The Remote Desktop Services “ Prompt for Password” policy prevents Single Sign-on to the Virtual Delivery Agent.Add your Citrix Administrators group to the local Administrators group on the VDA.Enable COM+ Network Access and the three Remote Event Log rules so you can remotely manage the VDA.Enable File Sharing so you can access the VDA remotely using SMB.Optionally, go to Action Center (Windows 8.1 or 2012 R2) or Security and Maintenance (Windows 10) to disable User Account Control and enable SmartScreen.If RDSH, disable IE Enhanced Security Config.Then click OK a couple times to close the windows.On the VM Options tab, expand Advanced and then click Edit Configuration.Once powered off, right-click the virtual machine and click Edit Settings.

To disable this functionality, power off the virtual machine.

Users could use the systray icon to Eject the Ethernet Controller.

For more details, see CTX201804 Intermittent Connection Failures/Black Screen Issues When Connecting from Multi-Monitor Client Machines to Windows 7 VDA with VDA 7.x on vSphere/ESXi.

If Windows 7 on vSphere, don’t install the VMware SVGA driver.

Install the latest version of drivers (e.g.

For vSphere, configure the CD-ROM to boot from IDE instead of SATA.

If this VDA will boot from Provisioning Services:.

Memory reservations reduce or eliminate the virtual machine.

For Windows 2012 R2 RDSH, give the virtual machine 8 vCPU, and 24-48 GB of RAM.

For Windows 2008 R2 RDSH, give the virtual machine 4 vCPU and 12-24 GB of RAM.

For virtual desktops, give the virtual machine: 2+ vCPU and 2+ GB of RAM.

VMware 2109650 – Video playback performance issue with hardware version 11 VMs in 2D mode

If vSphere 6, don’t use hardware version 11 unless you have NVIDIA GRID.

Registry Settings – HDX Flash for IE 11, published Explorer, 8dot3, HTML5 Clipboard, 4K Monitors.

Direct Access Users Group – allow non-administrators to RDP to the VDA.

Configure Pagefile for Provisioning Services.

Citrix PDF Printer 7.8.0 for Receiver for HTML5.

App Switcher 2.0.2 for Receiver for HTML5.

Verify VDA Registration with Controller.

Change Controller Registration Port to something other than port 80.

Virtual Delivery Agent 7.6.300 Hotfixes.

Domain Checker 7.7 free