Group Policy Default User Settings Reference for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop V1.01
Group Policy Default Computer Settings Reference for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop V1.01
Group Policy Settings Reference for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop V1.03
Group Policy Settings Reference for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop V1.02
Group Policy Settings Reference for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop V1.01
Group Policy Settings Reference for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
Five weeks ago, on the same day, I received three emails asking if I had a spreadsheet listing all the Citrix policy settings like Microsoft supplies. I replied I did not and had been asking Citrix for such an Excel file since March 2012. Someone pointed me to this Citrix article on Citrix Policy Reference but it has not been updated in three years. It also contains no data for any version of XenApp or XenDesktop 7.x. I reached out to several people at Citrix to see if such a file existed and all promised to get back to me. No one ever responded. So I started my own Excel file based on what little I had from the documentation scripts. There was so much missing information that I reached back out to my Citrix contacts because surely this information is sitting on some developer’s computer somewhere at Citrix. After pestering my Citrix contacts, I, again, never received a single response. I decided to take matters into my own hands and start a community project.
Deploying Printer Drivers for Citrix XenApp
Printers and printer drivers aren’t an exiting technology as the latest HDX Features in XenApp 7.12 and so on. But every Citrix admin out there has ran into issues with printers and printer drivers at one point or another. And we’ve all been felt the same need at least once: how do I get those print drivers out there without breaking everything?
Sure, XenApp 6.5 has had a driver replication feature for a long time, but that isn’t without flaws… So I wanted something different, something where I was in control.
Finding Microsoft Home Folder Errors for Citrix XenApp 6.5 Using Microsoft PowerShell
Recently on a project, I noticed lots of home folder errors in the customer’s System event log. I offered to take my Folder Redirection Error script and modify it to find home folder errors.
Finding the Average Group Policy Processing Time Using Microsoft PowerShell V1.0
On a recent project, we thought the group policies being applied were causing slow user logons and application launches. What we needed was a way to determine how long just group policy was taking to process. This article shows how we determined the amount of time group policy was taking.
Citrix Director – How to Make Director the Default Page within IIS
On a recent project, I needed to create two Citrix Director servers. One for Citrix XenApp 6.5 and the other for XenApp 7.6. I looked for an article from Citrix on making the Director site the default page in IIS and did not find anything. So I have ripped off, I mean borrowed heavily from, the Citrix article How to Make StoreFront the Default Page within IIS to do what I needed done.
Finding Microsoft Folder Redirection Errors for Citrix XenApp 6.5 Using Microsoft PowerShell
Another issue causing slower logons for users at a recent project was Folder Redirection errors. This article is how I found the issue and how the customer resolved them.
Citrix XenApp Server Running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hard Locks Under Heavy Load
On a recent project, the customer experienced an issue where updating the Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) image to Internet Explorer (IE) 11 caused a major outage.
Active Setup and Non-Responding Internet Explorer
Documentation Scripts Updated for Word 2016 Support
Another HRP, another picadm.sys bug?
Important Information for Those Using My Documentation Scripts
Summary Report for Citrix XenApp Farms
While speaking at the vCommunity events in the Northeast USA put on by Robert Morris and the fine folks at Advantec Global Services, Inc (http://www.advantec.us/), several script users asked if I could add a Summary Page at the end of the documentation script.
Webster’s Citrix Documentation Scripts and Microsoft PowerShell Version 4
Microsoft recently released their Windows Management Framework 4 which includes PowerShell 4.0. I recently made sure all the current and future scripts worked with PowerShell Version 3.
Webster’s Citrix Documentation Scripts and Microsoft PowerShell Version 3
I am in the process of creating V4 of the PVS and XenApp documentation scripts. As part of the process I wanted to make sure all the current and future scripts worked with PowerShell Version 3.