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- Notification Banner in Citrix WorkspaceCitrix Workspace now supports supports a custom notification banner where you can notify the users of planned maintenance windows, known issues, or just whish them a great weekend ?. The banner will be presented to the user after login on the top of the workspace page. The banner can be… Read More »Notification Banner in Citrix Workspace
- Client Secret Update for Azure App registrationsFollowing up on my last article “Client Secret Expiration Date” I want to outline here how to automatically update the Azure client secret. Depending on the customers policies that has to be done probably every 12 to 24 months. Citrix Cloud utilizes an Azure app registration to grant permissions to… Read More »Client Secret Update for Azure App registrations
- Client Secret Expiration DateWhen configuring a Microsoft Azure hosting connection in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service tenant, you need to create a service principal to grant Citrix Cloud the appropriate permissions for deploying VMs. The authentication will use a client secret which expires after two years if you configure the service… Read More »Client Secret Expiration Date
- Multi-Type Licensing for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops ServiceCitrix Virtual Apps and Desktops now supports mixed-mode licensing within one site. With this feature customers can leverage the optimal licensing model per use-case. While knowledge workers might be consuming resources in a nine-to-five manner and will be best equipped with user/device licensing (U/D), there might also be other use-cases… Read More »Multi-Type Licensing for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops – RolesIn Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops roles are a set of administrative permissions that can be assigned to a user. There is a set of built in roles that can be used out of the box: Citrix Managed Objects Administrator Role. Can administrator Citrix managed objects Cloud Administrator. Customer access.… Read More »Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops – Roles
- Citrix Controller Proxy ConfigurationWhen configuring a host connection in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to a public cloud provider, Citrix controller needs to establish an outbound connection to the Internet. This article will describe how to configure a proxy server for that connection. Microsoft Azure If the Citrix controller does not have access… Read More »Citrix Controller Proxy Configuration
- Citrix Cloud Proxy ConfigurationWhen implementing Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Service you’ll have to deploy at least two Cloud Connectors per Resource Location. Each Cloud Connector will establish outbound HTTPS (TLS 1.2) connections to the different services in Citrix Cloud. This article will describe how to configure a Citrix Cloud Connector to establish… Read More »Citrix Cloud Proxy Configuration
- Bind TLS Server Certificates to the Citrix Broker ServiceBind TLS Server Certificate The TLS certificate can be bound to a port using netsh. In order to run the command the hash value of the certificate, as well as the GUID of the Citrix Broker Service are required. The following PowerShell script collects the required information and runs the… Read More »Bind TLS Server Certificates to the Citrix Broker Service
About me
Markus Otten
My name is Markus Otten and I work as a Solution Delivery Architect at Citrix Systems. In a post-sales capacity I oversee consulting engagements and deliver on large and strategic accounts. Working for consulting for the last five years I delivered countless projects across Europe focusing on cloud technologies. Before joining Citrix I gathered more than 15 years of experience with Citrix technologies as a customer and a partner. I studied computer science in Germany and hold multiple professional certifications.