I recently disabled the default admin account on my Synology NAS device as part of an exercise to make it a bit more secure. However, after doing so I found I was unable to access any of my shared folders. The message I was receiving was: “This user can’t sign in because this account is …
Citrix Cloud Delivery Group Creation
This post is a continuation of the previous 2 posts where I am walking through the steps to get a Citrix Cloud service setup and running. We have already covered the Citrix Cloud Connector installation and connecting an application server with the VDA Agent installed to our Citrix Cloud Service. You can find these posts …
Citrix VDA Agent for Citrix Cloud
In my earlier post (which you can find here: https://itsolutionsdirect.com/citrix-cloud-connector-installation/798/) we went through the steps required to install and configure the Citrix Cloud Connector which is the connection from Citrix cloud to your on-premise installation. In this blog post we are going to go through and install the Citrix VDA Agent on a server and …
Citrix Cloud Connector Installation
Introduction In this post I am going to introduce a topic I will covering in a few posts over the next few weeks. At the moment there is big changes going on in the IT Industry in regards to how we work driven by Cloud Computing. When Cloud computing was first introduced I heard lots …
Passing the AWS Certificated Solutions Architect
Hey all. I recently took and passed the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam and few people have asked me for tips and resources on passing the exam so I thought I would post them them here. I originally took and failed the exam last year with an awful 40% which is possibly my worst exam …
2017
Hey folks. Just wanted to say a quick hello as I have been extremely quiet on here lately. This has been due to a combination of different things which include lots of commuting, personal issues, family issues and of course the dreaded work time!! I am going to try and commit to at least 1 …
Could not enable the Unified Write Filter
Hey people I came across an issue today which is one of those “Microsoft, WTF and why have you done this?” On a current Windows 10 Deployment I am doing we are using the Unified Write Filter to ensure that the Operating System is secure as possible. We had tested all the features …
Account Lockout Policies in Windows 10
Whilst testing some Fine Grained Password Policies in Windows 10 today I came across the following message which I had not seen before: I did a bit of investigation and it turns out that there is a setting which will reboot the desktop and put it into BitLocker recovery mode if you enter your …
VMware OS Optimization Tool 2016
Hey all Very quick post today about a very very cool tool which VMware have released to optimise a desktop for VDI. This tool should be run on your master image whether you are using Citrix or VMware as it reduces the overall footprint that your OS will use which is critical in any …
Updating ESXi 6.0 to Update 2
Hi all, this is a very quick post (mostly for my memory!) on how to update ESXi 6.0 to the latest version easily. New features in Update 2 are: High Ethernet Link Speed: ESXi 6.0 Update 2 supports 25 G and 50 G ethernet link speeds. VMware Host Client: The VMware Host Client is an …