#Windows performance toolkit 2008 r2 upgrade#
#Windows performance toolkit 2008 r2 full#
#Windows performance toolkit 2008 r2 windows 7#

To gain use of RDP improvements, SMB2.1 improvements and actually make performance better for file handling the simple thing to do is to migrate to Windows Server 2008 R2.īONUS 1.

#Windows performance toolkit 2008 r2 upgrade#

Upgrade key servers to Windows Server 2008 R2

#Windows performance toolkit 2008 r2 windows 7#

To activate BranchCache on the Windows 7 client look in Administrative templates > Policies > Network > BranchCache and activate the required GPO settings.ĥ. Also set the group policy “Hash Publication for BranchCache” on the file server(s) found in Administrative templates > Policies > Network > Lanman Server. For file shares make sure to enable the BranchCache feature on the share(s) you want to use with BranchCache. Require windows Server 2008 R2 on the content server. Performance increases based on my own performance measuring are varying from 10-80% performance increase.Īctivate BranchCache feature from Server Manager on the content servers you want to use with BranchCache.

#Windows performance toolkit 2008 r2 full#

To get full use of performance improvements in SMB2.1 protocol you need file servers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 or if you are running a third party storage solution to activate SMB2.x support as that is not always activated by default and sometimes a firmware upgraded is needed. Set compression algorithm for RDP data = Enabled, set it to Optimized to use less network bandwidth Limit maximum color depth = Enabled, set it to 32-bit Three other really great tweaks found in Administrative templates > Policies > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Remote Session Environment: Go to Administrative templates > Policies > System > Group Policy and set the setting for “Allow asynchronous user Group Policy processing when logging in to Remote Desktop Services”. Convert scripts to Group Policy Preferences as necessary or make scripts running scheduled after startup or login to minimize the boot and login times.Īctivate asynchronous login for users to speed up login for Remote Desktop Services and RemoteApp. In particular the last one is of interest as this will quickly show you which Group policy extension is taking most of the time to finish.Ĭleanup, remove unnecessary settings and GPO objects.

Group policies and scripts are most often the bad guys when having performance problems with boot and login.Īlso use Event Viewer > Applications and Services > Windows > Group Policy > Operational log to look for instance events with id 5326, 8000, 8001or 5016. Specifically narrow in one Group Policy in the section in the Generic events and look for and enable only the Group Policy provider to see what’s going on with group policies. Use Windows Performance Toolkit (part of Windows 7 SDK) to troubleshoot what is happening during boot. Slow machine boot and login / GPOs and scripts So to summarize the key areas which you can look into when optimizing performance from an infrastructure point of view here is a summary of the key takeaways from TechEd session WC元26: Five infrastructure changes that will boost performance for the Windows Client.ġ.