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A short while back I wrote a rant about my dislike of the tile management in Windows 10, and my view on trying not to manage these tiles with tools such as Workspace Environment Management. I have had some fun across a few projects since I wrote that post, and my view on managing them... Continue Reading →
Azure MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) is fast becoming a topic being discussed with pretty much all my customers, even those that have an existing MFA solution in place, but are realising they may already be entitled to the offering from Microsoft as part of their +Security bundles within the Office 365 space. The addition of the... Continue Reading →
FSLogix provides a fantastic set of features and capabilities across its relatively unique product set, particularly for those of us that live in a VDI or SBC world. I am going to have a quick look at the profile container and 365 container options and how they fit together to provide a pretty great experience... Continue Reading →
I am sure many of you have had the enjoyable experience of dealing with user FTA (File Type Associations) within Windows 10 and Server 2016 (Windows 8 onward is a jerk really..) For those that aren't aware, Microsoft made a nice little change for us which made FTA assignment on a per user basis almost... Continue Reading →
With the release of Citrix Workspace Environment Management 4.5, we now have the ability to run the entire WEM infrastructure on Windows Server Core. This is an awesome step forward by Citrix and hopefully the first of many products to be supported in this fashion. There have of course, been plenty of instances of people... Continue Reading →
With the latest release of WEM 4.5, I figured I would take the chance to document a how to guide on upgrading the WEM Components in the safest fashion It is critical that you disable Mirroring of the Database prior to any WEM upgrades Step 1. Backup your Environment A simple SQL backup job is... Continue Reading →
A little while ago I put together a script (with the help of George Spiers) to help fill the lack of ability to Document a Citrix Workspace Environment Management deployment George, was kind of enough to post this on his blog here, and the source code can be found here in my github repository I... Continue Reading →
If you are choosing to drive Citrix UPM configurations from WEM, then you can now consume as part of the Hydration Kit, a full configuration based on my current UPM build for Windows 10/Server 2016. These settings are a combination of James Rankin and Carl Stalhood and to date have been roaming Windows 10 and Server... Continue Reading →
This post aims to provide some insight into the available tools to help with troubleshooting Citrix Workspace Environment Management and making the most of some cool features available that are semi hidden or not yet advertised heavily WEM Agent Log ParserPath: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Norskale\Norskale Agent Host\Agent Log Parser.exe" The log parser is my go to... Continue Reading →
