{"id":14322,"date":"2020-05-05T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T08:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=14322"},"modified":"2020-09-15T23:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:22:57","slug":"ms-teams-on-windows-server-keep-an-eye-on-your-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2020\/05\/05\/ms-teams-on-windows-server-keep-an-eye-on-your-ram\/","title":{"rendered":"MS-Teams on Windows Server: Keep an eye on your RAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]Brief information for administrators who are responsible for Windows servers and have Microsoft teams (Citrix, RDS, VDI) in use. Keep an eye on virtual memory, teams are a memory hog.<\/p>\n

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\"\"If you read up on the requirements of Microsoft teams, for example on this Microsoft page<\/a>, the requirements are quite moderate. And in this Microsoft document<\/a>, the memory requirements for teams in VDI (Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure) or Citrix environments are not exceptional. Microsoft writes, that 500 to 1024 megabytes of RAM per user should be calculated.<\/p>\n

But: Microsoft Teams uses the Electron Framework. I had already pointed out here in the blog (see Microsoft Teams and it's security<\/a>), that the Eelectron framework is good for nasty surprises. Sometimes they ship outdated Chrome browsers with known vulnerabilities. But that's a different story.<\/p>\n

By chance I came across this blog post<\/a> during my research for this article. It deals with the installation of teams in (Citrix) environments. Maybe it's helpful for somebody.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Observation: Server runs out of memory<\/h2>\n

I just got caught up in this tweet<\/a> from Manuel Winkel, thought it will be helpful to compile it into an article. Winkel is a Citrix Technology Advocate (CTA) and also takes care of team installations (with Citrix) on Windows servers for customers.<\/p>\n

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I've recently had to complain about the RAM usage aswell.
\nIt seem a more recent Teams version is a bit savy. Only 500-800 MB per user.
\nWelcome to electron \/ web apps.@MicrosoftTeams<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 al Qamar (Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus) (@tweet_alqamar) May 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n