Selective Deletion of the WEM Actions Tracking Cache

Every action that WEM handles, and most settings that are applied in the user context are stored within the users registry hive within the following locations: For basic Actions, Tasks, Environment and USV style settings: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\VirtuAll Solutions\VirtuAll User Environment Manager\Agent\Tasks Exec Cache And for user based printing management settings: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\VirtuAll Solutions\VirtuAll User Environment Manager\Agent\User Printers... Continue Reading →

November 28, 2018 1

Citrix Cloud: Resource Location Decision Flow Charts Revamped

A while ago I put together a couple of posts around the basics of the XenApp and XenDesktop Service as it was known as back then, as well as a high level decision flow chart to identify local resource requirements when dealing with Citrix Cloud. Considering those pieces were written over a year ago, I... Continue Reading →

November 20, 2018 0

Addressing Multi Session Profile Management with FSLogix Containers

I recently had the pleasure of working with a great customer on an FSLogix Profile Containers Implementation to help address some pain points they had been having with their desktop and VMware based VDI platform. The more I delved into this environment, the more I felt like it was one that would mirror many challenges... Continue Reading →

October 22, 2018 2

Selective Control of the Immersive Control Panel (Settings) in Server 2016

It has been a considerable amount of time that the inability to nicely manage the Immersive Control Panel or "Settings" App provided in place of the traditional Control Panel in Server 2016 has frustrated Citrix and RDS admins. Finally as of the September Cumulative Update for Server 2016, we can selectively lock this down in... Continue Reading →

September 29, 2018 0

The Microsoft Modern Workplace – Embracing the Next

We live in an era of change at a pace completely unparalleled throughout our time on this planet. Everything we see and do is now viewed as a starting point rather than a final product or solution. Our children will grow up with capabilities that we haven't yet imagined, and we will continue to evolve... Continue Reading →

August 29, 2018 0

Citrix and the Microsoft Modern Workplace – Where does it fit?

Microsoft and Citrix have both made significant investment in the "Modern Workplace" or "Workspace" over the last 18 months, and the landscape for operating in this new fashion has been consistently maturing for a while now. I look at how I operate since starting my current role over a year ago, I am a full... Continue Reading →

August 22, 2018 2

Azure MFA vs Conditional Access

I wanted to take the time to clarify a few bits that have bitten some customers around the Azure MFA, Azure MFA for Office 365 and Conditional Access side of things and how they fit together Azure MFA for Office 365 Azure MFA for Office 365 is not the same as "full" Azure MFA or... Continue Reading →

August 12, 2018 0

AppLocker Script rules to maximise WEM logon benefits

One of the many benefits of WEM, and arguably the most important one, is the crazily reduced logon times you can gain by transferring actions and environmental setup tasks that would traditionally be handled by Group Policy Preferences or logon scripts. I wont go into detail about this here, as by now we mostly know... Continue Reading →

August 5, 2018 2

NetScaler and Exchange 2016 Outlook Anywhere Authentication Issues – Shell Shock

On a recent engagement deploying NetScaler 12.0 Load balancing for Exchange 2016, we stumbled across an issue whereby when proxying Exchange 2010 mailbox connections via the NetScaler load balanced Exchange 2016 Servers using RPC/HTTP, the connections would hang for an extended duration (timeout settings on the VIP) before falling back to RPC. When bypassing the... Continue Reading →

August 1, 2018 0

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