Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Quick Launch Tool – Testing Application and Desktop Launch updated Dec 30

Citrix ADC

• Citrix ADC Release 12.1-60.19 adds an enhancement to eliminate the susceptibility to DDoS style attack against DTLS
• Citrix ADC Release 13.0-71.44 adds an enhancement to eliminate the susceptibility to DDoS style attack against DTLS
• Citrix ADC DTLS Mitigation requires configuration after upgrading firmware: set dtlsProfile -dtls_Profile_Name> -HelloVerifyRequest ENABLED – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Citrix ADC AAA group Advanced Session Policies are not applying based on priority – different from Classic Policies; CLI has a weight parameter for users in multiple groups

VMware

• What’s New in Horizon 8 (2012) release Video – VMware Tech Zone
  • Linked Clones, Composer and Persistent Disks removed from Horizon 8 (2012)
• Download VMware Horizon 2012 (8.1)
• Download VMware App Volumes 4, version 2012 (4.3)
• VMware Horizon Cloud Service Release Notes January 7, 2021 – VMware Docs

Other

• Security Bulletin: NVIDIA VGPU Display Driver – January 2021 – multiple CVEs up to 8.4 score

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• In CVAD 2012, Drag and Drop is enabled by default. It seems to work even if Client Drive Redirection and Clipboard are disabled.
• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2012, All Editions

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2012

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2012.1 for Windows

Citrix Cloud

• Service continuity (Technical Preview) – supported for the Citrix Workspace app for Windows in native app only. It is not supported for any web-based Citrix Workspace app or for operating systems other than Windows. – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Cloud Web Studio has more features than the Legacy Studio – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Unified Access Gateway Deployment and Security Best Practices – 53-minute YouTube video
• Download VMware Unified Access Gateway 2012
• Horizon Cloud Universal Broker now provides the ability to identify end users as either being on the internal network (corporate network) or external network – VMware Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2012 for Windows
• Citrix Teams updates – 2×2 gallery view
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2012 for Linux

VMware

• VMware Access/vIDM security vulnerability – NSA advisory
• Quick-Start Tutorial for VMware Horizon 8 – VMware Tech Zone
• Using Horizon to Access Physical Windows Machines – VMware Tech Zone
• What’s New in the December Release of Workspace ONE Access – Native Duo MFA; OpenID Connect as Third-party IdP; Verify (Intelligent Hub); Okta Factor-based Device Trust
• Download VMware Tools 11.2.1
• VMware Unified Access Gateway 2012: What’s New – YouTube video

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• ESXI 7.0 supported on 1912 LTSR CU2 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix VDA

• The recent security fixes for Citrix 1912 LTSR are included in CU2 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix Optimizer – v2.7.1.1 updated Dec 1

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2011 – Windows 10, version 20H2, Build 19042.630, or above as an OS Layer

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Cloud Service December 2020 new memory management features – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2012 for Mac – Apple silicon (M1 chip) support preview; screen sharing optimization with Microsoft Teams
• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.9.200 for Microsoft Skype® for Business

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 71.40 – VPX instance now supports VMware ESX 7.0; source Scriptable monitors (e.g. StoreFront) from SNIP; TLS 1.3 on SSL chip; shows cert SAN names
• Citrix ADC Release 12.1 Build 60.17 is a replacement build for 12.1-60.16

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 71.40
• What’s new in Citrix ADM Cloud Service December 02, 2020 – e.g. ADC upgrade job gets firmware directly from Citrix Downloads website – Citrix Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR, Cumulative Update 2 – All Editions

Citrix App Layering

• Citrix App Layering: LayerPriority Utility updated November 16 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix StoreFront

• Citrix StoreFront 1912 CU2 new feature: collapsed categories – and new Citrix logo – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2011 for HTML5

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 67.43 – replaces build 67.39

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Roadmap – citrix.com

VMware

• VMware OS Optimization Tool updated November 18
• VMware App Volumes support for Win10 20H2 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Download Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 20.09.1 – VMware Tunnel fix

Microsoft

• Download FSLogix Apps release 2009 (2.9.7621.30127)
• Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) bandwidth requirements – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Hotfixes to address security issues in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 LTSR CU1 and Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR CU6 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Privilege Elevation feature in Citrix WEM Cloud service – Citrix Docs

Citrix Gateway

• Download Citrix Gateway EPA Libraries for Mac OS X updated November 12

Citrix Cloud

• Script to move dedicated desktops to different Azure subscription (i.e. Hosting Connection/Catalog) – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• Script to manage Horizon 7.x Security Servers via the View-API without needing the FLEX based Administrator Console – VMware Code
• VMware Horizon Session Recording fling updated November 10

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 9 – All Editions
• Citrix has removed the ability to “Return” and “Modify” licenses, effective November 4, 2020 – Customer Service team will now offer personalized assistance, if the need arises to return or modify licenses – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Citrix VAD 2009 supports vSphere 7.0 Update 1 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2010 for Windows

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 60.16
• Communication Ports Used by Citrix Technologies – now in Citrix Tech Zone

VMware

• Download VMware Identity Manager Standalone Connector Installer 19.03.0.1 for Windows
• The VMware Workspace ONE Access 20.10 connector does not support Virtual Apps (Citrix, Horizon, Horizon Cloud, and ThinApp integrations) – stay with connector version 19.03.0.1 or 19.03 – VMware Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2010.6 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2010 for Mac – has been tested on macOS Big Sur Beta 10
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2010 for Linux – displays all local audio devices that are available in a session

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 67.42 – replaces build 67.39

Citrix Gateway

• nFactor support for Citrix Gateway(standard License): Handling HA reboot scenario in auth vserver – Workaround for persisting the configuration over a reboot – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Monitor (Citrix Cloud) now supports automatic dismissal of hypervisor alerts older than a day – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Cloud Health Check – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware and Flash End of Life December 31, 2020 – Horizon Console was initially released with 7.8 but did not reach feature complete until 7.11 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• In VMware Horizon 7, Windows 10 version 20H2 is only supported in Horizon 7.13 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Horizon 8 2006 Configuration Limits
• vRealize Operations Management Pack for Horizon – Now Available in vRealize Operations Cloud! – VMware Blog Post
• App Volumes Migration Utility Fling updated October 28
• True SSO Diagnostic Utility Fling updated October 29

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2010.5 for HTML5

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.10.3 – Security fix

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix VDA Commandline Helper Tool updated for VDA 2009 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Provision Hybrid AAD joined Virtual Machine on Azure to enable Intune – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• What’s new in Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM) cloud service October 2020 – WEM Agent cache improvements – Citrix Docs

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2010 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 19.12.2000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 2

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 67.39
• Licensing differences for nFactor in Citrix ADC Standard Edition – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• When upgrading Citrix ADM to 13.0 67.xx, Citrix recommends you first upgrade to 13.0 61.xx and then to 13.0 67.xx – database upgrade – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 67.39

Citrix Gateway

• Vulnerabilities have been identified in Citrix Gateway VPN Plug-in for Windows – privilege elevation – Citrix Knowledgebase article

VMware

• What’s New in VMware Horizon 7.13, Client 5.5/2009, App Volumes 4 2009, and Dynamic Environment Manager 2009 – VMware Tech Zone
• VMware Horizon 7.13 is last significant release of Horizon 7. Version 7.13 is supported until October of 2022 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Download VMware Horizon 7.13 – Smart Provisioning; Teams Optimization; Modify Agent without uninstalling
• VMware Horizon Client vulnerability – fixed in version 5.5 – VMware Security Advisory
• Network Ports in VMware Horizon 8 – VMware Tech Zone
• VM’s guest OS with VMtools 11.1.0 – 11.2.0 crashes with error “guest customization timed out” – use Tools version 11.0.5 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• App Volumes Migration Utility fling updated Oct 8

Microsoft

• If no physical GPU, disable GPU in Teams to improve CPU – Citrix Discussions

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