I was recently tasked with migrating XenDesktop and PVS databases from Microsoft SQL server 2008 Enterprise edition to MS SQL 2016 standard edition. Since I had to document the entire process for operations team, I thought I should share it with everyone. Citrix Database Migration process starts with doing some […]
On-premises Gateway for Citrix Workspace
Citrix cloud allows using on-premises gateway for authenticating Citrix Workspace users. One of the reason why you would prefer to do that is when you don’t want to use Citrix Workspace URL i.e. yourcompany.cloud.com. In Citrix cloud, it is not possible to use your company domain in the workspace URL. […]
Citrix Gateway Service Plurality
Citrix Gateway service is available at many places in Citrix cloud. The purpose of this article is to show where and how the Citrix Gateway service can be enabled, and why it should be enabled or left disabled. At Workspace Configuration Service Integrations When using an authentication method (screenshot 1) […]
Citrix and Microsoft Windows Defender Disconcert
We all know that Microsoft Windows Defender virus definition Definition 1.321.1319.0 (KB2267602) detected HighAvailabilityService.exe and BrokerService.exe as Trojan and quarantined both processes. This Citrix and Microsoft Windows Defender amalgamation caused a lot of trouble. Both Microsoft and Citrix acted swiftly. Citrix came up with workarounds and Microsoft released an updated […]
How to schedule CDF Tracing
Scheduling a CDF tracing is required when issue occurs at a certain time, for example during reboot schedule or at some random time between certain periods, for example when a user clicks a particular option in a published application. In either situation or probably more, you may or may not […]