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July 1, 2019 James Rankin

QuickPost – using FSLogix to create multiple default profiles and Start Tiles layouts

Let’s have a quick look at some cool tricks we can pull off with FSLogix. FSLogix (now owned by Microsoft)

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June 19, 2019 James Rankin

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

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March 21, 2019 James Rankin

FSLogix licensing comes out of the shadows

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

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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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