Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix VDA 2112 allows users to share their screen with other users – requires graphics status indicator to be enabled – Citrix Docs

Citrix MCS

• Microsoft Domain Controller patch affects Citrix MCS create machines permission – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM now support more events(disconnect, lock/unlock) for trigger your external tasks – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2201 for Mac

Citrix ADC

• Several new Citrix ADC builds to address a WAF signatures problem

Citrix Gateway

• Download Citrix Gateway EPA Libraries for Windows updated Jan 10, 2022

VMware

• Download VMware App Volumes 2.19
• VMware has not found a valid attack vector to exploit CVE-2021-45105 (log4j before 2.17) in any VMware products

Microsoft

• Nerdio 3.4 release notes – Windows 365 license auto-assignment and unused license reclamation; trusted launch

Other

• ControlUp 8.6 release notes – Azure integration; Remote DX support for AVD and RDS

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2112, All Editions

Citrix VDA

• Download Citrix Optimizer Updated Date: Dec 17, 2021

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2112 – new user interface

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2112 – privilege elevation feature; limit the number of resources disconnected sessions can consume

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 2112

Citrix Hypervisor

• Download Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2112.1 for Windows

Citrix ADC

• Customers who use Citrix ADC or Citrix Gateway as MPX, VPX or SDX instances are not impacted by the Apache Log4j2 issue – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 13.0 Build 84.10
• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.1 Build 12.50
• Citrix ADC 13.1: Priority order for load balancing (and GSLB) services – no longer need Backup Virtual Servers – Citrix Docs
• Citrix ADC WAF Signature version 73 has rules for Apache Log4j – Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• From Citrix ADM release 13.1-12.x onwards, the ADM On-Prem Express edition entitlement support has been reduced to 2 vServers from previously supported 30 vServers.
• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.1 Build 12.50

Citrix Gateway

• Download Citrix Gateway Plug-in (VPN) for Windows version -21.12.1.4 – Windows 11 support

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.13.1 with Log4j fix
• Download VMware Unified Access Gateway 2111.1 – includes a fix for the critical CVE-2021-44228 vulnerability

Other

• NVIDIA vGPU software license server: workaround for Log4j Java vulnerability
• Google Chrome v96 and Microsoft Edge Chromium v98 are changing the default location where cookies are stored in the user profile – Avanite Blog

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix App Layering

• Windows 11, version 21H2 is supported in Citrix App Layering version 2112 and later – Citrix Docs

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2112 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 19.12.6000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 6
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2112 for Mac – Request control in Microsoft Teams
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2112 for Linux – Request control in Microsoft Teams

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix ITSM Adapter for ServiceNow updated December 2021 – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Workaround instructions to address CVE-2021-44228 in VMware Horizon Enterprise – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Download Windows OS Optimization Tool 1.0_2111 for VMware Horizon
• Download VMware Workspace ONE Access 21.08.0.1

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Cloud

• In Citrix Cloud, you can now annotate an image by adding a note for it when updating an MCS-created catalog  – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 2111
  • VMware Horizon 2111 is an Extended Service Branch
• Download VMware Horizon Client for Windows 2111 – Windows 11 and Windows 10 version 21H2 support
• VMware ESXi 6.7, Patch Release ESXi670-202111001 – many fixes

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2111.1 for HTML5

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release 12.1 Build 63.23
• Download Citrix ADC 13.0 Build 83.29
• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.1 Build 4.44
• Citrix WAF Signature version 71 adds 29 rules – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Citrix Cloud ADM Service has WAF Recommendations feature that can scan application for SQL Injection and Cross-site scripting violations. – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• FSLogix Container Replication with Bvckup2 – CTP James Kindon
• VM Applications are a resource type in Azure Compute Gallery – replicates packages across regions – Microsoft Docs

Other

• AWS AppStream now supports Linux-Based images – AWS Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2110

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2111 for Mac
• Citrix Workspace app: implement single sign-on (SSO) using Azure Active Directory (AAD) as an identity provider with domain joined workloads in hybrid AAD enrolled endpoints – FIDO2; Windows Hello – Citrix Docs
  • Citrix Workspace App Azure Active Directory Seamless Single Sign-on with Domain/Hybrid/AAD joint clients – javier lopez santacruz

Citrix ADC

• Citrix ADC Security Update – Unauthenticated denial of service in Citrix Gateway or AAA; critical severity – Citrix Knowledgebase article
  • Additional remediation configuration after upgrading the Citrix ADC firmware – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• WAF Signature version 70 adds 22 rules – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Citrix ADM can deploy a configuration job with the nsapimgr command to remediate the recent ADC vulnerability – Citrix Docs

Citrix Gateway

• RDP Proxy not working with latest builds of Citrix ADC – Citrix Discussions

Citrix Cloud

• Complete list of the fully-qualified domain names (FQDNs) that the Cloud Connector accesses – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Horizon Enterprise now supports deployment of Horizon Agents up to 120 ms away from the Horizon Connection Servers. This article provides more details. – VMware Knowledgebase article

Microsoft

• FSLogix 2105 HF_01 (2.9.7979.62170) – Cloud Cache security vulnerability; Windows 11 fix
• End of servicing for Windows 10, version 2004 – Microsoft Blog
• Shared Image Gallery renamed to Azure Compute Gallery – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Provisioning

• Citrix Provisioning only supports Windows 11 using ESX 7.0 update 2 and newer – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADC

• Tech Paper: Best practices for Citrix ADC Deployments – Citrix Docs
• Citrix ADC experiencing crash when updates are done on Azure side which pulls Accelerated Networking enabled NIC – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Gateway

• • Download EPA Libraries for Windows updated Oct 28

Citrix Cloud

• MSIX and App Attach with Citrix Cloud – Colm Govin and Wendy Gay
• When service continuity is enabled, Direct Workload Connection is not available during outages – Citrix Docs

Other

• Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – October 2021

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Virtual channel allow list now enabled by default – contains list of virtual channels to approve – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Hypervisor

• Workload Balancing virtual appliance 8.2.2 – For Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 – fixes – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud can update the image for new machines added to a persistent MCS Catalog – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Workspace Roadmap updated October 14

VMware

• Install Windows 11 as VM on VMware vSphere / Workstation without TPM 2.0 – Ivo Beerens
• Install Windows 11 on VMware vSphere with a virtual TPM – Ivo Beerens
• Differences in creating Windows 10 and Windows 11 images on VMware vSphere with Packer – Sidney Laan

Microsoft

• Microsoft’s Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool now supports Windows 11 – Github
• Teams WebSocket Service for AVD updated October 15 – Microsoft Docs
• Windows 11 cumulative update improvements: an overview – Microsoft Windows IT Pro Blog

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Next Citrix LTSR is first quarter 2022 – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix VDA

• Citrix VDA 2109 supports Windows 11 with TPM – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix Cloud can bind a WEM Configuration Set to a Machine Catalog – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2109.1 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2109.1 for Mac

Citrix Gateway

• Download Citrix Gateway VPN Plug-in for Windows updated October 4

VMware

• VMware Horizon Readiness for Microsoft Windows 11 – VMware Knowledgebase article

Microsoft

• Download ADMX Templates for Windows 11 October 2021 Update [21H2]

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Security best practices for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops – Citrix Tech Zone
• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2109, All Editions

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2109

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2109 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2109 for Linux
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2109 for Mac

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 13.0 Build 83.27

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Maintenance Phase) 13.0 Build 83.27
• Citrix ADM cloud service now supports maximum 50 instance backup files – Citrix Docs

Citrix Gateway

• Citrix Gateway EPA Libraries for Windows updated September 27

Citrix Cloud

• Support for Citrix Cloud service continuity in browser is generally available – requires browser extension – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• Microsoft 365 Apps isn’t supported on Windows Server 2022 – Microsoft Docs

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