Category: VDI
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How to Enable Citrix Profiles with FSLogix Cloud Cache and On Premise Storage
FSLogix Cloud Cache has been out for some time but most of the articles written about it discuss using Azure Files for profile storage. In my experience, there are still a lot of organizations with on premise non persistent VDI workloads using on local file server for profiles. In the past there weren’t great solutions…
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Citrix Cloud or OnPrem – There are Choices Now!
I’ve been a long time proponent of moving to Citrix Cloud (otherwise known as Citrix DaaS). Why? Well if you already have Citrix Onprem you know that you have to maintain multiple Windows servers that house the Citrix roles: You have to do monthly patching of these, Citrix software upgrades and keep up with which…
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Thin Clients vs Thick – What to Consider
If you are looking at using thin clients in your Citrix, VMware or Microsoft based virtual desktop / published app environment here are some points to think about: Is your organization always on the cutting edge of technology? If so, be careful with your selection. When Citrix, Microsoft or VMWare come out with a new…
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Citrix NetScaler VPX Getting Started
Head out to citrix.com and download the version of the NetScaler appliance you need. As of this writing 13.0 is the stable version and 13.1 is the “current version” or feature release. If you need the FIPS version of the appliance currently that only comes with version 12.1 If you need a test environment download…
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Citrix in a STIGed Environment
I’ve had the opportunity to work in a locked down environment so am fairly familiar with DISA STIGs and the types of settings that are required to be applied to workstations and servers in that environment. I was recently working on a Citrix implementation and ran into a couple of issues caused by these settings.…
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A single user cannot log into a Win10 Citrix Desktop
Scenario – a user who had been working fine can no longer launch a Citrix Win10 non persistent desktop from any client – Windows or Wyse ThinOS, internal or external. No other users affected. No related errors in the event logs on the Delivery Controllers, StoreFront or the clients. I ended up using Chrome to…