I recently ran into having to create a chunk of MCS dedicated machines for this COVID-19 situation the world is in. MCS Dedicated machines are very different from MCS Pool machines. One of the HUGE differences is updating the machine’s images and updating the targets. As your aware MCS Pooled is very similar to PVS […]
MCS Static Reboots in Studio During this COVID-19 I had to build 500 VDI desktops. During this time, I could only use dedicated machines because of how some software is licensed. I didn’t really care for this, but I had to do what was needed to provide remote support. This was my experience, in getting […]
UDP over Audio for Citrix Many people use Audio in Citrix VAD. It works well, but at times it can be choppy, jittery, and lagging. I wouldn’t say it’s hard, but Citrix is kind of all over the place with the docs. The Tech Zone does a nice job on the material. One of the […]
DPI scaling and Citrix workspace Client-side issues are such a pain There are times, a user will have 2,3 or maybe 4 monitors. You will see at times when they launch an application you will see this. You also will Mouse Cursor offset by a few millimeters on an external display You also will see […]
How to send a group of users to a single desktop or a group of Desktops This would come in handy if you have a piece of software that can only register on desktop “Name” Depending on the vendor licensing schemes. On the right hand side click manage tags Create a tag name On the […]
This is an older upgrade, but you can still use it as a reference point. There are a lot of guides out there, and this isn’t to repeat any of them, but how I did it. Great blogs https://www.carlstalhood.com/workspace-environment-management/ https://www.mycugc.org/blogs/cugc-blogs/2018/07/20/how-to-update-citrix-workspace-environment-managem WEM Upgrade Process *NOTE*I use BISF for all my images, In this post, you will […]
First wayFor Scanner settings, this is needed on the Local PC first. Go here Create the Key for the VID and PID like this. Inside the Registry Key add a DWORD32 with AutoRedirect 0x0000001 (On the same Client) In Studio, you will need a USB Policy Like this…. Make sure this is checked. Second wayCitrix […]
Base settings, No Policies set in Studio, or Receiver No Registry hacks meaning nothing in…. This is normal meaning Stock Nothing edited here Let’s launch a XD session So, as you can see the defaults are taken over based on this article The Citrix USB settings are in depth at times and kind of all […]
Update 10/29/19: Added search (username/userfullname) to the Sessions tab. Studio always seems extremely sluggish to me when trying to navigate between different areas. I’m always waiting a few seconds for the refresh circle to go away every single time I navigate somewhere new. Most of the time I just need to put a machine in/out […]
Update: Added cli functionality.Update: Added 2nd pass of defrag to fix the profile ballooning issue that sometimes occurs.Update: Added ability to target profiles over “X” size for compactingUpdate 3/31/2020: Fixed a bug that didn’t allow the new tool to run as a scheduled task. Fixed in version 2003.1Update 4/21/2020: Fixed bug that didn’t assign drive […]