We have a pool of NV24s_V3 VMs running. The VMs have 170+ applications on them so we have to keep the total number of users per VM down to 12. That being said, I can power on one of our VMs, let it boot up and sit for 10-15 minutes to get through all its startup processes and then login. When I login and get to my desktop, OneDrive will sync for a bit, but outside of that the CPU is under 10%, RAM is under 10% used and Disk Util is 15-20%. Even with those numbers low and me being the ONLY user on the VM, its still slow to open applications. It even takes 5-6 seconds for File Explorer to open. I see defender processes running under Disk stats, but it alone shouldnt be causing that kind of slow down, especially when the CPU / RAM / Disk stats are low.
Anyone have any advice of something to look at to speed up performance? We have already excluded Defender from scanning Program Files and Program Files (x86). Just very troubling that its slow with just 1 user logging onto a 24 proc, 200+ GB RAM VM.
