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VMware Blast Extreme Group Policy Settings
The policy files required are vdm_blast.admx and vdm_blast.adml. They are downloaded as part of the VMware-Horizon-Extras-Bundle. In a typical environment, the admx policy files go into \\<domain name>\SYSVOL\<domain name>\Policies\PolicyDefinitions. The adml files go into the language folder, in my case, en-US. If the Group Policy Editor was already open, close and reopen for the changes…
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How to Remove Hidden Devices in Windows Device Manager
Quick Method: If running on a modern Windows 10, Windows 11, or Windows Server, check that PNPUTIL supports the /enum-devices and /remove-device command. I found that Windows Server 2019 did not support the /enum-devices and therefore did not have a /remove-device command. If it does, however, the following one liner should work. foreach ($dev in…
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Failover Clustering
TLS Certificate Considerations When adding a certificate for Windows Server Failover Clustering on general purpose servers, ensure the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the cluster name, essentially the load-balanced name, is in the Subject Name of the certificate using the Common Name (CN) attribute. The FQDN of the cluster name and the FQDN of…