Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix 7.15 LTSR supports vSphere 7

Citrix VDA

• What’s new in Citrix Optimizer 2.8 – templates for Win10 2004/20H2, support for history and rollback, improved UI and much more! – Citrix Blog Post
• Citrix VDA Commandline Helper Tool modified Feb 12

Citrix ADC

• Release Notes for Citrix ADC 13.0-76.29 – rewrite policies extended to Citrix Gateway virtual server and authentication virtual server generated responses (e.g. CSP header)

Citrix Gateway

• EPA Libraries for Windows update Feb 17

Citrix Cloud

• Connect SAML provider of your choice to Citrix Cloud (Technical Preview) – Citrix Docs

VMware

• App Volumes Migration Utility fling updated Feb 19

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.15 LTSR / XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR, Cumulative Update 7

Citrix VDA

• Citrix Optimizer – v2.8.0.143 Updated Date: Feb 8, 2021

Citrix Provisioning

• SQL 2019 is supported with CU7 or higher for Citrix Provisioning Services 7.15 LTSR – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Performance and stability issues being experienced when joining Microsoft Teams meeting(s) while using Citrix Optimized Microsoft Teams with Citrix Workspace App for Windows 2102. – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.9.300 for Microsoft Skype® for Business

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 61.18 – 75 fixes

Citrix ADM

• What’s new in Citrix ADM Cloud Service February 11, 2021 – Citrix Docs

Citrix Endpoint Management

• What’s new in Citrix Endpoint Management 21.2.0 – Updated Citrix Launcher app – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware App Volumes 2.18.9

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Provisioning

• Citrix does support Provisioning 1912 CU2 on vSphere 7 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2102 for Windows

Citrix ADM

• Citrix ADM cloud service vs ADM on-premises – 42-minute YouTube video

Citrix Gateway

• 13.0 build 71.44 supports Secure DNS updates in VPN Client.

Citrix Cloud

• Subscribers can change their domain password from within Citrix Workspace – Citrix Docs
• With the Microsoft Teams integration, subscribers can Share cards from their workspace Activity feed with other subscribers through channels in Microsoft Teams – Citrix Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Update PzAppvVDAWX64_7_15_6005 – For XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR Cumulative Update 6 Virtual Delivery Agent (64-bit)

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2101.5 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2101 for Mac
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2101 for Linux

Citrix ADC

• GSLB: Secure option for all RPC nodes turned on by default from build 13.0 64.x and 12.1 build 61.x onwards and it uses different ports numbers for communication – Knowledgebase article

Citrix Gateway

• Citrix Gateway EPA Libraries for Mac OS updated Jan 25

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix VDA Commandline Helper Tool updated for VDA 2012

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2101 for HTML5

VMware

• VMware OS Optimization Tool version b2001 January 13, 2021
• In VMware App Volumes 4, version 2012, metadata is saved on the storage location along with the package. During a package import, the packages are automatically associated with their parent application – VMware Docs
• VMware Tools 11.2.5 updates the WDDM (graphics) driver
  • VMware Tools 11.2.5 is supported only with Horizon 7.13 and Horizon 8
• VMware ThinApp 5.2.9 adds support for Microsoft Windows 10, version 20H2

Microsoft

• Microsoft FSLogix Apps 2009 HF_01 (2.9.7654.46150) – This release is a HOTFIX to the FSLogix 2009 Release. FSLogix 2009 (2.9.7621.30127) should no longer be used.
• Pluralsight FSLogix Course

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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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