Power Management

Last published : Oct 12, 2026
With Citrix DaaS™, you can power manage MCS-provisioned VMs across various supported hypervisors and cloud services. The power management operation provides you:
  • Optimal user experience
  • Cost management and power savings
The power actions available are:
  • Start
  • Shut down
  • Restart
  • Suspend
  • Resume
  • Force restart
  • Force shutdown
Note:
  • For a non-persistent VM, power cycle (shutdown/start and restart) results in OS disk getting reset.
  • Power action capabilities and behaviors vary depending on hypervisors or cloud services.
The article covers key power management features associated with certain supported hypervisors.