Koetzing IT
Thomas Kötzing - Freiberufler, Analyst - MVP, CTP
Printer can be mapped within a Citrix session in different ways. Next to Microsoft group policies, scripts, tools, you can also use Citrix Workspace Environment Manager (WEM) to map defined printers to end devices. A similar option exists within Citrix Studio, but here is a short explanation on how to use the Use Device Mapping Printers File with WEM.
There are many Powershell scripts for Microsoft Teams available to set different options like GPU etc. including to set Teams as Chat App. So, to activate Teams as Chat App should be simple, but unfortunately not. The scripts all work after schema F, but that doesn't work with the Chat App function. When moving from Skype the Instant Messaging (IM) Integration of Teams is important, for instance to see within Microsoft Outlook if someone is online right now. To help users and the helpdesk, this option should be set during logon by a Powershell script, but how?
For many customers, I integrated Microsoft MFA within Citrix Netscaler and had encountered different issues. Here is a summary of the pitfalls I experienced during the setup of Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). I had once customer who had all of them!
Companies increasingly use OneDrive, which is why Microsoft adds features like "Document collaboration and co-authoring." Working together with Office documents is very popular for users, especially with Excel and Word. However, once the feature is enabled, you might get the error message: "Server File Updated. A newer version is available". You will find numerous hints on the Internet about the error, but nothing helped my customer.
With my customer, it was clear. Once the feature "Document collaboration and co-authoring" was enabled, they got the error "Server File Updated. A newer version is available" as soon as they opened any Excel file out of OneDrive.
The profile solution Microsoft FSLogix has become more popular, but unfortunately, the problems are also getting more. So you should know some things before you start using FSLogix.
Blinking Desktop Icons can be very annoying for users. This problem primarily happens, when the User desktop was redirected to a network share. Folder redirection is done quite often in a Remote Desktop- or ICA Desktop session to keep the user profile small. Here the solution for how to stop the blinking!
Microsoft has changed or extended the screen saver capabilities and in addition Citrix has disabled the screen saver and power functionallity by default for all Windows client operating systems. Therefore, you might find yourself unable to activate the screen saver as you have done before.
