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The history of the Windows user profile in EUC environments (1994-2019)

I’ve been told I bang on about Windows profiles a lot. Let’s fulfill that prophecy! Last week James Kindon, a

What’s going to happen with FSLogix, acquired by Microsoft last year? Now, we finally know! So you may recall that

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

Teams is Microsoft’s new Skype and Slack-killer. But how well does it go on Citrix? Introduction Oh come sweet asteroid

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

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

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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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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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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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