I have been struggling with a problem in my venture to the cloud. When trying to run Windows Virtual Desktop, even when I’m not actively...

Citrix Cloud vs WVD
June 8, 2020
In my experience, while Citrix is very widely used in the enterprise, the remote work strategies of most organisations have relegated it to use for consuming the published resources internally on the corporate network from a traditional workstation in the

Cisco Jabber and WebEx in Citrix Virtual Desktops, Published Desktops and RemotePC
March 29, 2020
When there was a surge of people going to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number one issue seemed to be with people trying to get on web conferences and having audio issues or using a Softphone like

COVID-19’s Work From Home Surge & It’s Impact on IT
March 24, 2020
I think everyone is pretty overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information about COVID-19 and if this post gets very few views, so be it and I completely understand. This one is meant more as a diary entry for me

VMware VirtualCenter Server Service Failing to Start
January 8, 2020
The Issue This one likely won’t be useful to many out there. It’s an issue I encountered with vCenter 5.x which manifested itself after the install of Windows Updates and caused a down time for my VMware Horizon environment. We

CloudJumper & WVD Review: Work Smarter, Not Harder
September 26, 2019
Back in May, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to try out CloudJumper’s Cloud Workspace Management Suite, which was pretty cool. At the time, I liked what I saw. For several months, I have also been playing with

Droplet Computing: An Oasis in the Legacy App Desert
August 11, 2019
I had the pleasure of checking out Droplet Computing a few months before they officially launched. I was working with it in my home lab and thankfully in my personal life, I have no need for keeping XP apps or

RemotePC: Let’s Get Physical!
August 9, 2019
Recently, Citrix published the first ever official reference architecture guide for Citrix RemotePC an often overlooked and under-utilized feature in the Virtual Apps and Desktop product stack. What is it? Basically, you install a Workstation version of the Citrix

WEM 1906 Upgrade Notes
July 18, 2019
I just completed an upgrade from Citrix Workspace Environment Manager 4.04 to 1906. The upgrade was relatively smooth. However, I did run into a couple of unexpected issues: 1.) Service settings did not persist! When trying to launch and connect