8 creates a new copy of the user profile and appends the suffix “.v3” in the profile folder name to differentiate it from the original version 2 profile for Windows 7. After that, Windows 8-based computers that have this hotfix installed and the UseProfilePathExtensionVersion registry entry configured use the version 3 profile for users.

Install Applications

Install applications locally if you want them to be available on all virtual desktops created based on this master virtual desktop.

Or you can use a Layering product (e.g. VMware App Volumes, Unidesk) or App Streaming (e.g. ThinApp, Microsoft App-V).

Antivirus

VMware Tech Paper Antivirus Considerations for VMware Horizon 7 contains exclusions for Horizon View, App Volumes, User Environment Manager, ThinApp, etc.

Microsoft’s virus scanning recommendations (e.g. exclude group policy files) – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822158.

Carbon Black

Interoperability of VMware Carbon Black and Horizon (79180)

Symantec

Symantec links:

Trend Micro

Trend Micro Slow login on Citrix environment after installing OfficeScan (OSCE): The following registries can be used to troubleshoot the issue. These registries will allow a delay on the startup procedure of OSCE until the system has launched successfully. This avoids deadlock situations during login.

Citrix CTX136680 – Slow Server Performance After Trend Micro Installation. Citrix session hosts experience slow response and performance more noticeable while users try to log in to the servers. At some point the performance of the servers is affected, resulting in issues with users logging on and requiring the server to be restarted. This issue is more noticeable on mid to large session host infrastructures.

Trend Micro has provided a registry fix for this type of issue. Create the following registry on all the affected servers. Add new DWORD Value as:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TmFilterParameters] “DisableCtProcCheck”=dword:00000001

Trend Micro Links:

Sophos

CTX238012 Logon process to VDAs is extremely slow when Citrix UPM is enabled. Set the following registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Sophos\SavService\Application
  • DisableAsyncScans (DWORD) = 1

Sophos Endpoint Security and Control: Best Practice for running Sophos on virtual systems: we’ve amassed the following practical information about how you can optimize our software to work with this technology.

Sophos Endpoint Security and Control: Installation and configuration considerations for Sophos Anti-Virus on a Remote Desktop Services server: It maybe desirable to disable the Sophos AutoUpdate shield icon

Sophos Endpoint Security and Control: How to include current version of Sophos in a disk image for cloned virtual machines: This procedure will make sure that the produced target/cloned computers:

• Get their distinct identity with Enterprise Console, under which they can be subsequently managed.
• Have the desired version of Sophos Anti-Virus already installed and configured on the created image.

Palo Alto Traps

• Install Traps Agent for Windows:
  • Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) installation—Intended for non-persistent endpoints that replicate (also referred to as spawn) from a golden image which has Traps installed.
  • Temporary session—Intended for either physical or virtual endpoints (such as a Remote Desktop Server) that repeatedly revert to a snapshot (or image) on which Traps is not installed.

Windows Defender Antivirus

Configuring Microsoft Defender Antivirus for non-persistent VDI machines – Microsoft Blog

Deployment guide for Windows Defender Antivirus in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environment – Microsoft Docs

Onboarding and servicing non-persistent VDI machines with Microsoft Defender ATP

Cylance

CTX232722 Unable to launch application with Cylance Memory Protection Enabled. Cylance must be run in compatibility mode in order to the VDA and Cylance to run on the same machine. See the article for detailed instructions.

Horizon Agent

Horizon Agent Installation/Upgrade

Install Horizon Agent on the master virtual desktop. Upgrades are performed in-place.

1. See VMware 2149393 Supported versions of Windows 10 on Horizon Agent.
   1. Windows 10 version 1903 is supported by Horizon Agent 7.8 and newer.
   2. Windows 10 version 1809 is supported by Horizon Agents 7.5.1 and newer.
2. VMware Tools – Only install Horizon Agent after you install VMware Tools.
   1. If you need to update VMware Tools, uninstall Horizon Agent, upgrade VMware Tools, and then reinstall Horizon Agent.
   2. See VMware Product Interoperability Matrices for supported versions of VMware Tools with different versions of Horizon Agent.
   3. If VMware Tools 11.x, VMware recommends running the following: (source = VMware 78434 Performance issues for Horizon 7 when using VMware VMTools 11.x) C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareToolboxCmd.exe" config set appinfo disabled true
3. Check the video driver to make sure it is VMware SVGA 3D.
   
4. Download Horizon 7.12.0 View Agent, Horizon 7.10.2 View Agent (ESB), or Horizon 7.5.4 View Agent (ESB).
   
   
   
5. Run the downloaded VMware-Horizon-Agent-x86_64-7.12.0.exe, VMware-Horizon-Agent-x86_64-7.10.2.exe or VMware-viewagent-x86_64-7.5.4.exe (ESB).
   
   
   
6. If you want the URL Content Redirection feature, then you must run the Agent installer with the the following switches: 
7. In the Welcome to the Installation Wizard for VMware Horizon Agent page, click Next.
   
8. In the License Agreement page, select I accept the terms, and click Next.
   
9. In the Network protocol configuration page, select IPv4, and click Next.
   
10. In the Custom Setup page, there are several features not enabled by default. Feel free to enable them.
    1. If you want USB Redirection, then enable that feature.
       
    2. Horizon 7.2 and newer have VMware Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business. See Configure Skype for Business at VMware Docs for details.
       
    3. You can install Instant Clone Agent, or View Composer Agent, but not both.
       
       
    4. According to Instant-Clone Desktop Pools at VMware Docs, Persona is not supported with Instant Clones.
       
       
    5. If you want Scanner Redirection, then enable that feature. Note: Scanner Redirection will impact host density.
       
    6. Horizon 7.3 through Horizon 7.9 have HTML5 Multimedia Redirection. In Horizon 7.10 and newer, HTML5 Browser Redirection seems to be installed automatically. To enable and configure these features, see HTML5 Redirection in Horizon Group Policy.
       
    7. Horizon 7.6 and newer have an option for Geolocation Redirection. The feature requires a plugin for Internet Explorer 11 and Horizon Client 4.9. No other browsers are supported. See Configuring Geolocation Redirection at VMware Docs.
       
    8. Horizon 7.5 and newer have Horizon Performance Tracker, which adds a program to the Agent that can show the user performance of the remote session. You can publish the Tracker.
       
       
    9. Horizon 7.7 and newer have a VMware Integrated Printing or VMware Advanced Printing option, which replaces the older ThinPrint technology. VMware Integrated Printing requires Horizon Client 4.10 or newer.
       
    10. If you enable VMware Integrated Printing, then you must disable Virtual Printing, which is higher in the list.
        
        
11. Click Next when done making selections.
12. In the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install.
    
13. In the Installer Completed page, click Finish.
    
14. Click Yes when asked to restart.
    
15. If you want to know what features were selected during installation, look in HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\Features_HorizonAgent. Or look in the installation log files as detailed at Paul Grevink View Agent, what is installed?
    
16. For Horizon Persona (not with Instant Clones), enable the Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider service. See Windows 10 with Persona management not syncing at VMware Communities.
    
17. If Windows 10 version 1709 with View Composer, you might have to delete . See VMware 51518 Production Support for VMware Horizon 7.4, 7.3.2, and 7.2 with Win 10 1709 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) Guest OS
    
18. To verify installation of the URL Content Redirection feature, check for the presence of C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View\Agent\bin\UrlRedirection.
    
19. There’s also a new IE add-on.
    
20. URL Content Redirection is configured using group policy.

Install/Upgrade Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) Agent

Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM) is the new name for User Environment Manager (UEM).

If you are licensed for Dynamic Environment Manager (Horizon Enterprise Edition), install the Dynamic Environment Manager Agent.

Windows 10 Compatibility

• DEM 9.10 and newer support Windows 10 version 1909.
• UEM 9.8 and newer support Windows 10 version 1903.
• UEM 9.6 and newer are supported on Windows 10 1809.

To install DEM Agent:

1. Make sure Prevent access to registry editing tools is not enabled in any GPO since this setting prevents the FlexEngine from operating properly.
2. Download Dynamic Environment Manager 9.11.0, Dynamic Environment Manager 9.9.0 (ESB) or User Environment Manager 9.4.1 (ESB).
   
   
   
3. Run the extracted VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 9.11 x64.msi, VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 9.9 x64.msi (ESB), or VMware User Environment Manager 9.4.1 x64.msi (ESB).
   
   
   
4. In the Welcome to the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Setup Wizard page, click Next.
   
5. In the End-User License Agreement page, check the box next to I accept the terms, and click Next.
   
6. In the Destination Folder page, click Next.
   
7. The Choose Setup Type page appears. By default, the installer only installs the engine. You can click Custom or Complete to also install the console.
   
   
8. In the Choose License File page, if installing on a Horizon Agent, then no license file is needed.
   
9. In the Ready to install VMware Dynamic Environment Manager page, click Install.
   
10. In the Completed the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Setup Wizard page, click Finish.
    
11. If you have PCoIP Zero Clients that map USB devices (e.g. USB drives), then you might have to set the following registry value. (Source = VMware 2151440 Smart card SSO fails when you use User Environment Manager with a zero client)
    • HKLM\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware VDM\Agent\USB

Unity Touch

With the Unity Touch feature, tablet and smart phone users can quickly navigate to a Horizon View desktop application or file from a Unity Touch sidebar. Although end users can specify which favorite applications appear in the sidebar, for added convenience, administrators can configure a default list of favorite applications.

In the Unity Touch sidebar, the favorite applications and favorite files that users specify are stored in the user’s profile. For non-persistent pools, enable Roaming Profiles.

To set the default list of favorite applications:

1. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Unity
2. Create a string value called FavAppList.
3. Specify the default favorite applications using format: . For example:

Unity Touch can be disabled by setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware,Inc.\VMware Unity\enabled to 0.

For more information, see Configure Favorite Applications Displayed by Unity Touch at VMware Docs.

Composer – Rearm

By default, when View Composer creates linked clones and runs QuikPrep, one of the tasks is to rearm licensing. You can prevent rearm by setting the following registry key:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\vmware-viewcomposer-ga
  • SkipLicenseActivation  (DWORD) = 0x1

Dynamic PCoIP Policies

If you wish to change PCoIP Policies (e.g. clipboard redirection, client printers, etc.) based on how the user connects, see VMware Blog Post VMware Horizon View Secret Weapon. The article describes configuring VMware Horizon View Script Host service to run a script to change PCoIP configuration based on the Connection Server that the user connected through. Full script is included in the article.

VMware OS Optimization Tool

1. See VMware Windows Operating System Optimization Tool Guide for details on this tool.
2. Download the VMware OS Optimization Tool VMware fling.
   
3. Run the extracted VMwareOSOptimizationTool.exe.
   
4. On the Optimize tab, choose a template.
5. Then click Analyze on the bottom of the window.
   
6. On the Optimize tab, review the optimizations, and make changes as desired. Then on the bottom left, click Optimize.
   
7. The History tab lets you rollback the optimizations.
   
8. The Finalize tab contains tasks that should be run every time you seal your master image.
   

Additional Optimizations

Additional Windows 10 Optimizations

Additional Windows 7 Optimizations

Microsoft has compiled a list of links to various optimization guides.

It’s a common practice to optimize a Windows 7 virtual machine (VM) template (or image) specifically for VDI use. Usually such customizations include the following.

• Minimize the footprint, e.g. disable some features and services that are not required when the OS is used in “stateless” or “non-persistent” fashion. This is especially true for disk-intensive workloads since disk I/O is a common bottleneck for VDI deployment. (Especially if there are multiple VMs with the same I/O patterns that are timely aligned).
• Lock down user interface (e.g. optimize for specific task workers).

With that said the certain practices are quite debatable and vary between actual real-world deployments. Exact choices whether to disable this or that particular component depend on customer requirements and VDI usage patterns. E.g. in personalized virtual desktop scenario there’s much less things to disable since the machine is not completely “stateless”. Some customers rely heavily on particular UI functions and other can relatively easily trade them off for the sake of performance or standardization (thus enhance supportability and potentially security). This is one of the primary reasons why Microsoft doesn’t publish any “VDI Tuning” guide officially.

Though there are a number of such papers and even tools published either by the community or third parties. This Wiki page is aimed to serve as a consolidated and comprehensive list of such resources.

Daniel Ruiz XenDesktop Windows 7 Optimization and GPO’s Settings

Microsoft Whitepaper Performance Optimization Guidelines for Windows 7 Desktop Virtualization

Snapshot

1. Make sure the master virtual desktop is configured for DHCP.
   
2. If connected to the console, run ipconfig /release.
   
3. Run antivirus sealing tasks:

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