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Setting LegalNoticeCaption and LegalNoticeText through AppSense DesktopNow...
When it comes to putting systems and infrastructure together for end-users, perception and presentation are key. That's why, in end-user computing, it always pays to have things looking smooth and...
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AppSense DesktopNow Environment Manager Session Data Library
I've been stuck in Session Data hell recently. Part of overhauling a badly-configured AppSense Environment Manager infrastructure is painstakingly poring over the Personalization database, the data...
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Pinning a .CHM file to the Taskbar using AppSense DesktopNow Environment Manager
OK, I'm feeling a bit ropey after being the guest of the kind people at AppSense last night down here in London, so for today I think we will just have a little bit of a case study in using Environment...
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AppSense DesktopNow Management Center Deployment Group best practices
Let's talk about Deployment Groups. In all the places that I go to it strikes me that the Deployment Group structure has, on many occasions, not been thought through sufficiently. What you end up with...
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Installing AppSense DesktopNow configurations onto a persistent disk in a...
I’ve been doing a bit of work recently around trying to get AppSense configurations installed onto a persistent disk in a Citrix Provisioning Services environment. It actually isn’t as intimidating a...
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AppSense DesktopNow Environment Manager Computer Startup Actions querying...
One of the things that I like to do in my AppSense configurations is use an "Enabler" node at the top of each trigger. For instance, in the Logon trigger, the very first node queries an Active...
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Reading AppSense DesktopNow Environment Manager debug logs using the EMDebug...
Recently I was in discussions with an AppSense TRM regarding a lot of niggly issues being seen in a particular client environment. One of the issues I had a bit of concern over was the amount of time...
View ArticleAppSense products now support MSP patch format
Time for some good news that I first heard at the ACA Summit in Daresbury. Yes, AppSense's patches and updates will now be distributed in the MSP file format. This will bring the Management Suite...
View ArticleAppSense Environment Manager and "layered configurations"
I used to contract at a client where one of the systems support engineers was a tad, shall we say, prone to mistakes. Seeing him digging about in AppSense configurations or App-V sequences used to...
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Guidelines for streamlining an AppSense Environment Manager configuration
I see all sorts of Environment Manager configurations at different clients. Some are put together really well - others make basic mistakes that contribute to the configuration being ineffective, slow...
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AppSense DesktopNow Environment Manager and Offline Files
I've been quite busy working lately and must apologize about not blogging much. However, I have been through a lot of learning curves recently and over the next couple of weeks I'd like to share a few...
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Configuring Citrix NetScalers for load balancing and HA on AppSense...
It was a very long time ago when I rehashed an article on the actual configuration of NetScalers for use with AppSense servers, but having done this myself recently, it is clear to me that some...
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Use of AppSense DesktopNow with Citrix User Profile Management
I'm sure that title has you wondering...why on earth would you use AppSense DesktopNow alongside Citrix User Profile Management (UPM, from hereon in)? Surely these two products are competitors, rather...
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Performing background gathering of PersInfo logs from AppSense...
A few weeks ago (or maybe more), I was having some discussions with Richard Thompson around the fact that I'd covered a subject on my blog that he had already done lots of documentation on. I did...
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Case study - ensuring user doesn't have multiple AD group memberships using...
Recently I was giving a presentation with some AppSense pre-sales guys regarding desktop challenges and AppSense DesktopNow. Probably the most rewarding part about using AppSense software is overcoming...
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AppSense Application Manager 8 FR 7 allows deployment of configurations...
AppSense seem to be trying to highlight and enhance the flexibility of their product lines at the moment, and this is something I am all for. You don't have to necessarily perceive the DesktopNow suite...
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Using AppSense DesktopNow to set permissions (Registry and filesystem)
Let's go back to basics a bit today....I still get a lot of email complaining about various limitations in the AppSense DesktopNow products, emails that to be fair would be much better directed at the...
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How to use AppSense Environment Manager to reverse user restrictions for...
That's a hell of a title right there...but this little problem I've just been trying to rectify sent me down a path that I've wanted to cover for some time. Namely, how to create yourself "empty"...
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Creating a "Post-Logon Trigger" in AppSense DesktopNow Environment Manager
In my previous article to this, we discussed the creation of "empty" executables that do nothing but pause for a specified number of seconds. I also mentioned a technique I use quite a lot, the...
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Mitigating against threats such as CryptoLocker with AppSense DesktopNow...
A little bit of a change of tack today...I used to wear a security hat many years ago, so some recent news items got me thinking about some good uses of the DesktopNow software.I assume a lot of you...
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