Category: Remote Access
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Advanced Session Policies for NetScaler Gateway (Works for SAML Auth too)
Thought I will document this as it may come in handy for others looking to do a similar thing using Advanced policies in NetScaler. I recently rolled out a project for enabling SAML authentication for Azure MFA using Citrix FAS (for Single Sign ON). There were a few key findings from that piece that I…
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Upgrading a Standalone NetScaler
Firstly, this isn’t the ideal NetScaler setup. Not having a resilient NetScaler configuration is considered criminal these days. But, hey it doesn’t always work like that in the real world. There will be an outage when upgrading a standalone appliance, and there is no other way around it. Prep Login to the NetScaler Management portal…
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Integrate Azure MFA with NetScaler Gateway for Two-Factor Authentication (Using NPS Plug-ins)
The Network Policy Server (NPS) extension for Azure MFA adds cloud-based MFA capabilities to your authentication infrastructure using your existing servers. With the NPS extension, you can add phone call, text message, or phone app verification to your existing authentication flow without having to install, configure, and maintain new servers. This extension was created for…
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Configure RDP Proxy in NetScaler
The RDP Proxy functionality is provided as part of the Citrix Gateway and currently is available to all NetScaler Enterprise and Platinum customers. The following RDP Proxy features provide access to a remote desktop farm or an RDSH session host server through Citrix Gateway: Secure RDP traffic through CVPN or ICAProxy mode (without Full Tunnel).…