As mentioned in my previous post about configuring Windows Server 2012 Core, you have multiple options. One is sconfig, but the preferred method is using PowerShell. PowerShell is a really powerful scripting language and Microsoft is pushing the use in all of their products.
In this post, I will describe how to configure your Windows Server 2 [...]
Configuring Windows Server 2012 Core:...
As mentioned in my previous post about configuring Windows Server 2012 Core, you have multiple options. One is sconfig, but the preferred method is using PowerShell. PowerShell is a really powerful scripting language and Microsoft is pushing the use in all of their products.
In this post, I will describe how to configure your Windows Server 2 [...]
Configuring Windows Server 2012 Core:...
With the release of Windows 2008, Microsoft introduced the Core installation. This is a stripped down version of the Windows Operating System, without any GUI (less space, smaller attack surface). Microsoft continues this option with Server 2012 and recommends to install the core version. When you install Windows Server 2012, the core install [...]
Monitoring XenApp with WMI – Pa...
In part 1 of this series I talked about the basics of the Citrix WMI providers. In this part, I will talk about getting all information about a XenApp server, like which farm it belongs to, what applications are published, etc.
Again, I will be using PowerShell to get the WMI classes. I will assume that you are logged in to the XenApp server [...]
ICAConnect version 1.2
I’ve update my command line tool to connect to XenApp server, ICAConnect. The new version has two new features:
Support 32bit color depth
My fine colleague, Dennis Geerlings, has updated the option to connect to a XenApp server using 32bit colors. To use this, just use the “/color 32bit” switch.
Support seamless windows
I&# [...]
Monitoring XenApp with WMI – Pa...
It has been a long time ago since I last created a new post. Time for a new one! I’ve created a series of posts about starting ICA connections programmatically (by using PowerShell). These posts were about the client-side of ICA connections; in this series, I will talk about using the Windows Management Instrumation (WMI) which allows y [...]
Login VSI 3.7 Released
Login VSI version 3.7 has been released this morning (Amsterdam local time). Read the complete press release at the bottom of this post. The most important new features are:
Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Support for Microsoft Office 2013
Support for Oracle VDI
Express version now supports non-English OS and Office
Pre-configu [...]
ICA connections using PowerShell R...
It has been a while since I last posted something here. And in my previous post in the ICA-PowerShell series, I mentioned doing another post about simulating keyboard and mouse. To sum up, part 1 was about the ICO Object basics, part 2 was about controlling the ICA session appearance and in part 3 I talked about using the ICO Object’s e [...]
Default OU for your SCVMM 2012 Guest ...
In System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012, you have the option to modify your Guest OS settings when deploying a new virtual machine. The settings you can modify are things like the product key, local administrator password, etc.
One other thing you can define, is that fact that the new virtual machine has to be joined to the domain. Very [...]
ICA connections using Powershell – Pa...
In part 1 of this series, I talked about the basics. Part 2 was about the overall session appearance. This part will be about using the events which are available in the ICO SDK. The ICO SDK has a lot of events we can use, but we will be talking about a few so that you get a basic idea on how to use them.
Available Events
First of all, let [...]
ICA connections using Powershell – Pa...
In part 1, I talked about the basics of using the ICA Client Object SDK (ICO SDK). In this second part, I’ll talk about modifying the appearance of your ICA connection using the ICO SDK. This includes:
Resolution
Color Depth
Fullscreen and Seamless Mode
Resolution
The resolution of the ICA connection is modified by setting two propert [...]