Author: Lal Mohan

• May 28, 2014

  Issue with Microsoft Outlook 2013 reconfiguring on every launch – XenDesktop / XenApp

  In one of the recent XenDesktop 7 deployments, I was told that Outlook 2013 doesn’t launch well on Server 2012 Hosted Shared Catalogs by one of the end users.  Every time Outlook is started, it tries to reconfigure itself as if the Outlook profile isn’t there or it cant find the profile. This caused the…
• May 27, 2014

  Mastering Robocopy: Reliable File Transfers Made Easy

  

  Robocopy (Robust File Copy) is a powerful command-line directory and file replication command built into Windows. Whether you’re managing local file transfers or coordinating data movement across network servers, Robocopy offers superior reliability and features compared to standard copy commands. Basic Syntax The basic syntax for Robocopy is: Common Scenarios and Solutions 1. Local File…
• May 27, 2014

  Export list of members from an Active Directory group to a text file

  This can be achieved via the NET GROUP command quite easily Open a command prompt in Admin mode and run the below command   net group “Domain Users” /domain >memberlist.txt There you go and you can export that in excel and use the space delimiter to get it tidied up Hope this helps someone  …
• May 23, 2014

  A guide to hiding published resources – XenDesktop

  Recently while browsing through Citrix blogs, I came across this gem of a blog which discuss methods to restrict/ hide published Desktops and Applications and thought I will share that on my blog for quick and easy access for my future projects. Some good work from Dave Brear from Citrix. http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/05/20/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont-a-guide-to-hiding-published-resources/  
• May 17, 2014

  Pre-populate domain name in Citrix Director – XenDesktop

  Citrix Director URL doesn’t populate the domain name automatically for you and this can’t be done via the GUI either at least up to XenDesktop 7.1. To achieve this, you would need to manually edit the LogOn.aspx file on the XenDesktop Delivery Controllers(at least in my case, the Director role was installed on DDCs)  If…