Hi Everyone, I need to create a Windows 11 image today for a client. This image will have the Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) installed and will be hosted on VMware (version not yet confirmed). Does anyone have any tips or potential pitfalls I should be aware of? I found the below article on Citrix website so far. https://community.citrix.com/tech-zone/build/deployment-guides/w11-mcs-vsphere8/

Beware the switches on the VDA installer

ok, thanks James

...and make sure the hosts are not on any power saving/eco mode.. you want performance.

VMware will need to be configured to supply a vTPM to the Win11 VM.

any known drawbacks of bypassing TPM with a regkey?

will it still be support by MS if you bypass?

You can bypass it? I couldn't get Packer to even start building Win11 images without TPM

i was able to build a windows 11 vmware workstation a while back with reg hack but not sure if TPM was even a thing back then.

@James Rankin yup the current test W11 deployment im using is bypassing tpm. just some reg keys during the windows installation : https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement

Problem I have is Packer just stops because Hyper-V errors out when building the Win11 image without TPM. Not sure I could set those before the image is created

why floppy?

Good point

i havent used hyper in ages but i assume you can atleast attach a usb, boot of that into windows installation, edit the registry and install it

It's client Hyper-V, so less features, but I will give it a go

any of you build your Windows VDI with Windows 11 pro...i have a clients who's ask me if they can do that. i just always built it using enterprise, never pro

Enterprise - you need to be licensed for Enterprise to run Windows client in VDI anyway. Ent gives you the control needed, eg blocking the Store

We used Enterprise.

Thanks everyone