August 2019 This is the 8th major update to Webster’s Lab since I started this website in November 2008. This write-up will attempt to include more detail that you have asked for. As of August 2019, there are now seven physical servers running XenServer that allow me to install and run many different operating systems.  I tri […]

#Version 2.60 28-Aug-2018 This update has been sitting on Github for almost a year, so I figured it was time to release it. This is the last update to this old script. The 2.60 update adds support for Word 2016/2019/O365 and removes support for Word 2007. Added -Dev and -ScriptInfo parameters Added Chinese language support Added fou […]

Version 1.20 8-Jul-2019 Added to Farm properties, Citrix Provisioning license type: On-Premises or Cloud (new to 1808) Added to vDisk properties, Accelerated Office Activation (new to 1906) Added to vDisk properties, updated Write Cache types (new to 1811) Private Image with Asynchronous IO Cache on server, persistent with Asynchro […]

Version 5.17 8-Jul-2019 Added to Farm properties, Citrix Provisioning license type: On-Premises or Cloud (new to 1808) Added to vDisk properties, Accelerated Office Activation (new to 1906) Added to vDisk properties, updated Write Cache types (new to 1811) Private Image with Asynchronous IO Cache on server, persistent with Asynchro […]

Version 2.26 27-Jun-2019 Added to Session details for Applications and Hosting, session Recording Status (requires CVAD 7.18 and later) Fixed incorrect variable names in Function OutputMachineDetails Fixed numerous boolean and numeric values in the HTML output that needed ToString() You can always find the most current script by go […]

Version 2.00 18-June-2019 Add support for -WhatIf and -Confirm Add switch -RemoveInvalidAccounts Add switch -UpdateNameCache with a 30-second wait At the end of the script, show: Count of the unique number of SIDs and account names Count of accounts removed Count of accounts not removed V1 of this script was written because of t […]

Computer XenApp Settings: None that I could find Computer XenDesktop Settings: None that I could find User XenApp Settings: Microsoft Teams redirection – Allowed User XenDesktop Settings: Microsoft Teams redirection – Allowed Restore Desktop OS time zone on session disconnect or logoff – Enabled Thanks Webst […]

Version 2.25 17-Jun-2019 Added new Computer policy settings missed in earlier versions Profile Management\File system\Synchronization\Profile container – List of folders to be contained in profile disk  Added new User policy settings for CVAD 1906 ICA\Time Zone Control\Restore Desktop OS time zone on session disconnect  […]

Server Performance Monitoring- How and why? Nowadays, with ever-growing server environments, there is no need to preach the value of server performance monitoring. Windows servers, with or without Citrix installed on top of them, must be kept in check to ensure optimal performance and maximum user satisfaction. Besides server perform […]

#Version 1.10 8-June-2019 Added a line to the final output that shows the number of unique orphaned SIDs or invalid account names found Figure 1 Please let me know if there is anything else that should be included in this script. If you would like to test V2 of the script with the option to remove invalid accounts, send me an email […]

#Version 4.5 6-June-2019 FIX: Issue connecting to Citrix ADC when using untrusted certificate on the management interface. NEW: Pass PSCredential object to -Credential parameter to authenticate to Citrix ADC silently NEW: -NSUserName and -NSPassword paramters allow authentication to Citrix ADC silently FIX: Fixed issue where some us […]

Updated for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1903. I am sure I may have missed something, so if I did, please let me know. You can always find the most current Excel file by going to https://carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/ Thanks Webster […]

Computer XenApp Settings: Add SSL Cipher Suite Add SSL Compliance Mode Add SSL Enabled Add SSL FIPS Mode Add SSL Protocol Version Add SSL Universal Print Server encrypted print data stream (CGP) port Add SSL Universal Print Server encrypted web service (HTTPS/SOAP) port Computer XenDesktop Settings: Add SSL Cipher Suite Add SSL Co […]

Updated for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1811. I am sure I may have missed something, so if I did, please let me know. You can always find the most current Excel file by going to https://carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/ Thanks Webster […]

Computer XenApp Settings: Add Rendezvous Protocol Computer XenDesktop Settings: Add Rendezvous Protocol User XenApp Settings: Remove Automatic installation of in-box printer drivers Remove Extra color compression threshold User XenDesktop Settings: Remove Lossy compression level Remove Lossy compression threshold value Thanks […]

Updated for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1808. I am sure I may have missed something, so if I did, please let me know. You can always find the most current Excel file by going to https://carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/ Thanks Webster […]

Computer XenApp Settings: Remove Display mode degrade preference Rename Enable XenApp Optimization to Enable Citrix Virtual Apps Optimization Remove Image caching Remove Legacy graphics mode Remove Notify user when display mode is degraded Rename Path to XenApp optimization definitions: to Path to Citrix Virtual Apps optimization de […]

There you are minding your own business when you (for once) look at the event logs on your delivery controllers. Much to your dismay, what do you see? Hundreds if not thousands of errors in the Application event log coming from the Citrix ConfigSync Service. What’s up with that? What’s going on? Updated 16-May-2019 I wan […]

The Citrix Federated Authentication Service (FAS) is a privileged component designed to integrate with Active Directory Certificate Services. It dynamically issues certificates for users, allowing them to log on to an Active Directory environment as if they had a smart card. I needed a way to document Citrix FAS for a project for my […]

#Version 1.19 3-May-2019 Remove the following regkeys from analysis as they are for target devices, not PVS Servers (thanks to Johan Parlevliet for pointing this out) HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BNIStack\Parameters\SocketOpenRetryIntervalMS HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\BNIStack\Parameters\SocketOpenRetryLimit […]