Windows: Joining Azure AD (AAD)
KB ID 0001596 Problem With more people looking at Microsoft 365 (as opposed to Office 365), then the amount of people who want to join their Windows machines to Azure Active Directory is only going to go up. This is how to join your Windows client devices to Azure Active Directory. Solution Microsoft have done a good job of hiding where you need to be, Start > Settings > Accounts.. Access Work or School > Connect. STOP! If...
VMware Horizon Machines Stuck ‘Customizing’
KB ID 0001595 Problem In all honesty there’s lots of reasons for this. I’ll cover the ones that have tripped me up, if you find some new ones feel free to post them below. Solutions Before continuing, the image needs to have the Horizon Agent installing within it, and it has to be the SAME version that your Composer and Connection servers are running, (or newer). Also your Horizon servers are connecting to VMware vCenter...
Horizon Client ‘Install Failed’
KB ID 0001594 Problem When attempting to install the VMware Horizon client you see; Well that’s very descriptive and helpful? Solution Firstly make sure you are NOT trying to install the client software on a Horizon Connection Server, or a Horizon Security Server! If you are not, then the easiest way to get it to install, is to ‘extract’ the .msi installation files, and manually run them. In PowerShell navigate to...
Adding New Networks to Cisco AnyConnect VPNs
KB ID 0001593 Problem Note: To add new subnets to a traditional Site to Site VPN, see the following article instead; Cisco ASA – Adding New Networks to Existing VPNs I see this get asked in online forums A LOT. If you have an existing AnyConnect VPN setup, and then need to add another network how do you do it? Well that depends on where the new network is, and how it’s entering the firewall, these diagrams can be either way...
VMware Horizon: ‘VM With Unsupported Guest OS’
KB ID 0001592 Problem Seen when attempting to deploy Window Server 2016, as an ‘Image’ (Parent VM,) with VMware Horizon View. ‘VM With Unsupported Guest OS’ I double checked, and Server 2016 (Standard and DataCenter) were supported, as was Server 2019 (Standard and DataCenter.) The image also had a new version of the VMware Horizon View agent installed in it? Solution In my case this was an embarrassingly easy...
Exchange ContentIndexState ‘Failed’
KB ID 0001591 Problem A client from a recent Exchange migration I had done, emailed me to say that his clients were having trouble searching their mailboxes, I jumped on remotely and saw that the mailbox Database content index status was showing ‘Failed’. ContentIndexState: Failed Solution I’ve had problems before with indexing here, I replicated the fix to remove the index and generate a new one. The process for...