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Hide EM Logoff Splash Screen

AppSense

Posted on August 19, 2010

When you use AppSense Environment Manager you will notice a splash screen that displays on logoff with the following text: Environment Manager actions in progress. Please wait while logoff completes.. To remove this text, you open the Environment Manager Console and load your current EM configuration. Click on the Lockdown... [Read More]
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It's My Lab In a Box

Posted on July 8, 2010

With apologies to Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake Last year I decided to set up a virtual lab machine at home. My goals were to run XenServer with multiple 64-bit VM’s to simulate a XenApp farm running in a domain in a small portable desktop case. Taking my $500.00 budget... [Read More]
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- Hardware
- LabInABox
- Training
- XenServer
User Personalization, Microsoft Outlook

AppSense

Posted on June 18, 2010

AppSense allows a user’s application customizations to move to any managed device. The benefit of this for the user is obvious as it creates a seamless experience, reduces user frustration, and reduces service desk calls. In this post, I’ll cover what I’m capturing to manage MS Outlook in AppSense. Application... [Read More]
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Policy Configuration, Multiple Conditions in Nodes

AppSense

Posted on June 18, 2010

AppSense, allows for very granular control of the user environment. In most cases (if not all), it can completely replace login scripts and Active Directory Group Policies. In this post I will highlight how to have multiple conditions in a node. Example: Drive Mappings You can map network shares manually,... [Read More]
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E-mail Alert when your TS logins are disabled

Wisdom-Fu

Posted on May 28, 2010

Note: This blog contains screenshots and references to an older version of Ivanti Automation which was developed by a company called RES Software that was aquired by Invanti. Introduction XenApp server maintenance is a necessary part of managing a Citrix farm (unless you are using Provisioning Services?). We use Wisdom... [Read More]
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- Administration
- Citrix
- Reporting
- Monitoring
- Res Wisdom
- XenApp
Dueling Personalization Servers

AppSense

Posted on May 19, 2010

AppSense user personalization is one of the more powerful parts of the AppSense suite. It allows a user’s customizations (desktop and application) to move with the user to their pc, laptop, or virtual desktop. The AppSense Environment Manager handles this function. We are stepping up a production AppSense environment and... [Read More]
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Automated CCA Install and Self-Registration

AppSense

Posted on May 17, 2010

Once you have your AppSense server and databases created, you can proceed with AppSense Agent installation. In this post we’ll cover a command-line install of the Client Communications Agent and getting the device to Self-Register. AppSense provides all their install components as MSI files (located under \Software\Products). Here is an... [Read More]
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Creating the EM database

AppSense

Posted on May 14, 2010

We are in the midst of implementing AppSense to manage our Citrix users and eventually all users in the enterprise. It has been hard to find information in the blogosphere which I find surprising. AppSense is not a brand new product and its recent recognition by Citrix at this year’s... [Read More]
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- AppSense
- Citrix
- Environment Manager
- MS SQL
- SQL
- User
- Virtualization

Hide EM Logoff Splash Screen

AppSense

It's My Lab In a Box

User Personalization, Microsoft Outlook

AppSense

Policy Configuration, Multiple Conditions in Nodes

AppSense

E-mail Alert when your TS logins are disabled

Wisdom-Fu

Dueling Personalization Servers

AppSense

Automated CCA Install and Self-Registration

AppSense

Creating the EM database

AppSense