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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 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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October 12, 2020 James Rankin

Microsoft Teams on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, part #1 – installing the damned thing

It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on our old friend Microsoft Teams – this time we’re giving it a series!

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October 2, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – Citrix UPM Profile Containers feature

How do we use Citrix UPM’s new “Profile Container” feature to capture the entire user profile?

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September 11, 2020 James Rankin

The ultimate guide to Windows logon time optimizations – part #2

It’s part #2 of our Windows logon optimization series – today, we are talking about storage and networks

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September 4, 2020 James Rankin

QuickPost – how to stop FSLogix Profile Containers bloating when running Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams’ profile bloat is truly awful. Here’s a quick guide to getting around it! This is a basic runthrough

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August 6, 2020 James Rankin

The ultimate guide to Windows logon time optimizations – part #1

Everything you need to know about Windows logons in one blog series starts right here! I have threatened on several

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