Citrix VDI Desktop Viewer 'No Device' for USB

When using Citrix XenDesktop 7.5 for VDI and Windows7 physical machine and connect to VDI Win7 PC the user attempts to use the Desktop Viewer bar and select 'Devices'. This says 'No Devices' and it doesn't see any USB devices. A thin client which the same Citrix Policies apply to and this works...

Error: The CSS expiry date in your license does not support this product version

After upgrading XenDesktop, error can be seen in Studio: "The Customer Success Services CSS expiry date in your license does not support this product version. This product version is not supported by licenses that are available on the License Server and connections cannot be made. Renew Customer...

Error: "Detailed license information unavailable"

When accessing the XenDesktop licensing console, you receive the following message: "Detailed license information unavailable" Desktop Studio is unable to retrieve detailed license information from the License Server. This service may not be in use or there aren’t sufficient permissions to access...

Error: Cannot create BDM partition for device <device name> while using XenDesktop Setup Wizard

The XenDesktop Setup Wizard might fail when creating target VMs on VmWare environmentunder the following scenario: Same service account is used; which is able to create Vms in Citrix Studio via MCS but failing in PVS All permissions are provided as per article CTX214389 vSAN is encrypted The Vm i...

How to Deploy Citrix Receiver for Pass-Through Authentication Using Active Directory Group Policy

This article describes how to deploy and configure CitrixReceiver.exe so that it can be used in Pass-Through authentication mode in a XenApp or XenDesktop deployment. This article also provides a detailed step-by-step guide about deploying and configuring CitrixReciverEnterprise.exe onto a large...

Default printer not auto-created on VDIs with WEM agent installed.

When configuring client printers auto-creation with Default printer policy enabled from XenDesktop Studio console, the default printer is not created in ICA session launched on machines with WEM agent installed...

XenApp/ XenDesktop- Limit application to one instance per user is not working

You have limited a published application to one instance per user. However when a user clicks on an application icon in StoreFront multiple times, it still launches multiple instances of the application...

XenDesktop 7.6 failed to connect to Licensing Server with error " Citrix License Server unavailable"

Studio shows the License server as unavailable...

Cannot connect to vCenter from PVS Console using stronger SCHANNEL Protocols, such as TLS 1.2

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard or the Streamed VM Wizard, and connecting to a vCenter Server that has been configured to only accept connections using TLS 1.1 or higher, the PVS Console could present an error stating that the Connection was closed. The error shown will have a text simil...

Can we change StoreFront Or Delivery Controller's IP Address After Configuring Thee XenApp/XenDesktop Site?

Can we change StoreFront Or Delivery Controller's IP Address After Configuring the XenApp/XenDesktop Site?...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails with error (UUID_INVALID)

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard XDSW you might receive the following error when selecting the PVS Accelerator Configuration. The error might also be shown when attempting to change the Accelerator Status of a Target Device or Enabling/Disabling the Accelerator setting on a Host Entry...

VDA does not register when provisioned using PVS

The Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent does not register with the Citrix XenDesktop Deliver controller when streamed by Citrix Provisioning Services...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard fails with error "The xsPvsSiteUuid Field Does not exist"

When running the XenDesktop Setup Wizard XDSW you encounter the following error. "The xsPvsSiteUuid Field Does not exist" At this point the XDSW fails and aborts the process...

Troubleshooting ICA_RTT Issues on NetScaler MAS

Troubleshooting ICARTT issues on NetScaler MAS. Background ICA RTT can be thought of as a measurement of the screen lag that a user experiences while interacting with an application hosted in a session on a XenApp or XenDesktop server. ICA RTT is different from Network RTT, which is the detected...

How to assign VLANs to Targets created in PVS

This article explains the relationship between Networks and VLANs as it pertains to XenDesktop Hosting Units and PVS. The article also explains a workaround to be able to distribute Target Devices across desired VLANs The concept of VLAN IDs on the Hypervisor side is unknown to the XenDesktop...

Enlightened Data Transport Not working with Double Hop DMZ scenario

EDT requires policy on the XenDesktop to be enabled and DTLS on the NetScaler to be ON. Also, StoreFront needs to be minimum Version 3.8 and Citrix Receiver at 14.7. So all the requirements are met. At theXenDesktop Policy for "HDX Adaptive Transport" is set to "preferred", still connections fail...

XenDesktop Setup Wizard completes without error, but there's no VM has been created in Hyper-V SCVMM

XenDesktop Setup Wizard completes without error, but no VM has been created in Hyper-V SCVMM. And there's noparticular error messages from CDF trace either...

Configuring Citrix StoreFront with the Secure Browser Service

This article describes how existing on-premise XenApp/XenDesktop customers can integrate and deliver Secure Browser via their existing Storefronts to end users...

FAQ: Provisioning Server and Citrix License Server Interaction

This article provides more information on how the Citrix License Server works with Citrix Provisioning Services 4.5, 4.5 Service Packs, 5.0, 5.0 Service Pack 1, 5.0 Service Pack 2, 5.1 and 5.1 Service Packs in different situations. Licensing Support for Provisioning Services 5.1 Service Pack 1...

Registration Request For Worker Was Rejected Due To An Unknown Error

New machines added to the XenDesktop Site failed to register. From the VDA Application logs it was found that the VDA wasdiscovering the Delivery Controller. On the Delivery Controller the below error is logged in the Application Event logs from Citrix Broker Service : Registration request for...