Migrate Citrix NetScaler ADC from pooled to permanent licence
Citrix NetScalers or ADC’s have two different types of licencing available to them. Either the traditional permenent licence where you upload a licence file to the appliance reboot it and its done, or...
View ArticleCitrix Audio Over UDP Dropping mid session
Citrix Audio Over UDP feature is great for improving audio performance in Citrix sessions and Ray Davis has a good article on how to get it working correctly link HERE. One issue I’ve come across...
View ArticleMDT Fails to resume on reboot (Failure 70)
When deploying with Microsoft Deployment Technology (MDT) and the task sequence fails to resume after a MDT initiated reboot take a look at the BDD.log. One of the last entries within that log may show...
View ArticleRemoving the Windows Domain login EULA for automated deployments
Pre-login EULA’s are a common sight within organisation’s forcing a user to “read” something then click OK allowing the system to continue to login. Automated build tools such as Ivanti, or MDT however...
View ArticleWindows 11 Start Menu Layout Group Policy
Windows 11 has launched today and it wasn’t long before I spotted some request for rearranging the start menu from the new centre layout to the traditional start menu on the left which can be pushed...
View ArticleCitrix Studio access during an outage
When you have a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop site with multiple zones, all zones are not created equally and this can affect Citrix Studio access during an outage. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops...
View ArticleSSLLabs SSL test script to check multiple URI’s with PowerShell
SSL Labs Server test is a great tool for ensuring that your Citrix ADC Gateways are secured. By entering a URL into SSL Server Test (Powered by Qualys SSL Labs) and waiting gives you a indication if...
View ArticleCitrix Drive Mapping Session in Session
You may have found then when you launch a Citrix session inside a Citrix session that the local drives do not map through, this does not change no matter what client drive redirection policy you set....
View ArticleThe Great Workforce Reset
Its no surprise that as I write this everyone’s year has been that little bit different and I hope you are all staying safe and well. We can’t take away the tragedy and chaos Covid-19 has caused...
View ArticleDroplet Computing Containers
To say that the EUC Workspace is changing rapidly is an understatement. Client operating systems now update regularly, and the end point choices have never been wider with Apple and Microsoft ,thin...
View ArticleCitrix ADC 13 64.35 Cannot Complete your Request Error
With the release of the latest Citrix ADC firmware 13 64.35 an update in the security policies will cause issues with Single Sign On (SSO) to Citrix StoreFront whether this is AD based FAS etc....
View ArticleCitrix StoreFront Configuration Copy
I’ve written a small script that you can use against your Citrix StoreFront server group to copy, backup or replicate a groups configuration using native StoreFront Powershell cmdlets. The this allows...
View ArticleCitrix StoreFront customisation script
I’ve been working on a powershell script to customise Citrix StoreFront look and feel over and above what the GUI options provides. things such as inconsistent colours etc can distract from a...
View ArticleCitrix StoreFront and Workspace Beacon Probing
Beacon probing in Citrix Storefront isn’t that well documented and I had a requirement to look into it a little more within some VDI’s themselves. Consider this situation, you have a number of users...
View ArticleMicrosoft Teams machine based VDI installer
Teams is actually a really good enterprise messaging and collaboration tool and as its in many O365 subscriptions etc then it’s a no-brainer to use it. However teams also has an unpleasant after taste...
View ArticleLakeside Systrack – excluding applications from being captured
Lakeside systrack gathers a lot of data around application metrics and a ton of other cool stuff. However on occasion you may find yourself wanting to exclude the systrack agent from collecting data....
View ArticleSSL No Cipher Match error on Dell Wyse thin clients
I came across this issue with a Dell Wyse thin client on a project recently. the thin clients in use covered several different models but they all had the same issue and the majority were using an up...
View ArticleCitrix Cloud – The missing elements
Let me start by saying that this blog will centre around the XenApp and XenDesktop service within Citrix Cloud. XenApp and XenDesktop service allows you move parts or all of your Citrix control tier...
View ArticleOffice 365 activation issues with FSLogix and ADFS
I’ve been involved in troubleshooting some activation issues with Office 2016 Click to Run with Office365 subscriptions recently. The symptoms would include being asked to activate Office at random...
View ArticleWindows 10 lock screen time stops updating
When you install the Citrix VDA onto a Windows 10 master image the screen saver capability within the image is disabled. This is by design and a long-standing Citrix workaround to re-enable the screen...
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