Citrix List XenApp 6.5 hotfixes with PowerShell This is a classic but needs to be written somewhere so I can find it again when I need it ! First thing, you need to add the XenApp Powershell snapin Stephane Thirion 15 Apr 2014 · 5 min read
Azure Cloudify my lab with Windows Azure As I got an unlimited access to Windows Azure I wanted to check out how I could extend my lab into it and use it to store VMs workload (at Stephane Thirion 19 Jan 2014 · 7 min read
antivirus Trend ServerProtect 5.80, XenApp 6.5 / PVS AntiVirus software are always pain in the ass when it’s about delivering desktops through golden images system like Citrix Provisioning Services. It’s changing but still, in most of Stephane Thirion 7 Jan 2014 · 2 min read
AppControler Citrix Storefront 2.1 vs WebInterface The 2.1 version of Strorefront came along with XenDesktop 7.1. There are few changes in this version comparing to the previous one and on the internal architecture of Stephane Thirion 3 Jan 2014 · 1 min read
25822 XenApp 6.5 HRP3 install failled with error 25822 Citrix XenApp 6.5 Hotfix Rollup Pack 3 is available since the 12nd of December 2013 (link) and I went through several deployment until today. I got this error on Stephane Thirion 3 Jan 2014 · 5 min read
2013 Happy holidays ! 2013 has been a very busy year again, I met up a lot of known faces around the world and so many new people as well. This is always very Stephane Thirion 19 Dec 2013 · 1 min read
1.7 Java Runtimes JRE7 - Your Java version is insecure popup This one has been pain in the ass to find out… Since Java 7 (1.7_xx) the security and setting management is a total nightmare. This is so messy Stephane Thirion 11 Oct 2013 · 5 min read
Automate Citrix XenDesktop 7 – Create Persistent Hypervisor Connection and Hosting Unit, Unattended I blogged about how to automate Citrix XenDesktop 7 deployment and database creation, and how to join and existing XenDesktop 7 site unattended, but now to continue and go a Stephane Thirion 8 Jul 2013 · 4 min read
automation Citrix XenDesktop 7 - Unattended from scratch So auto-install and auto join an already XenDesktop 7 Site is cool but what if you need to automate the first DDC installation ? Here is how I did with help Stephane Thirion 6 Jul 2013 · 4 min read
Citrix Citrix XenDesktop 7 - VDA Installation The VDA version delivered with XenDesktop 7 bits is 7.0.0.3018 The VDA can be deployed two ways, via the GUI setup and in an unattended way. Using Stephane Thirion 27 Jun 2013 · 2 min read
automation Citrix XenDesktop 7 - Unattended Installation + Site join We all need to automate things, we need to fast deploy, fast provision and stay lazy, not doing the same thing every day… So let check how we can industrialize Stephane Thirion 26 Jun 2013 · 3 min read
Citrix Citrix XenDesktop 7 - Installation XenDesktop 7 is now available with different features and entitlements (link) and yes there is a lot to read on this webpage but most of everything is already known features. Stephane Thirion 26 Jun 2013 · 2 min read
AppControler Citrix Storefront 2 (Preview) vs WebInterface A new version of Strorefront is coming along with XenDesktop 7. There are a lot of change in this version comparing to the previous one but first here is a Stephane Thirion 31 May 2013 · 2 min read
Citrix Synergy Geek Speak at Synergy This is soon USA Citrix Synergy time, despite the recent event of Synergy in Europe cancellation, I want to share with the one who will be able to come the Stephane Thirion 9 Apr 2013 · 1 min read
ADM Changing UserProfile storage default location At many customer place and even more often now RDS and XenApp servers are virtual I see C: drives (System drives) full without a tiny byte left… This is even Stephane Thirion 2 Feb 2013 · 2 min read
App-V Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 RU1 and AppV 4.6 Another moment of pure fun with Symantec Endpoint Protection… I liked the version 11 so much and I was missing mysterious Symantec issue so much I decided to update the Stephane Thirion 31 Jan 2013 · 1 min read
Desktop Director XenDesktop 5.6 - The WinRM service is unable to start. During a XenDesktop 4 to 5.6 migration I had to deploy WinRM on Windows XP SP3 virtual machines. I had a Desktop Group of 60 Machines for developers with Stephane Thirion 30 Jan 2013 · 1 min read
Active directory Windows Server 2012 - Migrating FSMO Roles I installed one AD when Microsoft Windows Server 2012 was still in Release Candidate with the Datacenter edition, of course since few days my DC was rebooting every hour, the Stephane Thirion 20 Jan 2013 · 1 min read
