Microsoft Edge in Citrix

Microsoft Edge in Citrix

We have a new internet browser! Microsoft Edge based on Chromium, available and supported on Windows 7, 8 and 10 and most importantly in Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012/2012 R2, 2016 and 2019. This means that we now have a modern and secure browser that can be managed via Group Policy and is supported by Microsoft in a server operating system. I have been using this browser for quite some time now and it is awesome. One of the really…

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The Windows Server 2019 Start Menu is playing nice

The Windows Server 2019 Start Menu is playing nice

A couple of months ago I penned an article about how to rein the start menu in Windows Server 2016 mostly because I couldn’t find much information, on how to handle the start menu in Windows Server 2016. I am always aiming at providing the best possible user experience in Session Host scenarios and that, among other things, implies cleaning up the start menu, as it, from a user’s point of view, contains a lot of irrelevant tiles, folders and…

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How to rein the Start Menu in Windows Server 2016

How to rein the Start Menu in Windows Server 2016

In this article I am going to show how to control or rein the start menu in Windows Server 2016. There are a lot of articles describing how to handle the start menu in Windows 10, but very few about Windows Server 2016. Even though the steps are almost identical in Windows Server 2016 compared to Windows 10, there are a few differences. For instance in Windows Server 2016, you don’t have to remove all the “crap” applications, like Candy…

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Installing FireFox

Installing FireFox

In this article I’ll show you how to install and configure FireFox in a non-persistent Session Host environment. By non-persistent I mean in a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop setup deployed either via Citrix Provisioning or via Citrix Machine Creation Services. However you should be able to use this guide in Microsoft RDS and VMware Horizon as well. During my research and testing of FireFox I have of course become more familiar with the browser, and it is also currently…

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How to prevent Citrix Workspace App popups

How to prevent Citrix Workspace App popups

The other day a coworker approached me to get a solution that would suppress the popup boxes you get, after a successful Citrix Workspace App install. This first popup you see it this “Add Account” popup box: The second popup box you see, is this “Citrix Receiver is now Citrix Workspace App” popup box: Both popup boxes appear after a reboot of the computer and they both require user interaction, to make them go away. Some may argue that it’s…

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Citrix Published Apps migration script

Citrix Published Apps migration script

Recently I was working on a XenApp and XenDesktop 7.9 upgrade project. The customer didn’t want to touch the existing 7.9 environment, as it was a production environment with around 1000 concurrent users from different parts of the world. Instead a new XenApp and XenDesktop 7.18 site was created and we had to create everything manually in the new site. Fortunately, besides the published application, there really wasn’t much to be done. We had to create a couple of Machine…

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Installing Foxit Reader

Installing Foxit Reader

A few weeks ago I came across blog post by Carl Webster on a guide on how to install Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. This guide is very detailed and if you are in need of performing an unattended deployment of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, this is probably the only guide you will need. However there are other PDF viewers out there, better viewers in my opinion. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, and versions before DC (11.x, 10.x, 9.x), has become bloated…

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Internet Explorer Tracking Protection

Internet Explorer Tracking Protection

One of the most overlooked features of Internet Explorer, is the Tracking Protection feature. Tracking Protection is a feature that prevents websites from tracking your browsing behavior. You know if you for instance search for, let’s sat a new Synology NAS box in Google. Suddenly a lot of NAS related adds appear in your Facebook feed and on various other add-driven sites. That’s basically tracking, someone somewhere now knows that you are in the market looking for a new NAS….

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The rise and fall of a champion

The rise and fall of a champion

A couple a weeks ago a attended Citrix Synergy at the Hilton Convention Center in Anaheim in the US. I’ve been there a few times before, and it has been a pleasure visiting and attending Citrix Synergy at this venue every time. There were a lot of great sessions which sometimes made it hard to decide which one to attend. However in this article I will bring my views and opinions about some announcements made regarding Citrix Workspace Environment Manager…

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Citrix XenApp and Desktop 7.16 Browser Content Redirection

Citrix XenApp and Desktop 7.16 Browser Content Redirection

I have created 2 small videos to demonstrate how the new Browser Content Redirection works. The Browser Content Redirection is among some of the new features in XenApp and XenDesktop 7.16 and it really looks promising. Citrix have had an HTML5 video redirection feature for a while now, however for it to work properly it relied on a code snippet to be a part og the code on the destination website. We cannot expect all websites in the world to…

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