In our environment, we use several gMSA accounts, which are more secure than conventional service accounts. While testing our scripts on Windows Server 2025, we ran into issues when installing a gMSA. Install-ADServiceAccount : Cannot install service account. Error Message: ‘The provided context did not match the target.’ We began by double checking the gMSA […]
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For a recent project, we needed users to log on with their accounts from a new domain and then be able to launch a CVAD desktop using SSO within an old legacy domain. In this blog, I’ll describe the steps I took to get this up and running. First, let us briefly describe the components […]
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While upgrading our Citrix Provisioning Server (2203 LTSR) to the latest LTSR version 2402 CU1, we ran into some difficulties that we didn’t encounter with earlier versions. In addition to issues with the Citrix Provisioning Server Console, we also had some struggles getting both Citrix Studio and Citrix PVS Console to run from a single […]
Senior Consultant at PepperByte.
While replacing Citrix StoreFront (2203 CU5 LTSR) servers running Microsoft Server 2019 with servers running Server 2022, we encountered an error message during login attempts to Citrix StoreFront. Users were shown an error message stating: “Cannot complete your request.” We were running a GSLB setup with a multi-server group (across sites), each containing several Citrix […]
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For my home lab environment, I use Authentik as my Identity Provider. Authentik is an open-source authentication and authorization platform that enables Single Sign-On (SSO), identity management, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) via protocols like OAuth, SAML, and LDAP. For various applications, such as the Citrix NetScaler, I use RADIUS for secondary authentication. All my Authentik […]
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A while ago, I wrote a blog about the error message ‘Application can’t be started… (Instant Passthru could not be resolved)’ that we encountered when launching a published application from our Ivanti Workspace Control managed session. Recently, we received the same message again, but this time the cause was different. Application can’t be started… (Instant […]
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Within a large environment where Ivanti Workspace Control is used in combination with a Microsoft SQL Database, the SQL Server has to handle numerous connections initiated by all the Ivanti Workspace Control Agents.To minimize the load and connections on the SQL Server, Ivanti introduced the Ivanti Relay Servers, which act as proxies for all agent […]
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Let’s start by stating I’m not a SQL DBA 😉 when it comes to databases, I’m just a user who needs a database for my applications 🙂 Lately, in various environments, we’ve been creating different Ivanti Workspace Control and Automation Manager databases. We simply request an empty database from the SQL department and are assigned […]
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Apple OSX users sometimes experience an incorrect keyboard layout loaded within their Citrix session. As a result, special characters are often located in different places. The cause of this issue is that Apple has a different keyboard layout compared to Windows, leading to an Apple US-international keyboard being recognized as a Dutch keyboard in Windows. […]
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For quite some time, I’ve been using Synology PhotoStation to manage all my family photos. Since I’m not the only user—my children also use the app—I thought it might be a good idea to set some permissions on the different folders. In general, I use three different groups: full control, read-write, and read-only. This way, […]
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