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…
With this article I want to provide an overview on how I usually install the FSlogix Apps agent. The FSLogix Apps agent enables the use of the Profile Container, Office Container, App Masking and Java Redirection features.This is by no means a “best-practices guide” however it does contain a few registry tweaks and workarounds that I have collected, and implemented, in a wide range of customer setups. This guide mainly focuses on the Profile Container and Office Container features, as…
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…
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…
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…
I have worked quite a bit with some of the products in the FSLogix Apps Suite, so it’s only natural that my first blog post is about one of the products in this suite. FSLogix Office 365 Container is getting a lot of attention at the moment, and for good reason. It’s very easy to setup and dosn’t require much maintenance, once it’s up and running. Microsoft MVP and Citrix Technology Professional Aaron Parker has written a nice guide on…