Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• CVAD 1912 hotfix and CVAD 2003 hotfix – In a double-hop scenario, a single user might consume two Citrix Concurrent User (CCU) licenses.

Citrix ADC

• Citrix ADC Firmware Release Cycle is now longer – next ADC version not until 2021; ADC 13.0 gets two years of new features; maintenance versions not until 2021 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

VMware

• Persona is deprecated and will be removed in Horizon 8 – VMware comment
• Download VMware Open Virtualization Format Tool 4.3.0 Patch 2
• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.7U3g

Microsoft

• FSLogix version 2004 is now release a General release

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Activate the GPO setting “Show clear logon Background” to improve multi-monitor logon durations in Windows 10 1903 and newer – Citrix Discussions

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2004 for HTML5 – Brazilian Portuguese support

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix App Protection Policies POC Guide – Citrix Tech Zone
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2004 for Linux

Citrix ADC/Gateway

• Download EPA libraries (Opswat) updated April 20

Citrix ADM

• Use Citrix ADM built-in IPAM provider (or Infoblox) in ADM StyleBooks – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware is proactively extending support for Horizon 7.5.x by another 6 months until Nov 30th, 2020 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Script to Report all VMware App Volumes Writable Volumes with low disk space – Aresh Sarkari
• Script to Report all VMware App Volumes Writable Volumes with Status Disabled and Orphaned – Aresh Sarkari
• VMware UAG cannot resolve DNS names ending in .local – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Supported Operating Systems and MSFT Active Directory Domain Functional Levels for VMware Horizon 8 2006 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Supported Non-Windows 10 Guest Operating Systems for Horizon Agent and Remote Experience, for Horizon 8 version 2006 – Windows 7 not supported – VMware Knowledgebase article

Microsoft

• Office documentation updated to rename Office to Microsoft 365 Apps – Microsoft Docs

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Presently, vSphere 7.0 is not supported with Citrix Provisioning and Virtual Apps and Desktops – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Download App Protection Policies 2003

Citrix ADC

• With release 84, Chrome is going to disable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and only TLS 1.2 and above will be supported – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix ADM

• Citrix ADM Cloud Service has a new Security violations dashboard showing HTTP Slow Loris, DNS Slow Loris, HTTP Slow Post, and NXDomain Flood Attack – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Automation of Windows Updates for Templates – VMware Communities

Microsoft

• Invoke-FslShrinkDisk.ps1 – Shrinks FSLogix Profile and O365 dynamically expanding disk(s) – FSLogix Github

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix EDT MTU Discovery prevents EDT packet fragmentation that might result in performance degradation or failure to establish a session – VDA registry value to enable – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Connection Quality Indicator 20.3.0.38 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace app for Windows – Quick start guide – Citrix Tech Zone

Citrix ADC

• OTPEdit – tool to register OTP devices in AD without using manageotp site – Andreas Nick
• Citrix Networking Master Class – April 2020 – new features in ADC 13.0 latest build – 1.5 hours YouTube video

Citrix Gateway

• Configure Citrix Gateway VPN reverse split tunnel for Office 365 breakout – Citrix Docs

Citrix Endpoint Management

• Download XenMobile Server 10.11.0 Rolling Patch 4

VMware

• vCenter 6.7 vulnerability in Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 10.0 – VMware Security Advisory
• VMware says to upgrade WS1 Access first, then App Volumes, then Horizon – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Unified Access Gateway (UAG) high CPU utilization – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Performance issues for Horizon 7 when using VMware VMTools 11.x – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Physical PC with VMware Horizon 7.8-7.11 is not supported on Win 10 1903 edition and above – fixed in Horizon 7.12 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Download VMware Tools 11.0.6
• Horizon Client 5.4.1 for Linux fixes issues with PCoIP
• VMware OS Optimization Tool updated April 9 – CLI fixes
• Workspace ONE Access 20.01.0.1 Patch Release Notes – install on old connector; LDAP channel binding

Microsoft

• Spreading users over multiple file shares with FSLogix Profile Containers – CTP James Rankin and CTP Ryan Revord
• User group policies not applying when using FSLogix Profile Containers – don’t exclude AppData\Local\GroupPolicy – CTP James Rankin

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix supports SQL 2019 in CVAD 2003 (and PVS 2003) and newer. No support in CVAD 1912 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix VDA

• Download Citrix Optimizer v2.7.0.125 – Added support for Windows 10 build 1909

Citrix MCS

• AWS instance property capturing – tags and roles – requires more IAM permissions – Citrix Docs

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Director in Citrix Cloud can show PVS Target Device metrics – Citrix Docs

Citrix StoreFront

• CVAD 2003 includes StoreFront 1912. No StoreFront update.

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace app Commandline Tool updated Mar 30 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Citrix Receiver Clean-Up Utility updated March 31 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 56.22

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Client for Windows 5.4.2
• VMware OS Optimization Tool updated April 2 – Support for Windows 10 version 2004; new optimizations for Windows features and applications; UI changes
• VMware Blast Extreme Optimization Guide – updated 3-26 with Blast Codec information – VMware Tech Zone
• vSphere 7 is listed on the VMware Horizon 7.12 download page so I’m guessing Horizon 7.12 is supported on vSphere 7.
• Download vSphere 7
• VMware Workspace ONE UEM Powered by AirWatch 2004 Release Notes – VMware Docs

Microsoft

• Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise – Microsoft Blog

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix CVAD 2003 OS/SQL compatibility: Windows Server 2012 R2 is no longer supported for Controllers or VDAs; SQL Server 2008 R2, 2012, and 2014 are no longer supported for Site database or LHC; cloud VDAs are not supported – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2003, All Editions

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2003
• Citrix App Layering 2003: use the OS import script (ImportOsLayer.ps1) to import UEFI machines from vSphere – Citrix Docs

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2003
• Enable multi-session write-back for FSLogix Profile Container – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace app support for Windows 7 is deprecated (but still available) as of version 2002 – Citrix Docs
• Embedded browser is not included in Citrix Workspace app 1912 LTSR for Windows – Browser Content Redirection feature will not work; Teams redirection does work – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2002 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1912 LTSR for Windows

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 52.24 – Citrix Gateway Support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR
• Download Citrix NetScaler 11.1 Build 64.11

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 52.24

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Client 5.4.1
• VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.9.1 – AirWatch fixes
• Deploying VMware Workspace ONE Tunnel: VMware Workspace ONE Operational Tutorial – VMware Tech Zone
• Quick-Start Tutorial for VMware Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure – VMware Tech Zone
• Horizon View Events Database Export Utility Fling v2.2

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Logon process to VDAs is extremely slow when Citrix UPM is enabled – Sophos registry key – Citrix Knowledgebase article

VMware

• Horizon Client 5.4 addresses privilege escalation and denial-of- service vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-3950, CVE-2020-3951) – VMware Security Announcement
• VMware Horizon 7.12 and VMware Horizon Client 5.4 – What’s New – 4-minute YouTube video
• VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.9: What’s New – 23-minute YouTube video
• VMware Dynamic Environment Manager 9.11: What’s New – 3-minute YouTube video
• Download VMware Horizon 7.12
• Download VMware Horizon Client for Windows 5.4
• VMware Horizon Cloud Service Release Notes March 2020 – Image Lifecycle Management (ILM) Service is now available for Horizon 7 On-Premises pods; WVD multi-session support – VMware Docs
• horizon-physical-machines – App to quickly add Physical Machines into a VMware Horizon Manual Pool and entitle users – Chris Halstead’s Github

Microsoft

• Microsoft Teams Machine-wide install: ALLUSER=1 ALLUSERS=1 – ALLUSERS=1 adds Teams to Apps & Features so all admins can uninstall – Microsoft Docs

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Deprecation and end-of-support for cloud-hosted workloads (VDAs) in our Current Release (CR) of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops starting with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2003 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix Studio 7.15.5000 Hotfix 1 – Resolved issue: after upgrade from 7.6, the time it takes to open some wizards (such as Machine Catalog and Delivery Group) might increase – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix HDX

• Microsoft Teams version 1.3.00.4461 fixes a critical bug where new users do not end up optimized when first launching Teams, and have to quit and relaunch – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Citrix HDX RTOP 2.9 is a Long Term Service Release (LTSR). It is also the last version of RTOP that will be released and will be supported until October 14, 2025 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• HDX Graphics Overview – Citrix Tech Zone

Citrix Profile Management

• Outlook Search Indexing Fails on Windows Server 2019 Citrix VDA with UPM Search Index roaming enabled – set EnablePerUserCatalog = 0 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix ADC

• Enhancements in Kubernetes service of type LoadBalancer in CIC – BGP Route Host Injection (RHI) for multiple Kubernetes Zones – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Gateway

• Citrix Gateway Endpoint Analysis (EPA) library for Windows updated Mar 8, 2020

VMware

• VMware Horizon Client privilege escalation vulnerability – CVSSv3 base score of 7.3 – fixed in Horizon Client 5.3 – VMware Security Advisory
• Download VMware App Volumes 4 Update 1 – Resolved Issues: Chrome fails with the “Aw,Snap!” error; login process spans a few minutes
• VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) Deployment Utility (fling) – assists the deployment of UAG appliances
• VMware Workspace ONE UEM 2003: What’s New – YouTube

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• How to replace an installed Microsoft SQL Server Express LocalDB version on a Citrix Delivery Controller with a newer version – 1912 installer does not do this – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.9 LTSR for Microsoft Skype® for Business
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2002 for Mac

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC 12.1 Build 55.24 – replaces build 55.18 – High Availability fixes
• Proof of Concept deployment guide for Citrix Web Application Firewall – Citrix Tech Zone

Citrix ADM

• What’s new in Citrix ADM Service (cloud) March 03, 2020 – 15 new features – ANZ region; licensing policies; View the ADC capacity issues in ADM; and more… – Citrix Docs

Citrix Gateway

• Running RSA SecurID/Azure MFA side-by-side using an AD group on NetScaler Gateway – Mark DePalma

Citrix Endpoint Management

• XenMobile Server 10.12.0 Rolling Patch 1 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Assistant documentation – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware Horizon Desktop Watermark Fling updated March 02, 2020

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix VDA Commandline Helper Tool updated Feb 2020 for LTSR 1912 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Microsoft Server 2019: No window border/allwhite issue – Geir Dybbugt
• Citrix Quick Launch Tool v4.1 – supports Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) 1912 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix App Layering

• Supported upgrade paths for pre-19.1 versions – Citrix Docs

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Citrix Director DismissAlerts.ps1 – PowerShell script to dismiss all the alerts generated by the Hypervisor at one go – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix WEM

• What’s new in Citrix Workspace Environment Management service (cloud) – faster logons, file type associations, new external task triggers – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADC

• Citrix ADC and ADM Cheat Sheets – Citrix Tech Zone

VMware

• Download VMware App Volumes 2.18.1 (ESB Release) – fix for Writable Volume Regular Backups feature
• VMware App Volumes 4 Migration Utility updated Feb 28 – VMware Flings
• VMware App Volumes Entitlement Sync fling Version 2.4 – VMware Flings
• Download VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.7.1 – addresses multiple security vulnerabilities

Microsoft

• Install Teams & OneDrive in Citrix (Machine-Based) – Manuel Winkel

For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

For a list of updates at carlstalhood.com, see the Detailed Change Log.