Yeah, I know.  I just updated the script a couple of days ago and here is another update.  Well, I just couldn’t stand it that the script couldn’t support sending email over anything but the default SMTP port 25.  I just had to fix that but doing so required basing the script on PowerShell version 3.  The script now r […]

At a recent XenDesktop and PVS project we ran into an issue where even though DHCP Options 66 and 67 were configured, we could not get rid of the PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout error.  This short article describes the resolution. This project was for XenDesktop 7.1 and PVS 7.1 using Bluecat DHCP/DNS appliances.  There are a couple of s […]

While speaking at the vCommunity events in the Northeast USA put on by Robert Morris and the fine folks at Advantec Global Services, Inc (http://www.advantec.us/), several script users asked if I could add a Summary Page at the end of the documentation script. They said their managers often asked for data on how many administrators, […]

Microsoft recently released their Windows Management Framework 4 which includes PowerShell 4.0.  I recently made sure all the current and future scripts worked with PowerShell Version 3. The following were tested: XenApp 6 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, PowerShell V2, V3 and V4 – script versions 3 and the in development […]

I am in the process of creating V4 of the PVS and XenApp documentation scripts.  As part of the process I wanted to make sure all the current and future scripts worked with PowerShell Version 3. The following were tested: XenApp 5 on Windows Server 2008 Sp2, both PowerShell V2 and V3 – script versions 2 and the in developmen […]

Ever since I started working with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) in July 2001, I have always wondered what should be configured in the Default Domain Group Policy Object (GPO).  I have had a couple of my AD mentors tell me what should be in the Default Domain GPO and I have parroted their recommendation for years now because I agre […]

In my 10 Things in AD… presentations, I talk about the importance of having the domain controller that holds the Primary Domain Controller Emulator (PDCe) role configured as the authoritative time source for the forest.  In the PDF that accompanies the presentations, I include a link to a Microsoft Ask the Directory Service Team b […]

At Briforum 2013 Chicago, after my session on More Things in AD…, someone asked me a question.  The question was “What happens to the FSMO roles when the domain controller that holds them is demoted and is no longer a domain controller?”  The person asking the question was wondering, in an emergency, if a  domain controller […]

Greetings, If you came to my presentation at BriForum 2013 in Chicago, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting together the information. Michael B. Smith, Exchange MVP, https://www.essential.exchange/blog/ Brian Desmond, Directory Services MVP, http://BrianDesmond.com Andrew S. Bak […]

Citrix released Provisioning Services version 7 (PVS7) with support for running on Microsoft Windows Server 2012.  Server 2012 has a really nice new feature called Group Managed Service  Accounts (gMSA).  Even though Citrix had to test installing PVS7 on Server 2012, I found that Citrix never tested using gMSA for the Stream or SO […]

In updating the PVS documentation script to add support for PVS7, I ran into an issue with getting the McliPSSnapin.dll registered.  This brief article explains how to resolve this issue. The Provisioning Services 7.0 PowerShell Programmer Guide is available here. On page 7, the instructions to install the PowerShell Snap-in are no […]

At Synergy 2013, Citrix announced XenApp 6.5 FP2, among other things. I have been looking at this announcement with a kind of special interest, my first curious case, which you can read here. And what did I see in the presentation? XenAppFP2   What does Citrix mean by this? “Some customers have reported issues in Client Dr […]

Greetings, If you came to my presentation at E2E 2013 in Copenhagen, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting together the information. Michael B. Smith, Exchange MVP, https://www.essential.exchange/blog/ Brian Desmond, Directory Services MVP, http://BrianDesmond.com Andrew S. Baker […]

Greetings, If you came to my presentation at Synergy 2013 in Los Angeles, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting together the information. Michael B. Smith, Exchange MVP, https://www.essential.exchange/blog/ Brian Desmond, Directory Services MVP, http://BrianDesmond.com Andrew S. […]

Greetings, If you came to my presentation at BriForum 2013 in London, thanks for being there. I would like to thank the following people for their help in putting together the information. Michael B. Smith, Exchange MVP, https://www.essential.exchange/blog/ Brian Desmond, Directory Services MVP, http://BrianDesmond.com Andrew S. Bake […]

Recently, I came across another Curious Case. Let’s start with some basic facts, shall we? It’s a small, dedicated XenApp 6.5 farm, consisting of just 2 servers serving Published Desktops to around 50 concurrent users. They did qualify as Power Users for sure, with some of them having iexplore.exe’s running at 1 GB RAM. They co […]

I needed to figure out how to run my latest PVS documentation script without having Microsoft Word installed on the PVS server.  This turned out to be much simpler than I thought it would be.  There are only four steps involved. From the computer to run the script, start a PowerShell session as Administrator Add-PSSnapin McliPSS […]

The script to document a Citrix XenApp 6 farm has proven to be very popular.  I had not always wanted to take the time to create a version of the script that would output to a Microsoft Word document because this script had not been downloaded very much.  But in the last few months, the script has been downloaded several thousands […]

The script to document a Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) farm has proven to be very popular.  I have always wanted to take the time to create a version of the script that would output to a Microsoft Word document.  Ryan Revord had taken the XenApp 6.0 script and changed it to create a basic Microsoft Word document.  Ryan saved […]

Here is the video from my “10 Things in AD” session at the E2E Conference in Hamburg, Germany. http://tinyurl.com/E2E10ThingsinAD This is a public link so feel free to share. Hope to see you in Copenhagen.  I will be there and maybe even do two sessions this time. Thanks Webster […]