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March 7, 2019 James Rankin

Make Citrix logons use asynchronous user Group Policy processing mode

Do you want quicker logons in a XenApp AD GPO environment? You do? OK, then… This has been a subject

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February 21, 2019 James Rankin

Microsoft Teams on Citrix XenApp

Teams is Microsoft’s new Skype and Slack-killer. But how well does it go on Citrix? Introduction Note – this article

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November 22, 2018 James Rankin

Citrix Xenapp/XenDesktop and Folder Redirection – the last word

Do we really still need to use Folder Redirection? Let’s do a deep-dive into it and find out. Introduction Folder

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November 19, 2018 James Rankin

Dealing with network drive mappings in Citrix environments

Network drive mappings are a staple of Windows environments. However, in my opinion, they suck. I remember Mark Russinovich writing

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November 19, 2018 James Rankin

Microsoft acquires FSLogix – are they finally taking RDSH and VDI seriously?

Last Thursday, FSLogix were acquired by Microsoft (announced today). This is a very interesting move! Firstly, there seems to be

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October 17, 2018 James Rankin

How to get the fastest possible Citrix logon times

We all want super-quick logons in XenApp and XenDesktop environments. How can we get them? Introduction User experience is a

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August 30, 2018 James Rankin

Management of Start Menu and Tiles on Windows 10 and Server 2016, part #2

This is the second part of the article on Windows 10/Server 2016 Start Tiles management. The first part of this

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August 3, 2018 James Rankin

Management of Start Menu and Tiles on Windows 10 and Server 2016, part #1

Another subject that needs a “final word”. What is the best way to manage “Start”? I feel like I’ve written

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July 31, 2018 James Rankin

Per-user FTAs in Windows 10, Server 2012 R2 and Server 2016 – THE FINAL WORD

FTAs have been a problem for a long time. Let’s put the subject to bed. I have done a number

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July 26, 2018 James Rankin

Error creating Citrix WEM database on SQL Express – “database creation error”

You may see this error setting up WEM on SQL Express. Here’s how to solve. When you install Citrix Workspace

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