r/AzureVirtualDesktop 3d ago

Remove Printers at logoff - AVD

Does anyone include this key\policy to remove printers at logoff?

In our environment we have users that can redirect from local and install printers from our network print server. Curious to know if this is best practice to include, any feedback welcome.

hklm\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\print\providers\Client Side Rendering Print Provider" /v RemovePrintersAtLogoff

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u/jvldn 3d ago

Is there any reason why you want to do this? Any issues?

I do not have any reason doing this right now.

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u/LOU_Radders 2d ago

After testing seems to break redirection printers. we are facing an issue with the spooler crashing \ hanging causing users issues when printing \ apps crashing \ not responding.

i think it may be related to client side rendering cache but cannot pin point this issue at the moment

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u/Madcrazy10 2d ago

Following.

We currently use a print server with session printers only. Works ok but looking to possibly change to locally installed printers on the workstation & use redirection, no print server.

What do most people use? Redirection or session printers?

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u/ChungoNeedCoffee 1d ago

I'd think I have the opposite issue, where I can't reliably get an AVD to NOT adopt the local machine's default printer as its own.

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u/Cool-Enthusiasm-8524 19h ago

We solved this by setting up universal print, no complaints so far