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    Configuration Manager Client Self-Heal Using PowerShell and Intune Proactive Remediations

    Configuration Manager Client Self-Heal Using PowerShell and Intune Proactive Remediations

    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

    Amir Joseph Sayes August 17, 2022November 20, 2022 Azure, Intune, SCCM, Windows 10 11 Comments Read more

    Automate Installing SCCM Client for Azure AD Autopilot Devices via Intune and PowerShell

    Automate Installing SCCM Client for Azure AD Autopilot Devices via Intune and PowerShell

    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

    Amir Joseph Sayes November 23, 2021November 20, 2022 Azure, Endpoint Manager, Intune, SCCM, Windows 10 2 Comments Read more

    Automating VDA Migration Between Catalogs in XenDesktop

    Automating VDA Migration Between Catalogs in XenDesktop

    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. 

    Amir Joseph Sayes September 17, 2021November 20, 2022 XenApp No Comments Read more

    Ivanti Environment Manager Configuration: How to export Shortcuts, Drive Mappings and Printer Mappings with Powershell

    Ivanti Environment Manager Configuration: How to export Shortcuts, Drive Mappings and Printer Mappings with Powershell

    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

    Amir Joseph Sayes December 14, 2020November 20, 2022 Appsense, Ivanti 1 Comment Read more

    Hosting Adobe Acrobat DC on Citrix Non-persistent RDSH with FSLogix App Masking | A Walk-through

    Hosting Adobe Acrobat DC on Citrix Non-persistent RDSH with FSLogix App Masking | A Walk-through

    Environment  Introduction It is common in many organisations to have a situation where a small subset of users require to use a paid for, licensed Adobe Acrobat DC, while the majority only require the free Adobe Reader. In this blog

    Amir Joseph Sayes May 1, 2020March 1, 2025 Adobe, App Masking, Appsense, FSLogix, Ivanti, Windows 2016, XenApp 13 Comments Read more

    ControlUp ALT: Applications Load without visible User Interface

    ControlUp ALT: Applications Load without visible User Interface

    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

    Amir Joseph Sayes October 4, 2019November 20, 2022 ControlUp, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 2016 No Comments Read more

    Citrix VDA: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

    Citrix VDA: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed

    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

    Amir Joseph Sayes September 20, 2019November 20, 2022 PVS, Windows 10, Windows 2016 2 Comments Read more

    Citrix PVS: Version disk file timestamp is inconsistent with that in manifest file

    Citrix PVS: Version disk file timestamp is inconsistent with that in manifest file

    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

    Amir Joseph Sayes September 18, 2019November 20, 2022 PVS No Comments Read more

    Google Chrome 71 / 72 Trail Dragging Issue when Maximized on Windows 7 2008 R2

    Google Chrome 71 / 72 Trail Dragging Issue when Maximized on Windows 7 2008 R2

    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”

    Amir Joseph Sayes March 1, 2019November 20, 2022 Appsense, Google Chrome, Ivanti, Windows, XenApp, XenDesktop 10 Comments Read more

    Get and Enumerate Certificate Chains Remotely Using PowerShell

    Get and Enumerate Certificate Chains Remotely Using PowerShell

    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

    Amir Joseph Sayes January 2, 2019November 20, 2022 Windows No Comments Read more
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