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February 16, 2021 James Rankin

QuickPost – using FSLogix object-specific settings

A brief but important update for anyone using multiple VHDLocations entries and/or the script I published to manage FSLogix file shares!

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February 14, 2021 James Rankin

Microsoft Teams on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, part #2 – default settings and JSON wrangling

Part #2 of Microsoft Teams on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops – how to pre-stage user settings

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January 29, 2021 James Rankin

QuickPost – ImportProfileRegistry error when mounting FSLogix container

A quick rundown of an unusual error I came across with FSLogix Profile Containers

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January 17, 2021 James Rankin

The ultimate guide to Windows logon time optimizations – part #4

It’s part #4 of our ultimate logon times guide….all about Group Policy processing

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December 11, 2020 James Rankin

AppVentiX + FSLogix – super slick application delivery

What’s my current favourite application delivery method? Here’s the answer….

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November 16, 2020 James Rankin

Adapting to COVID-19 – how monitoring became (even!) more important

COVID-19 caught a lot of us on the hop. How have we had to adapt to the changes in our workforce which were driven by the pandemic?

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November 12, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – disabling the Run command (without killing everything else)

Blocking the Run command with GPOs is often horribly restrictive. Is there a better way to do it?

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November 7, 2020 James Rankin

The ultimate guide to Windows logon time optimizations – part #3

It’s time for part 3 of the logon optimizations series – where we will be looking at “first logon impact”

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October 16, 2020 James Rankin

(Reasons not to be) using network drives on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

A rewrite and update of a previous article, as I revisit the thorny subject of network drive mappings.

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October 13, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – FSLogix Registry Redirection (HKLM to HKCU), or “how to turn Computer Config GPOs into User Config GPOs”

FSLogix Redirection is often forgotten about, and the Registry side of this even more. How do we go about using it?

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  • QuickPost – getting started with Citrix UPM Containers September 8, 2023
  • Migrating Pinned Items into new profiles August 21, 2023
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