Where do I get my ADMX files for the OneDrive Next Gen sync client?
Categories: Office365Tags: ADMX, Group Policy, MVP, MVPBuzz, OneDrive, windows 10Well, it looks like this simple question created some confusion and I …
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Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski Episode 2: Ruben Spruijt
In this episode I catch up with fellow MVP Ruben Spruijt who has taken a CTO position over at Frame which is a cloud based virtual desktop vendor. …
Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski Episode 3: Bob Kelly
Bob Kelly is a long time member of the application packaging world where he has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP, written books and has done public …
Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski Episode 4: Kevin Goodman
Kevin Goodman goes way back to when VDI was referred to as server based computing, he has a development background and founded RTO Software which was …
Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski Episode 5: Tim Mangan
Tim has been a mentor of mine; he helped get Microsoft to recognize my community contributions when App-V was still referred to as SoftGrid. We …
Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski Episode 6: Emile Cabot
Emile is a local Cloud and Datacenter MVP I work within the Calgary area, he has spoken multiple conferences and co-authored several books. I take a …
Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski Episode 3: Bob Kelly @ Ignite 2017 #MVPBuzz #MVPHour #Canitpro
Categories: MVPTags: AdminStudio, App-V, Flexera, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft MVP, MSI, MVP, Virtually There with Kevin KaminskiIn …
Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski Episode 2: Ruben Spruijt @ Ignite 2017 #MVPBuzz #MVPHour #Canitpro
Categories: MVPTags: Citrix, Citrix CTP, Microsoft MVP, MVP, NVidia Grid Community Advisor, Ruben Spruijt, VDI, Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski, …
SupTool: Using Azure to Monitor Windows Endpoint Health #MVPHour #CanITPro #MVPBuzz
Categories: SCCMTags: Azure, Configuration Manager, Monitoring, sccm, SupTool, Windows Enpoint HealthAre you one of the few remaining administrators …
Virtually there with Kevin Kaminski – Episode 1 #MVPHour #Canitpro #MVPBuzz
Categories: MVPTags: Azure Stack, Calgary, Calgary Microsoft User Group, Interview from Ignite, MCT, MVP, MVPBuzz, System CenterThe Virtually There …
Virtually There with Kevin Kaminski: First Episode!
Before Microsoft Ignite I had an idea that I should bring a camera with me and interview different personalities in the IT business that I know and …
Building Bridges: Co-Management with Intune and Configuration Manager
On Monday, Microsoft finally announced the rollout of the capability to manage a Windows 10 device with Intune MDM and the Configuration Manager …
Pro Tip: Beware of the Aftermarket Video Cards with Secure Boot
If you have some older video cards in your environment,you might not realize until deployment time that some of your systems will fail to display …
Come join us! Calgary Citrix User Group Local Kickoff Meeting
I’ve entered into a new venture into IT user group communities by helping form the Citrix User Group Community for Calgary headed by Rod …
VirtualizationAdmin.com - Monthly Newsletter - April 2017
Since July I have been writing a newsletter for VirtualizationAdmin.com, and I figure it is about time I let’s all my other social media readers …
Azure Global Bootcamp with the Calgary Microsoft User Group
April 22, 2017, the Calgary Microsoft User Group held its first Azure Global Bootcamp event by holding a hands-on event about creating virtual …
New Windows 10 IoT Core Images Available!
Today Microsoft has released a set of images for running Windows 10 IoT core on the Rasberry PI, DragonBoard, and MinnowBoard MAX. The announcement …
Windows 10 Creators Update (1703) Available for Download!
The Windows 10 Creators Update has hit current branch but will not be available via Windows Update until April 11, 2017. What this means for …
Curious About Modern VDI?
For the latest set of MVPDays events in Western Canada, I had the opportunity to speak about VDI. The MVPDays team was really on the ball this time …
MVPDays Western Canada
Alan Rafuse, Crystal and DaveRecently I finished the latest tour of MVPDays in Western Canada and it was a great time reuniting with fellow MVPs and …
App-V 5.2 Client on Windows Enterprise 1607
In this video, I show how to enable the App-V client and load an App-V sequence side by side with an older version of the same application that is …
Sequencing with App-V on Windows 10 Enterprise
The holidays are almost over, but I have been busy with many little side projects. I’ve meant to produce some instructional videos for years, …
Using PowerShell to Get Office 365 ActiveSync Device Information
I had a situation where I needed to get some device information about what was connected to my customer’s current Office365 ActiveSync …
When Does Driver Injection Make Sense?
Over the years I’ve generally stayed with a specific piece of advice when performing driver injection when deploying Windows images using …
Azure RemoteApp & App-V: Cloud Service vs Resource Manager
I’ve been playing around with Azure RemoteApp and App-V in Azure to find a nice little limitation that I think is a huge design consideration. …
How do I Force an Intune Policy Sync on Windows 10
When testing or trying to resolve an issue the default sync settings with Intune can be lacking. If the device is enrolled the initial behavior is …
Azure AD Join Error: System policies prevent you from connecting to a work or school account.
I had some fun getting to the bottom of this error and I found some potential issues that can cause this error to pop up that might not be apparent. …
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals Are More Than Experts
Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals Are More Than ExpertsThis year’s Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Summit in Redmond, Washington was an …
Quick Query to Find Devices without Forefront Endpoint Protection
The status of the endpoint protection agent is stored in SMS_G_System_EPDeploymentState view but the key to the query is filtering on the …
Real World ClickOnce and App-V 5: AFE Navigator 7.5
IntroductionThe reason I thought it would be good to look at a ClickOnce applications and App-V 5. Out of the box App-V does not handle the packaging …
Where Can I Find App-V Training?
IntroductionApp-V training takes many forms and I recommend you take a look at the various offerings available to determine what best suits your needs …
MVPDays is Back! 9 Canadian Microsoft MVP's to Present Content!!! (and counting)
MVPDays is a community roadshow for Canadians that was co-founded in 2014 by Dave and Cristal Kawula of Tricon Elite consulting to give the Microsoft …
Confirmed App-V 5.0 SP3 Masters Class LAX May 11-15, 2015
For those of you watching the schedule the LA class for GridmasterTraining’s App-V 5.0 SP3 course has been 100% confirmed to run. The course …
Briforum 2015 USA!
Well it’s another year and we’ve decided to throw our names in the hat for speaking at this year’s Briforum USA. This year, Nike …
Microsoft Virtual Academy
I thought I would post a note over here. I did a quick piece on some of the new courses in the Microsoft Virtual Academy that you can take at your own …
Configuration Manager 2012: Query for Machines without Client and Show Last Machine Logon Time with Operating System
The title is a mouthful but this is a quick way to get a list of machines that may be potential clients. This query assumes that Active Directory …
PowerShell: Export Computer Accounts with Last Account Password Change
When looking for machines sometimes it is nice to know if they have even talked to the domain recently. Here is some quick PowerShell to get you on …
UE-V Throws an Exception on Install
Now that I’ve been using UE-V lately for customer environments I’ve noticed a very bizarre error that can pop up when installing the UE-V …
Summer Device Update
Here are some highlights from the summer device update from Kalvin Falconar at Microsoft.Surface Family Flyer PDFWindows Device Choices June …
Problem Starting SQL Server: Unable to Initialize SSL Support
Today I ran into a bit of a surprise trying to start a SQL server up from a reboot. The server was working before the reboot so I had a bad feeling …
SMS_HEIRARCHY_MANAGER_ERROR 3353
I recently found an unusual way that this error can manifest itself in a site. I was deploying sites successfully except one of them cropped up with …
Troubleshooting the Migration Manager: Configuration Manager failed to gather data from .
Recently I was working on setting up a migration manager connection from a Configuration Manager 2012 site of questionable health to a clean site. In …
Disabling SMB 1.0
So some of you might be curious about SMB 1.0 and weather you can turn off the protocol. The bad news is that if you are still running Windows XP or …
April / May Windows Devices
Here is the latest list of devices:https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1376BA87A35887F%215462A Note from the Author: Kalvin Falconar @ MicrosoftThe …
New Windows Tablets for March (yes, I',m late)
Just a FYI here is another list of new Windows tablets being made available.https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=D1376BA87A35887F%214480Also if you …
New Windows Tablets for February 2014
Kalvin Falconar over at Microsoft Canada sends out some regular updates as to new devices coming out in the Windows tablet category. Since the …
Calgary: Cloud OS MVP Roadshow
On February 25th the Calgary IT Pro, Calgary Systems Management User Group and the Calgary Virtualization user group are getting together for the …
Briforum 2013 Application Packaging Smackdown is Available for Streaming
Over the summer Nicke Kallen and myself put on a presentation called the Application Packaging Smackdown in Chicago for Briforum 2013. Our goal was to …
HOW I GET IT DONE WITH OFFICE 365
I’ve been a skeptic about cloud and mostly writing it off as a fad but once in a while you see where different types of cloud infrastructure can come …
CSMUG Winter 2013.1 Meeting: People Centric IT
Worried about consumerization or employee owned devices? Maybe you are looking to empower users with more flexible work styles or cope with the …
Need App-V 5.0 Training?
It is not often I get a chance to break from the usual pace of consulting to take the time to share some of my knowledge through the classroom. I …
Calgary Systems Management User Group Fall Meeting 2013.1: Atea Solutions for the Enterprise
This meeting we will explore some of the solutions from Atea that integrate into System Center to optimize operations in a typical enterprise IT …
Configuration Manager 2012: Finding Assets Without a Primary User Defined
If you are using the primary user attribute to define some of your software installations in CM2012 it can be useful to audit the deployed devices in …
Briforum 2012: Advanced App-V Sequencing
Last year in London I did a presentation on advanced sequencing scenarios with App-V. Basically I broke the session into using application …
Missed the Briforum 2013 Application Packaging Smackdown Session?
This year at Briforum Chicago 2013 Nicke Kallen and myself were selected to deliver a presentation titled Application Packaging Smackdown. What we …
CM 2012 Software Center Error 0x87D00324 and App-V Detection Methods
Generally when deploying App-V 4.x packages with CM 2012 the publishing is one thing you don’t worry about because the information harvested …