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FAQ: Horizon 7, App Volumes, UEM Extended Service Branches (ESB) – 2 years support for annual Horizon ESB releases – 3 service packs with no new features – VMware KB article
[Deep Dive] VMware Workspace ONE 9.2 Feature Pack 3 – improved user experience for VMware Tunnel applications – YouTube video
[Deep Dive] What’s New in VMware Identity Manager 3.1 – new Virtual Apps Collection feature, recommended apps feature, People Search app – YouTube video

EUC Weekly Digest – February 10, 2018

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

XenApp/XenDesktop

Download XenApp 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 5
Download XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 5

VDA

Citrix VDA 7.6.5000 (7.6 LTSR Update 5) comes with Profile Management 7.15.1000 and Receiver 4.9.1000

WEM/Profile Management

Citrix WEM Agent 4.5 doesn’t work properly with RODCs – Agent 4.4 works – CUGC

Provisioning Services

Download Citrix Provisioning Services Server 7.15.2
Download Target Device 7.15.2
Download Console 7.15.2
Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.6.6
A list of Citrix PVS Smart Check Issues and Fixes – Citrix KB article
Citrix Provisioning Services: Slow Login Performance with Windows 10 VDA Machines – enable Subnet definitions are authoritative GPO setting – Citrix KB article

Receiver

Minimum Citrix Receiver versions for TLS 1.2 support – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

If you are using 59xx/89xx appliances, don’t upgrade to the 12.0 images starting from build 53.22. Patches suitable to these appliances will be posted soon – Citrix Docs
If you are using NetScaler 59xx/89xx appliances, don’t upgrade to the 11.1 images starting from build 55.11. Patches suitable to these appliances will be posted soon – Citrix Docs
NetScaler Master Class February 2018 – NetScaler in Azure – YouTube
Recommended TCP Profile Settings for Full Tunnel VPN or ICA Proxy from NetScaler Gateway 11.1 Onwards – Citrix KB article
NetScaler nFactor for multiple SAML iDPs – ask for email, and then choose SAML Policy based on HTTP.REQ.USER.NAME.SET_TEXT_MODE(IGNORECASE).AFTER_STR(“@”).EQ(“email.suffix”) – Manuel Kolloff

NetScaler MAS

NetScaler MA Cloud Service now supports Web Insight and SSL Insight – Citrix Docs
NetScaler 12.0 build 56 has a built in MA Service agent at /var/mastools/scripts/mastools_init.sh – but its features are limited (e.g. no HDX Insight) – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

NetScaler Gateway Advanced Authorization Policies in 12.0 build 56 can now restrict UDP, ICMP, and DNS traffic – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

Citrix XenMobile integration with Microsoft EMS/Intune – Technical Overview – YouTube
What is Android enterprise and why is it used? – Jason Bayton

EUC Weekly Digest – February 3, 2018

Last Modified: Nov 7, 2020 @ 6:34 am

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Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

VDA

To prevent Black Border Around Published Application caused by Runonce.exe /AlternateShellStartup, delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{2C7339CF-2B09-4501-B3F3-F3508C9228ED} – Citrix KB article
Hotfix 1 for Citrix VDA 7.15.1000 – A printer that is redirected from a user device might not be redirected after you reconnect to the session – Citrix KB article

App Layering (Unidesk)

Citrix App layer recipes at Citrix Docs

HDX

In Receiver 4.10, Adaptive transport continues to seek EDT every 10 minutes. If UDP becomes available, Receiver will adapt and switch to EDT. During long TCP timeouts, Receiver will make repeated attempts to use EDT – Citrix KB article
Support status of Citrix HDX features in double-hop connections – Citrix KB article

Director/Monitoring

How Citrix Monitor Service (Director) aggregates raw data into summary tables – Maximums, Averages, Sums – Director grooming – Citrix Docs

StoreFront

Citrix StoreFront unattended installation with PowerShell – Dennis Span
Configure Citrix StoreFront SAML Authentication (without NetScaler) with OKTA – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

Download NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.1 Build 57.11
If you have separate SSL settings for individual SSL entities (e.g. SSL VServers) those will be overwritten by enabling the NetScaler default SSL profile – Citrix Discussions
Script to convert NetScaler SSL entity configurations to custom SSL profiles before enabling default SSL profile – download script from firmware page – Citrix Docs

XenMobile

What’s new in Citrix XenMobile Cloud Service 10.8.1 – Chromebooks, Office 365 Deployment to Win10, control iOS app Notifications, Win10 Kiosk mode, Win Hello for Business policy, and more … – Citrix Docs

VMware

VMware NSX for vSphere 6.4: Multi-Session Identity Firewall – different firewall rules for different users on the same RDSH machine
To install tcpdump on VMware Unified Access Gateway, run /etc/vmware/gss-support/install.sh – Justin Johnson

Site Updates – January 2018

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2018 Jan 31:
- In the Citrix Workspace Environment Management > Create Actions section, added info from Registry Entries not applied to users at Citrix Discussions
- In the Group Policy > Runonce.exe section, added info from CTX227295 Black Active Border Around Published Application for Profiles Created Using Runonce.exe /AlternateShellStartup
- In the Citrix StoreFront > Installation section, added link to Dennis Span Citrix StoreFront unattended installation with PowerShell
- Added Citrix Desktop OS VDA 7.15.1000 Hotfix 1 from CTX230597
- In the Citrix Federated Authentication > StoreFront SAML without NetScaler section, added link to CTX232042 Configure StoreFront with OKTA
2018 Jan 29:
- In the Script Citrix Receiver section, added link to the CCMPowershellModule from Github
2018 Jan 28:
- Updated Citrix StoreFront > HTML5 Receiver section for version 2.6.2.4006; added info about printing to PDF in same tab
- In Group Policy > Computer Settings section, added Set maximum wait time for the network if a user has a roaming user profile or remote home directory = enabled, 0 seconds (Source = MasterXen at “Please wait for User Profile Services” – Logon delay)
- Added Citrix Published Apps > Host to Client Redirection section, which contains link to James Rankin Using host-to-client redirection in Citrix XenApp
- In VMware Identity Manager (Workspace ONE) > SQL Database section, adjusted for SQL auth vs Windows auth, and added link to Rob Beekmans at Deploying VMware Workspace One 3.x – database setup, mandatory or changeable parameters?
- In Citrix StoreFront > Favorites replication section, added tips from Minesh at Subscriptions Replication same site different server group at Citrix Discussions.
- In Citrix Profile Management > Exclusions section, added workaround from Windows 2016 (and 2012 R2) Start menu blank icons with 7.15 CU1 at Citrix Discussions
- In the VMware Unified Access Gateway > Load Balancing section, added link to the VMware® NSX for vSphere End-User Computing Design Guide 1.2, which describes NSX load balancing of UAG
- In VMware Cloud Pod Architecture > Planning section, added TCP 135 to firewall rules list (source = Ray Heffer VMware Horizon 7.4 Network Ports for Cloud Pod Architecture)
- In the VMware Horizon and UEM > File Shares section, added note about UEM antivirus exclusions (source = VMware 2113665 Imports and exports in VMware User Environment Manager are slow)
- In Citrix StoreFront > Customize Appearance section, added link to John Billekens Hide or change “domain\user or username@domain.com” text in Storefront
- In the Citrix App Layering > Image/Template section, for User Layers, added link to David Wilkinson Citrix Application Layering – User layers.
- In VMware Horizon > Virtual Desktops > Create Pool section, added link to Aresh Sarkari Automating Desktop Pool creation using PowerCLI – VMware Horizon 7.x
- In the VMware Unified Access Gateway Load Balancing > Overview > Protocols/Ports section, added link to Aresh Sarkari Persistence Profile – F5 LTM Load Balancing for VMware Unified Access Gateway Appliance.
- In the VMware Unified Access Gateway > Logs and Troubleshooting section, added tcpdump install instructions, and link to Justin Johnson Troubleshooting Port Connectivity For Horizon’s Unified Access Gateway 3.2 Using Curl And Tcpdump
2018 Jan 27:
- In Office Group Policy section, added registry values to disable the Click-to-Run EULA window
- In NetScaler VMware Unified Access Gateway Load Balancing > Monitors section, added UAG DDoS changes from UAG breaks after a few days. They break 100% of the time. at VMware Discussions
- In Citrix StoreFront > Customize Appearance section, added link to George Spiers Insert Client IPs into the StoreFront logon page.
2018 Jan 21:
- Updated VMware Horizon > Toolbox installation section for Horizon Toolbox version 7.4, which supports Horizon 7.4
- Updated StoreFront > Deploy Receivers section with Receiver for Mac 12.8.1
- In Citrix Receiver > Skype for Business section, added info from Citrix Derek Thorslund at Location based routing at Citrix Discussions
- In Install VMware Horizon Agent section, added info from Paul Grevink View Agent, what is installed?
- In Citrix App Layering > Import OS Layer > vSphere Connector section, added VM Template info from CTX230562 App Layering: Machine time on a published image is wrong at first boot
- In Citrix Provisioning Services > Target Device Software Installation section, added the two known PVS issues from CTX229052 Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (v1709) – Citrix Known Issues)
- In VMware Horizon Master Virtual Desktop > Virtual Hardware section, added link to Lieven D’hoore’s desktop VM build checklist at VMware Horizon View – Windows 10 Golden Image Creation
- In Citrix WEM > Create Conditions section, added James Kindon WEM filter conditions on OU and IP Address at Citrix Discussions saying that the Active Directory Path Match condition requires a * at the end of the path.
- In NetScaler > nFactor Authentication > Sample Configurations section, added link to CTX231790 NetScaler Unified Gateway for Applications with Different Login Site Requirements Including Step Up Authentication
- In NetScaler > nFactor Authentication > Sample Configurations section, added link to CTX229505 nFactor: Process second password before processing first password.
- In Citrix App Layering page, added link to How to configure App Layering 4.8 in Microsoft Azure by Christiaan Brinkhoff.
2018 Jan 14:
- In Citrix WEM > Create Conditions section, highlighted the User SBC Resource Type condition. Source = Condition to prevent AutoStart in Published App.
- In Citrix PVS > Defrag vDisk section, added note that ELM App Layering doesn’t need defrag. Source = Gunther Anderson at Performance considarations? at Citrix Discussions
- In Citrix PVS > Launch the Console section, added link to CTX231194 PVS Console Errors: “Critical Error: Server communication timeout”
- In Citrix Receiver Registry Values section, added registry value to prevent duplicate icons. Source = CTX226454 Duplicate Shortcuts
2018 Jan 13:
- In Citrix WEM > Install WEM Server section, added link to James Kindon Install WEM Server on Windows Server Core
- in Configure Citrix WEM Agent section, added link to WEM Advanced Guidance–Part 2: User Interaction at CUGC.
- In NetScaler MAS > Planning section, added link to Citrix’s YouTube video Citrix NetScaler MAS: Application visibility and control in the cloud
- In Citrix App Layering > Update OS Layer section, added link to CTX226407 App Layering: Windows 10 upgrade may result in new Recovery Volume partition
- In Change Citrix VDA Port section, added link to CTX229493 VDAs Do Not Register in LHC Mode When Registration Port is Not Set To Default
2018 Jan 12:
- Updated Citrix App Layering > Upgrade section, Import Appliance section, and PVS Agent section for Layering 4.8
2018 Jan 10:
- In Install Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent section, added link to Citrix Blog Post Citrix VDA Commandline Helper Tool
2018 Jan 8:
- Updated VMware Unified Access Gateway > Import OVF section for UAG 3.2
- In VMware Unified Access Gateway > Admin Interface section, added step to apply certificate to admin interface
- In the VMware Horizon > RDS Pools > Create Automatic Farm section, added the Session Collaboration checkbox in Farm Settings.
- In Citrix WEM > Create Actions section, updated link to Arjan Mensch’s WEM Admin powershell module that takes existing shortcuts, GPOs, printers, and drives and imports them to WEM
- In Citrix Receiver > Skype for Business section, added link to Citrix PDF Delivering Microsoft Skype for Business to XenApp and XenDesktop Users.
2018 Jan 7:
- In Configure VMware UEM section, added configuration of Outlook OST on App Volumes writable volume.
- Updated VMware Horizon Client Install section for Horizon Client 4.7
- In VMware Horizon Launch Client section, added Blast settings and Block multiple Horizon Client instances per Windows session GPO setting
- Updated VMware vROps > Install Horizon Adapter sections for vROps for Horizon 6.5.1 – vROPs appliance is still 6.6.1
- In the VMware Horizon Create Virtual Desktop Pool section, added the Session Collaboration checkbox in Pool Settings.
2018 Jan 6:
- Updated VMware Horizon > Install Desktop Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.4
- Updated VMware Horizon > Install RDSH Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.4
- Updated Install VMware UEM Engine section for UEM 9.3
- Updated Horizon AMDX Templates section for Horizon 7.4.
- Updated UEM ADMX Templates section for UEM 9.3.
- In Horizon URL Content Redirection GPO Settings section, added new Chrome extension setting.
- Added new Horizon Collaboration GPO Settings section.
- In VMware Blast GPO Settings section, added H.264 High Color Accuracy setting.
- Updated VMware UEM install instructions for UEM 9.3
2018 Jan 5:
- Added Citrix VDA 7.16 Hotfix 1 for RDSH VDAs
- Updated VMware Horizon Connection Server > Install sections for Horizon Connection Server 7.4
- Updated VMware Horizon Composer > Install section for Horizon Composer 7.4
- Updated VMware Horizon Security Server > Install section for Horizon Security Server 7.4.
2018 Jan 4:
- For NetScaler Configuration Extractor, Sirius’ Mark Scott added code to browse to open and save files. Added kcdaccounts to extraction.
- Updated Receiver Install section for Receiver for Windows 4.10.1
- Updated Citrix StoreFront > Deploy Receivers section with Receiver for Windows 4.10.1
- In Citrix Delivery Controller > Local Host Cache section, added note about PowerShell Execution Policy.
- In Citrix Profile Management > Profile Streaming section, added link to George Spiers XenApp Optimization (new in CPM 7.16+)
- In Citrix Published Applications > Browser Content Redirection section, added link to Citrix Blog Post technical details on Server Side Fetching.
2018 Jan 3:
- New Powershell-based NetScaler Configuration Extractor script
- In Citrix StoreFront > Customize UI section, added link to CTP Sam Jacobs and Rich Minichiello Adding an EULA Checkbox to StoreFront logon page
- In Citrix StoreFront > Customize UI section, added link to Citrix Blog Post How To: Add a Server Identifier to the StoreFront Page Footer.
- In Citrix App Layering > OS Prep section, added step to disable Windows Defender on Win10 1703. Source = mkelly439 at Unable to finalize App Layers with ELM 4.7
- In Receiver Installation section, added registry value to increase TCP buffers to improve high latency connections. Source = CTX125027 How to Optimize HDX Bandwidth Over High Latency Connections
- Updated Citrix StoreFront > HTML5 Receiver section for version 2.6.1.4005
- In the VMware Unified Access Gateway > Admin Interface section, added link to YouTube video Endpoint Compliance Checks: New VMware Horizon Security Feature.
2018 Jan 2:
- In Citrix StoreFront > Customize UI section, added link to Trentent Tye Add a help button to your Storefront UI
- In Citrix WEM > Create Actions section, added link to James Kindon File Type Association with WEM and SetUserFTA
- In Citrix VDA > Profiles v4 section, added link to CTX230343 Reset Profile Options Is Greyed Out In Citrix Director
- In NetScaler Gateway > RDP Proxy > Session Profile section, added link to CTX220499 How to Configure Authorization Policies for RDP Proxy

EUC Weekly Digest – January 27, 2018

Last Modified: Nov 7, 2020 @ 6:34 am

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Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

VDA

Workaround for Windows 2016 Start menu blank icons with Citrix 7.15 CU1 – HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\StateStore\ResetCache (REG_DWORD) = 1 – Citrix Discussions

App Layering (Unidesk)

Detailed guide on using Citrix App Layering 4.8 with Azure – Office 365 layer too – Christiaan Brinkhoff

StoreFront

Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.2 for HTML5 Release Date: Jan 23, 2018

Receiver

Citrix Receiver 4.10: Adaptive Transport Fall back from TCP to UDP shows SSL error when Reconnecting session via NetScaler 11.1 – fix = NetScaler 12. Workaround = Disable SmartControl and HDX Insight (AppFlow) on NetScaler 11.1 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

How to configure NetScaler nFactor with step-up authentication – i.e. one website needs single factor, other website needs multi-factor – useful for Unified Gateway – Citrix KB article
NetScaler nFactor Login Schema: how to extract second password instead of first – -passwdExpression “HTTP.REQ.BODY(1000).SET_TEXT_MODE(URLENCODED).TYPECAST_NVLIST_T(\’=\’,\’&\’).VALUE(\”passwd1\”).DECODE_USING_TEXT_MODE”- Citrix KB article

NetScaler Gateway

NetScaler Gateway 12.0-56 can fail when AppFlow is enabled, and when a VPN user tries to launch any application – fix is available from NetScaler Gateway 12.0 57.x build onwards – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

Migrate XenMobile from on-premises to XenMobile Service in the Citrix Cloud without re-enrollment – 50 minute recorded webinar
Citrix XenMobile Mail Manager 10.x documentation seems to have been greatly expanded – Citrix Docs

VMware

VMware App Volumes 2.13.2 released! This release includes important updates and bug fixes – VMware Docs
No longer able to see C:\SnapVolumesTemp using File Explorer – an issue in App Volumes 2.13.1 and App Volumes 2.13.2. Fix is coming in App Volumes 2.13.3 – VMware Communities
Production Support for VMware Horizon 7.4, 7.3.2, and 7.2 with Win 10 1709 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) – Composer issue fixed in 7.4.
Download VMware ThinApp 5.2.3 – Support for Windows 10 Creators Update and Windows Server 2016
VMware NSX for vSphere End-User Computing Design Guide 1.2 – 101 pages

EUC Weekly Digest – January 20, 2018

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

XenApp/XenDesktop

Updated Visio stencils for Citrix – Additions include XenApp XenDesktop logon process diagrams, Citrix Cloud services for NetScaler, Smart Tools, App Layering, etc. – Citrix Daniel Feller

VDA

Are you experiencing Random Disconnects with XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16 on Server 2016? There’s a patch available. – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

Citrix Provisioning Services supports Windows 10 v1709 with two known issues – can’t uninstall target device software – Win10 x86 can’t boot in Private Mode – Citrix KB article
Sortable and filterable view of all your Citrix XenApp XenDesktop v7.7+Provisioning Services devices with corresponding info from Delivery Controllers and AD too. E.g. easily find devices overdue reboots or booted off wrong disk versions – Guy Leech

Receiver

Download Citrix Receiver 12.8.1 for Mac

NetScaler

NetScaler nsconmsg Commands Cheat Sheet – Citrix KB article
In NetScaler 12.0 56.20, any certificate with a private key is classified as both a server and client certificate (more than one type) – unknown certificates can be seen in the Unknown Certificates bucket – Citrix KB article
NetScaler in Cisco ACI’s Cloud Orchestrator Mode – APIC version 3.1 simplifies L4-L7 integrations by abstracting configuration complexity through standardized parameters – Citrix Docs

NetScaler MAS

Upgrade to NetScaler MAS 12.0 56.x to resolve Truncated and Non-descriptive MAS Alert Email/Event Messages – Citrix KB article
What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service January 18, 2018 – import a certificate from one instance and apply it to others – for HA pair: upgrade one node, wait, then upgrade other – and more features … – Citrix Docs
56 minute video overview of Citrix NetScaler MAS – YouTube

XenMobile

Migrate from XenMobile on-prem to XenMobile cloud without re-enrollment – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Cloud

Citrix Cloud XenApp and XenDesktop Service Architecture Poster – Citrix Daniel Feller
Scalability of XenApp and XenDesktop Cloud Service Local Host Cache with Citrix Cloud Connector – recommend 3 Cloud Connector VMs (4 vCPU each) for no more than 5,000 workstations or 500 server VDAs – Citrix Docs

VMware

Download VMware Horizon Toolbox 7.4 – Horizon 7.4 support
VMware NSX 6.4 – Identity Firewall (IDFW) now supports user sessions on remote desktop and application servers (RDSH) sharing a single IP address

Other

EUC Weekly Digest – January 13, 2018

Last Modified: Nov 7, 2020 @ 6:34 am

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Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

VDA

Citrix VDA Commandline Installer Helper Tool – Citrix Blog Post

App Layering (Unidesk)

Download Citrix App Layering 4.8 – Office 365 User Layers, Export/Import Layers

HDX

Challenges of DPI Scaling for high resolution displays in Citrix – Citrix Blog Post

WEM/Profile Management

UPM 7.16 has a Large File Handling feature (for .ost files) – CTA James Rankin on Twitter
Install Citrix WEM on Windows Server Core – James Kindon

Receiver

NetScaler Gateway

How to have a random Background Image on NetScaler Gateway Page – rewrite “\”/logon/themes/background_images/desktop_\”+ sys.RANDOM.MUL(7).ADD(1).TYPECAST_NUM_AT+\”.jpg\”” – Citrix KB article

Citrix Cloud

Slide deck from Citrix CTP Paul Stansel Geek Speak: Real-world partner experiences with customer cloud migrations – Azure, Citrix Cloud, limitations, lessons learned

Other

NVIDIA virtual GPU software 5.2 (384.111/386.09) January 2018

EUC Weekly Digest – January 6, 2018

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Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

XenApp/XenDesktop

VDA

Hotfix ServerVDACoreWX64_7_16_001 – For VDA Core Services 7.16 for Windows Server OS (64-bit) – When a computer policy refresh occurs, random user sessions might disconnect – Citrix KB article

HDX

Citrix EDT resulted in about 15% more bandwidth consumption on average compared to TCP – Citrix Blog Post
Some technical details on the Browser Content Redirection feature introduced in Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16 – Citrix Blog Post

WEM/Profile Management

Citrix WEM Advanced Guidance–Part 2: User Interaction – agent launch, agent actions, agent UI, printing – James Kindon
FTA with SetUserFTA and WEM – James Kindon
XenApp Optimization, new in Citrix Profile Management 7.16 – uses Microsoft UE-V templates – CTA George Spiers

StoreFront

How To Add a Server Identifier to the Citrix StoreFront Page Footer – should work for both Receiver for Web and Receiver for Windows 4.4 and above – Citrix Blog Post
Add a EULA Checkbox to Citrix StoreFront logon page – CTP Sam Jacobs and Rich Minichiello
Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.1 for HTML5 – custom cursors on Microsoft Edge browser

Receiver

Download Citrix Receiver 4.10.1 for Windows – context menu fix, high DPI disabled by default
Citrix Receiver Auto Updates – HDX RTME for Skype for Windows is included in Citrix Receiver updates – Citrix Docs
Receiver for iOS in mid-January requires reconfiguration of any client certificates and RSA tokens due to being signed with Zenprise certificate – Citrix KB article

NetScaler MAS

What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service released December 28, 2017 – export Network Functions reports, exclude default certificates from SSL Dashboard, SSL Insight – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

“nsconmsg -d current -g pol_hits” doesn’t apply to Advanced Policies – Try “nsconmsg -d current -g pcb_hits” or “nsconmsg -d current -g _hits” – Citrix Discussions
How to Configure NetScaler Gateway Authorization Policies for RDP Proxy – REQ.HTTP.URL CONTAINS 10.107.202.67″ ALLOW (TCP rule doesn’t work) – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

The End of Life (EOL) lifecycle date for Citrix QuickEdit for XenMobile is September 1, 2018 – Citrix Docs
The End of Life (EOL) lifecycle date for XenMobile Secure Notes is September 1, 2018 – Citrix Docs

VMware

Download VMware Horizon 7.4.0 Standard
What’s New in VMware Horizon 7.4 & Horizon Client 4.7 – VMware Blog Post
Download VMware Horizon Clients 4.7
Download VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.5.1
Download VMware User Environment Manager 9.3.0
VMware Horizon Unified Access Gateway Endpoint Compliance Checks – video describing the feature and how to enable it

Other

Several new Citrix monitoring features in eG 6.3 – Citrix Cloud, EDT protocol, GPO processing time, Outlook addin slowness, Linux VDAs, 7.16 support, connection quality

Site Updates – December 2017

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To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the December 2017 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

2017 Dec 25:
- In StoreFront > Default Tabs section, added link to Trentent Tye Default to “Store” view if you have no favourited app’s
- In XenDesktop Zones section, added link to Citrix Blog Post where Citrix recommends multiple sites/farms instead of zones.
- In Citrix WEM > Create Actions section, added link to Arjan Mensch’s WEM Admin powershell module to convert Start Menu shortcuts to WEM applications at Citrix Discussions
- Updated NetScaler MAS > Upgrade section for 12.0 build 56
- Updated entire StoreFront Load Balancing article for 12.0 build 56. Monitor section has new instructions for 12.0 build 56.
- Updated entire Domain Controller Load Balancing article for 12.0 build 56. Monitor section has new 12.0 build 56 instructions.
- Updated entire RADIUS Load Balancing article for 12.0 build 56. Monitor section has new build 12.0 build 56 instructions.
- Updated entire Director Load Balancing article for 12.0 build 56. Monitor section has new build 12.0 build 56 instructions.
2017 Dec 20:
- Updated Receiver > Skype for Business section for version 2.4 of the HDX RealTime Pack
2017 Dec 18:
- In VMware Identity Manager > Planning section, added link to VMware Identity Manager 3.0 Deep Dive at YouTube
2017 Dec 16:
- Added note to vROps > Horizon Adapter Licensing section about License Groups.
2017 Dec 15:
- In WEM > System Optimization section, added link to CTX230843 WEM CPU exclusions for Skype Optimization Pack
- In App Layering > Publish Image section, added link to CTX230767 Published image to PVS prompts user to restart computer
- In VMware Identity Manager > View Pools section, added link to VMware Blog Post Workspace ONE 3.2
- Updated ShareFile Drive Mapper section for version 3.10
- In AppDNA > Install Capture sections, added link to Citrix Blog Post Speed Up AppDNA Install Capture by Using a Pre-captured Before Snapshot
- In StoreFront Tweaks > Customize section, added link to Citrix Blog Post Change Details links to stars
- In VMware UAG > Import OVF section, added link to DMZ Design and the use of Multiple NICs at VMware Communities
- Updated Horizon Toolbox installation section for version 7.3-20171130
- In the Horizon Virtual Desktop > Windows Preparation section, added link to VMware 51663 Windows 10 Guest OS support FAQ.
2017 Dec 14:
- In Director 7.16 > Use Director section, added XenServer 7.3 VDA console access
- In Provisioning Services > Imaging Wizard > Boot from PVS section, added P2PVS.exe.
- In FAS > SAML NetScaler Gateway section, added link to Marius Sandbu Setting up Citrix SSO with Windows 10 and Azure AD Join
- In FAS > Configuration section, added note about Autoenroll enabled on templates
2017 Dec 13:
- Updated Identity Manager > Upgrade and Deployment sections for Identity Management 3.1.
- In Identity Manager > View Pools section, added new Recommended category feature.
- Updated StoreFront > Deploy Receivers section with Receiver for Mac 12.8
2017 Dec 12:
- For Browser Content Redirection, ensure Enable third-party browser extension is checked
2017 Dec 11:
- Updated entire XenApp/XenDesktop Upgrades article for 7.15.1000, 7.16, and Receiver 4.10
2017 Dec 9:
- In WEM Create/Upgrade database sections, added link to PowerShell SDK documentation
- In User Group Policy > File Type Association section, added a couple links for Windows 10/2016
2017 Dec 8:
- In VDA 7.16 > Registry > Login Timeout section, added link to Citrix CTX138404 Application Connection Starts but Disappears after Timeout
- Updated App Layering > Upgrade section, Import Appliance section, and PVS Agent section for Layering 4.7
- Updated App Layering > OS Prep section for Layering 4.7 and Win10 1703 support (Remove Store Apps)
- Updated Workspace Environment Management > Install sections for 4.5
- Added WEM > Security section for AppLocker configuration
- New Published Apps > Browser Content Redirection section
2017 Dec 7:
- In NetScaler MAS > System Config section, added instructions to disable SSON to instances
- Updated Citrix Group Policy Management Plug-in section for XenDesktop 7.16
- Fixed Published Apps > Custom Desktop Icon section (h/t CTP Sam Jacobs)
2017 Dec 6:
- In Use Director section, added link to Citrix Blog Post Application Analytics in Citrix Director
- in NetScaler > Dedicated Management Network section, added config for floating mgmt IP
2017 Dec 5:
- Updated StoreFront > Versions section with 3.12.1000 (LTSR Cumulative Update 1)
- Updated Profile Management > Versions section with 7.15.1000 (Cumulative Update 1)
- Updated Install VDA 7.15 and VDA Port section screenshots for 7.15.1000 (Cumulative Update 1)
- Updated Session Recording > Versions section with 7.15.1000
- New FAS > Versions section listing Current Release (7.16) and LTSR (7.15.1000)
- Updated PVS > Versions section with PVS 7.15.1 (Cumulative Update 1)
2017 Dec 4:
- Updated Install Delivery Controller 7.15 and Upgrade sections for version 7.15.1000 (Cumulative Update 1).
2017 Dec 3:
- Added Delivery Controller > vCenter Root CA Certificate section as alternative to importing actual vCenter certificate.
- In Delivery Controller > LHC section, added link to Trentent Tye Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 – The local host cache in action
- New Versions section – LTSR vs Current Release
- Updated Session Recording > Server Install, Agent Install, and Player Install sections for version 7.16
- Updated Session Recording Docs links to point to new Docs URLs
- In 7.16, Load Balancing is now officially supported
- Updated Citrix SCOM > XAXD Pack Install for version 3.14.
  - Installing XAXDAgent from SCOM Console seems to fail on service logon account configuration.
- Updated Citrix SCOM > StoreFront Pack Install for version 1.13.
2017 Dec 2:
- New StoreFront > Versions section listing 3.13 (Current Release) and 3.12 (LTSR)
- Updated StoreFront > Install section for StoreFront 3.13
- StoreFront 3.13 does not have any new features
- Updated Director > Install section for Director 7.16
- Updated Director > Use Director section for new features in Director 7.16
- Split Director domain field into its own section
- Updated FAS > Install section with FAS 7.16
- Collapsed FAS > NetScaler Gateway section down to one section for NetScaler 11, 11.1, and 12
- Added Current Release vs LTSR version information to the PVS > Planning section
- Updated PVS > install sections for PVS 7.16
- Updated PVS > Config Wizard section with changes in PVS 7.16
- Updated Provisioning Services > Target Device Software section for 7.16
2017 Dec 01:
- StoreFront > Custom Desktop Icon – updated the commands from StoreFront 3.5+ (h/t CTP Sam Jacobs)
2017 Nov 30
- Citrix StoreFront > HTML5 Receiver – updated for version 2.6.0.4001
- Citrix WEM > Agent Configuration – added link to James Kindon and Hal Lange at WEM Advanced Guidance – Part 1 at CUGC
- New Profile Management Versions section – Current Release, LTSR
- Rewrote Profile Management > Configuration Options section – added WEM, recommends GPO
- Split Profile Management > DFS Namespace into a new section
- Updated Profile Management > ADMX section for 7.16 – error in 7.16 ADMX file
- In Profile Management > GPO Settings section – rewrote Path to User Store section to explain !CTX_OSNAME! variable – Win1709 resolves OSNAME to Win10RS2? (should be Win10RS3) – updated screenshots for UPM 7.16