Thomas Koetzing

Today I have my 20 years work anniversary with Citrix products! Thank you all for your support over the years. buff.ly/3mrvyOk After 20 years we still have logon issue, therfore I compiled a small list of common Logon issues and how to solve them! buff.ly/36lIjo7

𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘅 𝗣𝗩𝗦 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿: T𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗣𝗩𝗦 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘀 A target boots, gets its vDisk and runs. For most administrators that process is a black box. Here is what actually happens inside buff.ly/mPY8ou9

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁. So we do the reasonable thing: 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲. buff.ly/BMCCh5J

How Citrix UPM 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 fixed a current software product locked into HKLM-only configuration - in an afternoon. buff.ly/5Au5wFY #Citrix #ProfileManagement #UPM #VDI #WEM #FSLogix #EUC

I've spent more than 25 years around Citrix, and for the last stretch I've been building the 𝗣𝗩𝗦 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱. As of today you can 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳: 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. buff.ly/HrRcyhJ

𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗣𝗩𝗦 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗖𝗦. 𝗜𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗜 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗣𝗩𝗦 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲: to give Citrix Provisioning the tools it deserved. buff.ly/nkcZcNm

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗩𝗦 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿? This isn't a bug, it's a structural provisioning problem. In the article: why it hits PVS harder buff.ly/AHD6TNJ #Citrix #PVS #VDI #SecureBoot #PVSFORGE

𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀. 𝗡𝗼 𝗡𝗔𝗦, 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝗠𝗕 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 Local volumes on the PVS server are the 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀 buff.ly/68Um2tI

The website pvs-forge.com is now online. PVS Forge automates the daily work around Provisioning Services – from creating and synchronizing vDisks across multiple PVS servers to a clear comparison of your environment. Fewer manual steps, fewer sources of error.

Citrix VAD 2507 LTSR CU1 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝟯 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 to fix Studio Warning "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 " post LAS migration! buff.ly/jr1wIcA

𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, new Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE 2026_3055 with score 𝟵.𝟯 and CVE_2026_4368 with score 𝟳.𝟳 Time for a firmware upgrade! buff.ly/10xxcGc

Just doing another Citrix 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 of the setup you already know? 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 and closed off to new approaches? buff.ly/ccHo42H #Citrix #VDI #CitrixDaaS

The rule in EUC is: 𝗙𝗦𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘅 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆, Citrix UPM for pain. That rule is dead. The old excuse of "UPM is too complex to configure in Studio"? 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱. I wrote a PowerShell script that sets up UPM in 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀. Read more buff.ly/qI6Nhz5

𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘅 𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹! Registered but Unreachable? Here is a diagnostic PowerShell script to check important aspects of the LAS communication.

The Browser Illusion: If the Desktop Runs in the consumer Browser, We Are Done?" - A Fatal Error. But anyone reducing V DI to just "𝗽𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗲𝗿" isn't building a workspace. buff.ly/r49JHaj

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! Let’s connect technology and vision to create a year of innovation and success. 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿!

Using Zero Touch Certificate Management (ZTCM)? Watch out for a critical bug: - Secondary node may leak memory → system freeze - Happens when Clear Config runs automatically every minute Citrix is working on a fix and Workaround: disable node sync

𝗖𝗨𝟭 for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2507 LTSR is ours and resolves numerous 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 issues for both single and multi-session operating systems. buff.ly/UTsmH3V

NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Security Bulletin CVE-2025-12101 has a moderate severity score of 5.9. It's time to consider an upgrade. buff.ly/VYJsycj

From Uncertainty to Optimism: A Citrix Veteran’s Take on the Cloud Software Group Era buff.ly/jGILrIr

Citrix Admins & Architects – 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁? That’s why I’m advocating for an 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀! Read the full article buff.ly/XiuUjl5