Somewhere down the line, Citrix Admins need to upgrade their Citrix Site from one version to another, Example, from XenDesktop 71.5 LTSR to CVAD 1912 LTSR. For Citrix site upgrade, we have to mount the product ISO in Citrix server and run the setup file. But What about VDIs? Based on your company’s VDA usage,…
It is really exciting to share something that we know to all the people in the community. I recently started youtube video series on how to install and configure complete virtual apps and desktops (XenDesktop) site. Go through below videos and check them out: Virtual Apps and Desktops (XenDesktop) Basic Definitions: Virtual Apps and Desktops (XenDesktop)…
As part of citrix VDI life cycle, citrix admins would be tasked to update master images and update machine catalogs based on the same. For PVS update process is completely different. For MCS dynamic VDIs, we already have a GUI option in studio to update machine catalog with updated snapshot. But for MCS static VDIs,…
One of the issues where users might end up in bad mornings is at loading their VDI. If their UPM profile is huge, it takes long time for them to login. In case if we end up a user with long logon time issues, we will first have a look at user’s citrix UPM profile….
As part of day to day tasks, one of the major activity for citrix admins is to maintain free VDIs in xendesktop delivery groups. If we dont have registered free VDI machines, and when new users try to connect to VDI, they would get errors like “Cannot start VM”. So, we have to make sure…
When you try to add a vcenter connection under “Hosting” tab in Studio, you get the below error sometimes: Solution: Open your vcenter server in IE, like, https://vcenterServer.yourcompany.com. You will see certificate error. Click on “Continue to this Website (not recommended). Click on Certificate error in the address bar. Click View certificates and install the…
Azure important points: Use locks on critical resources. Use resource groups to segregate your resources into virtual groups so that they can be managed as a single entity. Create policy to set compliance and rules on your Azure resources. Use Initiatives if you have multiple policies. Even if you have a single policy today, It…
Source: Giphy When users complain that they are experiencing slowness in their VDIs, there are some points to check within in citrix. If you have Citrix ADM (Application Delivery Management) installed and configured, you should see users sessions and bandwidth details in ADM. You may see high ICA RTT even though users say that they…
Azure Learning Links: Azure Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/browse/ AZ-900: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/azure-fundamentals/ https://github.com/ddneves/awesome-azure-learning/blob/master/topics/certifications/az-900.md https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/community/events/ – Change country and select course. https://microsoft.github.io/AzureTipsAndTricks/ Windows Virtual Desktop: WVD Introduction: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/m365-wvd/ Youtube playlist: Azure Academy
Here are few recommendations to save money on azure: Reduce costs by eliminating unprovisioned Azure ExpressRoute circuits. Buy reserved instances to save money over pay-as-you-go. Right-size or shutdown underutilized virtual machines. Use Reserved Instance.Choose low-cost locations and regions. Right-size underutilized virtual machines. Deallocate virtual machines in off hours. Delete unused virtual machines. Migrate to PaaS…
We all know, Citrix initially was into provisioning apps and desktops to users. They came up with Citrix Cloud services where Citrix manages the admin part and you manage the VDI part (mostly). Now they came up with another service where you can host the VDIs on Microsoft Azure and Citrix will help to manage…
Here are list of some of the powershell 7 features: Pipeline parallelization with ForEach-Object -Parallel New operators: Ternary operator: a ? b : c Pipeline chain operators: || and && Null conditional operators: ?? and ??= A simplified and dynamic error view and Get-Error cmdlet for easier investigation of errors A compatibility layer that enables users to import modules in an implicit Windows PowerShell session…
We may end up in a situation where we have delivery group with multiple servers (Let’s say 10 ) out of which application owners need to publish an application from only given set of servers ( Let’s say 5 ) from those servers. This is how the process goes: Follow below process to publish application…
Issue: VDI appears as not registered in studio console. Event Viewer shows 1017 error: The citrix desktop service failed to register with any controller. The service will try registering again approximately X seconds. Troubleshooting: Run Citrix Health Assistant tool. This will identify any errors with registration and domain memberships etc.. Make sure you use the…