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Validate protection for speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities

This SBA confirms whether protection against these vulnerabilities have been enabled on the target computer.
For more infomation: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4072698/

Version: 2.2.6 • Created: 2018-01-04 • Modified: 2018-01-11

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Enable protection for speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities

Adds the required registry keys to enable the mitigations on the target computer.
Requires the relevant Microsoft patch installed on the target computer.
For more inforrmation: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4072698

Version: 2.2.15 • Created: 2018-01-04 • Modified: 2018-01-11

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Reconfigure VM hardware

This action allows you to set the amount of CPUs, memory size and hard disk size for a VMware virtual machine.The script requires VMware PowerCLI to be installed on the machine it runs on. ** IF THE VM IS ON IT WILL BE RESTARTED! **

Version: 3.9.29 • Created: 2016-12-25 • Modified: 2018-12-18

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Lock a User’s Session

Run this SBA against one or more user sessions to lock that session. Taken from Stephen Owen's blog, https://foxdeploy.com/2016/12/15/locking-your-workstation-with-powershell/

Version: 1.1.6 • Created: 2016-12-18 • Modified: 2016-12-18

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List all XenDesktop VMs in Maintenance Mode

This script will list all the VMs in a specific XenDesktop site that are listed in maintenance mode in the DDC. It must be run on a XenDesktop broker. The script prompts for and requires at least a XenDesktop read-only admin account.

Version: 1.3.8 • Created: 2016-05-04 • Modified: 2016-05-05

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HDX Connectivity Health

The script runs on the ControlUp Console computer and initiates an HDX connection against one or more XenApp servers in order to check the server's health. The script does not perform any actual login activity to the targeted XenApp server.

Version: 1.12.26 • Created: 2016-03-13 • Modified: 2016-03-16

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Remote PowerShell to Computer

Opens a remote PowerShell session to the selceted computer(s) or to the computer(s) hosting the selected process(es) or user session(s). WinRM and PowerShell remoting already needs to be configured on the target computers. You can do that with ControlUp using the "Enable PSRemoting" SBA.

Version: 1.11.12 • Created: 2015-08-20 • Modified: 2016-08-17

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Check if a Windows Update is installed

The script checks if a Windows Update is installed, using Get-WMIObject commandlet and WMI information under 'win32_quickfixengineering' and 'win32_ReliabilityRecords'.

About Win32_ReliabilityRecords:
They are enabled by default on Windows 7 but Group Policy has to be used to enable them on the server side. See Computer Settings – Administrative Templates – Windows Components – Windows Reliability Analysis.

MSDN Win32_ReliabilityRecords class https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee706630(v=vs.85).aspx

Version: 1.12.57 • Created: 2015-02-21 • Modified: 2016-04-05

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Disable Horizon VDI Maintenance Mode

Disable Horizon View Maintenance Mode for the selected computer(s).

Version: 3.3.12 • Created: 2014-11-26 • Modified: 2022-06-13

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Enable Horizon VDI Maintenance Mode

Enable Horizon View Maintenance Mode for the selected computer(s).

Version: 3.3.12 • Created: 2014-11-26 • Modified: 2022-06-13

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Display SvcHost processes

This script looks at all of the services running under svchost.exe (a generic wrapper) and tells which service is using which wrapper.

Version: 1.0.1 • Created: 2014-09-02 • Modified: 2014-09-02

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List redirected user folders

For the selected user session/s, enumerates all user shell folders redirected to a non-default location outside the user profile.

Version: 4.1.8 • Created: 2014-06-23 • Modified: 2016-06-15

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Citrix PVS Reset Machine Account Password

For a machine streamed using Citrix Provisioning Services, marks the device as down, resets the Active Directory machine account password and reboots the device. This action should be executed on a PVS server with MCLI PowerShell snap-in installed.

Version: 3.3.10 • Created: 2014-06-22 • Modified: 2014-07-02

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