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 1.20 19-Jan-2021 Added creating a CSV file Changed to create an object instead of text Added switch UseDcom to change from using TCP port 139 for testing connections to port 5985 (WinRM 2.0) Updated messages to reflect that change Added the domain name to all output files and the script title Change to using Invoke-Co […]

While old scripts that are not actively maintained do not get new features, they do get bug fixes. Most of the updates are from the 1.23 PVS Health Check script. #Version 4.30 19-Jan-2021 Added to the Computer Hardware section, the server’s Power Plan (requested by JLuhring) Changed all Verbose statements from Get-Date to Get- […]

Version 5.22 19-Jan-2021 Note: The 5.xx PVS scripts still support the insecure use of plaintext passwords. The 6.xx scripts remove the use of plaintext passwords. Added new function OutputNotice Change some Warnings to Notices using OutputNotice Added to the Computer Hardware section, the server’s Power Plan Changed all Wri […]

Version 1.12 10-Jan-2021 Added to the Computer Hardware section, the server’s Power Plan Changed all Write-Verbose statements from Get-Date to Get-Date -Format G as requested by Guy Leech Reordered parameters in an order recommended by Guy Leech Updated help text Updated ReadMe file You can always find the most current script […]

Version 2.01 9-Jan-2021 Fixed issue with invalid name servers not highlighting in red Reordered parameters in an order recommended by Guy Leech Updated help text Updated ReadMe file You can always find the most current script by going to https://www.carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/ Thanks Webster […]

Version 2.03 9-Jan-2021 Added to the Computer Hardware section, the server’s Power Plan Fixed Date calculation errors with IPv4 and IPv6 statistics and script runtime Reordered parameters in an order recommended by Guy Leech Updated help text Updated ReadMe file You can always find the most current script by going to https:/ […]

Updated for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2012. 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://www.carlwebster.com/where-to-get-copies-of-the-documentation-scripts/ Thanks Webster […]

Computer Multi-session Settings: Added: \Rendezvous proxy configuration – Prohibited Computer Single-session Settings: Added: \Rendezvous proxy configuration – Prohibited User Multi-session Settings: Added: Drag and drop – Enabled Added: WIA Redirection – Prohibited User Single-session Settings: Added: […]

Recently, in one of the Slack Workspaces I am part of, someone asked how to enable PVS-Accelerator on numerous Citrix Provisioning (PVS) target devices. I wrote this article to explain how I came up with a Proof of Concept (PoC) script. “Is there any way to enable PVS Accelerator on all target devices in a large collection? S […]

#Version 4.52 16-Nov-2020 Add checking for a Word version of 0, which indicates the Office installation needs repairing Change location of the -Dev, -Log, and -ScriptInfo output files from the script folder to the -Folder location (Thanks to Guy Leech for the “suggestion”) Remove code to check for $Null parameter values […]

This post was originally posted on my blog at  https://www.cloudsparkle.be/2020-10-19-EUC-DevOps/ on October 19, 2020. See what I did there? Some sneaky clickbait. But just keep reading; I promise the rest of the article is not. It’s not THE truth either. It doesn’t even want to be. It’s my own view on the world EU […]

October 2020 [Updated March 2021] This is the 9th major update to Webster’s Lab since I started this website in November 2008. [Look for the March 2021 updates in bold] As of October 2020, there are now four physical servers running XenServer 8.2 and six running VMware vSphere 6.7u3. The equipment in the lab consists of: […]

Back in March 2020, just before things got really weird, I finally started my own blog: https://www.cloudsparkle.be/. My very first post was also published on this very site here: https://www.carlwebster.com/bart-jacobss-toolbox-copyadgroupmembers/). For the posts that followed, I didn’t do that anymore. No regrets, but I feel […]

Recently I came across a broken link in one of my articles. I then found a Broken Link Checker tool for WordPress and ran it. The results left me speechless. After running for over 48 hours, the tool found almost 7,000 broken links. Most of the broken links are for images put on a server that must no longer exist. I have fixed almost […]

Computer Multi-session Settings: Removed: Enhanced Desktop Experience Added: Folders to exclude in profile container – Disabled Added: Folders to include in profile container – Disabled Computer Single-session Settings: Added: Folders to exclude in profile container – Disabled Added: Folders to include in profile […]

After a lot of hard work by the testers and myself, we are pleased to release a new Citrix Cloud (CC) / Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service (CVADS) documentation script. There are five important things you should know about this script. It works only with Citrix Cloud, it does not support the on-premises product Stating the ob […]

Reconfigures the DNS Server(s) on a network interface on specified computers in Microsoft Active Directory. The computer accounts processed are filtered by IPEnabled and DHCP Disabled. Only computers using a Static IP Address are processed. Creates a text file named DNSChangeStatus.txt, by default, in the folder where the script is r […]