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What Do You Want? Information! : Getting Application Information And Exporting To CSV

You know you have a LOT of apps. But you want to know about 1 app in particular. You could go to Studio and look. You could peruse the various pieces and parts to and get what you want. Or…. you could just grab it via script. So that is what we gonna do here. We are going to present a grid view of the applications you have published, select one of them, and give you all the information you have room for! And, for an unlimited time offer, export to csv! This requires having setup your Citrix Cloud authentication and using your secureclient.csv to access.

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Output from script
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# Get Citrix Application Info
asnp Citrix*
Get-XDAuthentication -ProfileName "default"

$application             = Get-BrokerApplication -MaxRecordCount 100000 | Select-Object ApplicationName, Enabled, AssociatedApplicationGroupUids, AllAssociatedDesktopGroupUids | Out-GridView -Title "Applications" -PassThru
$date                    = Get-Date -Format MMddyyyy
$a                       = 1
$d                       = 1

$app                     = $application.ApplicationName
$appGroupUids            = @($application.AssociatedApplicationGroupUids)
$deliveryGroupUids       = @($application.AllAssociatedDesktopGroupUids)
$appGroupUidsCounts      = ($appGroupUids).Count
$deliveryGroupUidsCounts = ($deliveryGroupUids).count
$ctxAppInfo              = [PSCustomObject]@{}
$ctxAppInfo | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "ApplicationName" -NotePropertyValue ($application).ApplicationName -Force
$ctxAppInfo | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "Enabled" -NotePropertyValue ($application).Enabled -Force

if($appGroupUidsCounts -gt 0){

  foreach($appGroups in $appGroupUids){
    
    $applicationGroupInfo    = (Get-BrokerApplicationGroup -Uid $appGroups)
    $applicationGroupNames   = ($applicationGroupInfo).ApplicationGroupName
    $ctxAppInfo | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "ApplicationGroups-$a" -NotePropertyValue $applicationGroupNames -Force

    if($applicationGroupInfo.AssociatedUserNames -ne $null){
      
      $applicationGroupUsers = ($applicationGroupInfo).AssociatedUserNames -join ';'
      $ctxAppInfo | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "ApplicationGroupUsers-$a" -NotePropertyValue $applicationGroupUsers -Force
      
    }
    
    $a++
  } 
}

if($deliveryGroupUidsCounts -gt 0){
  
  foreach($deliveryGroup in $deliveryGroupUids){
    
    $deliveryGroupInfo  = Get-BrokerDesktopGroup -Uid $deliveryGroup
    $deliveryGroupNames = $deliveryGroupInfo.PublishedName
    $deliveryGroupUsers = (Get-BrokerAccessPolicyRule -DesktopGroupName "$deliveryGroupNames")
    $dgUserCheck        = ($deliveryGroupUsers).AllowedUsers
    $ctxAppInfo | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "DeliveryGroupNames-$d" -NotePropertyValue $deliveryGroupNames -Force
    
    if($dgUserCheck -eq "Filtered"){
    
      $deliveryGroupUsers  = ($deliveryGroupUsers).IncludedUsers.Name -join ';'
      $ctxAppInfo | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "DeliveryGroupUsers-$d" -NotePropertyValue $deliveryGroupUsers -Force
    }
    if($dgUserCheck -eq "AnyAuthenticated"){
      $ctxAppInfo | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "DeliveryGroupUsers-$d" -NotePropertyValue "AnyAuthenticated" -Force
    }
    
    $deliveryGroupMachines        = Get-BrokerMachine -MaxRecordCount 100000 | Where-Object DesktopGroupName -eq "$deliveryGroupNames"
    $deliveryGroupMachineNames    = ($deliveryGroupMachines | Select-Object MachineName).MachineName -join ';'
    $ctxAppInfo | Add-Member -NotePropertyName "DeliveryGroupMachines-$d" -NotePropertyValue $deliveryGroupMachineNames -Force
    
    
    $d++
  }

 
}

$ctxAppInfo | Export-Csv C:\scripts\logs\$date-$app-App-Info.csv -Append -NoTypeInformation

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Moving Control Plane To Cloud: Migrating Citrix Director To Cloud

Fourth in the series of moving the control plane to Citrix Cloud…. So you have moved your control plane and now you need some monitoring via the wonders of Director. You can do this… There are some things that you have to consider. First, historical data DOES NOT migrate as part of using the Automated Configuration Tool (ACT). I looked over the list of things that it did, and that was not one of the things listed as migrating. I did learn through a ticket that moving the historical data is not at this time supported, nor was there a tool to move said data. For those customers that heavily rely on the reporting data available, you will need to plan accordingly. This presents a difficulty that an on-prem version of Director would need to be maintained for a year (or whatever grooming schedule you have defined) to allow the data to be accessed while the new data was populating. This can cause issues with people needing to access BOTH locations in order to get accurate data. Also, default for Premium / Platinum customers is 90 days of historical data in Director. Advanced licensing provides 31 days. If you need more time than that, you will need to open a ticket with Citrix to get that time extended which can take 1 – 2 weeks. (More information on Citrix Director in Cloud can be found here: Director On Citrix Cloud )

Now if you have setup AD Connect to connect to Citrix Cloud with company credentials, you can publish Director with the accounts people already use to login with at their company. After moving, there is also a post that will come about how scopes are affected and you have to reassign your access groups used in your company to the new Monitor role that is created for EACH scope they need access.

To confirm that you have AD Connect configured, you can check the Identity And Access Management on the hamburger menu on your Citrix Cloud login.

It should show Azure Active Directory and next to https://citrix.cloud.com/go should be your company name selected when you connected AAD.

If this is showing as connected, you can publish Director to your helpdesk group.

These are the arguments for publishing Director with Microsoft Edge:

ApplicationName : Director
CommandLineArguments : https://xenapp.cloud.com/monitor
CommandLineExecutable : %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
WorkingDirector : %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft\Edge\Application

Once you have published the app to your users, the directions below will allow them to connect with their AAD credentials.

Once the user clicks on the link, they will be presented with the Citrix Cloud login.

The user will need to click on “Sign in with my company credentials.”

The user will need to enter the company name assigned at the configuration of AAD Connect.

If you are using MFA with Office 365 or another provider, you will have needed to setup your MFA app / other methods of verification.

After completing login, user will be presented Director and be able to continue duties as assigned by roles.

Links to other articles in the series:

Part 1 of migration series Setting Up Cloud SDK And Authentication Profiles: Part 1

Part 2 of migration series Changing Custom PublishedName Property: Part 2

Part 3 of migration series Migrating Citrix Daily User Report: Part 3

Moving Control Plane To Cloud: Migrating Citrix Daily User Report

Third in the series of moving the control plane to Citrix Cloud…. So you had your daily user report kicking out everyday (Surely you created one from this other post: https://xenapplepie.com/2022/04/12/if-you-could-get-those-user-counts-today-that-would-be-great/). It was working its happy way through life. Then you just moved parts it talked to into the cloud. I have created this updated report script to allow for it to pull from Citrix Cloud. This requires that you have already setup your API access with the secureclient.csv, that you added the CustomerID to your secureclient.csv, and you have installed the Citrix Cloud SDK. If you don’t have those, you are gonna have a bad day. I left the comment for the #Get Licensing Info so you can see what all other fields you can get if needed from there. If you are using VS Code, when you run that section, you can create a new variable and assign it as “$content.” and it will show the other available pieces of information you can assign such as “deviceLicenseUsage.”

**Update: Removed line with Get-XDAuthentication as it is doing a double authentication. Changed SDK commands to use $headers.Authorization to pass same bearer token**

Example Of Autocomplete From VS Code For Licensing
Sample Output From Script Email
# Citrix Daily Report with updates for using Citrix Cloud. This was done in Powershell ISE 5.1 with Citrix Cloud SDK installed.

asnp Citrix*

$Today = Get-Date
if(($Today.DayOfWeek) -eq 'Monday')
{$when = $Today.AddDays(-3)}
else{$when = $Today.AddDays(-1)}

$creds          = import-csv "c:\scripts\logs\secureclient.csv"
$CLIENT_ID      = $creds.ID
$CLIENT_SECRET  = $creds.Secret
$CUSTOMER_ID    = $creds.CustomerID
$tokenUrl       = 'https://api-us.cloud.com/cctrustoauth2/root/tokens/clients'

$response       = Invoke-WebRequest $tokenUrl -Method POST -Body @{
  grant_type    = "client_credentials"
  client_id     = $CLIENT_ID
  client_secret = $CLIENT_SECRET
}

$token = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json

$headers              = @{
  Accept              = "application/json"
  Authorization       = "CwsAuth Bearer=$($token.access_token)"
  'Citrix-CustomerId' = $CUSTOMER_ID
 }

# Get Licensing Info
$response            = Invoke-WebRequest "https://api-us.cloud.com/licensing/license/enterprise/cloud/cvad/ud/current" -Method Get -Headers $headers
$content             = $response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json
$response.Content | ConvertFrom-Json | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
$licensingTotalCount = $content.totalAvailableLicenseCount
$licensingUsageCount = $content.totalUsageCount
$licensingRemaining  = $content.remainingLicenseCount

$connections = Get-BrokerConnectionLog -BearerToken $headers.Authorization  -Filter {BrokeringTime -gt $when} -MaxRecordCount 100000 | Select-Object BrokeringUserName

$CitrixVDIConnected     = (Get-BrokerSession -BearerToken $headers.Authorization  -MaxRecordCount 100000 | Where-Object SessionSupport -eq "SingleSession" | Where-Object SessionState -eq "Active").count
$CitrixVDIDisconnected  = (Get-BrokerSession -BearerToken $headers.Authorization  -MaxRecordCount 100000 | Where-Object SessionSupport -eq "SingleSession" | Where-Object SessionState -eq "Disconnected").count

$ctxUsers = [PSCustomObject] @{

  UniqueCitrixUsers      = ($connections.BrokeringUserName | Select-Object -Unique).count
  CurrentSessions        = (Get-BrokerSession -BearerToken $headers.Authorization -MaxRecordCount 100000 | Select-Object BrokeringUserName).count
  CitrixVDISessions      = $CitrixVDIConnected + $CitrixVDIDisconnected
  CitrixLicensesUsed     = $licensingUsageCount
  CitrixTotalLicenses    = $licensingTotalCount
  CtxLicenseFreePercent  = ((($licensingUsageCount) / $licensingTotalCount ) * 100).ToString("#.##")

}

# HTML Formatting
$style = "<style>BODY{font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;}"
$style = $style + "TABLE{border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;}"
$style = $style + "TH{border: 1px solid black; background: #dddddd; padding: 5px; }"
$style = $style + "TD{border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px; }"
$style = $style + "</style>"

$body = $ctxUsers | ConvertTo-Html -Head $style 

$date             = Get-Date -Format "MM-dd-yyyy"
$emailFrom        = "someemail@company.com"
$emailto          = "someemail@company.com"
$emailtwo         = "someemail@company.com"
$emailCC          = "someemail@company.com"
$subject          = "Daily Citrix User Report | $date" 
$email            = New-object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage 
$email.to.Add($emailto)
$email.to.Add($emailtwo)
$email.CC.Add($emailCC)
$Email.From       = New-Object system.net.Mail.MailAddress $emailFrom
$email.Subject    = $subject
$email.IsBodyHtml = $true
$email.body       = $body
$smtpserver       = "smtp.company.com" 
$smtp             = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$smtp.Send($email)

Links to other articles in the series:

Part 1 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 1

Part 2 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 2

Part 4 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 4

Moving Control Plane To Cloud: Changing Custom PublishedName Property

Next in the series of Cloud Migration…. When migrating the control plane to Citrix Cloud, I found that if you had changed the PublishedName to something other than the default Delivery Group name, they up and vanished and reverted to the Delivery Group name. I didn’t have that many to have to change, but if you had a LOT of them set, it would have not been fun. But…. Powershell again to the rescue!

If you do use custom set PublishedName, then you will need to get a list exported from your old DDC to import. This builds on the other post of setting up your new Powershell SDK.

The script below has parts to run on the old DDC and on a machine with the new SDK installed.

# Script to get custom PublishedName and change from on-prem to Citrix Cloud after ACT import.

# To be ran on old on-prem DDC to get custom PublishedNames.
Get-BrokerDesktopGroup | Select-Object Name, PublishedName | Export-csv C:\scripts\logs\pubslishedname.csv -append -NoTypeInformation

# To be ran on machine with Citrix Cloud SDK installed.
asnp Citrix*

Get-XDCredentials -ProfileName "default"

$pubName = import-csv "C:\scripts\logs\published.csv"

foreach($pub in $pubName){
  
  Get-BrokerDesktopGroup -Name $pub.Name | Set-BrokerDesktopGroup -PublishedName $pub.PublishedName

 }
 
 Get-BrokerDesktopGroup -MaxRecordCount 10000 | Select-Object Name, PublishedName

This is the output you see where the Name and PublishedName are matching the Delivery Group name.

After exporting your CSV from the old DDC and copying the file to your machine with the new SDK installed, you can edit the csv (example here in Notepad++) and make and changes you need to make to it.

After running the second part of the script, you see the changes reflected on the PublishedName field.

Links to other articles in the series:

Part 1 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 1

Part 3 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 3

Part 4 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 4

Moving Control Plane To Cloud: Setting Up Cloud SDK And Authentication Profiles

This will be first in a series of posts relating to what I found in moving to Citrix Cloud and some of the gotchas I encountered.

Update** Added change to switch profiles to: Get-XDAuthentication -ProfileName “Cloud-Test” -Verbose**

This was a good article to get started with using the Cloud SDK to replace your other SDK you installed with Citrix Studio (https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2022/02/03/getting-started-with-powershell-automation-for-citrix-cloud/). Important note, if you install this with Studio installed, Studio will no worky after the installation.

One of the other things you will have to do, is create an API access account that will download a secureclient.csv that you will use to authenticate and allow you to run commands against Citrix Cloud.

Logon to the Citrix Cloud at cloud.com and get authenticated.

Click on the hamburger menu in the upper left.

Click on “Identity and Access Management.”

Click on “API Access.”

Fill out the name and click “Create Client.”

Copy and save the “ID” and “Secret.”

Click to download and save the “secureclient.csv” file to store in a safe location.

I added the “CustomerId” field to my secureclient file to pass to the XDCredential setup. To get this, you can see your CCID on the upper-right hand side underneath your name while you are logged into Citrix Cloud.

Below is what I used to configure my access to do the connections. One thing I noticed, if you name the profile anything other than “default,” it prompts for authentication and caused issues for automated scheduled tasks.

# Script to setup Citrix Cloud credential profile
asnp Citrix*

$secureClientProd = “C:\scripts\logs\secureclient-1.csv"
$secureClientTest = “C:\scripts\logs\secureclient-2.csv"
$xdCredsProd = import-csv $secureClientProd
$xdCredsTest = import-csv $secureClientTest

# Set prod profile
Set-XDCredentials -CustomerId $xdCredsProd.CustomerId -SecureClientFile $secureClientProd -ProfileType CloudAPI –StoreAs "default"

# Set test profile if you have a test cloud account
Set-XDCredentials -CustomerId $xdCredsTest.CustomerId -SecureClientFile $secureClientTest -ProfileType CloudAPI –StoreAs "Cloud-Test"

# List profiles
Get-XDCredentials -ListProfile

# Load credentials
Get-XDCredentials -ProfileName "default"

# To change profile credentials
Get-XDAuthentication -ProfileName "Cloud-Test"

# Clear Cloud credentials if you wish to delete a profile
Clear-XDCredentials -ProfileName "profilename"

So what I did to modify most of the scripts I was using before, was to remove the -AdminAddress and add these lines to the top of the scripts, then proceed business as normal. This allowed me to do the same things I was doing before and pass the API securecred file information.

asnp Citrix*
Get-XDCredentials -ProfileName "default"
From Update section to show the change of the profile

Links to other articles in the series:

Part 2 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 2

Part 3 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 3

Part 4 Of Cloud Migration Series: Part 4

It Just Didn’t Register: Find Unregistered Machines

Just a quick little script you can add to your daily checks. This has been helpful for me to see if I have something that didn’t want to play nice BEFORE someone calls me and says it is broken. Good to have also if you have multiple hypervisor connections so you can see where at least it is running. Saves you looking around to figure out where it be.

# Get unregistered machine information

$adminAddress = "ddcaddress.fqdn:80"

$unregisteredMachines = get-brokermachine -AdminAddress $adminAddress -MaxRecordCount 25000| where registrationstate -eq "unregistered"
$report = @()
    foreach($unreg in $unregisteredMachines){

      $line = "" | select HostedMachineName, RegistrationState, AssociatedUserNames, DesktopGroupName, CatalogName, InMaintenanceMode, OSType, LastConnectionUser, LastConnectionTime, HypervisorConnectionName, SessionCount

      $line.HostedMachineName        = $unreg.HostedMachineName
      $line.RegistrationState        = $unreg.RegistrationState
      $line.AssociatedUserNames      = $unreg.AssociatedUserNames -join ','
      $line.DesktopGroupName         = $unreg.DesktopGroupName
      $line.CatalogName              = $unreg.CatalogName
      $line.InMaintenanceMode        = $unreg.InMaintenanceMode
      $line.OSType                   = $unreg.OSType
      $line.LastConnectionUser       = $unreg.LastConnectionUser
      $line.LastConnectionTime       = $unreg.LastConnectionTime
      $line.HypervisorConnectionName = $unreg.HypervisorConnectionName
      $line.SessionCount             = $unreg.SessionCount

      $report += $line

    }

    $report |format-table
    
    

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