Vmware os optimization tool

Optimizations Remove optimizations that, while not selected by default, can cause issues if selected:. April, , b Lots of Windows 10 and Windows Server optimizations have been added to this version.

These include settings for Windows features and also for applications:. More optimizations have been added for Windows services and scheduled tasks to achieve a faster OS initialization and improve performance.

Inside the Optimize page the buttons at the bottom left have been reorganized. These are now in order that you would execute them in. The top-level buttons and tabs have been reordered to better reflect the main tasks and the order you carry them out in. New option in Visual Effect to allow the selection of disabling hardware acceleration for IE, office and Adobe Reader. The default is that this is selected but this allows this to be easily unselected if using hardware GPU. More comprehensive Sysprep answer file that helps with some optimization items that were getting undone by the Sysprep process.

Command line support added for the Finalize step. These can now be run without specifying a template. Fixed naming of Paint3D application when wanting to retain this while removing other Windows Store Applications. This had been previously been incorrectly named as MSpaint.

Legacy templates for Horizon Cloud and App Volumes packaging have been removed. The two standard Windows 10 templates should be used instead. LoginVSI templates are no longer built in. They are still available to download from the public templates interface. January, , b A new button has been added to the results page that displays once an optimization job has completed.

New option and button that simplifies the task of running Sysprep using a standard answer file. You can edit the provided answer file before running Sysprep with it. New option and button to automate many common tasks that are typically run as a last step before you shut down Windows to use the VM in Horizon.

System clean up tasks have been removed from the common options so will now not run during optimize but instead should be run as part of the Finalize process. New tab for Security options. This allows for the quick selection of common settings that might need to be left enabled depending on the security requirements.

Added command line parameter to allow the tool to run without applying optimizations. Changed default to not disable Webcache. In testing this was shown to break Edge and IE browsers ability to download and save files. The settings are still available in the Windows 10 templates if you want to disable Webcache. Templates Changed the two existing Windows 10 templates to also cover the associated Server OS and to introduce support for Windows Server This removed the need for these to be typed and run manually.

Deployment Image Servicing and Management DISM Reduces the size of the WinSxS folder by uninstalling and deleting packages with components that have been replaced by other components with newer versions. Should be run after a Windows update. Optimizes the. NET Framework. Should be run after an update of. Enables CompactOS to compress specific Windows system files to free up space.

Can take several minutes to execute. Disk Cleanup. Deletes temporary and unnecessary files. New Common Options page for Background which allows the choice of color using a picker. This also allows the option to allow the user to be able to change their wallpaper. Added a third option where all visual effects are turned off apart from smooth edges and use drop shadows.

This is now the default selection. New page in Common Options that allows more control over removing Windows Store Apps while allowing the user to select common ones to keep.

The small taskbar option is now no longer selected by default. Updated and changed template settings for newer Windows 10 versions to cope with changes in the OS, registry keys and functionality:. This version includes an "Export template" function, which enables the capability to export a template in a human readable format, as an one-file HTML. It also eliminates the duplicated effort in creating lots of sections in our user manual.

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Horizon View. Contributors 4. Comments Version 1. Project Details. The OS Optimization Tool helps with key steps in this creation process and also with applying Windows updates to optimized images: Optimize — Analyze, select optimizations, and apply them to the Windows image.

Analyze - compares the settings of the template against the machine settings. Common Options - quickly and easily choose and set preferences to control common functionality. Optimize - applies the chosen selections. Generalize - helps in running the system preparation tool Sysprep by generating a customizable and editable unattend answer file. Finalize - automate and help with some of the common clean up tasks that are typically run just before using the prepared image.

Update - re-enable Windows Update functionality on an image that has previously been optimized and had this disabled. Download file from Download button and unzip the file. Double-click the executable to run the tool on the machine you want to optimize. Follow instructions from there. July , v Version is a bugfix release with fixes for time synchronization, vTPM, remote execution, screen layout at lower resolutions, programdata path, import selections and template editing. Some of these optimizations carried out actions that were not needed because they did not change the default state of Windows.

Other entries disabled functionality in Windows that was potentially required for certain use cases. Some settings forced a specific or limited user experience, while not really contributing to a performance gain.

If desired these settings are better off applied through a group policy or Dynamic Environment Manager policy. Changes Firewall, Antivirus and Security Center are not selected to be disabled by default. The Public Templates feature and tab has been removed. Public uploaded templates were not validated by VMware. Users can still create their own templates, and then export and import them using XML files to facilitate copying between machines.

The Remote Analysis feature and tab has been removed. Bug Fixes Changed how the default background wallpaper is applied to resolve issues seen on later builds of Windows April 5, b Resolved bug where Windows Store Apps were being removed even though they were being selected to be kept.

This included changing the filter condition for Remove All Windows built-in apps. March , b Fixed issue where the theme file was being updated by a Generalize task and the previously selected optimizations including wallpaper color were being lost. The administrator username used during Generalize was not getting passed through properly to the unattend answer file.

This resulted in a mismatch when using some languages versions of Windows. Windows Store Apps were not being removed properly on Windows 10 version 20H2. Fixed the optimizations to cope with the differences introduced in this version.

Optimizations Changed step Block all consumer Microsoft account user authentication to be unselected by default. Templates Windows 8 and 8. Removed old Windows 10 templates from the Public Templates repository: Windows 10 Server Windows 10 Server January , b Bug Fixes All optimization entries have been added back into the main user template.

This allows manual tuning and selection of all optimizations. Fixed two hardware acceleration selections were not previously controlled by the Common Option for Visual Effect to disable hardware acceleration.

Analyze When an Analyze is run, if the default json file exists meaning that this image has already been optimized , this is imported and used to select the optimizations and the Common Options selections with the previous choices.

The third task that the OS Optimization Tool can assist with is to automate the common clean-up tasks that are typically run just before using the prepared image.

These include system clean-up tasks and clearing information that makes the image cleaner and ready for use with Horizon. Review the recent changes and additions and download the latest version of the tool , the user guide and the step-by-step guide to creating a primary image now. In this role, he develops technical deep dives and reference architecture papers for Workspace ONE and Horizon.

This message will close in seconds. You are about to be redirected to the central VMware login page. Before Optimizing As an example of benefits of optimizing, the chart below shows the CPU consumption for a standard installation of Windows 10 version , where no optimizations have been applied. A few things can be noted from this: The login process takes a considerable amount of time, and the CPU is busy for a long time.

The CPU becomes busy again after a relatively quiet time, when default scheduled tasks kick off. The quiet period between login and these scheduled tasks is still consuming some CPU. Windows is designed for a physical environment with dedicated hardware and can run lots of services and process that are not needed or necessary in a virtual environment.

These all add to the load of the desktop, consuming unnecessary resources, reducing the performance of the desktop, reducing the consolation ratio, increasing login time, and generally adversely affecting the user experience. The OS Optimization Tool can be used to easily deactivate or minimize the impact of these unnecessary services and features to improve performance and user experience. As an example of the benefits of optimizing the OS, the chart below shows the CPU consumption for a standard installation of Windows 10 version 21H1 where no optimizations have been applied.

The chart starts from the user logging in and then leaving the desktop idle, with no attempt to interact or launch any application. Review the recent changes and additions , and download the latest version of the tool , the user guide , the step-by-step guide to manually creating a golden image or automatically creating a golden image now.

In this role, he develops technical deep dives and reference architecture papers for Workspace ONE and Horizon. This message will close in seconds. You are about to be redirected to the central VMware login page. The release also brings a huge number of enhancements, including: A new look and feel with an interface built using the Clarity Design System A plugin for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to provide automation in the creation of golden VM images A rationalized, grouped, and organized set of optimizations with more descriptive naming Support for Windows 10 21H1 Support for the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser As part of the upcoming productization of the OS Optimization Tool, some functionality has been changed or removed: Public templates are no longer offered due to security implications.

VMware does not vet third-party templates, which could inadvertently or intentionally harm your system. The ability to optimize remote machines has been removed due to security concerns with regards to remote control over machines. This feature was rarely used.