Posted inCitrix Virtual Apps and Desktops PowerShell XenApp/XenDesktop 7.0 - 7.7

New Script: Get-BrokerInvalidAccounts for Event ID Error 505 Citrix ConfigSync Service

There you are minding your own business when you (for once) look at the event logs on your delivery controllers. Much to your dismay, what do you see? Hundreds if not thousands of errors in the Application event log coming from the Citrix ConfigSync Service. What’s up with that? What’s going on?

Posted inCitrix Federated Authentication Service PowerShell

New Script: Documenting Citrix Federated Authentication Services with Microsoft PowerShell V1.00

The Citrix Federated Authentication Service (FAS) is a privileged component designed to integrate with Active Directory Certificate Services. It dynamically issues certificates for users, allowing them to log on to an Active Directory environment as if they had a smart card.

I needed a way to document Citrix FAS for a project. I want to thank those in the Citrix Community who tested this script and provided feedback to improve the script and the report.

Figure 1 - Running the script on a DDC
Posted inCitrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Uncategorized XenApp/XenDesktop 7.0 - 7.7

New Script: Get Offline Scout Data

Imagine you are in a Citrix environment where Internet and online access is forbidden. Where it is forbidden by company policy to enable PowerShell Remoting or Windows Remote Management or the Remote Registry service. How do you run diagnostics for the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Site using the GUI version of Scout? You don’t or can’t. This new script helps work around this issue.

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Posted inActive Directory PowerShell

Get-GPOBackupAndReports PowerShell Script V1.20

The original purpose of this script was to backup and report on all Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in an Active Directory (AD) domain. That worked well for small domains, but recently I have worked with domains with hundreds of thousands of Organizational Units (OUs) and many thousands of GPOs. This script update makes working with extremely large AD domains easier.