Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Starting with CVAD 2407, MMC-based Citrix Studio enters maintenance mode: No New features. Updates will focus on stability and security – Switch to Web Studio – Citrix Updates

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Download Citrix Infra Monitor 2407 for Director – monitors health of the Citrix Provisioning (PVS) and StoreFront components

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 22.03.6002 for Windows, LTSR 2203.1 Cumulative Update 6 Hotfix 2

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix DaaS new features July 2024 – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• Download Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise updated July 16

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix VDI Handbook for CVAD 2402 – 167-page PDF – Citrix Tech Zone

Citrix VDA

• Citrix VDA Local Privilege escalation – CVSS v4.0 Base Score: 8.5 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix MCS

• Creating a Windows 11-based Machine Catalog using Citrix Machine Creation Services on vSphere 8 – Citrix Tech Zone

Citrix Provisioning

• Citrix Provisioning Improper Access Control – CVSS v4.0 Base Score: 4.8 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix StoreFront

• Citrix Workspace app for HTML5 Security Bulletin – CVSS v4.0 Base Score: 5.3 – fixed in 2404.1 and later versions – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace app for Windows Local Privilege escalation – CVSS v4.0 Base Score: 8.5 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2405 for Mac
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2405 for Windows

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler Security Bulletin – CVSS v4.0 Base Score: 7.1 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• NetScaler Build 14.1-25.56 and Build 13.1-53.24 address the OpenSSH security vulnerabilities
• Recorded NetScaler Connect Monthly Webinar – NetScaler VPX for Nutanix AHV

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• NetScaler Console (formerly ADM) and SDX security vulnerabilities – CVSS v4.0 Base Score: 9.4 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Gateway

• Recorded NetScaler Live Demo: Implementing BBR Congestion Control for Enhanced Support of ICA over QUIC

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix DaaS Infrastructure monitoring – Citrix Provisioning (PVS) servers and StoreFront – Citrix Docs
• Citrix DaaS new features – add notes when placing a machine into maintenance mode; update Write-back cache setting post creation – Citrix Docs

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC) acquisition by KKR is complete – Horizon; Workspace ONE

Other

• Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – July 2024 – base score 7.8

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Deployment Guide: Simplify new Teams deployment with Citrix – App Packages in Studio – Citrix Tech Zone
• Download Citrix License Server for Windows – Version 11.17.2.0 Build 48000 – component updates

NetScaler ADC

• Download Citrix NetScaler ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 13.1 Build 53.17/23

Microsoft

• New VDI solution for Microsoft Teams – SlimCore instead of WebRTC; new Client-side plugin – Microsoft Docs

Other

• NVIDIA License System 3.3.1 – security updates
• NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter 1.5 – security updates

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Provisioning

• Script to convert vDisks from an On-Premises Citrix PVS vDisk Store to a Microsoft Azure-based PVS Store – uses Image Portability Service – Citrix Community Article

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2405 for Linux

NetScaler ADC

• Download Citrix NetScaler ADC Release (Feature Phase) 14.1 Build 25.53

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• Download NetScaler Console (Citrix ADM) 14.1 Build 25.53 – telemetry uploads required; Access NetScaler GUI through host name; Lightweight NetScaler Console only for Pooled or Flexed licensing

Citrix Gateway

• UDP 5140 for NetScaler Gateway telemetry data – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud Simplified SAML – only UPN needed – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• Preferred application group type behavior for pooled host pools in Microsoft AVD – Desktop vs RemoteApp – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2203 LTSR, Cumulative Update 5

Citrix MCS

• Citrix Image Management – A new way of deploying Machine Catalogs and reducing Master Image Complexity – Citrix Tech Zone

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 2203 LTSR, Cumulative update 5

Citrix HDX

• Citrix Secure HDX – AES-256-GCM encryption of ICA; enable in Citrix Policy; HDX Insight won’t work – Citrix Docs

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Tool Hub profile migration tool – migrate different types of profiles to the Citrix container-based profile solution

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2404.1 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Vulnerability in Citrix Workspace app for Mac may result in elevation of privilege from a local authenticated user to a root user – fixed in Citrix Workspace app for Mac 2402.10  and later – Citrix Knowledgebase article

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler Virtual Connect | May 30 recorded webinar – YouTube
• NetScaler/Duo Traditional Prompt using RADIUS iFrame is supported until December 31, 2024 – NetScaler native support for the Cisco Duo Universal Prompt will be coming in late summer 2024 – NetScaler Community

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• Integrate NetScaler Console with Microsoft Sentinel – In Observability Integration, you can now configure the integration of NetScaler Console with Microsoft Sentinel – NetScaler Docs

Other

• NVIDIA vGPU Software updated to resolve security issue – NVIDIA Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix VDA hotfix for 2203 CU4 to enable Teams as a published app – Request from Citrix Support – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2403.1 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2402.10 for Mac

NetScaler ADC

• Migrate the configuration of a NetScaler instance – NetScaler Docs; uses the HA sync method

Microsoft

• Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Microsoft 365 Apps (Office) updated 5/23/2024

VMware

• VMware Tools 12.4 – updates for OpenSSL, zlib, and GLib

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix GPO Scanner tool for invalid policy entries causing lost policy data after a CVAD upgrade – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Citrix Delivery Group Functional Levels – required for packages – Citrix Docs

Citrix HDX

• What is Microsoft Teams VDI 2.0? – not GA yet from Microsoft; new media engine (VDI 2.0) on the endpoint – Citrix Knowledgebase article

NetScaler ADC

• Download NetScaler 13.1 Build 53.17 – 13.1 supports Web App Firewall (WAF) protection for Gateway virtual servers; OpenSSH version 9.x; Improved SSL performance for encryption algorithms
• Recommended NetScaler native OTP configurations for device registration – Client IP address restriction; User group membership based restriction; additional factor along with LDAP authentication – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• What’s new in Citrix Workspace user interface (UI) – search shows app path; Workspace UI now loads from cache for faster opening; user authentication check runs in the background for quicker opening – Citrix Docs
• Citrix DaaS: Deliver packaged applications in FlexApp format – FlexApp delivery agent installed on VDA machines – Citrix Docs

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Omnissa Horizon Edge Gateway 2.5.0.0 | 17 MAY 2024 – Photon OS has been upgraded from version 3.0 to 4.0 – Omnissa Docs
• Omnissa downloads – Horizon; Workspace ONE

Microsoft

• Download Microsoft FSLogix 2210 hotfix 4 (2.9.8884.27471) – Teams fixes

Other

• Zoom Apps – Buffer Overflow – Zoom Security Bulletin
• Zoom Workplace VDI App for Windows – Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity – Zoom Security Bulletin

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix Policy data may be lost when a CVAD site is upgraded from an older version to 2311 or 2402 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2403.2 Appliance Upgrade Package – Teams fix

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• What’s new in Citrix WEM Cloud Service – Windows event-based triggers for external tasks; Folder redirection settings – Citrix Docs
• Citrix WEM basic agent: CPU Spike Protection, Fast Logoff and logon duration analysis without the need to connect to the infrastructure service – Citrix Docs

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Omnissa EUC and Broadcom have agreed that EUC can continue to sell the “combined offering” versions of Horizon with VVF for VDI – Omnissa Knowledgebase article
• Omnissa URLs are live – Broadcom Knowledgebase article

Microsoft

• Nerdio for AVD Version v6.1.0 Release Notes

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 LTSR, Cumulative Update 9

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 1912 LTSR, Cumulative update 9

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Windows Logon Duration Analysis with Citrix WEM Tool Hub – Citrix Community Article

Citrix StoreFront

• If you disable NTLM then Citrix StoreFront is unable to synchronize data between StoreFront servers in a server group – Citrix Docs

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler WAF Signatures Update v128 – A notable CVE with 10.0 score is CVE-2024-4040 which is a server-side template injection vulnerability in CrushFTP – NetScaler Community Article

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 14.1 Build 21.60 – aka NetScaler Console
• NetScaler Console build 21 has unlimited Analytics VIPs (no more licenses) and WAF Security Violations on Citrix Gateways that have WAF enabled

Citrix Gateway

• Download Citrix Secure Access client 24.4.1.7

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix DaaS Monitor: Cost Optimization page – Estimated savings and Autoscale savings report
• Identity with Citrix Cloud – Entra ID single sign-on to VDAs without FAS – on-demand recorded webinar

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Horizon Cloud next-gen now supports Windows 11 23H2; track license consumption in the Horizon Universal Console; control plane enhanced to prevent an outage when the VMware Cloud Services becomes unavailable – VMware Docs

Microsoft

• Classic Teams for VDI will reach end of service on October 1, 2024, and end of availability on July 1, 2025 – Microsoft Docs
• FSLogix 2210 hotfix 4 is set to become widely available on Tuesday May 14th, 2024 – Microsoft Blog
• Azure costs for single-session vs multi-session – go-euc

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix 1912 End of Life is December 2024 – Citrix Product Matrix

Citrix App Layering

• You can now install Microsoft Teams 2.x and/or OutlookForWindows UWP applications in their own App Layers (or together) using the Citrix App Layering 24.3.2 patch release – Citrix Docs

Citrix HDX

• New Teams enhancements in Citrix 2402 – Citrix will backport the same to CVAD 2203 LTSR CU4 and CVAD 2203 LTSR CU5 (future) – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix StoreFront

• Citrix Gateway Service for StoreFront – NetScaler still required for authentication – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2403 for Windows

NetScaler ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 14.1 Build 21.57
• Recent NetScaler webinars are now available on demand – nFactor, Next-Gen API, SSL Profile Converter
• NetScaler SSL Profile Converter Tool in GUI – NetScaler Community Article

Citrix XenServer

• Citrix PVS Accelerator cache is now built into XenServer 8 by default – XenServer Blog

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Omnissa EUC can continue to offer the “combined offering” versions of Horizon with VMware vSphere foundation for VDI (vSphere, vCenter and vSAN) – Rob Beekmans at LinkedIn

Microsoft

• New Teams: An updated VDI timeline will be published soon – Microsoft Docs
• Known Issue: New Teams fails to launch for users logging into non-persistent virtual desktops, or the app is not visible in the Start Menu – Microsoft Docs
• What’s new in Windows Server 2025 – Microsoft Docs

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