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Digitally signing Adobe Acrobat PDF documents with Microsoft Certificate...
I’ve recently been asked by a client whether there was a way to digitally sign documents with digital signatures that cannot be modified and therefore proves that a signed document is signed by an...
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Which Citrix Receiver do I use when configuring Pass-through authentication?
It appears a few things have changed since the last time I configured pass-through authentication for Citrix Web Interface 5.4 clients and one of the items that confuses me quite a bit is the Citrix...
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Deploying Microsoft Lync 2013 audio and video within a Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 VDI
One of the challenges I’ve had over the past 2 years working with either VMware View or Citrix XenDesktop was to provide an acceptable audio and video experience to users who work within a virtual...
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Notes on how to configure an external NTP time source for a VMware ESXi 5.1...
I’ve been asked several times over the past year with how to properly configure an Active Directory controller with the PDC Emulator FSMO role to sync with an external time source and not relying on...
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VMware View 4.6 linked clone pool provisioning fails with multiple errors
I was called by a client today asking me to to have a look at their VMware View 4.6 for their VDI infrastructure that was reporting vCenter was down. Fixing vCenter wasn’t too difficult as a few...
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Upgrading Exchange Server 2010 to Service Pack 3 fails with: “The following...
ProblemYou have installed 2 new Exchange Server 2010 with SP1 mailbox servers (future DAG) and 2 hub transport / CAS servers an existing Exchange 2007 organization and proceed to install SP3 onto the...
View ArticleVMware View 4.6 no longer provisions, refreshes or sends any commands to...
I ran into an issue last night after receiving a call from the same client who had an issue with their View 4.6 environment a few days ago that desktops are no longer being refreshed and all of...
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Automating the process of removing / deleting orphaned and/or stale VDI...
To follow up on one of my previous posts I wrote earlier in the year in February:Manually deleting orphaned and/or stale virtual desktops in VMware View Manager...
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Configure LDAPs an Active Directory Domain Controller for LDAP over SSL...
I recently had to configure a Directory Sync feature between a cloud based SPAM filtering service and a client’s Active Directory and came across the option of either syncing via regular LDAP port 389...
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Lync messages between 2 federated partners only work 1 way
ProblemYou’ve set up federation between 2 Lync Server 2013 environments but notice that only 1 of the company can see presence information and have the ability to send messages while the other company...
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“Exchange Database iDataAgent” option grayed out with CommVault Simpana 9.0...
ProblemYou attempt to install the Exchange Database iDataAgent with the CommVault Simpana 9.0 R2 installer on Exchange Server 2013 but notice that the option grayed out:Hovering over the option...
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Using autodiscover to setup a user’s Outlook on a computer not joined to the...
ProblemYou have several remote users who are trying to set up their Outlook via the Outlook Anywhere service using Autodiscover to detect the settings but all of them are continuously prompted for...
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Exchange Server 2013 OWA throws the error: “Error: Your request can't be...
Before I begin, let me state that I doubt many others will experienced the same issue I had even though the error message:Error: Your request can't be completed right now. Please try again later.…...
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Lync Server 2013 and Avaya RCC integration logs the error: “Start-Line:...
ProblemYou’re setting up an RCC integration between Lync Server 2013 and Avaya’s AES (Application Enablement Services) server and while you’ve set up all of the configuration required for Lync Server...
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Installing Veeam license onto Veeam Backup and Replication 7.0 throws the...
ProblemYou’re attempting to install Veeam Backup and Replication 7.0 on a new Windows Server 2012 server but noticed that as you go through the install and enter the license file you received from...
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Unable to change an ESXi 5.x server’s hostname in the vSphere client because...
I’ve recently been asked at least 5 times over the past 2 months a problem that may seem trivial but at the same time be quite the annoyance. An administrator attempts to change the hostname of a...
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Citrix XenDesktop Desktop Studio Dashboard displays the message: “Upgrades...
I’ve been asked a few times in the past about why the following message:Upgrades for some services are available.Services can be upgrade on the following controller:<controllerFQDN>Learn more...
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How to determine what version of Citrix XenDesktop is installed in an...
I’ve noticed recently that I’ve been asked about how to determine what version of Citrix XenDesktop is installed in an environment so I thought I’d quickly write a post to demonstrate this. First off,...
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Finding a virtual machine in VMware vSphere by the MAC address
I recently had to troubleshoot an issue within a Citrix XenDesktop environment hosted on VMware vSphere 5.1 where one of the DDC (Desktop Delivery Controllers) appeared to have an IP conflict with...
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Connectivity issues between Citrix XenDesktop DDC and virtual desktops...
ProblemYou notice that you are having connectivity issues between various virtual desktops where it would be in Ready status for a few minutes then switches to Unregistered. Logging onto your Citrix...
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