Maybe similar to @Paul Brown I'm setting up a brand new environment for a customer: • Windows Server 2025 • Golden Image through MDT for MCS • Citrix VDA 2507 • WEM Agent 2507 I install WEM with

'/quiet Cloud=0 InfrastructureServer=citrix-wem.customer.loc'

AND have set the regkey via GPO _(I set both for troubleshooting. The current 2016 env with WEM 2305 has only the GPO value set)_:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Norskale\Agent Host]
"AllowWEMUseCvadConnectors"=dword:00000000
"BrokerSvcName"="citrix-wem.customer.loc"

And regardless of what I do, the WEM agent always launches in basic/stand-alone mode and never connects to the broker/db and therefore doesn't do it's job. This is one of my last blockers and I'm clueless. This feels like a bug to me at the moment.

I don't see in your note where you set "*Override Agent Deployment Type"* to "On-Premises deployment"

Might need to use GPO to flip from basic to a full WEM environment? https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/workspace-environment-management/current-release/manage-basic-deployment-agents

Yes gpo or dont install w vda install as a separate package w cmd parameters

@Paul Brown Wait what? Is it now mandatory to activate broker mode via GPO???

glad you got a result.

Are you defining the ports in your cmdline https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/workspace-environment-management/current-release/install-and-configure/agent-host.html#:~:text=The%20address%20of%20the%20WEM,.exe%20/quiet%20CachedDataSyncPort=9000

My commandline is in my OG post:

'/quiet Cloud=0 InfrastructureServer=citrix-wem.customer.loc'

And normaly I only do:

'/quiet Cloud=0'

I've only added the FQDN for troubleshooting

They should take the word "optionally" out of the documentation.

For onprem if your not using gpos to define the ports you need them in the cmdline. For cloud you dont

For cloud you do also. I had to do the exact same for it to flip out from basic mode to cloud mode.

@Rob Zylowski I do also have to set the ports in the GPO?

Just need one or the other. Gpo is fine to use

I now set the ports and the Deployment Type via GPO, Thank you so much guys! I wasn't aware there was a change, this environment is running since WEM 18xx and stopped at updating at 2305 and I now did a big jump to 2507 giving me a headache.