This article provides the steps to enable the Restart feature for the published Citrix Desktops (normal and server) so that users get a fresh session every time that they are using same resource. For server desktops, this is a new session that is enabled for users. For normal desktops, it is a system fresh out of system restart.
Affected Products:
Affected Operating Systems:
Affected Versions:
- Citrix Workspace Application version 2211 and later
- Citrix XenDesktop version 2209 and later
Note: Successful implementation of the instructions in this article requires that the user is a Citrix administrator and has information about the Citrix Server configurations.
To configure the server:
- From the Citrix Server on the opening screen, click the Start button on the Virtual Apps and Desktops.
- On the opening screen of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops installer, click the Start button by Virtual Apps and Desktops.
- Click Delivery Controller.
- Accept the license agreement and then click Next.
- Select Delivery Controller and Studio, then click Next.
- Configure firewall ports as required and then click Next.
- Review the selected components and then click Next.
- After installation, open Citrix Studio and then click Deliver applications and desktops to your users.
- Select what kind of site to create, populate a Site name, and then click Next.
- Select how to set up databases, populate database information, and then click Next.
- Enter Citrix license details and then click Next.
- For enabling power-managed desktops while configuring Citrix Studio in Virtual apps and Desktop, select a Virtual Managed Machine (VMware vSphere, Citrix Hypervisor, and so on).
Note: If No machine management is selected from the drop-down, the Restart button is not available in Citrix Workspace for a Windows single-session operating system.
- After selecting the connection type from the drop-down, populate the additional details and credentials, then click Next.
- Select the operating system type as either Single-session OS or Multi-Session OS as required and then click Next.
- Select Machines that are power managed, select Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS), and then click Next.
Note:
- Enabling the Power-Managed client enables the restart button in Citrix Workspace for a Windows single-session OS.
- Before creating the Machine Catalogue, you must create a Required Desktop with Citrix VDA installed in your Virtual Managed machine for cloning. For more information, reference Citrix - Install VDAs.
- Select the master image for cloning, and then click Next.
- Select the number of virtual machines, select the total memory for each machine, and then click Next.
- Select domain details, provide the computer naming scheme for VDAs, and then click Next.
- Populate the Machine Catalog name and then click Finish so it can create VDAs from the clone image.
- After creating machine catalog, create the Delivery Group, create the Application Group, and then assign the users as required.
Note: For more information about creating Delivery groups, Application groups, and StoreFront, reference Citrix documentation.
- Check Citrix Workspace and verify that the Windows single-session desktops have the Restart button enabled.