Field Notes: remove common program groups, cause Notifications issue
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 Off. As shown in the […]
Field notes: The Snipping Tool freezes when selecting options
During a recent project, I encountered an issue where the Snipping Tool would freeze upon clicking the options button. This occurred in a fully patched Windows Server 2022 environment (until KB5035857). After troubleshooting the machine, I found no leads to direct me toward a solution. I then checked all my Server 2022 machines, including those […]
Using Azure Automation to Invite Entra ID B2B Users
In a previous article about using Entra ID B2B users, I needed to set up some user extensions. In that article, I also mentioned that many customers needed to access the environment, which meant that multiple users needed to be changed.As this is an ongoing business and we like to automate these kinds of tasks, […]
Using Entra ID B2B with Citrix Cloud
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 to external partners for applications […]
Automating FAS Authorization Certificate renewal
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 maintain a level of automation […]
Reset Windows Rearm count
When working with Machine Creation Services we discovered that the Clients all have the same CMID. A different CMID is needed to activate using KMS services. We searched for a solution and everyone mentioned rearming the machine, but then we received the message that we can’t rearm. We then searched for a solution but everyone was pointing out […]
New Policy Settings in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8
With Windows server 2012 and Windows 8 Microsoft added some new features, they also created the proper Group Policy configuration options for this. With Windows server 2012 and Windows 8 they added 160 new items which are only compatible with Windows server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT. They added a total of 350 items […]
Citrix Shadowing/Remote Assistance session display is garbled/skewed
When Shadowing a user with Citrix Shadowing (which uses Microsoft Remote Assistance) it’s possible the screen gets garbled/skewed. To solve this problem set the following settings in the Group Policy:
Installing MDT 2012 Update 1 (Part 1)
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Update 1 it’s possible to deploy Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 2010 and 365, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP within your organization. MDT is supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows […]
Active Directory-Based Activation
In previous post we Installed VAMT and then added licenses and devices, now we will create the possibility to use Active Directory-Based Activation. To use the Active Directory-Based Activation you need at least one Windows Server 2012 domain controller. Installing Active Directory-Based Activation To use AD-Based Activation you need to install the Volume Activation Services […]