The default theme for Company Portal is fine, but it always looks better when you customize it to match your origination’s theme. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to set a theme for Company Portal. The Process The default color for Company Portal is blue. I will be selecting Organization logo only…
With Windows 11, many visual elements have changed, and one of the most noticeable ones is the Start Menu. With a new star menu comes a new way to manage it. With Windows 10, you can control the start menu with an XML file. Now, with Windows 11, you can control it with a JSON…
The Company Portal application is a wonderful tool for Microsoft Intune. If you come from the world of ConfigMgr (Microsoft Configuration Manager aka SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager)), it is the Intune version of Software Center. Company Portal allows users to install programs you publish on the Company Portal. My favorite part is that the…
There’s not a lot of information about what happens when an Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) term license expires, specifically what end users will and won’t see. In this post, I will detail what happens when an Omnissa Horizon Term License expires and the messaging that administrators and end users will see. Starting with Omnissa…
Microsoft recently introduced the public preview of External Authentication Methods in Microsoft Entra ID. I am very excited about External Authentication Methods as they finally allow third-party MFA providers like Cisco Duo to integrate better with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Microsoft Azure AD). Microsoft has supported third-party MFA providers for years. The original method for…
Microsoft 365’s Stay signed in option is designed for user convenience but can increase security risks when used on public or non-corporately owned devices. The risk is due to the potential for unauthorized access to the user’s account and the resources they have access to. The stay signed in option, also known as KMSI (Keep…
I recently encountered a strange issue with Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) that resulted in a black screen presenting to the VDI users when they logged in. When you search for this issue, you will find a lot of information about various solutions to the blank screen issue. However, none of them solved the problem…
Installing an SSL/TLS certificate on the Omnissa Horizon Connection Server (formerly the VMware Horizon Connection Server) is a common task. The whole process may feel daunting if you’ve never installed a certificate on the Horizon Connection Server. Omnissa Horizon has had a few names, and some of those old names are still present at its…
You usually want to connect Omnissa Horizon (formerly VMware Horizon) directly to VMware vCenter, but it can make sense to leave them disconnected from each other in some situations. In this post, I’ll show you step-by-step how to install the VMware Horizon Agent without using the VMware vCenter integration. You can do this on persistent…
A custom-themed Microsoft 365 sign-in page can augment the user experience by making it easier to tell if it is a phishing sign-in page, as it will help users recognize whether the login page is legitimate or not. It also adds a nice custom tweak to your Microsoft 365 tenant. In this post, I will…
