childebrandt42

Worthless info……………Oh blinky lights!

Category: Virtulization

  • Domain Joins on a Short Leash: Delegating Least-Privilege Rights to Specific OUs (Before Your Service Accounts Run Wild)

    Tired of rogue computer objects cluttering your Active Directory? This guide shows you how to properly delegate least-privilege Domain Join rights to service accounts—scoped only to specific OUs. No more domain-wide superpowers or security nightmares. Follow the step-by-step wizard walkthrough and lock it down securely.

  • How to Pull Logs from Horizon Edge Gateway

    If you are running Horizon Cloud Control Plane, or even Horizon Edge gateway for On-premises Connection Servers and you are running into issues with the Edge Gateway you can pull logs without calling support. But its not very fun, So lets jump into this. Connect to the Edge Gateway console in vSphere or AOS. Log…

  • The Future of VMware Updates: How to Survive the Broadcom Download Token Shift

    In mid-2025, Broadcom retired VMware’s public update repositories, necessitating a shift to token-based authentication for updates via customer-specific URLs. To update VMware systems, users must obtain a Download Token from the Broadcom Support Portal and utilize a PowerShell script, ensuring all configurations are modernized for future security and functionality.

  • Mastering vdmadmin.exe Commands: The Ultimate Guide for Omnissa Horizon Administrators

    This guide on vdmadmin.exe equips Omnissa Horizon administrators with essential skills for managing virtual desktop infrastructures. It covers command execution prerequisites, a comprehensive list of 56 commands, best practices, and troubleshooting tips to enhance administration efficiency. Mastering these commands ensures secure, scalable, and effective Horizon operations.

  • Omnissa OS Optimization Tool (OSOT) Build: 12943850210 Not supported on Windows 11 – 24H2!

    The deployment of Horizon 2412 for a new customer involved installing Windows 11 24H2 and creating a master image. Several issues arose, including problems with removing Store Apps and Sysprep failing due to BitLocker. Workarounds were provided for these issues, but inherent problems remain with the OS version that need addressing.

  • In-depth User Inactivity Analysis for VMware Horizon Environment

    In running a Horizon Environment has your boss asked you to run a report of who is logging in or who has not logged in to the Horizon environment? Well guess what, to my knowledge there is no tool out there that will give you the ability to run a report of all users that…

  • As Built Report for VMware Universal Access Gateway (UAG)

    Well, its official, I have completed all the Horizon on-premises As Built Reports now that this UAG report is published! You can get it live > AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.UAG (github.com) The other reports: As Built VMware Horizon > AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.Horizon (github.com) As Built VMware App Volumes > AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.AppVolumes (github.com) If you want to take a look at the…

  • Unleashing the App Volumes 4.x API via Edge or Chrome, Empowering Operations with PowerShell

    This article provides an updated guide on using Chrome or Edge for App Volumes APIs, including PowerShell, developer tools, and REST methods. It covers discovering, launching sessions, getting version data, working with online entities, and managing storage groups, applications, and user assignments. The author also shares insights on navigating the developer tools.

  • As Built Report for VMware App Volumes updated for 2309

    As promised over the last few weeks i have been working on the App Volumes report. Well, it’s finally done! You can get it live >>>>> AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.VMware.AppVolumes (github.com) What is in the update, Well a bunch of things as you can imagine. It has been updated to support App Volumes 2309 and below. I have…