# Web Admin power management of VDAs - Feature request

**URL:** <https://community.thinlinc.com/t/web-admin-power-management-of-vdas-feature-request/2075>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** tlwebadm, linux, tlserver, thinlinc\
**Created:** [9 September 2026 10:48 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/web-admin-power-management-of-vdas-feature-request/2075 "2026-09-09T10:48:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Harj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@Harj](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/Harj)\
**Post date:** [9 September 2026 10:48 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/web-admin-power-management-of-vdas-feature-request/2075/1 "2026-09-09T10:48:07Z")

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Wondering if it would be possible to add VDA power management (physical or virtual) to the admin console, and whether this is something being considered for a future release? It would be a useful feature and would save having to switch between hypervisor management consoles or terminals to manage the VDAs.

Harj

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**Author:** ![aaron](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.thinlinc.com/aaron/32/13_2.png) [@aaron](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/aaron)\
**Post date:** [9 September 2026 22:00 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/web-admin-power-management-of-vdas-feature-request/2075/2 "2026-09-09T22:00:58Z")

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ThinLinc tries to be platform-agnostic, so this is not something which is on the roadmap at present. Other platforms (such as Citrix) are quite tightly vertically-integrated, with the solution providing everything from hypervisor to client, and everything in between. ThinLinc tries to be more modular, which offers a great deal of flexibility, but means that things like power management fall outside of the product scope. Hope that makes sense!

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**Author:** ![Harj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@Harj](https://community.thinlinc.com/u/Harj)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2026 22:44 UTC](https://community.thinlinc.com/t/web-admin-power-management-of-vdas-feature-request/2075/3 "2026-09-10T22:44:36Z")

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From an admin/support viewpoint, I still think having the ability to shut down or restart a VDA is a useful option in the admin console. CVAD, Horizon, AVD and Parallels RAS all provide this functionality in their native admin consoles, and Citrix Director too.

We’re already able to place a server into drain/maintenance mode from the console, so to me it seems logical to also have shutdown and restart available as an action.