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Microsoft, Windows 2019
Be careful, the Windows 2019 Server iso have been pulled out, it should be back shortly (Nov-2018) As Microsoft Windows 2019 became (almost) available, this is time again to move the FSMO roles from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2019. Before destroying everything to rebuilt, I like to migrate my Active Directory and keep...
Citrix, Microsoft, PowerShell, Scripting, Windows 10, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, Windows 2012R2, Windows 2016, Windows 7, Windows 8, XenApp, XenDesktop
In the same way as the previous blog post, some more automation to maintain a VDI/RDSH environment, and get back to a controlled and clean environment. This blog is a follow up to Remotely clean up Virtual Machines drives – XenDesktop , Expand virtual machines hard disk – automation , XenDesktop XenApp 7.x – vmware / ad...
Citrix, Microsoft, PowerShell, Windows 10, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, Windows 2012R2, Windows 2016, Windows 7, Windows 8, XenApp, XenDesktop
Following up the previous blogs XenDesktop XenApp 7.x – vmware / ad / delivery group notes and descriptions sync and Expand virtual machines hard disk – automation and continue in automated task, I had to clean up the D: drive of different XenDesktop Delivery Group. As there was no security restriction on the D: drive some users used it...
Citrix, Microsoft, Provisioning Services, Scripting, VMware, vSphere, Windows 7, Windows 8, XenApp, XenDesktop
Sometimes, at some customers’s place, with an infrastructure already in place (XenApp with PVS or XenDesktop VDI pooled with PVS) the D: drive is too small. The drive where you redirect Windows Event Logs, Logs (UPM for example and/or other applications – services) This is a drive where page file is often redirected as well...
Citrix, Microsoft, PowerShell, Scripting, VDI, VMware, vSphere, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012R2, Windows 7, XenApp, XenDesktop
Several times i had the need to synchronise Virtual Machine notes (vmware) with Active Directory Computer description. As in big environment, different team are managing each of these components, the need to be able to link an Active Directory computer account to a vm with XenApp / XenDesktop delivery group has often been seen as...
Citrix, Experience, Microsoft, Scripting, Windows 2008 R2, XenApp, XenDesktop
Citrix will very soon offer a lot of scripts and tools to give the ability to migrate policies from a XenApp 6.5 farm to a XenApp 7.5, I’m currently testing all these Powershell script to check it out and maybe use it by including it in our migration process. What Citrix haven’t give us yet...
Citrix, Microsoft, PowerShell, Provisioning Services, VMware, vSphere, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, XenDesktop, XenServer
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 bit further in the automation process, I needed and wanted to know how to automate Hosting Configuration by Adding Connection and Resources to the DDC...
Citrix, Experience, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012, XenDesktop
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 of a great blog (Timm Brochhaus) who made a script available for everyone, and I personally used it. Let’s do it for a full automated installation,...
