03 Building Webster’s Lab V1 – Install VMware ESXi 6.7
Installing VMware ESXi 6.7 is easy as there are not many installation options. It is almost a "Next, Next, Install, Finish, Reboot" process. The first thing is to download the…
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The Citrix Cloud Connector and the Network
This article was posted originally at https//mycugc.com/... Let's talk Citrix Cloud. More specifically, the Citrix Cloud Connector and its relationship with your network. So, what is the Cloud Connector? Docs.citrix.com…
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Does the Cloud fail?
The short answer: yes. The consultant answer: it depends. One could also ask the question "Should the Cloud fail?" My answer is: yes, failures are bound to happen in the…
Connecting to the Cloud: Name Resolving Matters!
Every modern-day Citrix admin will probably agree with me. Using Office 365 on Citrix Servers and Desktops can be a challenge, let's leave it at that. That's not the topic…
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To Cloud or not To Cloud?
It was truly amazing to see all the feedback and discussion after my latest blog post. So first of all, I would like to thank you for that. In case…
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Citrix vs SMB (Small and Medium-sized Business)?
Hi again,
It’s time for another story, but not a technical story this time around.
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Running the Active Directory Documentation Script in a Multiple Domain Forest
I have received numerous emails and comments from people having issues running the Active Directory (AD) documentation script in a forest that contains multiple domains. I finally got off my lazy rear end and took the time to figure out the issue and solution.
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Synergy 2016 Las Vegas Presentation – (re)Designing Your Active Directory
Updated 28-Dec-2017 to fix broken links Greetings, If you came to my presentation at Citrix Synergy 2016 in Las Vegas, thanks for being there. The room was fairly full for…
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Troubleshooting Microsoft Group Policy Site to Zone Mapping
One of the nice things about being an independent consultant is the new stuff learned while on projects. I learned some new information about Site to Zone Mapping I wanted to share with you.
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Inside Webster’s Lab: Removing Domain Controller Using PowerShell
With all the writing I do for my website and customers, I recreate my Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory (AD) environment frequently. Sometimes I just need a fresh start and I need to demote my domain controller, remove all the Active Directory related Roles and Features and just start over. This article will show how I use PowerShell to accomplish these tasks.
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Inside Webster’s Lab: Creating Active Directory Organizational Units, Users, Groups and Computers
With all the writing I do for my website and customers, I recreate my Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory (AD) environment frequently. I thought I would show you how, in just a few seconds, I recreate my entire AD structure.
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Citrix XenDesktop Personal vDisk Stats using Microsoft Excel and PowerShell V2.1
Yeah, I know. I just updated the script a couple of days ago and here is another update. Well, I just couldn’t stand it that the script couldn’t support sending email over anything but the default SMTP port 25. I just had to fix that but doing so required basing the script on PowerShell version 3. The script now requires at least PowerShell version 3 and there are a couple of more parameters.
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BriForum 2013 Chicago Presentation (More things in AD that can hurt your Application and Desktop Virtualization efforts and how to fix them)
Greetings, If you came to my presentation at BriForum 2013 in Chicago, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting together…
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E2E 2013 Copenhagen AD Presentation (More things about AD you should know)
Greetings, If you came to my presentation at E2E 2013 in Copenhagen, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting together…
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Synergy 2013 Los Angeles AD Presentation (Be a Hero! More Best Practices for Wildly Successful AD Projects)
Greetings, If you came to my presentation at Synergy 2013 in Los Angeles, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting…
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BriForum 2013 London Presentation (More things in AD that can hurt your Application and Desktop Virtualization efforts and how to fix them)
Greetings, If you came to my presentation at BriForum 2013 in London, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting together…
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Using My Citrix PVS PowerShell Documentation Script with Remoting
I needed to figure out how to run my latest PVS documentation script without having Microsoft Word installed on the PVS server. This turned out to be much simpler than…
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“10 Things in AD” Video from the E2E Conference in Hamburg, Germany
Here is the video from my "10 Things in AD" session at the E2E Conference in Hamburg, Germany. http://tinyurl.com/E2E10ThingsinAD This is a public link so feel free to share. Hope…
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E2E 2012 Hamburg, Germany Presentation (10 things in AD that can hurt your Application and Desktop Virtualization efforts and how to fix them)
Greetings, If you came to my presentation at the Experts to Experts Conference in Hamburg, Germany thanks for being there. This presentation is different from the Synergy San Francisco version…
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Synergy 2012 Barcelona Geek Speak Live Presentation (10 things in AD that can hurt XenDesktop or XenApp and how to fix them)
Greetings, If you came to my presentation at Synergy 2012 in Barcelona, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting together…