Creating a Citrix Farm inventory report without snap-ins

There are a few excellent scripts out there which can create an inventory report of your Citrix Farm. However, these scripts usually make use of the Citrix PowerShell snap-ins. Most of the data in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly known as XenApp and XenDesktop) is available through the Monitoring Service which is available on the Citrix Delivery Controllers. By using OData queries, most data can be retrieved without using any snap-ins or modules. I did some investigation and created a script which does exactly this.

I’m looking for any input and feedback on this script. So if you have any feedback or run into any problems, feel free to leave a comment or send me an email.

To download the PowerShell script I created, press the “Download Now” button:


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Credentials not saved in Internet Explorer

Last week I ran into a problem where credentials were not being saved in Internet Explorer. When users enter a username and password, Internet Explorer asks to save the credentials.

Users press the “Yes” button, however when you check the Credential Vault, the Web Credentials remain empty.

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