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 …
Continue readingCitrix ADC – SSL VPN is breaking SSO to OAuth-based WebApps
Guest Blog from Julian Jakob (@jakob_davidson)
Overview
Quick post about an OAuth-Issue with Citrix ADC’s SSL VPN. There is a missing hint in CTX225084 as this article is only refering to SharePoint deployments. OAuth can make use of …
Continue readingCitrix PVS – Deploy Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Hosts with Citrix Provisioning Services
Guest Blog from Julian Jakob (@jakob_davidson)
Overview
There are customers who don’t need the Ferrari solutions like Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to centralize their workloads – as native RDS works quite well. If you want to know …
Continue readingCitrix ADC – Securing Microsoft Exchange Hybrid Deployments
Guest Blog from Julian Jakob (@jakob_davidson)
Overview
As most MS-Exchange-Online migrations are ending up with one Exchange-part OnPrem – it’s called Exchange Hybrid Deployment – I was thinking about the hardening of the two commonly used exchange virtual …
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