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Azure AD as SAML IdP and Citrix ADC as SAML SP

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April 20, 2023
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Chris Colden

There are some really good articles on configuring Azure AD as a SAML IdP and a Citrix Netscaler (the product formally known as ADC, formally known as Netscaler, confused?) as a SAML SP. Rather than reinventing those articles I’ll simply link to the best that I’ve come across, so go

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Citrix micro VPN with Microsoft Endpoint Manager is broken

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March 21, 2023
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Chris Colden

Citrix micro VPN integrates with Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune) to provide app level on demand VPN tunnels to iOS and Android devices. This leverages the Microsoft Azure AD Graph API which is going end of life. In this article I will explain why its currently broken and provide some guidance

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Creating an Open File Dialog in PowerShell

Last updated
March 20, 2023
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Chris Colden

Recently I created a PowerShell function to open a open file dialog window, allowing you to browse to that csv file or read in a text file without specifying the path. As this has found it’s way into several of my script’s already, it feels worthy enough to share with

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Surface Dock Updater fails on Surface Book (Gen 1) with SurfaceBaseFWUpdateDriver.dll

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December 20, 2018
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Chris Colden

For over a year now I have been unable to update my Surface Dock via the Surface Dock Updater tool due to an error when installing the software. An error occurs when trying to install the SurfaceBaseFWUpdateDriver.dll and subsequently the install rolls back. You may think that you can just

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I’m an IT professional who has worked for distributers and several MSP’s for over 15 years. My main focus is on the Microsoft Cloud but have a deep knowledge in Exchange, Active Directory and core Windows infrastructure. I’m a lover of craft beer and going to live music events. I’m also on a mission to slowly make my home smarter.