At the moment there are no templates for specific functions like application servers or remote desktop servers, etc. Out of the box it comes with default templates for Windows 7, 8.1, 10, 2008R2, 2012R. The Citrix Optimizer uses templates to optimize your server. The PowerShell option is great for using the optimizer in your automation workflow. You can use the Citrix Optimizer in two ways through the GUI or through PowerShell. It is also still in beta just like the VMware tool. The Citrix Optimizer is the newer tool of the two. So using an optimizer will improve performance. The same can be said when using a Desktop OS as VDI, like Windows 10. Even when you don’t use the virtual machine as a XenApp server but just as a normal virtual application server, optimizing the OS for virtual use will increase performance and will make the server leaner. Just think about all the wasted resources if you don’t optimize your OS and then deploy 200 XenApp server. By disabling all these services and settings we create a faster and leaner XenApp server. But since we’re going to use the OS virtual and as a XenApp host there are a lot of services and settings we don’t need. That’s why Microsoft adds a lot of services and register settings to make it as flexible as possible. *Versions used in this blog: Citrix Optimizer 1.0.0.19 and VMware OS Optimization Tool b_1093 Indexīecause Windows Server OS can be used for many roles and features and can be installed on a virtual or physical server. And maybe we will find that there is a third way. In this blog I will test both optimizers and give you the pros and cons. Both are free to use and use templates to optimize your machine.

These are the Citrix Optimizer and the VMware OS Optimization Tool. At the moment there are two big companies who both have beta’s of optimizers.

Maybe you have noticed it: using an optimizer is all the rage today in the server virtualization landscape.

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