Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix VDA 2411 Virtual Channel Plugin Manager – detects specific applications running on the VDA and prompts the user to install the plugin on the endpoint; supports Microsoft Teams SlimCore plugin – Citrix Docs

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 2402 LTSR, Cumulative update 1

Citrix StoreFront

• After upgrading Citrix Storefront from 2402 to 2402 CU1, German language users may experience a spinning wheel during store access – clear browser cache; or rename ctxs.strings.de_EB6A1EA6E3F8036B.js – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2409 for HTML5

Citrix Cloud

• New permissions needed by the Azure Service Principal that Citrix DaaS uses – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• Quick Fixes for Teams 2.0 VDI Pain Points – AppX registration; Teams icon missing; Start Menu search doesn’t work; Outlook Plugin not visible – Balint Oberrauch
• New Windows 365 IP subnet for RDP connectivity – Microsoft Docs

Other

• NVIDIA® License System release 3.4.0 – fixes vulnerabilities – NVIDIA Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix Workspace Environment Management cloud service What’s New October 2024 – Group policy preferences migration to WEM; Profile Management 2411 settings – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app for Windows LTSR 2402 Cumulative Update 1 Hotfix 1 – 24.02.1001
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2405.11 for Windows
• Citrix Workspace app for Mac Security Bulletin: Possible  session hijack of a  user who is authenticated on cloud store – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Citrix Workspace app: the Enable MPR notifications for the System GPO setting must be enabled to support domain pass-through (single sign-on) authentication on Windows 11 24H2 – disabled by default in 24H2 – Citrix Docs
• What’s new in Citrix Workspace app for Linux 2408 – Download – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix software requirements for Endpoint metrics in DaaS Monitor – Wi-Fi Signal Strength – Citrix Docs

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Workspace ONE Access 24.07 patches to fix upgrade issues – Omnissa Knowledgebase article

Microsoft

• AVD Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – fixed in updated AVD Clients – Microsoft Docs
• Azure Virtual Desktop Black Screens.  Could be 2 Min long, could be much longer – long thread. Caused by Windows Patch – Microsoft Techcommunity
• Download Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2024 Update (24H2)

Other

• VMware Tools 12.5.0 What’s New – VMware Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• With Windows 11 version 24H2, Citrix session launches might fail when the anti-keylogging feature of App Protection is enabled – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• New Connection Strength Indicator on desktop viewer toolbar in Citrix Workspace app version 2409 or later – Citrix Blog Post

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler Integration for Cisco Duo Universal Prompt using Oauth – recorded webinar – Citrix Community
• NetScaler-Americas Sep 26 Recorded Webinar – rename GSLB Sites; change GSLB Site IP – Citrix Community
• NetScaler WAF recommendation engine recorded webinar – Citrix Community

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Omnissa Connect: combines Workspace ONE Cloud Admin Hub and Omnissa Cloud Services into a single, unified platform – Omnissa TechZone
• Horizon Agents Installer (HAI) 2406 has been marked as a critical update for all Horizon Cloud customers – for transition to the Omnissa brand – Omnissa Docs
• Horizon Cloud October 03, 2024 – view reason for failed end-user connection; publish installed applications from multi-session; notification for desktop pool’s size not meeting demand; UAG Syslog; improved provisioning time – Omnissa Docs

Microsoft

• FSLogix Teams: TempState folder isn’t properly cleaned up during sign out – Teams icon is missing from the Start Menu; workaround: redirections.xml to exclude the TempState folder – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Download Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent for macOS 2409

Citrix HDX

• Recorded demo of Citrix ICA over QUIC for HTML5 client – Citrix Community

Citrix StoreFront

• Citrix Gateway Service for StoreFront is now generally available in the Citrix DaaS environments – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2409 for Mac

NetScaler ADC

• Recorded demo of new NetScaler NFactor Flow Visualizer in 14.1 – Citrix Community
• NetScaler Bot signature update for September 2024 – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix DaaS new features September – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Customers can independently create new cloud tenants and manage licenses – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Microsoft Office updated September 18

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace app for Windows Security Bulletin CVE-2024-7889 and CVE-2024-7890 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

NetScaler ADC

• Duo iFrame NetScaler: After upgrading NetScaler to build 14.1-29.63, you might get a connection refused error on the client side and the Duo iframe page might fail to load – delete CORS headers – NetScaler Release Notes
• Duo OIDC/OAuth for NetScaler without FAS – requires NetScaler firmware 14.1-29.63; no Duo software needed; LDAP first; CLI only? – Duo Docs

Microsoft

• New RDSH GPO Setting: enhanced shell experience for RemoteApp – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2408 for HTML5

NetScaler ADC

• Download NetScaler (Citrix ADC) FIPS Release 13.1 Build 37.199 – OpenSSH version 9.x; Improved SSL performance; 2FA for NetScaler management console; AAA ensures that requests are from the same client IP address in NSC_TMAS cookie

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• NetScaler Console Virtual Server Analytics Configuration using Global policy and/or Custom policies – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix DaaS UI changes – Monitor and Downloads moved to the left; pin frequently used menus at the top – Citrix Docs
• Citrix DaaS PowerShell cmdlet Get-ConfigMisconfigurationReport – shows which Connector is misconfigured for LHC, what is the current misconfiguration, and what is the recommended configuration – Citrix Docs

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• http://vmwhorizon.com Client Access URLs in the Horizon Universal Console must be migrated to http://omnissahorizon.com before January 31, 2025 – Omnissa Docs
• Omnissa Horizon Cloud Service 2408 Release Notes – Omnissa Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2402 LTSR, Cumulative Update 1

NetScaler ADC

• Starting with NetScaler release 14.1 build 29.x, VPX Express includes all the advanced features that are available with the Premium license. – NetScaler Docs
• Download Citrix NetScaler (formerly Citrix ADC) 14.1 Build 29.63
• New NetScaler nFactor Flow Visualizer – NetScaler Docs

NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)

• Download Citrix NetScaler Console (formerly Citrix ADM) 14.1 Build 29.63

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Experience Management 2407 for Horizon Release Notes – support for Horizon multi-session; GPO Load Time breakdown data for Horizon sessions; Horizon Management Components health – Omnissa Docs
• Workspace ONE Access Release Notes September 2024 – single service provider metadata across all servers in a Horizon pod for faster app launches – Omnissa Docs

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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 49000 – Apache update

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app for Windows LTSR 2402 Cumulative Update 1

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix DaaS new features – Citrix Docs

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Horizon Cloud (first-gen and next-gen) Omnissa URL Updates Required by August 27th, 2024 – Omnissa Knowledgebase article

Microsoft

• Microsoft AVD Remote Desktop Client updated for CVE-2024-38131 – Microsoft Docs
• Microsoft AVD Peripheral and resource redirection over the Remote Desktop Protocol – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix HDX

• Citrix: Microsoft Teams SlimCore Optimization – Configure Virtual channel allow list policy to allow 3 Microsoft Teams-specific virtual channels – Citrix Docs

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• New Local Host Cache dashboard in Citrix Monitor – report LHC occurrences across Zones – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix Workspace Environment Manager (WEM) Tool Hub – Citrix Tech Zone

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2405.10 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2405.11 for Mac – replaces 2405.10

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Download Windows OS Optimization Tool for Horizon 1.2.1 updated Aug 5
• Windows OS Optimization Tool for Horizon – resolved issues – Omnissa Docs

Microsoft

• FSLogix RoamIdentity: Do NOT enable this setting if you use Microsoft Intune to manage your devices or if your devices are Microsoft Entra joined – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix deprecations for Windows Server 2016 and SQL Server 2016/2017 – StoreFront 2407 is already not supported on Windows Server 2016 – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2407, All Editions

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 2407

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2407

Omnissa (formerly VMware EUC)

• Horizon Cloud New Features – Horizon Cloud for Windows 365 is now Generally Available – Omnissa Docs

Microsoft

• New Teams auto-start: make sure the TeamsTfwStartupTask registry key is roamed. FSLogix ODFC containers won’t roam this, so you must rely on other profile management tools – Microsoft Docs

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