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The desktop you are trying to open is currently unavailable on terminal servers (Xenapp)

Leave a Comment / 21. May 2012 21. May 2012

When you are trying to use RDP in conjunction with Citrix Xenapp you might get the error message when connecting to full desktop via ICA or RDP on the terminal server, “the desktop you are trying to open is currently unavailable”This is because by default, Citrix restrict the use of full desktop. In order to …

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IT Certifications

Leave a Comment / 18. May 2012 18. May 2012

I’m a big fan of certifications, and I’m currently pursuing multiple exams.Such as Microsoft Lync, Citrix Xenapp & CASP for the moment.Many people say that getting certifications are useless and a waste of money, well I disagree.First of when you pass an exam an employer knows what to except of you skill wise, and it …

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Lync 2010 setup and installation

Leave a Comment / 17. May 2012 17. May 2012

Now, in my previous post I went trough the roles and features of Lync 2010.In order to get a better understanding of it, im going to walkthrough the installation and setup of a basic server.This is going to consist of;1 x SQL server (Back-end)1 x Front-end server (Which is going to be collated with A/V …

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SCVMM 2012

Leave a Comment / 16. May 2012 16. May 2012

So I’m back on the System Center track, this time I’m going to continue with SCVMM which basically is the frontline product for Microsoft’s “Cloud” concept.What is SCVMM (System Center Virtual Machine Manager) ? is it Microsoft’s management product to manage Hyper-v, it is the Microsoft equivalent of vCenter. Of course with it you can …

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Lync 2010, Getting started and the basics

Leave a Comment / 9. May 2012 9. May 2012

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been diving into Lync 2010.I have wanted to learn more about this subject for a while now, but I’ve been busy pursuing other topics like the System Center 2012 release and other exams that I’ve taken like CEH and SCOM.BTW: Also won a competition @Glasspaper in Norway, and …

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SCCM Client

Leave a Comment / 5. May 2012 5. May 2012

Many times you might get some error with your ConfigMgr agents, and they are always to easy to fix. So I’m going to walkthrough how ConfigMgr installs the agent (and where) And how you can debug your agent. Before we continue, it is very useful that you have CMtrace installed (Which is a tool used …

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Forefront Endpoint Protection in SCCM 2012

Leave a Comment / 5. May 2012 5. May 2012

Microsoft has been in the anti malware/virus business for a couple of years now. Going back to the first version of Windows Defender and going on today with the most used antivirus product on the market (Which is free) Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft likes to label its security product as Forefront, their Forefront products are …

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SCCM 2012 and PKI

Leave a Comment / 4. May 2012 4. May 2012

This is going to be a huge post, but hopefully someone will find it useful for future references In my previous SCCM 2012 post, I showed how-to install SCCM, but not how to configure it for encrypted communication. So out-of-the box SCCM traffic goes unencrypted via HTTP, which is clear text. So if you manage …

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SCOM 2012, Operation console does not open and gives SDK service error

Leave a Comment / 29. April 2012 29. April 2012

This is going to be a quick post, got a strange error message on my SCOM server today.I tried opening the console, it would try to open for a couple of min ( it’s a vm so it takes some time ) and it stops and just hangs. And I got this error message appearing …

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System Center Service Manager, part 1

Leave a Comment / 24. April 2012 24. April 2012

Since as a part of my system center blogging spree, I thought I’d go ahead with the setup of SCSM. For those that don’t know what Service Manager is.(Service Manager provides an integrated platform for automating and adapting your organization’s IT service management best practices, such as those found in Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and …

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