So as of right now Im taking a vacation from blogging a couple of weeks ahead, why ? Right now I am having 4 MCT traning courses in a row which takes up a lot of time preparing and energy. Another thing that happens recently is that I have been asked to author a book …
Microsoft has implemented a lot of new cool security features in Hyper-V on the 2012R2 release, and most importently statefull firewall and network inspection features. From the 2012 release, Microsoft introduced features like* ARP Guard https://msandbu.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/arp-guard-in-hyper-v-2012/* DHCP Guard * Router Guard(These three functions are also included in regular network devices from most vendors) The use …
This is going to be a long one Always wanted to document this myself but never had the time, so I figured why not knock two birds with one stone and blog it as well since many are probably wondering about the same thing. This is a typical deployment for many right? You have your …
Setup Netscaler for XenDesktop 7 and AppController 2.8 Read More »
Got this wierd error when connecting to appcontroller today with my admin user. This happend for both externally and internal users. The problem ? I did a restore of my admin user in AD and hence I lost a couple of parameters on my user which AppController needs. 1: Make sure that your users has …
Todays generation of IT-users are embracing BYOD as much as possible, where one user has multiple devices to work with. This isn’t so easy to achive with a corporate laptop. Imagine a new employee comes on board and is given a new corporate laptop. This new employee demands flexibility and the ability to personilize the …
How easy is it deploying XenClient ? Quick walkthrough Read More »
A customer asked me recently can I configure load balancing for my Application Catalog service on Configuration Manager, since It runs on Silverlight im unsure how it will work… Sure you can!The Application Catalog in Configuration Manager consist of two components, the Application Catalog Web Service Point and the website point. Now when you install …
Load balancing Application Catalog for Configuration Manager Read More »
So Citrix has released (a couple of weeks ago) beta exams of their upcoming XenDesktop 7 exams (Which are at the moment free for the taking for a limited time on pearson-vue.com)There are three exams http://training.citrix.com/cms/index.php/certification-links/new-certs/#beta-exams 1Y1-200 Managing Citrix XenDesktop 7 Solutions Beta Exam which is equivilant to CCA on XA/XD 1Y1-300 Deploying Citrix XenDesktop …
Today Microsoft released a Management Pack for VMM 2012R2 Fabric (or a dashboard view) Which can be found here –> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39635 If you want to install this, there are a couple of prerequistes that you need to take care of.(Which are not stated on the download page)First you need to install some additional management packs …
System Center Management Pack for VMM Fabric Dashboard 2012 R2 released Read More »
Microsoft recently released a preview of System Center 2012 R2 and with it, they released a new version of the additional clients for Configuration Manager. You can download them from here –> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39360 The pack includes clients for: AIX Version 7.1, 6.1, 5.3 Solaris Version 11 (SPARC and x86) , 10 (SPARC and x86), 9 …
Managing Ubuntu Clients with Configuration Manager Read More »
Many are thinking about moving to the cloud or at least look at the possbilities, and some might wonder can my workload function in the cloud ? or perhaps you are thinking of deploying Citrix in the cloud? For many the failure of Citrix implementations are tied to the SAN or perhaps the IOPS to …
