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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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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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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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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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Citrix is finally ditching Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Citrix is finally ditching Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

As the clickbait-like headline says, Citrix is ditching Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. As of XenApp And XenDesktop 7.16, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 are no loger supported. This means that XenApp And XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR is the last version to support Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Finally! A few weeks ago Citrix released this article: Upcoming OS Changes Introduce Greater Flexibility and Innovation It covers the new release types – Current Release (CR),…

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AppLocker is breaking Windows Start Menu

AppLocker is breaking Windows Start Menu

The other day I was setting up a couple of Window Server 2016 XenApp VDA servers to do some more extensive tests of the different Citrix policy templates, to evaluate how the settings in these policy templates impacts the user experience. During these tests I kept running into an issue with the Start Menu not working properly. The context menu worked is it should, but nothing happened with a regular left click on the Start button. I have run into…

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