Hello again! This tool is even simpler than the print driver stuff in my previous article. But again I hope this addresses a real need out there, it has done so for me. Everyone that has used Microsoft Remote Assistance (or some other tools) probably remembers asking the user on the other side what the name of the server/computer he […]

Printers and printer drivers aren’t an exiting technology as the latest HDX Features in XenApp 7.12 and so on. But every Citrix admin out there has ran into issues with printers and printer drivers at one point or another. And we’ve all been felt the same need at least once: how do I get those print drivers out there with […]

Andrew McCullough is providing to the community a documentation for the Citrix NetScaler MAS. The script will be maintained by Andrew but housed here with the always growing collection of scripts. Andrew can be found at Twitter @andymc84 All support and enhancement requests should be directed to Andrew. Andrew has written a blog pos […]

1-Dec-2022 Update Back in October 2022, there was a bad update to the WordPress plugin I use to track the count of downloads that reset all counts to zero. In an attempt to recover the counts, my hosting provider followed the instructions from the plugin’s author. The download counts are now FUBAR and unreliable. As of 1-Nov-20 […]

On a recent project, I needed to set up high availability for the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) databases. The customer wanted to use Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard and I was tasked with implementing the new Basic Availability Groups. This article details the steps I took to implement Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard […]

I have been told that if you install the Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) 7.7, or later, console on version 7.0 through 7.6 LTSR that you can use the new Citrix PVS PowerShell. You know, the new, real, object-oriented PowerShell. I decided to test this to see if it was true. Before we begin, let’s get the most important ques […]

Recently on a project, I noticed lots of home folder errors in the customer’s System event log.  I offered to take my Folder Redirection Error script and modify it to find home folder errors. This project and article are specifically for Citrix XenApp 6.5 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 but can easily be adapted […]

After receiving reports that Word 2016 Cover Pages were not working for any of the documentation scripts with Windows 10 Anniversary Update and PowerShell Version 5.1, I finally did some testing. This is what I found after several hours of testing: Windows 7 SP1, PowerShell versions 3, 4 and 5 all work with Word versions 2010, 2013 […]

I have received numerous emails and comments from people having issues running the Active Directory (AD) documentation script in a forest that contains multiple domains. I finally got off my lazy rear end and took the time to figure out the issue and solution. I created a forest with two domains for my testing. Webster.local Child1 […]

In June 2013, David O’Brien (Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP) released his Config Manager documentation script. A little while ago, several users emailed me asking for help as they were trying to run the script using Microsoft Word 2016. David had left my email address in the error message so I reached out to David for pe […]

Updated 28-Dec-2017 to fix broken links Greetings, If you came to my presentation at Citrix Synergy 2016 in Las Vegas, thanks for being there. The room was fairly full for being the next to last session on the last day of Synergy with a beer crawl starting at the same time. Thanks to all who stayed after the session and asked lots of […]

On a recent project, I learned something new about PowerShell’s Try/Catch. You can nest another Try/Catch in the Catch of the first Try/Catch. When I showed this to my PowerShell mentor, he said he didn’t know that could be done. I figured I might as well make a quick post about it. I was using some code from Jeremy Saun […]

I recently wrote about Finding the Average Group Policy Processing Time Using Microsoft PowerShell and have made a couple of changes to the script. I have added the follow new features: Allows you to specify the maximum number of seconds, default is 30, group policy processing should take. Any number greater than or equal to that n […]

Over the course of the past several months, I have had several projects where I needed to create, edit, or fix group policies. A problem I ran into was I only needed a subset of the policy settings (Site to Zone Mappings, Microsoft Office settings). Another problem was corrupt group policies that would not backup. How can I get just […]

On a recent project, we thought the group policies being applied were causing slow user logons and application launches. What we needed was a way to determine how long just group policy was taking to process. This article shows how we determined the amount of time group policy was taking. Update 21-Mar-2016: A reader from New Zealan […]

On a recent project, I needed to create two Citrix Director servers. One for Citrix XenApp 6.5 and the other for XenApp 7.6. I looked for an article from Citrix on making the Director site the default page in IIS and did not find anything. So I have ripped off, I mean borrowed heavily from, the Citrix article How to Make StoreFront t […]

Another issue causing slower logons for users at a recent project was Folder Redirection errors. This article is how I found the issue and how the customer resolved them. [Updated 10-Mar-2016 to handle PowerShell V2 singletons when the first server processed has only one Folder Redirection error.] This project and article are specif […]

One of the nice things about being an independent consultant is the new stuff learned while on projects. I learned some new information about Site to Zone Mapping I wanted to share with you. [Testing updates are at the bottom of the article. Article last updated 5-Oct-2016.] A project I worked on recently had users complaining about […]

On a recent project, the customer experienced an issue where updating the Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) image to Internet Explorer (IE) 11 caused a major outage. If any users caused two Microsoft Office applications to run simultaneously, the CPU would spike between 80% to 100%, and the server would become unresponsive. The only […]

As you may recall from my previous article, XenServer and HP Firmware Woes,  I was involved in a rather large XenServer upgrade project. Anyone that has done some XenServer updates/upgrades surely has come across the “ghosted nics” issue before. I’m certainly not alone since CTP Alexander Ervik Johnsen also wrote […]