It has been a while since I published an article on this blog. Running New Yard keeps me busy. But a recent issue with Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM) On-Premises is worth sharing. Specifically: what happens when you load balance the WEM Web Console using a Citrix ADC (NetScaler), and
During a recent project, we experienced some issues with notifications not working. Outlook was giving notifications. Still, the program isn’t Outlook, but Microsoft.Office.OUTLOOK.EXE.15. Looking at the Notifications & Actions settings, it shows “Microsoft Outlook” without an icon and is turned Off; turning it on isn’t possible. It switches back to
In a recent project, I designed an environment for a client who offers a published application to a substantial customer base. They expressed their desire to incorporate the use of Entra ID. I recommended the adoption of Entra ID B2B accounts for this purpose. Entra ID B2B accounts enable access
As I deploy more and more Citrix FAS Servers for customers who intend to utilize Entra ID (formerly known as Azure AD) as their Identity Provider (IdP), I have observed that the FAS Authorization Certificate requires periodic renewal. To ensure that expired certificates do not inconvenience my customers and to
After a recent deployment of a new ADCS (Active Directory Certificate Services) and FAS (Federated Authentication Service) servers, it became evident that users were not receiving certificates. Interestingly, the existing production FAS servers, which were running older versions, continued to successfully request certificates. Upon reviewing the FAS documentation, it was
I’m currently working on a project where I’m migrating the customer’s users to a newly created Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) environment based on Windows 2019 combined with Nvidia GPUs. This environment is based on Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS). In the past, they decided to let their VMs
The end of the year is near, and it’s time to look back. 2022 was an exciting year for me. We just came out of a Covid pandemic, a period that made us work from home and kept us inside to keep covid under control. At the start of 2022,
Last week was the first time I went to the Experts to Experts Virtualization Conference (E2EVC). E2EVC is a conference from experts to experts, as the name suggests, and no marketing presentations are allowed. This time the event was held in Athens in Hotel Novotel from the 3rd until the
Managing the endpoint and giving your users the same experience across multiple devices is a task that most companies give headaches. The Endpoints that are managed using an Endpoint manager are the least of their concerns, but all the user’s private devices are another discussion. You can’t manage them so
The default traffic flow isn’t optimized when designing a new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops services (CVAD) environment. There are a couple of options that would result in a better traffic flow. The more you optimize the traffic flow, the better the User Experience, and I think that’s what everybody