Apr 052020
 
SSMS: Windows Authentication from a non-domain joined computer

When trying to connect to a domain-joined Microsoft SQL Server 2017 with a domain authentication (user account belonging to the same AD Domain as the Microsoft SQL Server) from a non-domain joined computer or a computer joined to another non-trusted domain, you get a “login failed” on every connection attempts. The solution (or workaround) is […]

Jul 292019
 
FSLogix Profile Compacting Tool

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 […]

Feb 152018
 
OneDrive folder redirection in XenApp 7.15

My client wanted to redirect the personal documents for the published applications in XenApp to the local OneDrive folder on the user’s devices, and if possible, to create a OneDrive folder shortcut in XenApp looking exactly as the local OneDrive client in the file explorer. Mission accomplished. Discover how I have done it in this […]

Sep 302016
 
Quickly replicate XA/XD applications to another delivery group

Environment XenApp 7.6 700+ Delivered (published) Applications 60+ Windows servers (2008 R2 and 2012 R2)   Scenario Recently I had a request to replicate 100+ applications from PROD to QA, using QA server configured with identical applications and identical application locations/paths. Obviously all paths to EXE files need to be the same in order for this […]