Author: Carl Stalhood

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Receiver

• Starting in Q3, Citrix Receiver will be replaced by Citrix Workspace app – Workspace app will incorporate Receiver, NetScaler plug-ins, XenMobile Secure Hub, ShareFile driver mapper, desktop app and sync – Citrix Blog Post

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Citrix Supported Hypervisors table updated to show no support for vSphere 6.7 – Citrix KB article
• Hotfix DStudioWX86_7_15_2001 – For Citrix Studio 7.15 LTSR CU2 – policies not localized – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Citrix Application Launch Gets Stuck At Welcome Screen For 20-30 Seconds – if large num of groups in multiple domains – Fixed in 7.15 CU2 and 7.17 – Citrix KB article

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.11
• What’s new in Citrix App Layering 4.11 – full support for Windows Store apps, Office 365 layer for Session Host. User Layers are still a Lab feature – Citrix Docs

Director/Monitoring

• Documentation on Citrix Director 7.18 Interactive Session drill-down – Citrix Docs

WEM/Profile Management

• Hotfix ProfileMgmt_7_15_2001- For Citrix Profile Management 7.15.2000 – fix for black screen issue – AppReadiness problem – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Documentation on Citrix PVS 7.18 XenDesktop Setup Wizard connecting to Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps/Desktops Service – Or Cloud Studio can connect to on-prem PVS 7.18 – Citrix Docs

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.8 for HTML5

NetScaler MAS

• Download On-prem Citrix NetScaler MAS 12.1 Agents for scale out deployment
  • Documentation

NetScaler Gateway

• Download Updated OPSWAT v4 EPA Libraries for Citrix NetScaler 12.0 build 57 and newer – NetScaler Gateway > Update Client Components

XenServer

• Download Citrix XenServer 7.5

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.5.0
• Download VMware Horizon Clients 4.8
• Download VMware User Environment Manager 9.4.0
• Download VMware App Volumes 2.14.0
• VMware Horizon 7.5 can publish shortcuts to Desktop. It creates a Desktop folder with the category name.
• New VMware Horizon Performance Tracker – optional component of Horizon Agent 7.5
• New Horizon 7.5 HTML5 Console – JMP is optional. Help Desk User Search is integrated. Not all features supported yet – VMware Docs
• VMware Workspace ONE and VMware Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition On-premises Reference Architecture – 328 pages – VMware Tech Zone

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• vSphere 6.7 is not supported with Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop versions up to 7.17 and Provisioning Services (PVS) versions up to 7.17 – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Hotfix DesktopVDACoreWX64_7_15_2001 – For Citrix VDA Core Services 7.15 LTSR Cumulative Update 2 for Windows Desktop OS (64-bit) – audio fixes – Citrix KB article

Profile Management

• Private Citrix Hotfix for blank Start Menu icons in 7.15 CU1? – Citrix Discussions

Provisioning Services

• During the validation of ESX 6.7 citrix found an issue connecting PVS to the host. This will be resolved in the next version of PVS 7.18 to be released soon and will be updated in a 7.15 LTSR release. – Citrix Discussions

StoreFront

• Citrix StoreFront: Add Application Categories to Favorites Tab – CTP Sam Jacobs at CUGC

NetScaler

• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 12.1 Build 48.13
• What’s new in NetScaler 12.1 – RDP Proxy improvements, SaaS apps catalog
  • In NetScaler 12.1, you can migrate a NetScaler VPX instance by using VMware vMotion. Supported interfaces are E1000 and VMXNET3.
  • NetScaler 12.1 shows Days to License Expiration
  • NetScaler 12.1 built-in Secure SSL Profile – TLS 1.2 only (but not TLS 1.3), four ciphers – Run “show ssl profile ns_default_ssl_profile_secure_frontend” to see full config
  • NetScaler 12.1 Net Profile has an option to override global Mac Based Forwarding (MBF)

NetScaler MAS

• Download NetScaler MAS Release (Feature Phase) 12.1 Build 48.13
• NetScaler MAS 12.1 comes with a disk partition tool – Citrix Docs
• NetScaler MAS 12.1 HA pair now requires a Floating IP – nodes must be on same subnet – Citrix Docs
  • How to upgrade HA pair on different subnets – Citrix Docs
• In NetScaler MAS 12.1, an existing StyleBook ConfigPack can be migrated to a different StyleBook
• New Stylebook to configure NetScaler as ADFS Proxy – Citrix Docs
• New Instance Dashboard in NetScaler MAS 12.1 – Go to Networks > Instances, right-click an instance, and click Dashboard – Citrix Docs
• In NetScaler MAS 12.1, you can now create multiple Network Reporting dashboards for various instances, virtual servers, and other entities – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• Documentation on the new RDP features in NetScaler 12.1 – Citrix Docs
• SaaS App Catalog in NetScaler 12.1 Unified Gateway – doesn’t seem to work unless I remove my StoreFront settings from the UG

XenMobile

• Citrix Mobility Master Class May 2018 – AetherPal, Win10 App Lock, Android enterprise, Chromebook, Citrix Analytics, Apple TV management, iOS NetScaler VPN NAC
• Android P Work Profile enhancements – dedicated tab for work apps, updated blue briefcase badge, switch to turn off work mode, support for devices shared by multiple users, lock multiple apps

Citrix Cloud

• The Citrix Cloud Migration Tool allows you to take your existing farm structure and recreate it in a farm in Citrix Cloud – CTA Shane O’Neill
• Manage Citrix Cloud and On Prem with a single PowerShell SDK – CTA Shane O’Neill

VMware

• Download  VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.3 – no more Network Protocol Profile (NPP)
• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.7.0a
• VMware AirWatch will be known as Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) – VMware Blog Post

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For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix

• Key Takeaways from Citrix Synergy 2018 That Did Not Make The Keynote – George Kuruvilla

VDA

• Windows 10 Search Indexing Not Working After VMware OS Optimization tool – CTA Saadallah Chebaro

WEM/Profile Management

• Workspace Environment Manager – Capture Screen – how to enable the comments field – MasterXen

NetScaler

• Scoring an A+ at SSLlabs.com with Citrix NetScaler – Q2 2018 update – Citrix Blog Post
• NetScaler AppFirewall vulnerability – only XML checks vulnerable? – Citrix KB article
• Citrix is announcing new virtual CPU (vCPU)-based licensing that applies to both the VPX and CPX – 40 vCPUs minimum – Citrix Blog Post
• New Citrix Certified Expert – Networking (CCE-N) Certification – Citrix Training

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.12.102.0 updated May 18, 2018
• Citrix Files for Windows documentation – Citrix KB article

Citrix Cloud

• Request a tech preview of Citrix Access Control with Advanced Analytics
• Citrix Cloud XenApp and XenDesktop Service Azure Quick Deploy documentation – Citrix Docs
  • Detailed instructions from CTP Christiaan Brinkhoff

VMware

• PowerShell script to Deploy VMware Unified Access Gateway – Updated May 2018 for UAG version 3.3
• Workspace ONE Send – A bridge to connect Boxer to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint – pass files back and forth while respecting Intune DLP policies – Open-in to Send as separate app – VMware Blog Post
• Workspace ONE Mobile Flows Technical Overview – YouTube video
• Introducing the Workspace ONE End User Adoption Kit – VMware Blog Post

Other

• NVIDIA virtual GPU software 6.1 (390.57/391.58) May 2018 – fix for XenMotion and suspend/resume
• NVIDIA GRID license not applied before the user connects – License Restriction will not be removed until the user reconnects – Jan Hendrik Meier
• Liquidware SpotCheck Inspections – user-experience (UX) score – recorded webinar

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For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Synergy 2018

• Citrix Synergy 2018 Review – CTP Rory Monaghan
• New Citrix product names – What is Citrix ADC? – Citrix.com
• Recorded Citrix Synergy sessions – the good stuff is hidden in these sessions – YouTube

Citrix Workspace app

• Workspace App comes with an embedded browser to directly access websites/SaaS from within the app offerings using Citrix Secure centralized policies, including watermarking and blocked sites support leveraging Citrix Analytics in Citrix Cloud – CTP Thorsten Rood on Twitter
• Citrix Workspace app – the new Receiver? – Citrix Blog Post
• Citrix Workspace app overview – YouTube

VDA

• Citrix 7.15 LTSR CU2, or 7.17, Session Launches as a Black Screen due to Profile Management – uninstall UPM – Install UPM 7.15 CU1, or UPM 7.16, or private fix – App Readiness – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Known Issues for Windows 10 1803 – upgrade breaks Profile Management – Issue 10 – Citrix KB article

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix CTX224835 Start Menu is not Responding article updated – exclude Usrclass.dat* and !ctx_localappdata!\packages from UPM – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Citrix PVS XenDesktop Setup Wizard attempts to connect to Hyper-V host in wrong cluster – fixed in PVS 7.15.3 – Citrix KB article

Receiver

• To correctly install and configure Citrix Receiver a bit of tuning is required. This article shows you how to do this using PowerShell – CTA Dennis Span

NetScaler

• Compute-Based Licensing for Citrix Software ADCs – Citrix Blog Post

XenMobile

• Citrix XenMobile Secure Mail for iOS 10.8.20 supports rich push notifications, even when not running in the background – VIP Only mail notifications is no longer available – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Updated MDX files for 10.8.20 XenMobile apps V1 (updated Secure Mail and Secure Web) Released 9 May 2018

ShareFile

• Download Citrix ShareFile User Management Tool 1.11 for Policy Based Administration – if upgrade from 1.8 and older, uninstall first – UMT 1.9 and newer rules are not compatible with UMT 1.8 or older rules – recreate rules in 1.11

VMware Horizon 7.4

• VMware Horizon 7.4 now supports vSphere 6.5 Update 2 – VMware Interoperability Matrix
• Download VMware Horizon Desktop Watermark Fling Build 20180510 – Added support for multiple monitors
• Download VMware Identity Manager 3.2.0.1
• Quick-Start Tutorial for Cloud-Based VMware Workspace ONE – 264-page guide

VMware Horizon 7.5

• VMware Horizon 7.5 announced – JMP, Extended Service Branch, Blast Extreme improvementVMware Horizon 7.5 announced – JMP, Extended Service Branch, Blast Extreme improvement
• What’s New with Horizon 7 – VMWare Cloud on AWS, JMP Workflow, and More! – VMware Blog Post
• Top Questions on Horizon 7 JMP Technologies – YouTube
• A Sneak-peek at VMware App Volumes 2.14 – Writable Volumes backups, Shared Datastore for Writable Volumes – VMware Blog Post

Microsoft

• If someone loses RDP access after May 2018 security update to a remote server, you might want to change “encryption oracle remediation” back to vulnerable and connect to the server again, patch the server and revert the setting – Oliver Kieselbach on Twitter

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Citrix Supportability Pack updated May 5 – added Citrix VDA Commandline Helper and Citrix MSI Log Analyzer – Updated 7 existing tools

VDA

• Private fix LC9648 for Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 black screen issues on Citrix XenApp & XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR CU2 and 7.17 – Citrix Discussions (via CTP George Spiers)
• Citrix provides “Configuration only” support for Windows 10 1803Citrix provides “Configuration only” support for Windows 10 1803 – Citrix KB article
• Windows 10 April 2018 Update (v1803) – Citrix Known Issues – WEM agent is broken after upgrade – Citrix recommends XenApp/XenDesktop version 7.17 or 7.15 CU2 to pilot v1803 as VDA – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix VDA Commandline Helper Tool – v1.0.0.14

HDX

• Download Citrix RealTime Optimization Pack Capability Checker v2.4.0 – updated May 1 – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Skype RTOP Analyzer – parses HROP log files as well as SfB log files and shows call information at one place – Citrix KB article

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.7 for HTML5

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 12.9.1 for Mac
  • To re-enable the auto update feature you have to manually upgrade to Citrix Receiver 13.9.1 for Mac – Tweet from René Bigler

NetScaler

• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.1 Build 58.13
• NetScaler GA, 2019 releases onwards will not support Classic Policies and features

XenMobile

• Download XenMobile Server 10.8.0 Rolling Patch 2
• What’s new in Citrix XenMobile Cloud Service 10.18.6 – Deploy PowerShell scripts to managed Windows Desktops and Tablets – Citrix Docs

VMware

• vSphere 6.5 Update 2 is now available – VMware Blog Post

Microsoft

• Download Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 1803

Other

• How to upgrade your NVIDIAVirt vGPU License server and Drivers to the 6.0/March 2018 software release on xenserver and VDA – a guide and some lessons learned – Rasmus Raun-Nielsen

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For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Seems that Citrix HDX Policies are now shown correctly in the GPMC Settings tab as per XenApp 7.15 LTSR CU2 – Tweet from Rasmus Raun-Nielsen

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Citrix Profile Streaming is not compatible with Citrix App Layering Elastic Layers – Citrix Discussions

HDX

• Download Citrix Connection Quality Indicator updated April 25 – Citrix KB article

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix Profile Management deleting registry keys and causing black screen on logon to Windows 2016? – Citrix Discussions

Receiver

• Citrix Receiver auto-update is broken due to expired certificate – manually install certificate from article, or manually update to 4.12 when released – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Citrix Secure Mail for iOS supports rich text signatures – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• New checks in Citrix Smart Check – StoreFront, PVS, License Server – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Tools 10.2.1 – fixes Guest VM ports exhausted – download VMware Tools 10.2.1 instead of VMware Tools 10.2.0
• New Release: VMware PowerCLI 10.1.0 – vSphere 6.7 support

Microsoft

• “Because of a bug, the RDSH role was missing in previous releases of Windows Server 2019 – this build fixes that.” – Microsoft Blog
• Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) updated April 26

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For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download XenApp 7.15 LTSR / XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR, Cumulative Update 2 – All Editions

Provisioning Services

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.15.3 (in 7.15 LTSR CU2)

StoreFront

• Download Receiver 2.6.6 for HTML5 – fixes only

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 12.0 Build 57.24 – replaces 12.0 build 57.19

NetScaler MAS

• Download NetScaler MAS Release (Feature Phase) 12.0 Build 57.24

NetScaler Gateway

• Windows and MAC Supported Applications by OPSWAT Version 4 for NetScaler EPA Scans – v4 is in 12.0 build 57 and laterWindows and MAC Supported Applications by OPSWAT Version 4 for NetScaler EPA Scans – v4 is in 12.0 build 57 and later – Citrix KB article
• Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway – using HDX & nFactor – 53 minute YouTube video

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile StorageZones Controller 5.3 – security fixes

VMware

• VMware Horizon is not compatible with vSphere 6.7 at this time – VMware Knowledgebase Article
• Introducing VMware vSphere 6.7! – VMware Blog Post
• Download VMware NSX SD-WAN Edge by VeloCloud 3.2.0

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For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Agent fails to work when Windows 10 is upgraded to Windows 10 v1709 – uninstall and reinstall – issue 10 – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for 10.8.10 iOS apps V2 Released 9 Apr 2018

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Workspace experience (cloud portal) is supported in some Receivers, including Azure AD authentication – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Unveils Gateway Service with Secure and Single Sign-On to SaaS, Enterprise Web & VDI Apps – Citrix Blog Post

Microsoft

• Announcing Windows Admin Center: Our reimagined management experience – Microsoft Blog Post

VMware

• Download VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.7.0

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For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Where to Find XenApp 6.5 Features in XenApp & XenDesktop 7 – Citrix Blog Post

VDA

• When you upgrade Citrix VDA to the current release (e.g. VDA 7.17), any GPO settings created under HKLM\Software\Policies\Citrix are deleted – run gpupdate /force – Citrix KB article

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.10
• What’s new in Citrix App Layering 4.10 – Windows 10 1709 support – Citrix Docs

WEM/Profile Management

• WEM 4.6 multiple configuration set issues after upgrade – private fix – Citrix Discussions
• Start Menu icons are missing with Citrix 7.15 CU1 UPM. Disabling UPM or using UPM 7.15 fixes the issue – “by design”? – Citrix KB article

Receiver

• Win + G Pop Up Citrix Receiver Launching Apps/Desktops – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AllowGameDVR (DWORD) = 0 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.1 Build 57.11/57.13 – 57.13 replaces 57.11
• NetScaler Master Class April 2018 – HA, and SDX – YouTube

NetScaler Gateway

• Citrix EDT to Azure VDAs? Reduce MTU to 1400 or less – Citrix Discussions

XenMobile

• What’s new in XenMobile Cloud Service 10.18.4 – more Chromebook policies – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix XenMobile Mail Manager (XMM) 10.1.2 Released 2-APR-2018
• What’s new in XenMobile Mail Manager 10.1.2 – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Quick-Start Tutorial for VMware User Environment Manager – 130 page document
• [Deep Dive] New Features in AirWatch 9.3 & Identity Manager 3.2 – VMware Blog Post
• How to enable VMware Horizon Watermark on RDSH – login script to launch vdimark.exe
• Good explanation of Workload Optimization in vROps 6.7
• VMware vRealize Suite Technical Guides – bunch of videos
• VeloCloud SD-WAN by VMware introduction – Packet Pushers

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