Citrix Imagingwizard.exe and Packer
Lately I’ve been using Hashicorp Packer to automate my golden master #Citrix images. A few years back, I was mostly using the normal BIOS setting for the virtual machine configuration.…
Citrix: Power State “Unknown”. Gotcha!
If you manage a Citrix environment chances are you’re using hosting connections to manage power actions. Whether it’s for MCS/PVS, reboot schedules, or to simply perform a reboot or shutdown…
Fun with Citrix Functional Levels
I recently had to figure out which Functional Level goes to which Citrix version/release. I figured I would provide the full list as of Citrix 2209 along with some of…
Citrix ADC (Netscaler) – Don’t Get ‘Duped’ by default Cloud settings.
Not too long ago I saw a post on twitter referencing Citrix ADC (Netscaler) sizing recommendations based upon the License edition. This wasn’t meant to ‘size’ the ADC to support…
Microsoft MDT: The Meat and Potatoes
So far we’ve been able to show you how to configure your MDT task sequences, customsettings.ini, and automatically update your Operating System media via OSDBuilder. Part 1: Citrix + Microsoft…
Automate updating OS ISOs with OSDBuilder and MDT
Now that we’ve started down this “MDT” train, there’s no getting off until we discuss some of the more important parts. If you haven’t read the previous posts you can…
Building multiple Citrix Images with one Microsoft MDT task sequence
Continuing on the discussion of Automating the Citrix Image build process with MDT. One small problem is that there’s never just one image to do. You probably have an Image…
Citrix + Microsoft MDT + Powershell + Tools: The Beginning.
Building Golden Images, Master Images, References Images (whatever you want to call them) is a necessity in today’s world. All too often I see Citrix customers using persistent VMs built…
Logon Simulators – Vendor Options and Breakdowns
Logon Simulators should be part of every production and test deployment. They take away the anxiety from worrying about session launch failures, access problems, and back-end issues. In this video…
Citrix Active-Active Datacenters with App Layering and App-V
Citrix Active Active Datacenter with App Layering and App-V (May, 2018) Citrix Synergy is an annual conference where Citrix, Partners, Vendors, and Customers come together to socialize, present, inform, and…