Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2402 LTSR
• Download Citrix CDFControl Tool updated April 15
• Download Citrix LTSR Assistant updated for CVAD 2402
• Windows 2016 and SQL 2016 are deprecated (not removed) in CVAD 2402 – Citrix Docs

Citrix VDA

• You can upgrade the OS versions when performing an in-place upgrade without uninstalling the Citrix VDA – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix VDA Cleanup Utility Tool updated for VDA 2402
• Citrix VDA for macOS – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Citrix uberAgent vulnerable to escalation of privileges of the attacker – fixed in Citrix uberAgent 7.1.2 and later – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Enable Citrix Profile Management roaming for the new Microsoft Teams – Citrix Docs
• Profile streaming for folders is now enabled by default in Profile Management 2402 LTSR, greatly reduces Windows login time – Wayne Liu at X.com
• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2402
• WEM agent now only sync the configuration set it belongs to, greatly reduces the size of synced data – Wayne Liu at X.com

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 2402 LTSR

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2404 for HTML5

Citrix Cloud

• Deployment Guide: Citrix VDA for macOS – Citrix Tech Zone

VMware

• New Teams as a published app is supported with Horizon Agent 2312.1 and later – set the “Enable UWP support on RDSH platforms” agent GPO to “Enabled” – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Workaround for the VMware DEM FTA and Default Browser issue – VMware Knowledgebase article

Microsoft

• Starting from new Teams version 24060.2623.2790.8046, the TMA per-user install folder is changed to AppData\Local\Microsoft\TeamsMeetingAdd-in (an additional ‘-‘) – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Automated Configuration for Virtual Apps and Desktops 3.0.100 – bug fixes

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app LTSR 2402 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2402 for Mac
• What’s new in Citrix Global App Configuration service – different settings for StoreFront URLs with a common FQDN; GACS discovers associated store URLs and adds all of them; settings based on user group – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Console

• NetScaler Console new features – at Infrastructure > Instances > NetScaler, clicking on the host name now connects to the NetScaler GUI through the host name; during upgrade job, view configuration discrepancies between the primary node and the secondary – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Gateway

• Use NetScaler native WAF to protect Citrix Gateway – available in upcoming NetScaler 14.1 build 21 – 35-minute recorded webinar

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud Connector antivirus exclusions updated with script paths and process names – Citrix Tech Zone

VMware

• Starting 6-May-24, VMware Horizon and Workspace ONE End User Computing (EUC) customers should contact EUC support at https://customerconnect.omnissa.com for any technical needs – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Capturing New Teams as a package in VMware App Volumes 4.x (97141) – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Experience Management for Horizon 2404 – App Performance, Application Crash, Application Hang, and Application Usage (Start/Exit/Foreground) telemetry support for Horizon VDI desktop sessions – VMware Docs

Microsoft

• If you have FSLogix installed, you can override the blocking of http, https and .pdf associations (UCPD.sys) with this simple ruleset and SetUserFTA will work again – Christoph Kolbicz at X.com
• New Teams 24060.2623.2790.8046 or higher bundles TeamsMeetingAddIn.msi version 1.24.05401, which has a fix for successful regkeys creation under HKCU – Microsoft Docs
• Microsoft AVD: Monitor Autoscale operations with Insights – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2403

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Cloud Service New Features – JSON files action for Windows 11 Start Menu layout customization; Profile Management User Store Creation Tool – Citrix Docs
• Citrix WEM Tool Hub updated in Citrix Cloud

Citrix Workspace app

• Push Citrix Workspace app for Android settings through UEM – Citrix Docs

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler encrypted DNS over TLS – 30-minute video; new DOT protocol on Port 853 – NetScaler Community Event
• NetScaler advanced analytics on Splunk – gain insights into past events and also forecast future trends and potential outcomes – NetScaler Docs

Citrix XenServer

• XenServer 8 is now supported for production use!
• Upgrade to XenServer 8 only from hosts currently running Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 – XenServer Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix DaaS What’s New – enrollment tool using tokens to register VDAs using TLS port 443 (instead of 80) to Manual machine catalogs; edit Catalog to change subnet of new machines – Citrix Docs
• Custom Citrix Cloud workspace URLs are now supported with the Device Posture service – Citrix Docs
• Single Page Application (SPA) that shows how to interact with the Citrix Unified Workspace APIs to build a functional web portal – Github
• Citrix DaaS and Terraform – Automatic Deployment of a Resource Location on Amazon EC2 – Citrix Tech Zone

VMware Horizon

• Horizon Agent 2312 provides CPU usage improvements by regulating boosted frames to achieve increased scalability – VMware Docs
• After applying February patch KB5034763 on non-persistent VDIs, the Microsoft Store apps, such as Office 365, Power BI, and Teams stopped working – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Horizon Drag and Drop Feature does not function if RDSH Group Policy “Do not allow drive redirection” is enabled – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Horizon DEM: The Microsoft Windows Updates for February and March 2024 break the roaming of a user’s default browser and .pdf file type association – Currently, there is no resolution – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Download VMware Horizon App Volumes 4, version 2312.2 – vSAN Replication Fix
• Horizon Cloud next-gen new features March 28, 2024 – Service Release 2403 – direct connections (bypass UAG); vCenter image replication; Horizon 8 image tag pool update – VMware Docs

Microsoft

• Now, Teams is included with both new and existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows. – Not supported on VDI. Use group policy to block it – Microsoft Docs
• What’s new in the AVD Remote Desktop WebRTC Redirector Service – Microsoft Docs

Other

• NVIDIA® License System release 3.3.0 – Support for in-place upgrade from DLS User Interface; PostgreSQL and Ubuntu security updates – NVIDIA Docs
• NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter 1.4 – addresses vulnerabilities CVE-2023-6931, CVE-2023-6932, CVE-2023-51781, and CVE-2024-0646 – NVIDIA Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Download Citrix Optimizer Tool – v3.3.0.1 updated Mar 25 – Added support for Windows 11 build 23H2 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Provisioning

• Image Portability Service Automation for Citrix Provisioning – Reverse Image; Convert to UEFI; Upgrade – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• NetScaler Console can automate a NetScaler VPX instance deployment in VMware ESX – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• New installation prompt for the Citrix Workspace Web extension – helps to open the apps and desktops in the native Citrix Workspace app automatically without the intervention of Workspace detection screen – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Tools 12.4.0
• New Known Issues in VMware App Volumes 4, version 2312 – VMware Docs
• Data Explorer allows you to explore your data within Workspace ONE Intelligence – VMware Docs

Microsoft

• Outlook presence integration with New Teams in Windows Server 2019 – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Citrix Stack Monitoring in Director – Infrastructure Dashboard – Citrix Blog Post
• New Citrix features coming in 2024 – Cost Optimization – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix StoreFront

• Citrix DaaS customers with Storefront will be able to use Citrix Gateway Cloud Service for authentication, enumeration, and HDX proxy – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace app for iOS, if you have customized store experience, the auto-discovery of store type is supported only for e-mail addresses and not for store URLs – Citrix Docs

NetScaler ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 13.1 Build 52.19
• Leveraging NetScaler to Mitigate ConnectWise ScreenConnect Authentication Bypass vulnerability (CVE-2024-1709) – NetScaler Community Article
• NetScaler Bot signature update 16 for March 2024 – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Common Misconfigurations that Can Negatively Impact Citrix DaaS Resiliency – Local Host Cache; Service Continuity; StoreFront; STAs; Cloud Connectors; Tags – Citrix Tech Zone

VMware

• Horizon Cloud Power Management – guided tour – VMware Tech Zone
• New Microsoft Teams on Horizon VDI – Known Issues and resolutions – Resolution: Utilize Horizon 2312 or later or utilize Teams 1.0 if available – VMware Knowledgebase article

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix

• Free Citrix and NetScaler training at Pluralsight
• Say hello to the new Citrix community!

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Introducing Citrix uberAgent: Best-in-class EUC monitoring – aligned with the new Citrix Platform License – Citrix Blog Posts
• uberAgent brings new insights to the Citrix platform – YouTube video

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 22.03.6001 for Windows, LTSR 2203.1 Cumulative Update 6
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2402 for Linux

NetScaler ADC

• Upcoming builds of NetScaler VPX can increase the size of /var partition by simply increasing the disk size – NetScaler webinar
• NetScaler MPX/SDX Series 9100/16000, GUI LOM access to configuration settings are read-only – System lockdown is a new security feature that Citrix purposely implemented to prevent unintentional system configuration changes while the system is running – Citrix Knowledgebase article

NetScaler Gateway

• Download Citrix Secure Access client 24.2.1.15 – Support for TLS 1.3; Support for SNI on pre-authentication requests; Details of the Windows OS as part of the HTTP header (user-agent); Bug fixes

XenServer

• XenCenter now alerts you that Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops license is deprecated and prevents you from upgrading to XenServer 8 until you apply a XenServer Premium Edition license to your hosts – XenServer Docs
• Between now and December 1, 2024, Citrix customers can request to participate in a no-cost promotion for 10,000 XenServer Premium Edition socket licenses – XenServer product info

Microsoft

• Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Public Preview for configuring the transfer direction of the clipboard and the data types – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• New Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops LTSR and what’s included – 45-minute video – YouTube

Citrix VDA

• Citrix Webcam Preview Test Application updated Feb 28  – Simple Windows UI application to test and troubleshoot Webcam redirection on VDAs – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Cloud Service New Features February 2024 – Assignment Groups; WEM health check tool

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace App Version 2311 and 2203 CU6 Causing End User Launch Failures  – downgrade to 2203 CU5 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler Live Motion support – NetScaler VPX does not support Hyper-V live migration. VMware vMotion is supported starting from NetScaler 13.0. XenServer Live Migration (formerly XenMotion) is supported starting from NetScaler 14.1 build 17.38. – NetScaler Docs
• NetScaler 14.1 supports exporting more than just ns.log to Splunk – shell logs (bash.log) and access logs (httpaccess.log, auth.log) – NetScaler Docs

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• An unlimited number of VIPs are now available in NetScaler Console service. You no longer have to purchase NetScaler Console virtual server licenses – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Starting April 2, the new Citrix UI will be enabled by default for every user leveraging the cloud-based UI – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• Horizon 8 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – VMware Tech Zone
• Deploying Horizon 8 and True SSO in Multi-Forest Environments – VMware Tech Zone
• Experience Management for Horizon, Powered by Workspace ONE Intelligence – 7-minute video – YouTube
• Horizon Next-Gen Data Definitions for Workspace ONE Intelligence – data definitions for sessions and infrastructure to add Horizon Next-Gen data to Intelligence dashboards and reports – VMware Docs
• VMware Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Horizon 2.7.1 Updated: 2/29/2024 – VMware Marketplace

Microsoft

• 40% scalability impact with Microsoft Teams Workload (81 users), when compared to Baseline (137 users) – Citrix Docs

Other

• NVIDIA vGPU Security Bulletin February 2024 – Code execution, denial of service, escalation of privileges, information disclosure, data tampering
• What’s New in NVIDIA vGPU Software 17.0 (R550) – vGPUs with different amounts of frame buffer on same physical GPU; NVIDIA vGPU licenses at user login instead of at boot; older GPUs not supported

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix License Server for Windows – Version 11.17.2.0 Build 46000

Citrix App Layering

• Citrix App Layering: how to install Teams 2.x in OS Layer – Citrix Docs

Citrix HDX

• Citrix Audio Diagnostic Tool 1.0.2 updated Feb 20 – EDT Lossy support; packet loss metric – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Citrix Director displays the Microsoft Teams optimization status for HDX sessions only if you’re using Microsoft Teams before version 2.0 – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 22.03.6000 for Windows, LTSR 2203.1 Cumulative Update 6

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler nFactor for DUO via non-iframe RADIUS – Cisco DUO’s iframe integration is end of support on September 30, 2024; Custom Credential Handler – NetScaler Article
• Download NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 14.1 Build 17.38 – HTML tags re-enabled in EULA text; Increase the SDX Management Service memory; SDX SNMP alert for pooled license expiry; VPX has VMware tools 12.3.0 for security fixes

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 14.1 Build 17.38 – NetScaler Application Delivery Management (ADM) is now rebranded to NetScaler Console.

Citrix Cloud

• The multiple Workspace URL feature of Citrix Cloud is now generally available for all users. Each of these URLs can have different branding, authentication methods, or desktops and apps. – Citrix Docs
• Citrix DaaS new features – VDA enrollment token; PowerShell logging in Studio; Enable Local Host Cache (LHC) for single-session pooled VDAs – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Cloud Connector to DaaS resources now requires amazontrust certificates – Citrix docs
• Citrix Automated Configuration for Virtual Apps and Desktops 3.0.96 updated Feb 23 – Citrix Downloads

Other

• NVIDIA vGPU software 16.4 – security updates; Windows 11 23H2 support; VMware Horizon 2312 support – NVIDIA Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Download Citrix Update 1 for CU4 on LTSR 2203

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler Connect Webinar | Jan 25 – Watch on Demand

Citrix Gateway

• Citrix EPA client now supports Mac devices that use the Apple silicon processor – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• New features in Citrix DaaS – Publish App-V, MSIX and MSIX app attach packaged applications on VDAs; Back up and restore site configurations; Monitor can play back live and recorded sessions; new MCS features – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• FSLogix Known Issues – Windows Server 2019 unable to launch or use new Teams; Enabled by default policies in the ADMX template can’t be disabled using Group Policy
• General availability of FSLogix 2210 hotfix 3 – Microsoft Techcommunity
• Nerdio for AVD 5.7 – End User Portal: Application Self-Service; App Attach v2; CO2 Savings in Modeler

Other

• Zoom VDI: critical escalation of privilege vulnerability – Zoom security bulletin

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix StoreFront

• Password change functionality is not available on Citrix StoreFront’s new UI – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2311.1 for Windows

NetScaler Gateway

• NetScaler Gateway 13.1 and prior versions do not support HDX Insight and SmartControl with the latest reducer – new reducer enabled by default in CWA 2311 and CVAD 2311. NetScaler 14.1 supports new reducer – NetScaler Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Unified Access Gateway 2312 – Details of the TLS certificate installed on admin and internet interfaces shown on the Admin UI; SAML identity provider metadata shown on Admin UI
• VMware UAG 2312 requires sha256 certificate thumbprints. sha1 not supported – VMware Knowledgebase article
• VMware Horizon Recursive Unlock does not work with screensaver password – VMware Knowledgebase article

Other

• NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter 1.3 – Security updates; Support for VMware vSphere 8.0 with Tanzu – NVIDIA Docs

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