“Please wait for User Profile Services” delay

Environment

• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Citrix XenApp 6.5 RU5

Issue

During users logon to XenApp published applications and published desktops there can be a lengthy delay on “Please wait for the User Profile Services”, it can hang on this for up to 30 secs.

Solution

In the Group Policy Management browse to:

• Computer Configuration
  • Administrative Templates
    • System
      • User Profiles

Modify the policy setting “Set maximum wait time for the network if a user has a roaming user profile or remote home directory” to “Enabled” and set the value Wait for network for maximum (seconds) to 0.