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Excited to join the Atlantis Community Experts (ACE) program! I'll be covering Atlantis USX and HyperScale for VDI workloads.
If you want your ShareFile SSO page to match the unified X1 look of NetScaler Gateway, StoreFront, and Receiver, here's how to apply the theme for both SAML and AD FS configs.
An .exe attachment got past every email filter we threw at it. AppSense Application Manager was the only layer that stopped it. This is why defense-in-depth matters.
Set up ShareFile SSO with AD FS 3.0 and your users get automatic login with their AD credentials across the website, Outlook plugin, and Sync client. Here's the full config.
Really honored to be selected for the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) class of 2016. Here's what the program is about and what it means for the community.
If half your Android Receiver users can't connect after upgrading to Gateway 11, it's the EdgeSight HTML Injection feature. Disable it under Advanced Features and they'll connect again.
If you're upgrading NetScaler 10.5 to 11.0, watch out for iOS Receiver login issues, TLS 1.2 SChannel mismatches, and ShareFile StorageZone problems. Test before you roll it out.
Here's how to configure NetScaler as a SAML IdP for ShareFile SSO. Your AD users sign in with their existing credentials. Covers AAA vserver, SAML action, and SP metadata.
Here's the full end-to-end walkthrough for deploying Azure MFA with NetScaler Gateway. Covers Azure AD, AD Connect, the on-prem MFA Server, User Portal, and RADIUS integration.
If your VDI logins are slow, it's probably bloated GPOs and folder redirection, not storage. Here's how AppSense Environment Manager speeds up both in XenDesktop.
If you upgraded to NetScaler 11 and your Green Bubble theme is broken, you're not alone. Here are all the gotchas, including logo changes, favicon issues, and the missing StoreFront 3.0 Unified theme.
If you're upgrading StoreFront 2.6 to 3.0, watch out for MMC crashes on 2008 R2, broken desktop shortcuts, and logo text changes. Here's what to expect and how to work around each one.
Here's how to load balance Citrix Director 7.6 across multiple servers on a NetScaler. Includes the service group config, monitor setup, and tips for making Director work better for help desk.
If your mobile users keep opening Gateway in Safari instead of using Receiver, a NetScaler Responder Policy can detect the user-agent and redirect them to the Receiver download page.
If you're running into Kerberos token bloat from too many security groups, you can authenticate NetScaler Gateway users based on an AD attribute value instead. Here's how.
If you want the same Gateway URL to work both inside and outside your network, StoreFront 2.6 supports it. Here's how to configure a single FQDN for all users.
If you want help desk to shadow XenDesktop VMs from Director using Remote Assistance, you'll need Group Policy configured and Director 7.6.100. Here's the setup.
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Charles
Excellent guide Jason! I successfully reached step #69, but after rebooting the Base Image (Win 7 VM) and moving to ste...
Ranj
Fantastic article. I have been learning a lot about WVD in the last few weeks but this article really put those pieces t...
Mark Jubb
Excellent blog post and saved me from wasting a whole load of time trying to work out why the clients wouldn't download ...