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Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 7.5 / 7.6 Microsoft SQL Database Permissions
I’ve recently been asked a few times about what the database requirements were for Citrix XenDesktop and XenDesktop 7.5 / 7.6 and I thought I’d write a blog post so I could direct people to as well as...
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Upgrading XenDesktop / XenApp VDA agent 7.5 to 7.6 fails at “Component...
ProblemYou’re performing a routing upgrade of an existing XenApp 7.5 environment to 7.6 environment and reach the step where you need to upgrade the XenDesktop / XenApp VDA agent 7.5 to 7.6 but notice...
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Determining IP address and hostname of end point device connected to a VMware...
A client with a VMware View infrastructure that services various offices around the world recently asked me if there was a way to determine what the hostname or IP address of the thin client his users’...
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Attempting to “Get Device Image” for a Wyse Z90QQ7P Thin Client from within...
ProblemYou attempt to use the Get Device Image for a Wyse Z90QQ7P Thin Client from within Dell Wyse Device Manager Version 5.0 but receive the following error message: ==================Imaging...
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Changing Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 7.5 / 7.6 default tab for Apps and...
I’ve been asked several times over the past few months about how to change the default view for a StoreFront portal to display the Apps tab instead of the Desktops tab as shown in the following...
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Configuring LDAPS / SSL for Citrix NetScaler LDAP authentication with Active...
I recently been asked about how to configure a NetScaler to authenticate against a domain controller when publishing XenApp / XenDesktop environments to utilize secure LDAP (LDAPS) via SSL and after...
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Deploying Microsoft Lync 2013 audio and video with Citrix XenApp 6.5
Those who may have come across my previous post about integrating Lync 2013 audio and video redirection to the local client:Deploying Microsoft Lync 2013 audio and video within a Citrix XenDesktop 5.6...
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Lync 2013 Client has PowerPoint, Whiteboard, Poll and Q & A greyed out
ProblemYou’ve successfully deployed Lync Server 2013 and began testing features in the Lync 2013 client but quickly noticed that the following options are greyed out:PowerPoint Whiteboard Poll Q &...
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Notes on requesting and applying Citrix NetScaler VPX licenses on the My...
I’ve found that many of my clients and colleagues get confused when trying to request Citrix NetScaler licenses which doesn’t surprise me because I felt the same way the very first time I tried to do...
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Troubleshooting Citrix NetScaler LDAP Authentication Issues
One of the changes I liked most about the NetScaler NS10.5 release was that the reliance on Java has finally been removed and replaced with HTML5. I can’t count how many times I’ve been frustrated at...
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Securing a Citrix NetScaler IP (NSIP) GUI Access with an SSL Certificate
I’ve recently been asked how to configure the Citrix NetScaler administration GUI console with a secure certificate so that the login credentials would not be passed in clear text and while I’ve done...
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Lync Server 2013’s Deploy Monitoring Reports wizard throws the error: Cannot...
ProblemYou’re in the process of deploying Monitoring Reports for Lync Server 2013:… and proceed through the deployment but receive the following error:Cannot grant ReportsReadOnly Role to user...
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Deploying Office Web Apps for Lync 2013 internal and external access
I’ve been asked on several occasions over the last 2 years since I’ve written the following post demonstrating how to deploy an Office Web Apps Server:Deploying Office Web Apps Server on Windows Server...
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Notes when working with Microsoft CA (Certificate Authority) services
I recently had to work with a Microsoft support engineer to troubleshoot an Active Directory Certificate Services issue and managed to write down a few commands he used during the troubleshooting...
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Attempting to register a package from a script file (.RSP) on a Wyse Device...
ProblemYou need to move Package Manager Images from one WDM server to another by following the instructions found at this...
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Upgrading Nutanix blades from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5
I don’t usually perform upgrades of Nutanix blocks from 5.1 to 5.5 but I’ve noticed that whenever I do, I’ve always had to reference an email in my Outlook’s Draft folder with the notes and screenshots...
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Extending VMware VM’s VMDK disk with command line vmkfstools
Those who have recently upgraded to vSphere 5.5 may have noticed that if you’ve also gone ahead and upgraded the virtual machine’s hardware to version 10 would result in the inability to edit the...
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Citrix NetScaler's Upgrade Wizard fails to load with Java Applet error...
ProblemYou attempt to use the Upgrade Wizard option on a Citrix NetScaler 10.5 to upgrade from a July 2014 build to the latest December 18th, 2014 build but receive the following error in the...
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Attempting to open Exchange Server 2010’s Exchange Management Console throws...
ProblemYou attempt to open the Microsoft Exchange On-Premises node in the EMC (Exchange Management Console) but receive the following error:Initialization failedThe following error occurred while...
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Attempting to reinstall VMware Horizon View Connection Server throws the...
ProblemYou attempt to reinstall VMware Horizon View Connection Server on an existing server after removing VMware Horizon View Connection Server from Programs and Features:… but notice that you receive...
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