In this post I am going to show you how to get up and running with Citrix User Personalization Layer (UPL) and a quick test to show it working. So lets get stuck in! So what is Citrix User Personalization Layering and what problem does it solve?? We have 2 types of desktops that we …
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Creating and Assigning Citrix Workspace Environment Manager configuration sets
This post is Part 3 of a series of posts I am writing about configuring Citrix Workspace Environment Manager 1909. You can find the previous posts here: Part 1 – Installing Citrix Workspace Environment Manager – https://www.virtualmanc.co.uk/2019/10/16/installing-citrix-workspace-environment-1909/ Part 2 –Configuring Workspace Environment Manager Endpoints – https://www.virtualmanc.co.uk/2019/10/20/configuring-citrix-workspace-environment-manager-1909-endpoints/ I had hoped to get this post out sooner …
Configuring Citrix Workspace Environment Manager 1909 endpoints
Hey folks. This is part 2 of the series of blog posts which I am writing which go through the steps to install and configure Citrix Workspace Environment Manager 1909. You can find part 1 here – https://www.virtualmanc.co.uk/2019/10/16/installing-citrix-workspace-environment-1909/ In part 1 we went through the process of configuring the WEM Infrastructure. In this post we …
Installing Citrix Workspace Environment Manager 1909
Hey folks. I am going to write a series of blog posts which go through the installation and configuration of Citrix Workspace Environment Manager 1909 (Citrix WEM). I must admit I haven’t really used this product much in production so I am looking forward to exploring the features that it provides. So what does it …
XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR CU3 and Windows 10 1809 Compatibility
Hey folks, just a quick post to describe an issue I came across this week. I am currently involved in a large XenDesktop LTSR deployment (can you guess from all the LTSR posts??!!). The main requirement from the project is to deliver Windows 10 capability. We are literally weeks away from having everything over to …
XenApp/XenDesktop LTSR Cumulative Update
Hey folks 🙂 In this post I am going to cover the Cumulative Updates that exist for the Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop LTSR releases. I will explain why we should install them, what they contain and what that procedure looks like. So first of all, what are the LTSR Cumulative Updates?? Well in Citrix CR releases you …
Running Security Scan when opening applications on XenApp 7.6
Hey all. This is just a quick post to go through an issue that I came across with Citrix XenApp 7.6. When launching an application the user is prompted with “Running Security Scan” message And eventually you will be prompted with a message to Open the ICA File which has been downloaded Obviously this is …
Enabling Windows 7 Desktop Experience on XenApp 6.5
In this post I will go through the steps to enable the Windows 7 Desktop Experience on a XenApp 6.5 server. By doing this the end user experience will be much better if the users are used to using native Windows 7 Desktop’s. The process involves importing some group policy settings via PowerShell and enabling …
Configuring HDX Flash Redirection for XenApp
I have spent the last few days fighting with HDX Flash Redirection and trying to get it to work for a demo to show to a few customers. There are certain things which you have to do to get this working properly. HDX Flash Redirection basically takes a lot of load of the XenApp servers …
Configuration Manager cannot be initialized when installing Citrix Access Management Console
Whilst recently performing a XenApp 5.0 installation on a brand new build of Server 2008 SP2 64-bit. Every time i tried to install the Access Management Console i received the following error: Citrix Installation The configuration manager cannot be initialized. I did not understand why i was getting this error as i had installed all …