April 17, 2011

Easily find installed hotfixes with PowerShell

I {heart} PowerShell. Need to find out if a particular hotfix is installed? Just run this command, substituting the KBxxxxx number for the hotfix you want […]
October 29, 2010

Windows 2008 R2 scripting: lessons learnt

My scripting plans were foiled twice this week on Windows 2008 R2. I have implemented a VBScript XenApp reboot script for several years now on several […]
October 29, 2010

XenServer Snapshot based Backup

If you are looking to do snapshot based VM backups in a XenServer environment then check out this collection of scripts:VBScript methodPerl script methodAndy Burton’s XenServer […]
September 29, 2010

Disabling/hiding Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 libraries

I was looking for this info a few weeks ago while locking down a XenApp 6 published desktop, but couldn’t find it then. To hide a […]
August 30, 2010

XenApp 6 command line configuration

My previous blog entry covered installing XenApp 6 from the command line. Installing XenApp 6 from the command line does not join your server to the […]
August 23, 2010

XenApp 6 command line installation

I’m just starting my first XenApp 6 install and I like what I see so far. This is the first major change to XenApp in several […]
August 23, 2010

XenServer VM poor network performance

In a recent project we were seeing very slow printing on the new Windows 2003 print server VMs created on XenServer. Some print jobs were taking […]
March 8, 2010

How to disable the “Print Dialog” window with XenApp plugin for Mac

I have a client using some Apple Macs to connect to a Citrix XenApp farm. All was working except an annoying “print dialog” pop-up window whenever […]
September 17, 2009

CPU and memory load generation scripts

I was asked today how to generate CPU and memory load on a Windows server. I remembered from my VMware ESX training a VBScript which generated […]
September 17, 2009

The password store on Windows 2008 / Vista

I always recommend a profile management system for Citrix XenApp installations; the free Flex Profile Kit is a favourite, but I recently implemented AppSense Environment Manager […]
July 31, 2009

Run cmd as SYSTEM on Windows 2008 Server

Thanks to Jarvis for this one, to run a cmd window as the SYSTEM account on Windows 2008 Server, download PSExec from Microsoft and use this […]
July 30, 2009

Full hard drive on Windows 2008 Server

Today a production XenApp 5 Windows 2008 Enterprise Server ran out of disk space. I only added it to the farm yesterday at which time it […]
May 17, 2009

Client hypervisors, are they the missing VDI link?

Citrix recently announced XenClient, their client side bare metal hypervisor. VMware announced their client hypervisor back in February and I would not be surprised if Microsoft […]
April 28, 2009

Citrix Stats using PowerShell and SQL

Wow, I like what Alain has done with some PowerShell/SQL/Visual Studio tricks. I can see how this could be turned into a farm trending/capacity management tool. […]
April 23, 2009

The cost of live migration: Did VMware miss an opportunity with vSphere?

VMware recently announced vSphere 4, the replacement for ESX 3.5. When I read that new editions had been released for small business I thought VMware would […]
April 23, 2009

The cost of Live Migration: Did VMware miss an opportunity?

VMware recently announced vSphere 4, the replacement for ESX 3.5. When I read that new editions had been released for small business I thought VMware would […]
April 20, 2009

Automated XenServer host & VM shutdown

A client is currently implementing Citrix XenServer 5.0 and had hit a snag trying to get the new XenServer hosts communicating with their APC UPS. They […]
April 19, 2009

XenApp server cloning utilities

Here’s a useful looking utility from Citrix which saves the manual steps involved in preparing a XenApp server for cloning.Download here. I also just found a […]
April 15, 2009

Publishing Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro & LiveCycle Designer

When publishing Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro or Adobe LiveCycle Designer 8 using Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 the application does not display. The session is established and […]
March 20, 2009

CitrixTools.Net

I stumbled upon CitrixTools.Net from a Citrix forum post and was surprised to find several tools they have developed which are very similar to some I […]
March 10, 2009

Cloud, grid and utility computing defined

http://www.katescomment.com/the-definition-of-cloud-computing/ A great definition, although coming from the MD of a utility computing company the statement “Arguably there is only really one cloud, which is the […]

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November 29, 2019

Implementing change and managing devices: An insider’s guide to Microsoft Ignite

Deptive Solutions Consultant Paul Warren is our resident Microsoft expert – and this year saw him speak not once, not twice, but FOUR times at Microsoft’s […]
March 19, 2020

The 4 pillars of digital workspace cybersecurity

Companies are investing billions of dollars in cybersecurity every year. According to IDC, worldwide spending on security solutions is forecasted to total USD $133.8 billion in 2022.
March 29, 2020

The democratisation of app development

People know that I’m passionate about improving employee experience, so when I was selected to present at the ALGIM Annual Conference in 2019, it’s no surprise that I chose to speak about creating an awesome employee experience.
April 17, 2020

Discovering the power of Microsoft Power Platform with Dona Sarkar

Dona is now the principal advocate for the Microsoft Power Platform, which empowers non-tech people to build apps and solutions to solve their everyday work problems. She was generous enough to share her time and expertise with us in a webinar recently.
May 20, 2020

How Microsoft Teams can help improve collaboration in uncertain times

Over the past 20 years, the technology landscape has completely transformed. We’ve seen the emergence of the cloud, the digital workspace, and the increasing prevalence of a subscription-based model of software: software-as-a-service (SaaS).
June 23, 2020

4 essential steps to boosting remote employee engagement

After weeks of working from their bedrooms, kitchens and lounges – all the while doing their best to maintain their productivity – employees are now gradually returning to the office.
July 19, 2020

Will Microsoft Universal Print fix cloud printing?

The paperless office has been promised for decades but still hasn’t arrived. True, mankind’s longest-standing medium for recording information was never going to be phased out overnight. But in 2020 we’re still waiting and still printing.
November 20, 2020

The new normal of hybrid working – five tips to make this way of working sustainably

We are racing towards the end of the year, summer is coming and so too it seems maybe a vaccine that will help us put Covid-19 behind us once and for all. But the huge shift to remote working the pandemic lockdowns and social distancing spurred all over the world isn’t reversing itself any time soon.
December 10, 2020

Deptive’s Modern Workplace Practice

A track record of enabling digital transformation and a deep experience of Microsoft’s productivity and collaboration applications will underpin a new Modern Workplace practice at digital workspace specialist, Deptive.