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Dashboard - SpotCheck - Physical Desktops
This Can be imported into your 6.1.4+ Stratusphere System.
Note: After Import you will need to press F5 to refresh the dashboard list.
Re: Disabling Hardware Acceleration
Nice work @Adam, this will now be part of the 6.8.3 default templates shipping next month. Customer's can just enable the rule if they dont have hardware GPU's and get performance back!
jmattox
Office 365 Flexapp Recipe
###Install Office###
Setup /download configuration-Office365-xXX.xml
Once downloaded start FPC Capture
Setup /configure configuration-Office365-x64.xml
Once complete Save FPC Capture, Save Icon
Playback and add script to post activate
Add Office365Repair.bat
Save app
Bat script details.
32 bit
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\integrator.exe" /R /License PRIDName=O365ProPlusRetail.16 PackageGUID="9AC08E99-230B-47e8-9721-4577B7F124EA" PackageRoot="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root"
64 bit
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\integrator.exe" /R /Msi MsiName="SPPRedist.msi,SPPRedist64.msi" PackageGUID="9AC08E99-230B-47e8-9721-4577B7F124EA" PackageRoot="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root"
XML Details
Makes adjustments for your environment
<!-- Office 365 client configuration file sample. To be used for Office 365 ProPlus apps,
Office 365 Business apps, Project Pro for Office 365 and Visio Pro for Office 365.
For detailed information regarding configuration options visit: http://aka.ms/ODT.
To use the configuration file be sure to remove the comments
The following sample allows you to download and install the 64 bit version of the Office 365 ProPlus apps
and Visio Pro for Office 365 directly from the Office CDN using the Monthly Channel
settings -->
<Configuration>
<Add OfficeClientEdition="32"
Channel="Broad">
<Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail">
<Language ID="en-us" />
<ExcludeApp ID="OneDrive" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Groove" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Teams" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Lync" />
<ExcludeApp ID="Publisher" />
</Product>
</Add>
<Updates Enabled="False" />
<Display Level="Full" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
<Property Name="AUTOACTIVATE" Value="1" />
<Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="FALSE"/>
<Property Name="SharedComputerLicensing" Value="1"/>
<Property Name="SCLCacheOverride" Value="1" />
<Property Name="SCLCacheOverrideDirectory" Value="%appdata%\Microsoft" />
<Property Name="PinIconsToTaskbar" Value="TRUE"/>
</Configuration>
perparim test edit
MrSmith
Stratusphere Top 5 Issues Found in Client Environments
Working with our clients in Physical, Virtual/VDI and Cloud environments we see many of the same issues. This video shows the top 5 issues that we have found and helped clients resolve.
Disabling Hardware Acceleration
On virtual machines, even though there is no vGPU in the host, VMware tools still have a driver that looks like a GPU to the OS and the applications. Making a few simple tweaks to the registry, group policy, or ProfileUnity to turn off hardware acceleration to core applications on non vGPU virtual machines can result in a CPU reduction on your host operating system.
More information can be found here: https://community.liquidware.com/discussion/39/stratusphere-spotcheck-methodology-cheat-sheet
The attached PDF will guide you through disabling hardware acceleration either through GPO, Registry, or ProU for the following applications:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Office
- Internet Explorer
The attached TXT file is a registry module import for ProU. Please remove the .txt to make it a .json for import.
Adam
Stratusphere SpotCheck Methodology – Cheat Sheet
Stratusphere has a lot of data. The SpotCheck documents and methodology are designed to help clients focus on key metrics. SpotCheck is not an exhaustive “Health Check” of the systems but can identify high impact issues that can affect the users. Think of the SpotCheck documents as a cheat sheet of industry standard metrics and their accepted max values.
SpotCheck Docs for Virtual, Physical and Cloud Environments are Attached.
Liquidware Video Presentation:
Liquidware Blogs:
Docs Last Updated: 08/29/2019
How can I create the best FlexApp Packaging Console?
The best FlexApp packages come from a clean FlexApp console. To start, you read the guide found here:
Next, you should install your runtimes, which can be found here:
https://github.com/liquidwarelabs/FlexApp/tree/master/Microsoft%20Frameworks
Finally, you should use the following process to optimize your image, assuming you are using version 1607-1903 of Windows 10:
First, download the attached .TXT file and rename it to an .XML
1. Run the attached template in the same directory as the VMWare Optimizer.
2. Run the VMWare Optimizer, select the FPC_Windows 10_Version 7 template, select Analyze and then Optimize.
3. Disable the user account that you're currently logged into.
4. Enable the SID-500 master Administrator account and set a password.
5. Reboot. There will be an error at login where it tries to login with the cached account that you first used to build the OS. This is normal.
6. Login with the Administrator account.
7. Snapshot and save the image. You can now clone it for use as an FlexApp Packaging Console. Enjoy!
