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Configure Storage Sense in Windows Server 2019

Configure Storage Sense in Windows Server 2019

One of the things I often talk to customers about, is modernizing either an existing or a new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops setup. This modernization concept includes a couple of different apps and technologies, one of these apps is Microsoft OneDrive with Known Folder Move and File on Demand. Microsoft OneDrive should be a well known technology for anyone working in IT, so no further introduction should be necessary. Currently I still have to explain what the Know Folder…

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Microsoft Edge in Citrix – Revamped

Microsoft Edge in Citrix – Revamped

During Citrix Summit back in January 2020, I posted my first article about the Microsoft Edge browser based on the Chromium Project. At that time I had used the BETA edition of Microsoft Edge for quite some time and I was thrilled to see it enter the stable release channel.The stable release of Microsoft Edge was in my opinion huge and it still is because with Microsoft Edge we get a modern and secure browser which is supported in both…

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Folder Redirection a thing of the past

Folder Redirection a thing of the past

Are you still using folder redirection and do you still rely on it, to provide a decent logon performance? Then this article is probably for you. This article has been in my head for a quite some time. A while ago I was on an assignment at a customer I hadn’t done any previous work for. The customer was using Citrix Profile Management with a couple of folder redirections, including folder redirection of AppData. It’s still not uncommon for me…

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How to get rid of Internet Explorer

How to get rid of Internet Explorer

The time is right. Internet Explorer has had a very, very good run and it has been a good browser. For years it was the only Microsoft supported browser in a Windows Server operating system, even when Edge (the 1st) was released we still had to make due with Internet Explorer in Windows Server operating systems.It’s now time to look in a different direction. A direction where we have a fully supported and modern browser with the new Edge browser…

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The curious case of the pinned Microsoft Edge shortcut

The curious case of the pinned Microsoft Edge shortcut

I really love the new Microsoft Edge browser! Most of all because we now have a modern browser which is supported by Microsoft in a server operating system, but also because we are now able to integrate our Microsoft Azure AD/Office 365 account with Edge, which among other things enables favorites and password sync. UPDATE – 06-06-2020 (June 6th 2020): I did not do proper testing during my last update, rather embarrassing. This means, that you will still get a…

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Microsoft Teams in Citrix

Microsoft Teams in Citrix

During the last couple of weeks I have been helping customers implement Microsoft Teams in their Citrix VAD setups. A common denominator for most of the Teams implementations was Teams consuming a lot of resources, different Teams versions were present in the environment and Teams generating a huge amount of temporary or cached data in the user’s profile. In this article I’ll share my experiences with Teams in Citrix VAD. This is by no means a best-practices install or configuration…

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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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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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