01
Citrix · PVS
PVS targets register only after a user signs in
Windows Server 2019 targets booted successfully, but BrokerAgent remained stopped until login or a manual service restart.
06 DOCUMENTED CASES
Cases from
the field.
A working library of platform troubleshooting and operational automation: the problem, the approach, and the result in real environments.
- Primary platforms
- Citrix · Windows · VMware
- Format
- Problem → Approach → Outcome
02
Windows · App Layering
Making a portable log viewer the default application
A portable executable, machine-level registration and a DISM-exported association file made the setting survive into published VDIs.
03
Citrix · PVS
One target fails PXE boot while the catalog stays healthy
An unreachable address and missing reverse lookup narrowed the fault to one target. Replacing the NIC restored service immediately.
04
Citrix · App Layering
Rebuilding a Windows 11 image path to 25H2
A practical record of EFI, vTPM, Secure Boot, agent lineage, stale NICs and VDA registration across a layered-image rebuild.
05
Citrix · App Layering
Office 2021 activation fails after publishing the App Layer
A stale KMS override embedded in the application layer prevented published Windows Server 2019 images from activating Office.
06
Citrix · VMware · PowerShell
Automating start-of-shift Citrix capacity and KMS checks
A PowerShell report brings desktop capacity across two Citrix sites and VMware KMS status into one email, scheduled for each of three daily shifts.