Updated 18th July 2025
Whilst some of these items can be excluded from the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installation, checking and managing them in a post install script ensures we have consistency between all installations and VDA versions. All these actions need to take place in the base image, hence why they are managed in a script and not via Group Policies. This script has been built from years of lessons learnt and developing best practices. It will…
- Disable the Telemetry Service
- Disable the VDA Ceip Service
- Disable the CtxAppVService (from 7.14 to 7.15 CU4/1906)
- Disable the App-V Package Cleanup (from 7.15 CU5/1909)
- Disable the Smart Card Services and Launcher
- Implement the Citrix Desktop Service (BrokerAgent) Scheduled Task
- Configure the UviProcessExcludes
- Configure the CtxHooks
- Configure the UPMEvent
- Update the BrokerAgent.exe.config file
- Enable the SaveRsopToFile registry value if it exists