94 articles tagged “microsoft”
Your remote workers can enroll and renew smartcard certs on a YubiKey over an HDX session. No shipping keys back, no temp passwords when PIV certs expire. Here's how.
My FIDO Alliance Authenticate session on how Citrix Workspace supports FIDO2 passwordless auth end-to-end, from Azure AD SSO all the way to Windows virtual desktops via FAS and HDX.
You can now go fully passwordless inside Citrix virtual desktops using USB, NFC, BLE, and Windows Hello. Here's how the HDX FIDO2 virtual channel works and what you need to set it up.
With Windows 10 2004, Windows Hello FIDO2 now works in web browsers, WVD, Teams, and Azure AD apps. You can use your fingerprint or face for passwordless logins across your entire Microsoft stack.
If you need users to accept a EULA before accessing Workspace, WVD, or O365, Azure AD Conditional Access Terms of Use handles it. Way cleaner than the old StoreFront/Gateway disclaimers.
Want to know how many of your users are actually using passwordless auth? Here's how to track Authenticator and FIDO2 adoption using Azure AD logs and Log Analytics with Kusto queries.
You can plug a FIDO2 key into your local PC and use it inside a remote Citrix virtual desktop hundreds of miles away via HDX USB redirection. Here's how to set it up with Azure AD.
Don't expand VPN, open RDP 3389, or disable MFA in a panic. COVID-19 forced mass remote work overnight, but there's a right way to handle it. Here's how to make sound EUC decisions under pressure.
If you're looking at WVD, here's my full walkthrough. Covers Windows 10 multi-session, FSLogix, MSIX app attach, and how to integrate WVD with your existing Citrix and VMware investments.
My CUGC Texas XL 2020 session on driving passwordless auth with Citrix Workspace, Azure AD, FIDO2, Microsoft Authenticator, and FAS. Slide deck and full recap here.
Part 2 of my passwordless series. Windows Hello, Authenticator, and FIDO2 aren't a suggestion anymore, they're a requirement. Here's the real-world deployment experience and technical depth.
This is Part 1 of my 2-part series on why now is the turning point for passwordless. If you're running a Microsoft environment, it's time to plan for Windows Hello, Authenticator, and FIDO2.
Here's how to enable FIDO2 security key passwordless auth in Azure AD for Windows 10 sign-in and SaaS web apps. Covers config, YubiKey and Feitian key enrollment, and browser support.
I contributed to Byte-Sized, a community-driven book on cloud design and architecture for Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft environments. Written by EUC practitioners, now on Amazon.
If your users authenticate via Azure AD and still get a second Windows login prompt, Citrix FAS eliminates it. Here's how to connect FAS to Cloud Workspace for full passwordless SSO.
If you have users in Africa or South Asia, Citrix Gateway Service just added POPs in South Africa North and South India. That's 14 global locations now.
My Citrix Synergy SYN230 session recording is up. I walked through real lessons from Fortune 500 Citrix Cloud and Azure deployments, including identity, resource limits, and networking gotchas.
If you're building a VDI or DaaS environment, here's how to get the dependency layers, user experience, and security right across Citrix, VMware, and Azure Virtual Desktop.
