Delivery Group Power management turns off a few VDAs
                    
                
                
                    
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Description
                        
                        
                            - Few VDAs are powered off during the off-peak hours
 - Requirement is to keep all the machines to be powered On all the time but reboot the machines after a user logs off
 
                         
                     
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
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Resolution
                            
                            
                                Run the below PowerShell cmdlets on an elevated PowerShell on a DDC
To set all the VDAs to be powered on,
- asnp Citrix* 
 - Set-BrokerDesktopGroup "Desktop Group Name" -PeakBufferSizePercent 100
 
A value of 100 means that 100% of the VDAs are in the ready state.
To restart the VDAs after the user logs off, 
Set-BrokerDesktopGroup "Desktop Group Name" -ShutDownDesktopsAfterUse $TrueTo restart VDAs during peak hours, so that they’re ready for users after they log off, enter:
Set-BrokerDesktopGroup "Desktop Group Name" -AutomaticPowerOnForAssignedDuringPeak $True
                             
                         
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
Additional Information
                            
                            
                                https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/install-configure/delivery-groups-manage.html#sessions
                            
                         
                        
                    
                    
                
                    
                        
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