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journeyhunter886 · 3 years ago

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Citrix Remote Pc Access

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How to troubleshoot Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) registration issues.

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Why is Citrix Remote PC proving so popular with organisations during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Since my time at Citrix, which is 3 years I have had many customer conversations, but I can’t remember a single conversation around a specific Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Advanced and Premium feature called Remote PC. That was, until a few weeks ago when the COVID-19 situation started to get a little more serious, and organisations of all types and sizes started to realise that they may have to close the doors to their staff and customers.

So the big message from the Government (at the time of writing this blog post… situation changing almost daily) is anyone that can work from home should, my colleagues and I here at Citrix have been doing just that since March 16th 2020. Luckily for us, we work for an organisation that has the infrastructure in place to allow all employees to work from home, after all, that is what Citrix is all about at the end of the day. Unfortunately, as we have discovered, we are in the minority, with many organisations struggling to deal with the speed at which the COVID-19 outbreak is spreading with their existing Business Continuity Plans (BCP). One of the main issues is dealing with the requirement of dramatically increased strain on infrastructure capacity needed to allow employees to work from home.

Let’s go through some scenarios and highlight the Pro’s and Con’s of each.

Scenario 1.

This is the perfect scenario, the customer is already a Citrix customer and their environment is 100% virtualised. This customer is in the best position, as employees can already reach their resources from any location, using any device. So, working from home in this scenario doesn’t cause too many headaches for IT.

Pro’s:

Users work from home and continue to work as normal.

Very few, if any at all, infrastructure changes.

Rapid transition to a Work From Home (WFH) model.

Con’s:

Users have no excuse for not being productive while the organisation is in a WFH model.

Cabin Fever.

Scenario 2.

However, we have many organisations who, even though they may already be existing Citrix customers, have a mixed user environment, with some of the user population still desk bound, using FAT desktops. This can be for many reasons, but in this scenario IT have serious problems and a lot of questions to answer before they can transition to a WFH model for all users.

Scenario 3.

The final scenario is even more serious. If the organisation has no virtualisation in place with 100% of the user population desk bound, using FAT desktops.

What now? How do organisations that fall into either Scenario 2 and Scenario 3 ensure business can continue even after the doors have closed? How can they provide a WFH model for all or some of their essential user population.

Let’s take a look at the options.

In scenario 2, we have an organisation with a mixed user environment, some virtualised, some desk bound using FAT desktops.

Option 1. Increase existing Citrix license count to accommodate all users that are currently desk bound.

Pro:

Existing FAT desktop users will be able to connect to a virtual workspace.

This is assuming the following of-course:

Cons:

The organisation has the additional infrastructure capacity required to host the additional user count.

Organisations could purchase new infrastructure, if they have the datacentre space available and can actually get hold of the hardware with most hardware vendors struggling to keep up with demand. If they are lucky enough to get hold of hardware, this hardware takes time to procure, to design and implement – not ideal when under pressure and time constraints.

Then there is the public cloud option if they don’t have the datacentre space available.

Well, we all know what is happening in that space. Capacity is draining globally; more and more service restrictions are being imposed and, this approach can be expensive and take a great deal of time to design and implement.

Firewalls, Gateways and all other networking infrastructure has to cope with the new increased demand.

License increases, capacity increases, Bandwidth increases and even hardware appliance swap outs may be in order. Virtual appliances may be the way to go here considering the lack of hardware supply mentioned previously. However, this switch to virtual appliances negatively impacts infrastructure resources.

Users have an unfamiliar environment, a new desktop, a new way of working to deal with.

The chances are that this will be an extremely unproductive period of transition for users.

Any local applications on the FAT desktops will need to be virtualised, if they can be that is.

This is a time-consuming process and there is no guarantee that at the end of it, the application can be virtualised.

Any local data will need to be migrated.

Again, this is an extremely time-consuming process. They will need to also factor in the effect this additional data will have on existing central storage capacity.

Unused FAT Desktops scattered around the organisation potentially holding senstitve organisational data.

This is not looking like a straightforward exercise.

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In scenario 3, we have an organisation with no virtualisation in place whatsoever.

Option 1: Ask users to take their FAT desktops home with them. Buy davinci resolve studio 17.

Pros:

Users have access to a familiar desktop.

Citrix Remote Desktop

However……….

Cons:

In order to access any resources on network drives and shared locations, VPN connectivity is required.

License count increase, capacity increase and potential hardware swap outs. Again, virtual appliances may be the better option due to hardware shortages but these negatively impact existing infrastructure capacity.

Traditional client/Server applications do not have optimised bandwidth requirements for use over VPN connections.

This results in application performance degradation and eventually application unresponsiveness.

VPN’s are notoriously difficult to install and configure. They require installation of VPN software on the FAT desktops before they are taken home and require complex policies to prevent an untrusted device from having unrestricted access to the corporate network, resources, and data.

Time consuming roll out and configuration activity required.

It is difficult to keep security policies synchronized between VPN infrastructure and on-premises infrastructure.

VPN’s will be something a user is generally not familiar with; they are fiddly and can be unreliable at times (most of the time).

A skilling up activity is most likely required.

Potential issues with domain trust relationships if this COVID-19 and WFH situation lasts longer than 60 Days.

This will potentially result in users not being able to log on to their machines

Potential issues with Software using KMS if this situation lasts longer than 180 Days.

KMS activations are valid for 180 days (The activation validity interval). To remain activated, KMS client computers must renew their activation by connecting to the KMS host at least once every 180 days.

Many organisations use fixed IP addressing on FAT desktops.

Extensive re-configuration activity is required prior to users taking home their desktops.

Option 2: Implement a brand new virtualisation infrastructure and virtualise all users required to WFH.

Wow. I mean, where do we even start with this option. Besides all the Con’s mentioned in Scenario 2, Option 1. This is a mammoth task and quite honestly, with the timescales and urgency organisations are dealing with, it simply is not a short term option.

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So what is the simplest, most effective way forward in the short term for organisations that fall into Scenario 2 and Scenario 3.

Remember that Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced and Premium edition feature I mentioned at the very beginning of this blog post?

Citrix Remote PC!

Organisations are rolling this feature out in scale as we speak, and in most cases they are WFH capable in a matter hours or days at the most (depending on the size of the organisation). Minimal infrastructure requirements, minimal configuration, minimal disruption to the users.

So, what is Citrix Remote PC access?

Citrix Remote PC Access allows a user to log on remotely from virtually anywhere to the FAT desktop that is deskbound and physically innaccessible back in the office.

See this use case video here (excuse the acting): https://journeyhunter886.tumblr.com/post/653860497975918592/capello-digital-mantle-alarm-clock-lark-finish.

Let’s look at the pro’s and con’s of the Citrix Remote PC option for organisations that fall into Scenarios 2 and 3.

Pro’s

Minimal infrastructure requirements.

In Scenario 2, if you are an existing Citrix Cloud or Citrix on-premises customer, the infrastructure is already in place and if you are running Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (or Vitual Apps and Desktops Service) Advanced or Premium, you even have the Citrix Remote PC entitlement. No more additional infrastructure is required.

In Scenario 3, these oganisations can sign up to Citrix Cloud in a matter of minutes. Citrix Cloud Connectors will need to be deployed in pairs within the customers infrastructure (Resource Location) but these Cloud connectors have a very small footprint. 2 x Cloud Connectors @ 4vCPU and 8GB RAM each = 8vCPU and 16GB RAM in total and each allow a whopping 5000 Max user connections. Cloud Connectors are also extremely easy to set up, with only a very small software install required. All traffic is outbound on Port 443, so no akward discussions with the Firewall / Security teams either.

Rapid deployment with minimal configuration.

IT teams will have to create a Site for the Remote PC’s, Machine Catalogs and Delivery Groups.

IT Teams will then need to deploy the Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) to the physical macines. This can be done manually, scripted, or through a management platform such as SCCM, Symantec Mangement Platform (Altiris) or th likes.

There are even GITHUB scripts to automate deployment:

Users will have full access to all of their apps and data to perform their job.

Everything on the user’s FAT desktop is accessible. Nothing to copy, nothing to migrate. Evrything in the exact same place.

User’s will be familiar with the environment. It is their machine they are connecting to after all. This ensures full productivity on day 1 of the new WFH model.

The ICA protocol connecting the user’s home device to the FAT desktop back in the office dynamically adjusts based on network conditions.

This ensures application response and usability.

Remote PC can rapidly scale to support unexpected need.

Once the VDA has been deployed to a FAT desktop, IT can simply enable the Remote PC Access capability within Studio.

Protect organisational resources from any untrusted endpoint devices.

Citrix Gateway creates a reverse proxy between the users home device and FAT desktop in the office.

With Citrix session policies, administrators can block users from transferring data to/from the work PC and corporate network.

Easily integrate with the current infrastructure.

Citrix Remote PC is simply a different type of virtual desktop within the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops solution.

Wake on LAN capable (on-premises only).

No need to keep the PC’s running all the time, reducing electricity consumption.

Maintain the same security profile during a business continuity event such as COVID-19.

Citrix Remote PC connects users to their FAT desktop that is physically located back in the office.

Users have the ability to access the same resources, the same way as if they were physically in the office.

Time Based One Time Passwords (TOTP). (Cirix Cloud only)

For added security, organisations can utilise TOTP for a second factor of authentication.

No VPN’s!!!!!

Con’s

For organisations that are new to Citrix, upskilling will be required to familiarise themselves with the Citrix Cloud and Citrix Remote PC.

Firewalls, Gateways and all other networking infrastructure has to cope with the new increased demand.

License increases, capacity increases, Bandwidth incrases and even hardware appliance swap outs may be in order. Virtual appliances may be the way to go here considering the lack of hardware supply mentioned previously. However, this switch to virtual appliances negatively impacts infrastructure resources.

Users will need an endpoint device at home and sufficiant connectivity.

and lastly…….

Users have no excuse for not being productive while the organisation is in a WFH model.

Cabin Fever.

As you can see, Citrix Remote PC is really making a huge impact to organisations that are feeling the impact of COVID-19 and bing forced to rapidly adjust to an often unfamilier WFH model. In the long term, organisations will HAVE to re-think their Business Continuity Planning in order to cater for such events in the future. Will this capability be an expectation of insurance companies going forward? Will there still be executive level resistance to change? Who knows? but in the short term this small, normally insignificant Citrix feature is making a huge impact on many oganisations ability to remain operational in these unprecedented times.

See more Citrix Remote PC information here:

RemotePC Reference architecture: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/tech-zone/design/reference-architectures/remote-pc.html

RemotePC Requirements and Considerations: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/install-configure/remote-pc-access.html#technical-requirements-and-considerations

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RemotePC Security Considerations: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/secure/best-practices.html#remote-pc-access-security-considerations

Citrix Remote Pc Access Step By Step

See Wendy Gay’s blog post here that discusses the mysteries of Citrix licensing options!

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intelligencefox416 · 3 years ago

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Deploy Windows 10 using SCCM The company decided to purchase new equipment as most of there equipment was very old and outdated. They decided to go with Dell Inspiron i5 laptops. I then did a standard build on one of the laptop of a Windows 10 Image with printers installed and software updates done. I also contacted software vendors such us CCH and Sage and installed there software on the machine and made sure it was compatible with Windows 10. Once this was done i started creating an image on the SCCM server of the standard Windows 10 machine. Once this was done i built one of the laptops with the new image and got a user to do a pilot test to make sure the image and laptop worked. When we got sign of we told users to back up anything they have to there one drive personal drive. We then did a cutover where we image all the laptops and we approached user by user signing them in and making sure there profiles are configured and working. We informed the service desk to keep on stand by if they have any issues and escalate to us of any known issues. Known Issues There was an issue where the applications Sage and CCH did not work correctly after Windows 10 updates. To resolve this we worked with the software vendors that released patchs to fix these issues.

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Windows 10 20H2 update: New features for IT pros

Jesus Vigo reviews the newest additions to Windows 10 (20H2) as they pertain to IT pros. These updates can help you make the most of the latest release to Microsoft's flagship OS.

Released in October 2020, the most recent update to Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system has only just begun gaining steam in mass deployment worldwide. Whether it's come down to the global pandemic, compliance testing, or simply out of an abundance of caution, the slowness is finally picking up steam and more devices are starting to make the transition to update version 20H2.

Beginning with this release, Microsoft has opted to change the nomenclature from a version number based on the year and month pattern, to that of the year and half-year pattern. This results in a clear indication of the timing of the update at a glance. Support for updates will not change, as Microsoft indicates support for 30 months of servicing from release date for Enterprise and Education editions.

Deployment of this update will continue to be made available through Windows Update for all instances. Enterprise environments managing their devices via SCCM or MDT can continue to create packages to deploy the updates to devices in scripted fashion, in either automated or self-service models.

Here are some of the new features you can expect with Windows 10 20H2 update.

Autopilot

While initially introduced in update 2004, Autopilot has received a number of enhancements in managing and reporting for supported devices. Whether tasks are deployed with co-management in mind or not, Autopilot aids administrators in providing as standardized desktop environment from the device vendor to unboxing and setup by the end-user, utilizing tasks, policies, and reporting to ensure that each device is configured exactly as intended and that users are delivered the environment they need to get working faster.

Desktop Analytics

This feature is integrated with Configuration Manager to provide insight into the management statuses of devices within the organization. The cloud-connected service works to identify the state of a particular set of applications, providing administrators the ability to configure apps quickly and efficiently, in uniform fashion across the enterprise, and to remedy any that have not met the baseline criteria.

MDM policy enhancement

Admins with experience managing their infrastructure with Group Policy (GP) now have the Mobile Device Management (MDM)-enabled equivalent to leverage control over MDM-managed devices using the Local Users and Groups MDM policy. This policy, much like its GP counterpart, allows for baseline templates to be applied to groups of devices or granularly applied to specific devices, aiding in the security and compliance of managed endpoints.

Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office

Microsoft's Defender Application Guard technology allows for devices with the optional service enabled to leverage the built-in Hypervisor to create a virtualized environment, or VM, to isolate data and apps and prevent their interaction from compromising the system or otherwise allowing malicious code to operate outside the confines of the container. Microsoft has taken this one step forward to include Office documents and data to run containerized as well, to prevent untrusted data, such as macros for example, to run unfettered on a system and inject any malicious code into the device.

Microsoft Edge based on Chromium

Microsoft has further modernized its Edge browser by rebuilding it on the open source Chromium code base. In addition to the switch, the new Edge browser works in tandem with other Microsoft products, such as Office 365 and Microsoft endpoint security standards to ensure that data remains secured and accessible across all Microsoft platforms and services. Additionally, the new Edge provides compatibility with Internet Explorer apps and sites, allowing a transitionary period between current use and end-of-life dates for both Internet Explorer 11 and Edge Legacy support.

Windows Hello

This is another technology that existed prior to the 20H2 update but has been further enhanced and made more secure, by adding support for virtualization-based security. This further protects biometric sensors used in authentication by adding another layer of security to isolate the security data.

Windows Sandbox

Sandbox technology is not new to Windows 10, but new features found in the most recent update allow even more flexibility and expanded capabilities for those who use Sandbox to test applications, software, or simply provide a secure, isolated environment with which to extend productivity while keeping data and resources containerized, shielding mission-critical and system-level processes.

Windows Shell

No change to the OS would be complete without some additions to the underlying shell. Thankfully, no major changes to the operating system have been made, but several thoughtful aesthetic ones have made their way onto 20H2. Notably, notifications have been modified to provide better readability and using the Alt + Tab keyboard shortcut to toggle between open windows has added support for toggling between open tabs in Edge for a user friendly change. Sadly, one not-so-friendly change for some IT pros is the removal of the Systems setting in the Control Panel. While the Systems panel has been migrated to the Settings > About page—and that is the only change thus far to the Control Panel—this change is a step forward is the belief that eventually more Control Panel settings will be migrated to the Settings app.

Windows Virtual Desktop

This service runs in conjunction with Microsoft Azure and allows users to securely connect to a full desktop environment in the cloud. By allowing management via Microsoft Endpoint Manager, admins can securely and effortlessly manage cloud-hosted VMs—including policies and app provisioning post-enrollment—providing users another way to stay productive.

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enterinit · 5 years ago

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OneDrive Roundup October 2019

OneDrive Roundup October 2019. The latest functionalities that landed in production in the past month. File sharing experience in Outlook Web appMarkup capabilities for Office on AndroidExternal Sharing ReportsCross volume moves with PC folder backupPer machine install of Sync Client- GA

File sharing experience in Outlook Web app

Common Office 365 file sharing experience in OWAWhen you copy/paste a link to a file stored in OneDrive, Outlook Web App (OWA) will reconcile the file name as a hyperlink instead of the pasting the full URL. You also have the control to then change the access permissions on the shared link.Roadmap ID: 51541 You can easily share a file or folder to your colleagues by sending them a link and make sure your data doesn’t land in the wrong hands by choosing who the link will work for: anyone with the link, only people in your organization with the link or only the people you specify. To make the sharing experience ubiquitous across Office apps, you can now share files by easily adjusting the sharing and access controls (view, edit, expire, block download, etc.) directly in the Outlook web app. Links shared will intelligently resolve to the name of the file.

Markup capabilities for Office (Android)

Ability to markup WXP files on OneDrive for AndroidWith this feature, end users will be able to easily convert a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file to a PDF file to leverage the mark up capabilities in OneDrive mobile app .Roadmap ID: 53912 Accomplishing tasks on your phone is simple and fast with OneDrive including annotating a PDF file to highlight items or add notes. Android users will now be able to easily convert a Word, PowerPoint or Excel file to PDFs and leverage our markup capabilities.

External sharing reports

External sharing reports- OneDriveEnd users will be able to access reports on all of their shared content.Roadmap ID: 56194 OneDrive users can now generate reports to understand how content is being shared, both inside and outside the organization. When you run the report, a CSV file is saved to a location of your choosing. You can create a CSV file of every unique file, user, permission and link on a given SharePoint site or OneDrive library. This can help you understand how sharing is being used and if any files or folders are being shared with guests. You must be a site collection administrator or a group owner (if the site is connected to an Office 365 group) in order to run the report. When you run the report, the CSV file is saved to a location of your choosing on the site. In SharePoint, if you don't want site members to see the report, consider creating a folder with different permissions where only site owners can access the report. To run the report (SharePoint) Open the site where you want to run the reportOn the Settings menu, click Site usage.In the Shared with external users section, click Run report.Choose a location to save the report, and then click Run report. To run the report (OneDrive) Open OneDrive.On the Settings menu, click OneDrive settings.Click More settings, and then click Run report.Choose a location to save the report, and then click Run report. The report may take some time to run depending on the size of the site. When the report is finished running you will receive an email with a link to the report.

Cross volume moves with PC folder backup

Cross-volume support when you enable backup of your important foldersOneDrive Known Folder Move support for migrations where the known folders are on a different volume than the OneDrive folder.Roadmap ID: 56383 OneDrive protects your content in your important Windows folders (Desktop, Pictures, Documents) alongside consistent productivity benefits by implementing PC folder backup (previously referred to as Known Folder Move). Employees can continue saving files to the folders they are familiar with as well as have access to their files in these important Windows folders from anywhere. We are happy to announce support of cross volume moves while backing up known Windows folders allowing people to back up their important folders even when they are on a different volume than the OneDrive folder.

Per machine install of sync client is now Generally Available

Per machine install of sync clientToday, the OneDrive sync client installs per-user, meaning OneDrive.exe is installed for every user account on the machine under %localappdata%. With the new per-machine install, admins will be able to install OneDrive under the Program Files (x86) directory. Other than where the sync client is installed, everything else stays the same. The per-machine client will be helpful especially for multi-user machines (kiosks, schools, VDI etc.) and in cases where admins do not want exe files running from the user profile. Over time, we plan to migrate more and more of our install base to per-machine.Roadmap ID: 49424 Per machine install of sync client helps installing OneDrive once on the Windows machine under Program Files. Migrating to the per-machine client is optional, but it can be helpful for multi-user machines and when you don’t want exe files running from the user profile. The new per-machine sync client provides: Automatic transitioning from the previous OneDrive sync client (Groove.exe)Automatic conversion from per-user to per-machineAutomatic updates when a new version is available The per-machine sync client supports syncing OneDrive and SharePoint files in Microsoft 365 and in SharePoint Server 2019.

Requirements

All Windows versions supported by the sync app.Sync app build 19.174.0902.0013 or later.To apply sync app updates, computers in your organization must be able to reach the following: "oneclient.sfx.ms" and "g.live.com." Make sure you don't block these URLs. They are also used to enable and disable features and apply bug fixes.

Deployment instructions

Download OneDriveSetup.exe.Run “OneDriveSetup.exe /allusers” from a command prompt window (will result in a UAC prompt) or by using SCCM. This will install the sync app under the “Program Files (x86)\Microsoft OneDrive” directory. When setup completes, OneDrive will start. If accounts were added on the computer, they'll be migrated automatically. Read the full article

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