Horizon View Windows optimization tools

While working on a VMware Horizon View solution for one of the customers, I come across two optimization tools

1 - RDSH_Optimizertool

2- VMware OSOptimization Tool

RDSH_Optimizer tool , found this on VMware website but no much details provided. Confused and was trying to find what it does before running tool on RDS host template.

As part of the tool download, READ ME file content is as follows but it doesn’t say what it does.

This software makes some registry changes to optimize the RDSH image to get better performance.

Please use this software only if you understand the risks and the implications.

To run:

1. Run the RDSH_Optimizer.exe and it will ask for your permission if you understand the risks.

2. If you press Yes, it will go ahead and apply all the registry changes.

3. Then, it is done (usually takes less than a second)

After running this tool on Windows 2008 R2 RDS host, it’s presented the file with the following content. I was a bit relaxed after understanding what “RDSH_Optimizer” does :-)

17:40:26 Applying MS Office Optimizations

17:40:26 Disabling unnecessary Outlook plugins

17:40:26 Disabling Animations settings

17:40:26 Applying IE Optimizations

17:40:26 Applying general Windows server optimizations.

Hope it helps if you going through this phase.

2- VMware OSOptimization Tool:

After the above tools, I found one more tool on VMware flings site, i.e. VMwareOS Optimization Tool. It’s more interactive and looks efficient. I have applied both tools for better optimization on Windows 2008 RDS host.

Update:01/07/2017:  I just visited the VMware Flings site, glad VMware team is continuously updating the tool to support the latest operating system and further optimizations. Latest update done to tool is on June 2017.

As per the following screenshot, it tool comes with Windows 7, 8, 10 and Windows 2008/2012 optimization settings/ template for VMware Horizon View environments. You need to select one of the templates and click on Analyse first to see what settings are already configured/ check and then click on optimize to optimize Windows operating system accordingly

 

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