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Attempting to launch Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop 7.x desktop or application...
ProblemYou attempt to launch a XenApp or XenDesktop published application or desktop published by NetScaler but receive the following error message:The connection to “XenApp Desktop” failed with status...
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Unable to expand virtual machine hard disk that is backed up by VMware VDP
ProblemYou have a virtual machine in your vSphere environment that you would like to expand one of the hard disks but as you browse to the hard disk that needs to get expanded, you see that it is...
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Patching a VMware ESXi 5.5 host offline via CLI
One of the more common questions I’m asked every year is how to patch an ESXi host without using VMware Update Manager because it is quite common for ESXi hosts as well as vCenter to not have internet...
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Upgrading VMware Horizon View from 7.0.2 to 7.4.0 causes VMware Horizon...
ProblemYou have just successfully upgraded your VMware Horizon View 7.0.2 environment to 7.4.0 but noticed that the System Health of the View Composer Servers now displays a Red status with The service...
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VMware Horizon View 7.4.0 virtual desktops does not automatically power on...
I recently upgraded a client’s VMware Horizon View 7.0.2 infrastructure to the latest 7.4.0 version Build 7400497:… and received reports the next day that virtual desktops were not being started up...
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Voicemails left with Skype for Business Server 2015 on Exchange Server 2016...
ProblemYou’ve just completed integrating Skype for Business Server 2015 with Exchange Server 2016 Unified Messaging to provide voicemail services but noticed that voicemails left for users are not...
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Add features to an existing VMware Horizon View 7.x Agent install
Those who are familiar with the VMware Horizon View agent install may have noticed that there does not appear to be an easy way to add features to an existing agent:… because attempting to use the...
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vSphere Replication replicated virtual machines in SRM protected groups have...
I’ve been working with VMware Site Recover Manager (SRM) sparsely over the past few years and had thought I’ve seen most of the error messages but came across one today that I had not seen before so I...
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On-prem Skype for Business Server 2015 federation with Skype for Business...
ProblemYou’ve configured your Skype for Business Server 2015 SIP FEDERATED PROVIDERS to federate with Skype for Business Online domains:… but notice that one of the domains you are trying to reach is...
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Skype for Business Server 2015 logs the error: “GetAndPublish web service...
ProblemYou’ve received reports that users have experienced issues with logging into an audio conference as the leader with their PIN and noticed that your Skype for Business Server 2015 front-end...
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Logging into Windows displays the system tray message: “You’ve been signed in...
One of my biggest pet peeves when asking fellow colleagues to delete a user’s profile on a desktop or server is when they do so by launching Windows Explorer, navigate to the C:\Users folder then...
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Monitoring Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, 2013 and 2016 services with...
Most enterprise environments have solutions that provide monitoring services to ensure Microsoft Exchange Server services are running and if they are not, restart the service and send an email...
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Monitoring Exchange 2013 and 2016 message queues with PowerShell
I’ve been asked several times in the past by colleagues how would they go about monitoring Exchange message queues so that they would be notified if a threshold is exceeded and while I usually...
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Configuring Azure Active Directory integration with Atlassian Cloud using SAML
I recently had to configure Azure Active Directory integration with Atlassian Cloud using SAML and was a bit lost as I went through the instructions from the Microsoft Azure documentation:Tutorial:...
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Attempting to generate a new CSR with OpenSSL fails with:...
ProblemYou’ve downloaded OpenSSL and have began the process of generating a new CSR to submit to a Certificate authority but notice that executing the following command:req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes...
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Problems after upgrading VMware Horizon View to 7.4.0
Referring the following blog post I wrote a couple of months back:VMware Horizon View 7.4.0 virtual desktops does not automatically power on after...
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Using Azure AD credentials to sign into Atlassian site with SAML integration...
ProblemYou’ve completed configuring Azure Active Directory integration with Atlassian Cloud using SAML as per the following Microsoft...
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Updating the public DNS record for VMware Horizon View remote access through...
ProblemYou’ve recently had to reroute VMware Horizon View remote access traffic through the Security Server because of an ISP change so the firewall rules were updated for the external IP NAT and then...
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Adding a 3rd monitor to a Dell Wyse Z90QQ10 thin client connecting to a...
I recently ran into a strange issue with a VMware Horizon View 6.2 environment where adding a 3rd monitor caused the performance to severely degrade to a state where the virtual desktop was almost...
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Attempting to recompose a VMware Horizon View 6.x desktop fails with the...
I recently had to investigate an issue with a few VMware Horizon View 6.x desktops that failed to recomposed and was stuck in an error state with the status java.lang.InterruptedException and would...
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