Remote Desktop Services Requirements

The following requirements are needed on the remote desktop server:

Table 1. Remote Desktop Specifications
Minimum Specifications Recommended Specifications
Sixteen (16) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.1 GHz or greater base frequency Sixteen (16) Processor Cores, Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 (Haswell) Family or newer, 2.1 GHz or greater base frequency
16 GB memory (6 GB for O/S, 512 MB per user connection, per server)
Note: 20 user connections per server maximum recommended
24 GB memory (8 GB for O/S, 768 MB per user connection, per server)
Note: 20 user connections per server maximum recommended
Table 2. LAN/WAN Bandwidth Requirements
Minimum Specifications Recommended Specifications
32 Kbps per concurrent Citrix user 64 Kbps per concurrent Citrix user
(2) 300 GB SCSI/SAS Hard Drives (RAID 1) (2) 300 GB SCSI/SAS Hard Drives (RAID 1)
SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache) SAS disk controller (RAID 0/1/5/10 compliant, 1 GB battery backed cache)
Monitor (17” LCD/LED or larger) Monitor (19” LCD/LED or larger)
1 Gbps Ethernet interface 1 Gbps Ethernet interface
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Standard
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Client Access Licenses Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Client Access Licenses