Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2009, All Editions

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2009

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2009

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 2009

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2009.6 for Windows

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 59.16 – GUI now reflects the new Citrix logo

Citrix Gateway

• nFactor for Citrix Gateway Authentication with Email OTP – Citrix Tech Zone

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix in Azure: The previous limit of 240 VMs/800 managed disks per Azure Resource Group has been removed – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMworld 2020: All of Our EUC Announcements – VMware Blog
• Microsoft Office Performance in Virtual Desktop Environments – significant decline in VM consolidation numbers for Office 19 compared to Office 16 and Office 13 – VMware Blog
• Download VMware Unified Access Gateway 20.09 – Automatically applies future OS package updates at boot time
• Migrate Workspace ONE App to Intelligent Hub – Workspace ONE App is EOL – 13-minute YouTube video

Microsoft

• Invoke-FslShrinkDisk.ps1 updated Sep 29 – CTP Jim Moyle

Other

• Several new NVIDIA vGPU releases support CVAD 2009
• OAuth 2.0 & OpenID Connect (OIDC): Technical Overview – 16-minute YouTube video

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2009.5 for Windows – FIDO2 support; Teams improvements
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2009 for Mac – Optimization for Microsoft Teams (preview); tested on macOS Big Sur Beta 8

VMware

• Microsoft Teams Optimization with VMware Horizon – VMware Tech Zone
• App Volumes Entitlement Sync fling updated Sep 21

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2008.3 – updated driver for secure boot

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2009 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2009 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2009 for Linux

Citrix ADC

• Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Citrix Gateway, and Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance Security Update – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix ADC Release 12.1 Build 58.15 to replace 58.14 – security fix
• Download Citrix NetScaler Release 11.1 Build 65.12 to replace 65.10 – security fix

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Client for Windows 5.4.4 – ThinPrint security fix
• appvolumes-expand-wv (writable volumes) script now supports App Volumes 4.x – Chris Halstead Github

Microsoft

• Microsoft FSLogix for the enterprise – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix StoreFront

• Citrix StoreFront Security Issue – fixed in 1912 CU1, 3.12.5001, and 3.0.8001 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 19.12.1001 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 1 – Security update

Citrix Gateway

• In Citrix ADC 13.0 build 64 and newer, you might have to create and bind a Traffic Policy with SSO enabled. Just Session Policy SSO to StoreFront seems to show “Cannot complete request” – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Horizon Client 2006 (8.x) is not supported on Windows 10 1809 and older – VMware Knowledgebase article
• VMware Horizon Session Recording fling now supports Horizon 8

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 64.35
• Web App Firewall Signature update 49 for August 2020 – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 64.35
• What’s new in Citrix ADM Cloud Service September 02. 2020 – Citrix Docs

Citrix Gateway

• EPA Libraries for Mac OS X [Opswat version – 4.3.1343.0] updated Sept 4

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud supports VMware vSphere 7.0 and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2019 – Citrix Docs
• Local Host Cache now allows limited access to the Remote PowerShell SDK during an outage – Citrix Docs

VMware

• App Volumes Entitlement Sync fling updated September 2
• VMware supports a single vCenter to be shared across multiple Horizon pods that use Instant Clones – VMware Knowledgebase article
• VMware Horizon: VDS 7.0 NSX Port Groups are greyed out and not selectable for Instant Clones – don’t migrate existing NSX-T installations to use the VDS 7.0 switch and instead continue N-VDS switching. – VMware Knowledgebase article

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2008

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• What’s New in Citrix WEM Cloud Service August 2020 – reduce priority of disconnected sessions; edit GPO registry settings; Wake on LAN – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2008 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2008 for Mac

Citrix Endpoint Management

• Citrix Endpoint Management (aka XenMobile Server) 10.12.0 Rolling Patch 4 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

VMware

• VMware OS Optimization Tool updated Aug 25 – Brand new interface functionality to allow searching of the optimizations to find specific entries.
• VMware App Volumes Migration Utility updated Aug 25 – Fix for “AppVolumes Manager is invalid” error shown in the UI when connecting to App Volumes Manager 4 version 2006.
• Download VMware ThinApp 5.2.8 – Support for Microsoft Windows 10 2004

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 58.14
• In Citrix ADC 13.0 build 61.x and above and 12.1 build 58.x and above, email OTP can be configured without SSPR – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Many new features in Citrix ADM Cloud Service August 17, 2020 – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Gateway service: HDX Adaptive transport with EDT support – requires Rendezvous protocol – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware App Volumes 2.18.6 (ESB) – LDAP support for channel binding; jQuery security update
• VMware Tools 11.1.5 is only supported on Horizon 7.12 and Horizon 2006 – VMware Interoperability Matrix

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Windows Defender Version With Antivirus Definition 1.321.1319.0 Is Detecting Citrix Broker Service As Trojan – Citrix Knowledgebase article

VMware

• What’s New in VMware Horizon 8 2006, CART, App Volumes, and Dynamic Environment Manager – VMware Tech Zone
• Download VMware Horizon 2006 (aka 8.0)
• Download VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Enterprise 2006
• VMware Horizon 8 licensing changes – Standard/Advanced get Instant Clones and DEM; no more Composer, Persona, Persistent Disks, or vROps for Horizon. – VMware Knowledgebase article
  • VMware Horizon Perpetual Feature Comparison – Teams optimization requires Advanced Edition
• Supported Windows 10 Guest Operating Systems for Horizon Agent and Remote Experience, for Horizon 8 2006 and Later – Windows 10 1909 and newer supported; Windows 10 1903 and older are not supported
• VMware Workspace ONE Proximity: Technical Overview – COVID-19 bluetooth app – YouTube video

Microsoft

• (Windows) Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool – Microsoft Blog

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• If you originally installed a Citrix Delivery Controller earlier than version 1912, and have not replaced SQL Server Express LocalDB with a newer version since then, you must replace that database software now. Otherwise, Local Host Cache will not work. – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2007 for Mac

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 61.48
• WAF: HTML command injection protection – blocks shell commands – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 61.48

Citrix Gateway

• How to enable Rate Limiting for unauthenticated traffic – aaa_request bind point for Responder – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Automated Configuration tool migrates CVAD configuration (policies, applications, etc.) from On-Premises to the Citrix Cloud CVAD service. Also between CVAD regions/tenants – Citrix Tech Zone
• Migrating Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops from VMware vSphere to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service on Microsoft Azure – Citrix Tech Zone

VMware

• VMware OS Optimization Tool updated July 31 – Turn off NCSI is no longer selected by default as this was shown to cause issues with some applications thinking they did not have internet connectivity
• Session Monitoring Tools cause slow response times for Horizon View Brokers on 7.11 and 7.12 – call support for fix – VMware Knowledgebase article

Microsoft

• How to get rid of Internet Explorer – Edge Enterprise Mode Site List 65-second delay – Kasper Johansen

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix LTSR Assistant updated July 23 – Added support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR Cumulative Update 1.

Citrix VDA

• Citrix Teams Optimization: Screensharing from Chat window is now available (7/21/2020) in GA. Sign out and sign back into Teams to enable the feature.

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2007 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace app for Windows Security Update – local user escalating their privilege level to that of an administrator – fixed in 1912 CU1 and 2006.1

Citrix Gateway

• AAA.USER.IS_MEMBER_OF(“Finance”) expressions require add aaa group Finance – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• MAC users without antivirus pass generic antivirus OPSWAT scans – Gatekeeper is Antivirus – Citrix Knowledgebase article

VMware

• VMware Horizon Reach fling is back – Horizon Versions 7.10 through 7.12 have a known issue which can cause Horizon Reach to trigger a low memory issue on the Horizon Connection Server.
• App Volumes Entitlement Sync Fling updated July 23
• Workspace ONE UEM: 2007 What’s New – YouTube video

Microsoft

• Azure limitations for WVD – Some apply to Citrix too – Microsoft Docs

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