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PVS Reverse Image with VMware vCenter Converter

Jul 28, 2016
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Provisioning Services

This post shows you how to perform reverse imaging of a vDisk to update either the PVS Target Device software, VMware Tools or something else that may break your PVS stream! We will be using a mixture of VMware vCenter Converter and Windows 2012 R2 to mount the VHD. This post will also (not something I was expecting it to) go over diagnosing the VHD (vDisk) if it becomes corrupt or the PVS image has a System Reserved partition. Keep Reading

Citrix ThinWire HDX Graphics Modes – what is right for you?

Jul 23, 2016
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XenApp/XenDesktop

Desktop Composition Redirecton (DCR) (Deprecated in XenApp and XenDesktop 7.12), ThinWire Legacy, ThinWire+, Framehawk (deprecated in Virtual Apps and Desktops 1811). Which HDX display mode should you be using? There’s no quick and easy answer as the real question is which mode will fit in to your infrastructure and business/user requirements.

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XenApp & XenDesktop 7.9 Application Groups

Jul 22, 2016
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XenApp/XenDesktop

New in XA/XD 7.9 are Application Groups that can be used for failover & load balancing between applications assigned to multiple Delivery Groups and also to apply settings across applications consistently.

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ICA Connection request denied

Jul 18, 2016
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XenApp/XenDesktop

ICA Connection request denied because AutoLogon was not possible and EnforceAutoLogon is active.

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PVS Target Device Software update with Hyper-V – Reverse Image

Jul 14, 2016
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Provisioning Services

If you are running PVS Target Device software version 7.6 or below and want to upgrade, unfortunately you will need to reverse your PVS image to boot as a local hard drive from a VM.

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Customizing GUI themes Citrix NetScaler 11

Jun 21, 2016
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NetScaler

New in NetScaler v11 is the ability to easily customise a theme from within the NetScaler GUI. I will show you how simple the customisation process can be for you to bring in a more targeted theme for your business.

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Citrix Provisioning Services

Jun 06, 2016
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Provisioning Services

Citrix Provisioning Services tutorials and general information on the product around system requirements, installation and configuration.

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Citrix Receiver launch.ica file does not open – nothing happens

Jun 01, 2016
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Receiver

Just reporting on a small issue I had with a machine and brand new Citrix Receiver 4.4 install. Clicking on a published application or desktop resulted in nothing happening. Seemed like the launch.ica file just wasn’t calling Citrix Receiver properly to start the connecting process.

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Provisioning Services XenDesktop Setup Wizard

May 25, 2016
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Provisioning Services

Unlike the PVS Streamed VM Setup Wizard, the XenDesktop Setup Wizard is the newer machine deployment option offered by PVS and should in most cases be your method of choice when deploying extra target VMs to your Citrix environment.

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Capturing and analyzing launch.ica

May 20, 2016
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XenApp/XenDesktop

Just a short one. I thought I’d post this because recently I had to do this exact task to troubleshoot a Citrix connection issue. It made me again realise how important it can be to get a look at the launch.ica file and view connection details to help diagnose a fault.

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