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Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 published through a NetScaler throws the error: "This...
ProblemYou have a working Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 with StoreFront 3.0 published through a NetScaler VPX appliance NS11.0 55.20.nc that has been stable for quite some time and have decided to upgrade the...
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Accessing the Update Password webpage published by an ADFS server displays...
ProblemYou’ve successfully deployed ADFS in your on-prem environment and would like to use the password change portal that the server provides but you notice that navigating to...
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Unable to delete newly created Active Directory in Azure
ProblemYou’ve recently created a new Directory in Azure but noticed that you created it in the wrong Location and since it is a new directory with no objects created, you decide to delete quickly...
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Executing “Set-MsolADFSContext -computer” to configure Azure directory...
ProblemYou’ve used the Connect-MsolService cmdlet to connect to the WAAD instance then attempt to execute the Set-MsolADFSContext -computer <ADFSserver>.tokiomillennium.com command to hook into...
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Reconfiguring a domain previously federated via ADFS with another Azure...
I recently had to remove the federation between an on-prem Active Directory and an Azure Directory so that we could re-federate the on-prem Active Directory to a new Azure Directory. The process is...
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Unable to reinstall VMware Tools onto virtual desktop
I recently ran into an interesting issue where I went through a series of troubleshooting steps that eventually led me to reinstalling the VMware Horizon View Agent on a master image but quickly...
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NetScaler load balanced StoreFront server throws the error: “Cannot complete...
I’ve noticed that I’ve been asked about the following error quite frequently over the past year so I thought writing a blog post may help anyone who might be searching for an answer to this...
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Attempting to share PowerPoint (ppt or pptx) presentations with Skype for...
ProblemYou’ve noticed that sharing PowerPoint presentations in your Lync 2013 or Skype for Business 2015 business no longer works with the following error message being displayed:Some presenting...
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Disabling tabs displayed in Citrix StoreFront 3.x
I’ve recently been asked a few times by clients and colleagues about the ability to hide the new X1 StoreFront interface’s Favorites, Apps and Desktop tabs and as I don’t have a blog post demonstrating...
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Windows 10 installation on a Dell Latitude E5550 loops back to the start of...
I was recently asked by a colleague to look at why their attempt to install Windows 10 on a Dell Latitude E5550 laptop continuously loops back to the beginning of the installation as shown in the...
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Attempting to connect to a Citrix XenDesktop 7 store secured with internal CA...
ProblemYou’re in the process of configuring a new HP t410 Smart Zero Client with a XenDesktop 7.x infrastructure. You proceed to configure the zero client to connect to StoreFront 3.0.1 but quickly...
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Attempting to connect to Citrix XenDesktop 7 from an HP t410 Smart Zero...
ProblemYou’ve configured a new HP t410 Smart Zero Client to connect to your Citrix XenDesktop 7.x StoreFront site but receive the following error message when you attempt to log in:No Citrix ServerThis...
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Hiding Citrix XenDesktop 7.x applications from PNAgent published Apps and...
ProblemYou’ve successfully configured a zero client to connect to your XenDesktop 7.x infrastructure via the URL:https://yourStoreFrontFQDN.com/Citrix/StoreName/PNAgent/config.xml… but would like to...
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Using PowerShell cmdlets to remove accounts in Azure Active Directory
I've been recently asked to perform cleanup in an Azure directory that had orphaned accounts that were left over from a previous DirSync. What the client noticed was that the accounts that used to be...
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Event ID 1310 warning constantly logged on Exchange 2013 server
I recently ran into an issue that took quite a bit of time for me to find a resolution for after going through numerous troubleshooting steps so I thought I'd write this blog post in hopes that I'd be...
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VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktops Stuck in Customizing Status
ProblemYou've created a new pool of virtual desktops in your VMware Horizon View environment but noticed that while the virtual machines get created, they never get past the customizing status:After...
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Upgrading from VMware Horizon View 6.0.1 to 6.2.1 causes connections to throw...
ProblemYou attempt to upgrade your existing VMware Horizon View 6.0.1 infrastructure to 6.2.1 but noticed that after upgrading your View Connection and Security servers you receive the following error...
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Installing and configuring Windows 10 KMS Activation with Windows Server 2012 R2
I’ve recently been involved with deploying a new Windows 10 VMware Horizon View pool to pilot the new operating system with the latest Office 2016 suite and ran into KMS activation issues because the...
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Installing and configuring KMS server to activate Office 2016
As with the experience I had when configuring an existing KMS server to activate Windows 10 desktops:Installing and configuring Windows 10 KMS Activation with Windows Server 2012...
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Disabling “Enable Protected Mode at startup” and “Enable Enhanced Security”...
I recently had to troubleshoot an issue with PDFs failing to launch within an Internet Explorer window which lead to a resolution that required two security features in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015 to...
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