PowerShell remoting is a powerful feature that allows administrators to remotely manage Windows machines using PowerShell commands. However, managing credentials for remote access can be a challenge, especially when working with large environments that require access to many different servers.
As Microsoft puts it, the Sync device action forces the selected device to immediately check in with Intune. When a device checks in, it immediately receives any pending actions or policies that have been assigned to it. This feature can help you
While working on a Citrix Cloud migration project in a multi-forest environment, there was a need to migrate existing AD group members that were used on-prem to Azure AD groups. To do this, I needed to report of current group
For starters, I must say that I am no SCCM expert. Shout out to Michael Harding who made this possible with his in-depth SCCM knowledge. Co-managing Windows Devices made it possible to concurrently manage devices using the good old Configuration Manager and
With more and more organizations moving to Modern Management approach to manage their endpoints; there is an increase in adapting and leveraging Endpoint Manager and Autopilot where devices can be shipped directly from manufacturers (OEMs) to users. Typically, the OEM
Background Customers using Citrix XenDesktop with dedicated catalog may want to relocate the desktops to another catalog for various reasons such as wanting to change the datastore behind it or simply to change the catalog from Un-managed to Power Managed.
Recently, I got asked by one of my customers if there is a way to extract information from Ivanti (Appsense) Environment Manger configuration that could be used somewhere else. This client has been using Ivanti UWM for years which accumulated
Environment Windows RDSH or VDI (non-persistant) Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (Any version) FSLogix App Masking Ivanti Environment Manager (or any equivalent solution) Citrix Provisioning Services (or any equivalent solution) Adobe Acrobat Pro DC – Named User License Adobe Acrobat
Applications do not show a visible window (GUI), however, the process is loaded prematurely in the background and is visible in Task Manager I have been recently looking at an issue for my client where users would report that some
The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed If you get this error for non-persistent RDSH/VDI provisioned using PVS, it could well be that there is a conflict in managing “machine account password” on your computer objects
Version disk file timestamp is inconsistent with that in manifest file cannot add vdisk Scenario You have two Citrix PVS Farms, let’s say Farm A and Farm B. Each farm has a single site. Vdisk updates take place in Farm
I have been working recently on an issue for one of my clients whereby after updating to Chrome 71.0.3578 (and also in 72.0.3626) a display issue started to occur when Chrome is maximized; Any foreground window over Chrome leaves “trails”
In responding to the Certificate Trust Issue when using SSL relay with Citrix XML Service, I wrote a function that can get all the certificates in the certificate path (chain), and provide a better view of different attributes which makes reporting
Waking up to a P1 incident! Users are not able to see any icons after they authenticate to Citrix Store Front/Web Interface. Enumeration is failing. The environment Citrix StoreFront/Web Interface hosted on Windows 2008 R2 Zone Data Collectors of XenApp
While working on a project for a client where many of the Windows Systems are 2008R2 with PowerShell 3.0 or lower, there was a need to automate disabling scheduled tasks to ensure consistency across the XenApp/XenDesktop estate. This is something
Summary I have worked recently on a really odd issue with Appsense personalization where the entire logoff actions node of the Environment Manager configuration won’t get triggered. Environment Windows 2008R2/2016 RDSH and Windows 7/10 EM 10.1 (FR3) and EM 8.6
Automated Process Monitor Captures on Remote Machines Using PowerShell