The graph below shows how the test environment consumes host CPU resources with the different Office workloads.
This load will be reflected in the underlying host usage. The VSImax will be reached if the host usage is saturated by the generated (work)load. Interesting to see that migrating from Office 2013 to 2016 has a user capacity increase while migrating from either Office 2013 or 2016 to 2019 a user capacity impact. Office 2019 shows the highest impact on user capacity. The Office 2016 workload has the lowest impact on user capacity, which means more users on a host without performance degradation. The VSImax value refers to user capacity, higher is better. Office 2013, depicted in blue, is the baseline reference (100%) for comparison against Office 20.
Windows 10 was optimized with the default Citrix Optimizer 1803 template.
Windows 10 was configured with the following specifications for each scenario: Windows Defender was disabled, as this may influence the results with unexpected behavior. Both Windows and Office are fully patched.
The tests were configured to use non-persistent desktops with Citrix Virtual Desktops (MCS), including Citrix VDA 7.18, running Microsoft Windows 10 build 1803. The infrastructure used for the different scenarios are described in the following post and uses GO-EUC’s testing methodology posted here.īecause of limitations on the required Azure AD and Office365 licenses, Office365 is not included in the test scenario.
The software requirements are therefore important to note and used for sizing calculations. While adding new features can improve the work productivity and user experience of the end-user, it might also impact compute resources.
Although Windows 7 has extended support that goes until early 2020 and Windows 8.1 until the year 2023, Microsoft will not support the latest version of Office on these operating systems. Microsoft’s announcement regarding Office 2019 is, it will only work on SAC (Semi-Annual Channel) and Enterprise Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC 2019 (or 1809)) for both Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. NET 3.5 or 4.6 and higher to also be installed Browser The current version of Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Firefox.Operating system Windows 10, Windows Server 2019.Professional Plus: Skype for Business requires DirectX 9 or later, 128 MB graphics memory, and 32 bits per pixel capable format.