How-to Register a VDA to a XenDesktop Controller?

There are a lot of questions about how-to register the VDA to the desired DDC or DDC’s. Citrix has its own Policies. And those policies are configurable in the Active Directory and in the Desktop Studio. Which is leading? And what are those settings? Must I use Active Directory Discovery (FarmGUID) or Registry Discovery (ListOfDDCs)?

 

The Setup:

My setup is simple:

  • 2x a XenDesktop Controller (XenDesktop and XenDesktop2);
  • 1x a Windows7 machine;
  • The XenDesktop Controllers are hosting there own XenDesktop farm.

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Slow NIC speed on battery power

When running on battery power, my laptop has slow network speed. When connecting the adapter the network speed is normal Open the registry, expand to: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class Search for: AutoPowerSaveModeEnabled Change the value to: 0 Before: 99% (10Mbps) After: 10% (1Gbps)