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February 7, 2019 / Nick / 42 Comments

Setting Google Chrome as Default Browser (Windows 10/Server 2016) using Group Policy

January 31, 2019 / Nick / 0 Comments

Let’s learn how to set Google Chrome as the default browser for all users using Microsoft Group Policy!  I’m not sure why this has become less straightforward as it was in the past on previous iterations of Windows, maybe it’s me? Maybe not. I found many different posts across the internet of people recommending different …

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CloudReady & Chrome OS Administrator (and User) Shortcut Key Dictionary

January 17, 2019 / Nick / 0 Comments

This shortcut key dictionary is something that I’m going to try and keep going as a reference point mostly for myself. If this ends up helping someone else out, even better! I’ll keep this updated as I find myself finding out or googling more shortcut keys. Feel free to hit the comments if there is useful one you know about, that’s not listed here.

Deploying & Configuring Citrix Workspace in Google Admin Enterprise Console on CloudReady/ChromeOS

January 2, 2019 / Nick / 1 Comment

This (short) guide will cover the deployment of the Citrix Workspace (formerly known as Citrix Receiver) Chrome extension on Neverware CloudReady or Chrome OS devices running in a Google Enterprise Managed domain. All the configuration steps below are performed within your google-managed domain and must be done with a user account with these administrative rights.  …

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Configuring Google Drive Plugin for Microsoft Office via Group Policy

December 21, 2018 / Nick / 0 Comments

As we push towards making the CloudReady and Chrome OS user experience more seamless when using published applications, one of the areas I’ve been spending some time to optimize user experience, is the Google Drive plugin for Microsoft Office. When using a CloudReady/Chrome OS driven device, seamless integration of your Google Drive into Microsoft Office applications …

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Citrix USB Redirection on CloudReady/Chrome OS

December 13, 2018 / Nick / 0 Comments

As I will continuously mention in every post, well-documented information on the interactions between app/desktop virtualization technologies and chrome os is currently lacking. The goal of this is post is to help address that. This article is one that has been on my list to check off as it’s been a small challenge using Citrix since …

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Installing VMware Horizon Linux Client on Chromium OS (CloudReady) using Crostini

November 29, 2018 / Nick / 2 Comments

Preface: Recently I’ve taken a new career leap to do something new and exciting in the world of Chromium OS (Chrome OS). I really believe that the operating system represents the end user computing model of the future (more on this in later posts). That said, expect more content surrounding my journey into the space. I’m …

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Potential Files Leaving Your Environment: Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 FP3 & Google Chrome OS

June 29, 2017 / Nick / 0 Comments

My team came across an interesting discovery (credit to Connor Gorman). He noticed that he was able to take files off of his virtual desktop and into his Google Chrome device by simply using the ‘Upload’ & ‘Download’ features present in Receiver for Chrome: This was strange to us because we went through an extensive Citrix policy …

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Exciting Atlantis USX and Citrix XenDesktop Integration

December 13, 2016 / Nick / 0 Comments

I wanted to write a quick post about an exciting new integration that Atlantis USX is bringing to their new USX release, version 3.5.1. They have partnered with Citrix for this implementation to bring the USX performance metrics into a single pain of glass that is Citrix Director. Personally, this is going to make my …

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Display Delivery Group Membership across your entire XenDesktop infrastructure

December 13, 2016 / Nick / 1 Comment

Wanted to share this one out, because I couldn’t find anything out there that would cleanly get this information for me so we went to the drawing board. This powershell script will display Delivery Group Name, User AD Account name and then User’s Full name like this: group user fullname Test_Delivery_Name NFI\NickyFixIt Fuchs, Nick — …

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