Citrix, Virtualization and Cloud

When you create a NetScaler user with read only rights, that user can't see the Reporting tab. You have the error message: Error retrieving the data source. Return code = 2138. Error message = Not authorized to execute this command. You can create this rights for the user with the following points. Open NetScaler webinterface Log in with nsroot or a user with root rights Go to Configuration tab Open folder System Go to Command Policies Generate a new one with the Add -Button Give a name (Example: Reporting) Type the following text in the Command Spec ->  (^show\s+reporting.*)|(^show\s+system\s+\S+.*) Click Create Go to Users Open the user do you want give the reporting access Actived the reporting policy Click OK

It is hard when you use the RDWeb interface internally only and you must activated the checkbox " I am using a private computer that complies with my organization's security policy. " each time. Do you want to activated the checkbox by default, you must make the following points. Go to C:\Windows\Web\RDWeb\Pages\en-US or other language Open the file "Default.aspx" with admin rights Go to line 32 with the content " public bool bShowPublicCheckBox = false, bPrivateMode = false, bRTL = false; " Change the value from bPrivateMode from false to true Save Example:  public bool bShowPublicCheckBox = false, bPrivateMode = true, bRTL = false;

In the old App-V versions, you can make this with the command line parameter: sfttray.exe /exe App1.exe OSDFilePath\OSDFile.osd With App-V 5.0, you can make this with the the command line switch /appvve that apparently can be added to any executable to launch it inside a virtual environment. Example Start Application "App1.exe" in the virtual environment of the PackageID "714ccb17-20a9-4fc3-b635-146cba322ac0" with the VersionID "72e97ec0-165e-4180-870c-ed0e13125ab5". Please note the "_" between PackageID and VersionID! C:\App1.exe /appvve:714ccb17-20a9-4fc3-b635-146cba322ac0 _ 72e97ec0-165e-4180-870c-ed0e13125ab5 You can find the PackageID and the VersionID with the following PowerShell command: Open Powershell.exe (with admin rights) Import-Module AppVClient Get-AppVClientPackage -Name VApp1 You can find the PackageID (Example 714ccb17-20a9-4fc3-b635-146cba322ac0) And the VersionID (Example 72e97ec0-165e-4180-870c-ed0e13125ab5) ...

You can find the setting for publishing the Remote Desktop Session Server Desktop under: Server Manager Remote Desktop Services Collections CollectionName Tasks Edit Properties General tab But you can not change this setting in this wizard! Under Windows Server 2012 RDS you can only publish Desktops or RemoteApps, but not both. :-( If you would like to bypass this limitation for session collections only, you may consider changing the following registry value on your Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RDCB): Open the Registry-Editor Go to the following path:  HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\CentralPublishedResources\PublishedFarms\<collection>\RemoteDesktops\<collection> Open the REG_DWORD " ShowInPortal " Change the value data from 0 to 1 After this change you can see the desktop in RDWeb. :-)