Version 2106 marks a major update in the OS Optimization Tool and its journey to becoming part of the product downloads. The MDT plugin can now operate when MDT isn’t installed in its default location. Version 2107 is a bugfix release with fixes for time synchronization, vTPM, remote execution, screen layout at lower resolutions, programdata path, import selections and template editing. See Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Plugin for more detail.įor more information on how to use the OS Optimization Tool see the VMware Operating System Optimization Tool Guide. This includes the installation of Windows, VMware Tools, Horizon agents, and applications.

Update - re-enable Windows Update functionality on an image that has previously been optimized and had this deactivated.Īdditionally, the OS Optimization Tool comes with a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) plugin to allow the whole golden image build process to be automated.

Finalize - automate and help with some of the common clean up tasks that are typically run just before using the prepared image.

Generalize - helps in running the system preparation tool (Sysprep) by generating a customizable and editable unattend answer file.

Optimize - applies the chosen selections.

Common Options - quickly and easily choose and set preferences to control common functionality.Analyze - compares the settings of the template against the machine settings.

Optimize – Analyze, select optimizations, and apply them to the Windows image.The OS Optimization Tool helps with key steps in this creation process and also with applying Windows updates to optimized images: A step by step walkthrough of the complete process, is given in the Creating an Optimized Windows Image for a VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop guide. For Windows 7, 8.1, and Server 2012, 2012 R2, an older version (b1130) of the OS Optimization Tool is available for download.Īt a high level, the process of creating a golden image VM consists of the following steps.

The VMware OS Optimization Tool helps in preparing and optimizing Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, 2016 systems for use with VMware Horizon.

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