While working on an update to the Citrix Cloud documentation script, with the help of sample reports from fellow CTP Arnaud Pain, I was able to find and fix numerous issues in the script. I backported the fixes relevant to on-premises CVAD to this script. Version 3.26 13-Apr-2021 Changed $Application.IconFromClient to $Application. […]

While working on an update to the Citrix Cloud documentation script, with the help of sample reports from fellow CTP Arnaud Pain, I was able to find and fix numerous issues in the script. I backported the fixes relevant to on-premises CVAD to this script. Version 2.42 12-Apr-2021 Changed how the Session Recording Status was obtaine […]

Version 3.25 2-Apr-2021 Thanks to M. Foster for finding the following bugs: Update functions OutputConfigLogPreferences and OutputDatastores to handle configuration strings that contain “Data Source” instead of “Server” Update Function OutputDatastores to look for SQL Server names that contain “TCP://&# […]

Version 1.48 2-Apr-2021 Added CVAD 2103/7.29 to version list Thanks to M. Foster for finding the following bugs: Update functions OutputConfigLogPreferences and OutputDatastores to handle configuration strings that contain “Data Source” instead of “Server” Update Function OutputDatastores to look for SQL Serv […]

Version 2.41 2-Apr-2021 Added CVAD 2103/7.29 to version list Thanks to M. Foster for finding the following bugs: Update functions OutputConfigLogPreferences and OutputDatastores to handle configuration strings that contain “Data Source” instead of “Server” Update Function OutputDatastores to look for SQL Serv […]

Version 3.24 25-Mar-2021 (20 years of Dave Ramsey) Added Computer policy Profile Management\Enable profile streaming for folders Workspace Environment Management\Citrix Cloud Connectors Added Server VDA Registry Key: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Explorer.exe\DontUseDesktopChangeRouter Added User po […]

Recently, a friend asked me to help look at some issues in his customer’s Active Directory (AD). The customer’s AD consisted of a root domain and three Tree domains. I ran my AD documentation script and found there were many issues when running that script in a multiple domain forest. To fix these issues, I created a sim […]

Computer Multi-session Settings: Added: Workspace Environment Management\Citrix Cloud Connectors – Blank Renamed: Enable multi-session write-back for FSLogix Profile Container to Enable multi-session write-back for profile containers Added: Profile Management\Enable profile streaming for folders – Disabled Added ICA/Rend […]

Updated for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2103. 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 […]

Home Office 2.0: Access Windows Virtual Desktop with Parallels RAS Businesses benefit from improved admin functionality and greater user-friendliness The new year begins as the old one ended—in the home office. And there is currently no end in sight. But if there is one thing the past year has proven, it’s just how importa […]

Version 3.03 22-Feb-2021 Added a Try/Catch and -LDAPFilter when checking for the Exchange schema  attributes to suppress the error if Exchange is not installed Added Domain SID to the Domain Information section Added SYSVOL State to Function OutputADFileLocations If SYSVOL State is not 4, highlight in red Added updates from Mich […]

In the last two weeks, I have seen several customers where Active Directory (AD) replication is reporting normal, but Group Policy is acting “odd”. Here is what I found. If you are still using FRS (Flaky Replication System) instead of DFSR (Darn Fine Replication System), you should migrate from FRS to DFSR. To determine […]

Version 1.12 30-Jan-2021 Fixed duplicate item in the HTML output for Machine Catalogs You can always find the most current script by going to https://carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/ Thanks Webster […]

Version 3.23 30-Jan-2021 Added getting hardware information for the license server when -Hardware is used Added getting hardware information for the SQL Server(s) when -Hardware is used Fixed duplicate item in the HTML output for Machine Catalogs Fixed wrong variable name when getting the Monitoring database mirroring information Up […]

Version 2.40 30-Jan-2021 Added getting hardware information for the license server when -Hardware is used Added getting hardware information for the SQL Server(s) when -Hardware is used Fixed duplicate item in the HTML output for Machine Catalogs Fixed wrong variable name when getting the Monitoring database mirroring information Up […]

Version 1.47 30-Jan-2021 Added getting hardware information for the license server when -Hardware is used Added getting hardware information for the SQL Server(s) when -Hardware is used Changed all Write-Verbose $(Get-Date) to add -Format G to put the dates in the user’s locale Fixed duplicate item in the HTML output for Machi […]

In Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory (AD), Microsoft introduced managed service accounts. If you create a new AD domain with Windows Server 2008 R2 or later, when you look in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC), you see a container named Managed Services Accounts, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Some people mistakenly ca […]

Version 6.01 25-Jan-2021 Added error checking in Function Check-NeededPSSnapins (Requested by Guy Leech) Added new parameter LimitTargetDevices Updated Function OutputSite Updated functions ShowScriptOptions and ProcessScriptEnd Updated the help text Updated the ReadMe file Adding the LimitTargetDevices parameter with a default […]

Version 1.24 25-Jan-2021 Added Appendix R for Installed Citrix Components Added array $Script:CtxInstalledComponents Added Function GetCitrixInstalledComponents Added Function OutputAppendixR Added CSV file PVSFarmName_HealthCheck_AppendixR_CitrixInstalledComponents.csv Added error checking in Function Check-NeededPSSnapins (Requ […]

Version 1.11 25-Jan-2021 Added error checking in Function Check-NeededPSSnapins (Requested by Guy Leech) Updated the error message when Get-XDAuthentication fails Updated the error messages in Function ProcessScriptSetup Updated the help text Updated the ReadMe file Here are some examples of the updated error checking. I did this t […]