Azure Virtual Desktop – Remote Desktop Client and Option Key Symbols on macOS
If you are working on a macOS device with the Azure Virtual Desktop Client using a non US keyboard layout you will sooner or later find out that the option key mapping of specific characters is not working. It seems …
Continue readingHashiCorp Packer – azure-arm and Domain-Join Issue with WinRM
When working with HashiCorp Packer to create golden images, joining an Active Directory Domain is typically not necessary for most use cases. However, there are scenarios where a domain join becomes essential. For instance, an application installer might need to …
Continue readingCitrix Federated Authentication Services and the magical Primary Refresh Token (PRT) – How to get it? What are possible workarounds?
This is a question which I am getting asked from customers very frequently and I thought its a good idea to share some views on this topic. If you have found this blog post, I expect you already know what …
Continue readingWhich Machine Identity should you choose in a modern Virtual Desktop Infrastructure?
This is an important key question before you start modernizing your on-premises Virtual Desktop infrastructure and moving workloads to Microsoft Azure. I have seen a lot of projects failing during the proof of concept because during the architecture phase of …
Continue readingAzure AD Connect – Migrate back to SQL Express (LocalDB)
For larger enterprises it is recommended to host the database for the Azure AD Connect on a dedicated SQL server. According to the Microsoft docs it is possible to use the simplified LocalDB deployment for up to 100.000 objects in …
Continue readingMicrosoft Azure – Creation of ‘netAppAccounts’ has been restricted in this region
During my preparation for the AZ-140 (Azure Virtual Desktop) certification I had problems creating a NetApp Files Account. When creating the NetApp account, I received the following error message:
Creation of ‘netAppAccounts’ has been restricted in this region
The only …
Continue readingMicrosoft Azure – Moving Subscriptions between Tenants
With the Visual Studio Enterprise subscription, you will receive 130€ of Azure Credits to get your Azure lab infrastructure running. Due to my employer, I am having access to such a subscription, but I had troubles to get started building …
Continue readingCitrix ADC – Gateway Service is Forbidden
This is just a quick post about an issue I encountered today with a vanilla ADC VPX with Firmware 13.0-85.15. After importing the VPX and configuring the ADC I could not reach the login page of the Citrix Gateway (ICA-Proxy). …
Continue readingOneDrive – Set up of protection of important folders not working [0x201]
In a current project I was struggeling with the OneDrive Client in a VDI environment. OneDrive itself was working without problems, but I wasnt able to setup the protection of the important folders like Desktop,Documents and Pictures.
You always received …
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