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  • November 7, 2022 James Rankin

    QuickPost – Making CloudDriveMapper look cool

    A quick one today, about how to enable tighter integration of CloudDriveMapper

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  • October 13, 2022 James Rankin

    Building an Ubuntu Minecraft server on Azure

    A random tangent today – let’s build a cloud Minecraft server!

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  • July 18, 2022 James Rankin

    QuickPost – setting an “Image of the day” desktop background

    How to cycle a new Windows desktop background image each day

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  • July 8, 2022 James Rankin

    Setting up a Linux virtual desktop in Azure using Citrix DaaS

    Let’s go in an unexpected direction this week – how do we set up a Linux virtual desktop via Citrix?

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  • June 16, 2022 James Rankin

    Setting up CloudDriveMapper

    CloudDriveMapper is one of my favourite tools at the moment. How do we get it up and running?

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  • March 9, 2022 James Rankin

    Is it time to rethink application delivery?

    Application delivery is the primary function of IT. Should we be looking at it differently?

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  • January 24, 2022 James Rankin

    Creating a Chocolatey package for the Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent

    Installing the Citrix VDA via Chocolatey Package Manager – a quick guide

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  • December 10, 2021 James Rankin

    QuickPost – how to start a process when a Citrix published application launches

    How to auto-launch processes in published apps

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June 28, 2021 James Rankin

Why has Windows been dialled up to 11?

Microsoft have announced Windows 11. The question is – why?

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June 24, 2021 James Rankin

The ultimate guide to Windows logon time optimizations, part #5

Part #5 of the Windows logon times guide is here – and we’re talking about user profiles

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June 22, 2021 James Rankin

QuickPost – adding shared mailboxes in Online (non-cached) mode

A very quick reminder on how to keep your shared mailboxes from impacting storage

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June 14, 2021 James Rankin

QuickPost – FSLogix container failures when managing local groups through GPP

Here’s how to manage local groups for FSLogix, without causing any errors

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May 26, 2021 James Rankin

QuickPost – setting Storage Sense cloud content dehydration on Server 2019

Storage Sense is a pain on Server 2019 RDSH. Here’s how to tame it.

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May 24, 2021 James Rankin

Forcing Citrix/RDSH users to open files in either Visio or Visio Viewer

Can you specify whether your users should use Visio or Visio Viewer when they’re running on a shared platform? This post will tell you the answer.

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May 14, 2021 James Rankin

Microsoft Teams on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, part #3 – 18 tips for optimizing performance

It’s time for part #3 of Teams on Citrix – let’s have a look at how we can optimize performance!

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March 3, 2021 James Rankin

QuickPost – restricting access to Zoom using Group Policies

Need to block Zoom by using only Group Policy tools? Here’s how to do it

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February 26, 2021 James Rankin

QuickPost – auto-mute volume on Citrix Virtual Desktops

Using PowerShell to automatically mute the volume of desktop sessions

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February 25, 2021 James Rankin

QuickPost – triggering actions after process starts in Windows

A quick method for capturing process start events on Windows

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  • Building an Ubuntu Minecraft server on Azure October 13, 2022
  • QuickPost – setting an “Image of the day” desktop background July 18, 2022
  • Setting up a Linux virtual desktop in Azure using Citrix DaaS July 8, 2022
  • Setting up CloudDriveMapper June 16, 2022

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