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UEM: Non-Persistent VDI Deployment and Windows 10 UWP Apps Missing

Tue, Jan 1, 2019 UEM

Overview Recently we have decided to go with UEM for our project. UEM is currently running in our VDI test environment with Window 10 1803 Enterprise before going live in production. Recently my test users have experienced an issue with UWP missing. For example calculator, photos, paint3d. sticky notes, etc. I did …

Install and Configure App Volumes 2.X

Thu, Dec 27, 2018 App Volumes

Installing App Volumes Manager 2.X On App Volume server run “Setup.exe” as administrator At the welcome screen press next and accept the licenses agreement. Choose Install App Volume Manager and press install. Select Connect to an existing SQL Server Database (You can install SQL Server Express for this demo we will be …

Install and Configure Horizon View 7 Connection Server

Wed, Dec 26, 2018 Horizon

Overview I will be going over how to install and configure horizon view connection server. This includes installing the connection server, licensing horizon view, configure event database, and replacing self signed certificate. Demo is running Horizon View 7.7, Windows Server 2016, and SQL Server 2017. Lets begin! …

Install and configure Active Directory Certificate Services

Sat, Dec 22, 2018 ADCS

Overview Before we begin, I will go over which role services we will be selecting for our Active Directory Certificate Services implementation. Certificate Authority We will be selecting this role in order to establish our Certificate Authority. Certificate Authority Role installs either root or subordinate …

Install Active Directory Domain Services

Mon, Nov 19, 2018 ADDS

This process will show you how to create your first in Domain Controller in a forest. Using Windows Server 2019 for this Demo. Windows 2019 still operates at Windows Server 2016 Forest and Domain Functional level. I recommend configuring the Windows Server with Static Network configuration before promoting the server …

VMware Horizon View Composer Failing to Install and Secure Boot

Sun, Jun 17, 2018 Horizon

So why is VMware Horizon View Composer Failing to Install ? Recently I have been testing moving Horizon View to Server 2016 since we will be migrating soon from 2012R2 to 2016 in production sometime this year. When I went to install Composer 7.5 (This also happened with 7.4) on a composer standalone configuration. I …

Windows 10 1709 and SMBServerNameHardeningLevel

Sat, Mar 3, 2018 Windows

Recently old colleague of mine call me from my previous job. During their testing they found when they went to Windows 10 1709 their configuration baseline tool was unable to scan for compliance on 1709 Windows clients. I worked with him over the weekend to find root cause to the issue and to submit a ticket to the …

Cisco VIRL 1.3 Metadata CRC error detected xfs_repair

Sun, Nov 12, 2017 Cisco

I received a phone call from a co-worker over the weekend about having issues with VIRL 1.3 (Aug 2017 Build). He encountered the issue after deploying VIRL 1.3 ova (1 nic or 5 nic ova on ESXi 6.5 update1). After deploying the OVA he would reconfigure the virtual machine with CPU and memory needed for his lab. VIRL …