How to set up the new built-in Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) capability...
Citrix released Public Tech Preview for the new Active Directory + One Time Password based Multi-Factor Authentication solution in Citrix Workspace on Friday, March 22, 2019. For those of you who read...
View ArticleHow to use Okta, Citrix Gateway, and Workspace app for a uniform SAML based...
Several months ago I posted on Twitter how you can use on-premises or cloud IaaS hosted Citrix Gateway/NetScaler Gateway, Workspace app/Receiver, and Okta as your identity provider (IdP) with SAML 2.0...
View ArticleHow to use Microsoft AD FS with Azure MFA as Primary Authentication to...
I wrote about setting up password-less phone sign-in authentication with Microsoft Authenticator and Azure AD recently which is a great option in Public Preview right now that everyone should be...
View ArticleA Guide to Building a Windows Virtual Desktop (VDI or Desktop-as-a-Service)...
Are you just starting out with VDI or a seasoned VDI engineer that’s been running an environment for years? I’ve found over the year that Windows-based VDI and DaaS (Desktop-as-a-Service) can be very...
View ArticleAsk Me Anything: Security Edition webinar – panel discussion recording is now up
“Security is an essential ingredient to a secure digital workspace. Prevention systems alone are insufficient to counter focused human adversaries who know how to get around most security and...
View ArticleCitrix Cloud and Microsoft Azure: real-world experiences and tips for a...
Thanks to everyone that attended the session Paul Stansel and I did at Citrix Synergy in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center last week. In this session, we covered real-world experiences of...
View ArticleCitrix Gateway Service now has additional Microsoft Azure regions – South...
The Citrix Cloud-based Gateway Service is something I’ve been utilizing at large enterprises for HDX proxy traffic with great success. I wrote about it here in detail earlier this year: A closer look...
View ArticleHow to use Citrix Cloud enabled Federated Authentication Service (FAS) +...
It’s finally here! Full Windows SSO (single sign-on) with Windows virtual apps and virtual desktops through Citrix Workspace when using modern web authentication like Azure AD and modern access...
View ArticleCommunity-driven book available now! Byte-Sized: Cloud design principles and...
The community-driven paperback book initiated by my friends Bas van Kaam and Christiaan Brinkhoff is available for sale on Amazon. If you haven’t picked up your copy yet, grab it now! Link to buy the...
View ArticleHow to enable FIDO2 password-less authentication with Microsoft Azure AD for...
The future state of password-less authentication for Microsoft Windows enterprise environments will be a combination of 3 options: Windows Hello for Business Microsoft Authenticator FIDO2 hardware...
View ArticleUnderstanding the passwordless authentication renaissance and how to plan...
renaissancea period of high artistic or cultural development At the cusp of a new decade, we are now firmly in the renaissance of passwordless authentication. Passwordless authentication has been...
View ArticleWhy Windows Hello for Business, Microsoft Authenticator, and FIDO2 are not a...
If your environment is a Microsoft Active Directory-based environment and leverages Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD or AAD for short) to extend your deployment as your primary cloud-based...
View ArticleDriving Modern Passwordless Authentication: Citrix Workspace and Microsoft...
A full day sharing info about some of my favorite topics! I had a great time presenting at the CUGC Texas XL 2020 regional conference at Space Center Houston on February 26th, 2020. There was a great...
View ArticleHow to use Microsoft WVD, Windows 10 multi-session, FSLogix, & MSIX app...
It was an especially beautiful November week in 2017 when I visited Microsoft’s Redmond campus. Autumn in Redmond is such an amazing time. I’ve never seen such a variety of colors everywhere I stepped....
View ArticleWork from home reality and making positive IT decisions in response to the...
Let’s buy more licenses for VPN! Let’s open up RDP port 3389 from anywhere to office PCs! Let’s turn off multi-factor authentication so we don’t have to train users that may have difficulty with it!...
View ArticleHow to use FIDO2 security keys remotely inside a virtual desktop session...
You can use FIDO2 hardware security keys plugged into your physical desktop over the Citrix HDX remoting protocol for use with virtualized Windows Desktop and Server OSes that can be hundreds of miles...
View ArticleHow to report on Microsoft Authenticator password-less phone sign-in & FIDO2...
Implementing password-less authentication methods at your organization also requires you to pull metrics on usage of these methods to gauge user adoption. Anything end-user facing must always be...
View ArticleHow to use Azure AD Conditional Access to add a Terms of Use EULA to Citrix...
EUC and Security Engineers have always had the capability to add a EULA to Citrix StoreFront and/or Citrix NetScaler Gateway (aka Citrix Gateway) for legal and compliance requirements but now with...
View ArticleUsing Windows Hello FIDO2 capability with web browsers, Microsoft WVD, Teams,...
Why haven’t you gone passwordless yet? I stopped using passwords with my virtual desktop environments, physical machines, Microsoft 365 (Office 365), and anything protected with Azure AD for what...
View ArticleFIDO Alliance Authenticate conference session recap on Citrix Workspace...
A few months ago I was invited to speak at the FIDO Alliance‘s inaugural Authenticate conference by Citrix and the FIDO Alliance. A big thanks to Mark Howell and Andrew Shikiar for the opportunity to...
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