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XenDesktop Powershell SDK Script Examples – Part 1
I saw a post on the support forum today asking for help with the XenDesktop PowerShell SDK. I came up with a quick script to help them out, which inspired me to share some XD5 script examples. If you’re not already familiar with running Powershell cmdlets and scripts in a XenDesktop environment, please refer to the Citrix Blogs ‘XenDesktop SDK Primer‘ series for help getting started. The first ...
XenDesktop 5 PowerShell SDK Primer – Part 4 – Creating Pooled Physical Catalogs
Many of you may have seen my last blog on how to automate the creation of pooled catalogs that leverage Machine Creation Services. In XenDesktop 5 terminology, we automated the "Pooled-Random" catalog type. That type of catalog is very commonly used in POCs/Pilots where you own the hypervisor that you are leveraging and you want to automate the creation of the virtual desktops ...
Collection of XenDesktop 5 Documents, KB Articles, Whitepapers etc.
Hi folks, I don't know how you feel about all the different sources of information around XenDesktop 5. To me it's confusing where all the XenDesktop infos are stored and what are the keywords to find the right content. So I decided to create a collection of links to all the stuff I know of, may it be eDocs, Citrix Kits, HowTos, Whitepapers, KB Articles, Videos, ...
XenDesktop 5 PowerShell SDK Primer – Part 3 – Creating Pooled Catalogs that Leverage Machine Creation Services
Machine Creation Services (MCS) is a new feature in XenDesktop 5 that is used to simplify XenDesktop deployments in POCs and Pilots in hypervisor-based environments. It generates virtual desktop VMs on the fly based on a "master" virtual machine image. It also manages the Active Directory accounts for these machines using an Identity Pool and performs other tasks within XenDesktop as well. ...
XenDesktop 5 PowerShell SDK Primer – Part 2 – Creating Hypervisor Connections and Hosts
One of the new changes that you will see in XenDesktop 5 is the configuration of hypervisor connections and hosts. In order to create the "pooled", "dedicated", or "existing" catalog types in XenDesktop 5, XenDesktop needs to know details of the hypervisor that will be hosting the virtual desktops. Hypervisor connection details are also required in order to manage virtual desktops from within ...
XenDesktop 5 PowerShell SDK Primer – Part 1 – Getting Started
Many of you may have seen my blog series last year on the XenDesktop 4 PowerShell SDK. Ever since XenDesktop 5 was released, I've been itching to take a peak at the new release, and in particular, the new SDK. I've had several recent projects where I had to create scripts with the XenDesktop 5 SDK. The majority of these projects involved ...
XenApp & XenDesktop Management with PowerShell (Webinar)
If you've administered a XenApp or XenDesktop, you've had to go through the applications or desktops at some point and make manual modifications or check settings. However, you may never need to do that again - if you learn how to use PowerShell. XenApp and XenDesktop now both support PowerShell, which replaces the aging MFCOM scripting that previously allowed control of Citrix farms. This allows you ...
Tech Talk Q&A – Essentials for using Windows PowerShell with XenApp and XenDesktop – XD SDK Questions Answered
Thank you to all those that attended the Essentials for using Windows PowerShell with XenApp and XenDesktop Tech Talk on August 24, 2010 - we had a fantastic turnout! For those of you that missed it, both the recording and presentation have been posted. Tech Talk Recording Tech Talk Presentation Mike Bogobowicz and I co-presented this session where I led the XenDesktop PowerShell SDK side, ...
XenDesktop 4 PowerShell SDK Primer – Part 9 – Restarting Virtual Desktops
The last task that we'll discuss in this blog series is how to automate the restarting (rebooting) of virtual desktops within XenDesktop. I've provided two different scripts in this article - one for restarting a single virtual desktop, the second for restarting multiple virtual desktops at the same time. As you'll find in the scripts, they look almost identical, making this one of ...
Checking Server Availability – XenApp 6 PowerShell SDK
So far this week, we've taken a look at creating an inventory of a XenApp 6 farm and explored sending email reports of what we've gathered. We also took a look at checking out application consistency and publishing settings, one of the most common issues we find at customer sites. Now we're going to jump into basic networking and logging with PowerShell, and how you ...