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Permissions required for Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 and VMware vSphere 5.1
As some administrators may have noticed, VMware has made quite a few changes to vSphere 5.1 and I was thrown off by the change to the layout of permissions while I configured the role for the...
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Problems launching Citrix XenApp 6.5 applications through CAG VPX 50 with the...
ProblemRan into an issue the other day where I would have no problems logging into a Citrix XenApp 6.5 environment published with a Citrix Access Gateway VPX 50 (NS10.0: Build 73.5.nc) but noticed that...
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Configuring vCenter role permissions for VMware vSphere 5.1 and VMware...
As some administrators may have noticed, VMware has made quite a few changes to vSphere 5.1 and I was a bit thrown off by the change to the layout of permissions while I configured the role for the...
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Signing into Lync 2013 client presents the warning message: “Lync cannot...
I’ve been meaning to blog about an issue I noticed in environments with disparate namespaces (internal domain name is different than external) where no matter how I configured the DNS for the internal...
View ArticleReversing VMware View Optimization Guide for Windows 7 Configuration
I was recently asked by a colleague whether I had prewritten scripts to reverse the configuration changes that the VMware View Optimization Guide for Windows 7 performed on a master image and while I...
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Using PowerCLI to create new role and assign service account used by VMware...
As demonstrated in one of my previous posts: Using PowerCLI to create new role and assign service account used by VMware View Manager 5.1 permissions for vCenter Server...
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Using PowerCLI to create new role and assign service account used by Citrix...
As demonstrated in one of my previous posts for VMware Horizon View 5.2: Using PowerCLI to create new role and assign service account used by VMware Horizon View 5.2 (View Manager & View Composer)...
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Starting Google Earth on Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 virtual desktop prompts the...
ProblemYou’ve followed the instructions provided by the following Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 Feature Pack 1 eDocs:HDX Optimization Pack for Google...
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Removing a virtual desktop in VMware View 5.x throws the error: “Provisioning...
ProblemYou attempt to remove a virtual machine from the VMware View administration console:… but you notice that VMware View is unable to delete the virtual desktop and the follow error is logged in...
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Lync Server 2013 Edge server replication issues on Windows Server 2012
ProblemYou’ve completed a new greenfield deployment or successfully migrated from Lync Server 2010 to Lync Server 2013 with Windows Server 2012 servers as the base operating system but noticed that...
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VMware vSphere virtual machines constantly runs a CHKDSK after every reboot
Ran into an interesting problem today while upgrading an existing vSphere 4.1 infrastructure to 5.1 with the latest build (1021289). What we noticed was that when all of the virtual machines that were...
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Issuing certificates for VMware Horizon View 5.2 servers with Microsoft...
I’ve recently been asked quite a few times in over the last few months on how to properly request and issue certificates for VMware View servers ever since the later versions of 5.x began throwing...
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Unable to send instant messages or view presence information for federated...
ProblemYou’ve configured federation between two Lync Server 2013 environments and noticed that one of the organizations can send instant messages and see presence information but the other one cannot....
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Blocking security banner for Citrix XenApp Servers
A common problem that many Citrix administrators come across is when an Active Directory GPO is configured to present a security banner to users who log onto domain joined servers or workstations. The...
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XenApp 6.5 published Lync 2013 client crashes when launched through Citrix...
ProblemYou’ve successfully installed the Lync 2013 client on your Citrix XenApp6.5 servers but noticed that when you launch the published application through the Web Interface portal, it crashes with...
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Launching a Citrix XenApp 6.5 published application hangs at: “Please wait...
ProblemYou’ve received complaints from users that they are unable to successfully launch Citrix XenApp 6.5 published applications because while the Citrix Receiver launches and attempts to connect to...
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Launching a Citrix XenApp 6.5 application published through a Citrix Access...
ProblemYou attempt to launch a Citrix XenApp 6.5 application published through a Citrix Access Gateway but the Citrix Receiver throws the error:Unable to launch your application. Contact your help desk...
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Logging into Citrix XenDesktop with Profile Management 4.1 gets stuck at the...
ProblemYou have a new Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 desktop catalog deployed that uses Citrix Profile Management 4.1 to roam all of the user profile settings that your current Active Directory Redirected...
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Increasing vCPU and memory for Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 virtual desktops
I’ve recently been asked about how to change the amount of vCPU and memory for Citrix XenDesktop desktop catalogs that have already been deployed and as XenDesktop administrators would know, the...
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Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 virtual desktops continuously prompts the message: “You...
ProblemYou’ve completed a new build of a Windows 7 master image desktop for XenDesktop 5.6 and proceed with creating the new desktop catalog and add the desktops to a desktop group. Once the desktops...
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