Citrix Receiver 4.2 & PNAgent Configuration

There is an undocumented regkey setting required to add PNAgent functionality using the new Citrix Receiver 4.2. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARECitrixDazzle] “PnaSSONEnabled”=”true” Once applied the Citrix Receiver 4.2 can utilise a PNAgent/config.xml configuration. Source

Install StoreFront prerequisites

To install the StoreFront prerequisites, execute the following PowerShell commands on the StoreFront Server. Import-Module ServerManager Add-WindowsFeature –Name Web-Server,Web-WebServer,Web-App-Dev,Web-ISAPI-Ext,Web-ISAPI-Filter,Web-Security,Web-Basic-Auth,Web-Windows-Auth,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Scripting-Tools,Web-Http-Redirect,Web-Mgmt-Compat,Web-Metabase,Web-WMI,Web-Lgcy-Scripting  

Changing Microsoft ADCS from sha1 to sha256

When ADCS uses sha1 for their certificates, you might want to change it to sha254. NOTE: Make sure all your devices support sha256 sha1 sha256 To achieve this enter the following commands in an elivated DOS-box: certutil -setreg cacspCNGHashAlgorithm SHA256 net stop certsvc net start certsvc

procmon remote monitoring

psexec \COMPUTERNAME -u domainuser -sd -i 0 “c:Procmon.exe” /accepteula /backingfile c:output.pml /nofilter /quiet Aanmelden met de gebruiker, en afmelden (kan wat langer duren door de logging) Daarna procmon stoppen (om de log file te sluiten) psexec \COMPUTERNAME -u domainuser -sd -i 0 “c:Procmon.exe” Terminate   Sysinternals tools benodigd:   psexec procmon

12 Steps to Remotely Manage Hyper-V Server 2012 Core

Install Hyper-V Server 2012 Core and log in to the console. Configure date and time (select #9). Enable Remote Desktop (select #7). Also select the ‘Less Secure’ option. Configure Remote Management (select #4 then #1). Add local administrator account (select #3). Username and password need to be exactly the same […]

Nested Hypervisor on vSphere

VM Hardware version 9 or Higher VM Advanced settings add: vhv.enable = “true” hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = “FALSE” (Hyper-V) And in vSphere Webclient enable “Expose hardware assisted virtualization to the guest OS” under CPU.

Citrix Desktop Director Auto Fill Domain Name

When logging on to the Citrix Director you have to enter the domain name along with the username and password. If you don’t want to enter the domain name each time you logon you can have it filled in by default.

Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Port Configuration

I have put together this blog post about Citrix Access Gateway Enterprise Port Configuration to assist people in setting up their firewalls for implementing Access Gateway in one-arm mode. I have found that almost all of Citrix’s documentation covers the Access Gateway / NetScaler straddling the DMZ and the Internal LAN […]

Citrix NetScaler for XenDesktop Firewall Considerations

The NetScaler Access Gateway uses a number of IP addresses for various purposes. When Access Gateway is deployed in a DMZ, it is important to understand the role of each. The following table summarises the various types of IP addresses and their roles in a deployment: The following diagram illustrates […]