Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download XenApp 7.15 LTSR / XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR, Cumulative Update 6 – All Editions

Citrix VDA

• Citrix Optimizer template for Windows 10 build 2004 has been released to template marketplace.
• Citrix VDA Commandline Helper Tool updated for VDA 2006

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.15.27 (in 7.15 LTSR CU6)

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2006 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2006 for Linux – Optimization for Microsoft Teams

Citrix ADC

• OAuth API authentication (verify JWT signature) – Citrix Docs

Citrix Gateway

• New nFactor EPA section describing how to do SmartAccess using nFactor EPA – carlstalhood.com

Citrix Endpoint Management

• XenMobile Server 10.12.0 Rolling Patch 3 – renews APNS certificate

VMware

• VMware Horizon Feature Requests
• Performance issues for Horizon 7 when using VMware VMTools 11.x – VMware Knowledgebase article
• VMware App Volumes Migration Utility updated July 2
• Crowdstrike with Horizon Instant-Clones — Very Easy! – Stephane Asselin

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• No Citrix version supports vSphere 7 – support for version 2006 was removed

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix Docs has Profile Management configuration for Microsoft Teams – exclusions, Profile Container

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.9002 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 9 – security fixes
• Download Citrix Workspace app 2006 for Mac

Citrix ADC

• Citrix Gateway 13.0 Build 58 Crashes on Accessing nFactor Configuration from Workspace App – downgrade, or wait for next build in July – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Gateway

• Download Latest EPA Libraries for Mac OS X

Microsoft

• Configuring Microsoft Defender Antivirus for non-persistent VDI machines – Microsoft Blog

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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 2006, but not 1912, supports vSphere 7 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2006, All Editions

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2006
• Limitations of Microsoft OneDrive when using with Profile Manager and Virtual Desktops – use FSLogix instead – Citrix Docs

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 2006

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 57.18
• Configure to source Citrix ADC FreeBSD data traffic from a SNIP address – Citrix Docs

Citrix Endpoint Management

• Download XenMobile Server 10.11.0 Rolling Patch 5

VMware

• VMware App Volumes Entitlement Sync Supports both 2.x and 4.x in one binary – VMware Fling
• Download VMware Tools 11.1.1

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix now supports Windows 2004 with VDA 7.15 CU5 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace App before 1912 and Citrix Receiver on Windows has Insecure Permissions for %PROGRAMDATA%\Citrix (and an unquoted UninstallString), which allows local users to gain privileges – CVE – Knowledgebase article

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 58.30

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 58.30

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Client 5.4.3 for Windows – Fixes a privilege escalation vulnerability
• VMware Fling: True SSO Configuration Utility

Microsoft

• Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Office 2019, and Office 2016 updated June 11

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2006.1 for Windows
• Workspace for Web Not Detecting Citrix Workspace App for Windows 2006 Client – fixed in 2006.1 – Knowledgebase article

Citrix Gateway

• Integrating Okta with Citrix NetScaler Gateway without Citrix Federated Authentication Service – Alchemist Pascal P.
• HowTo: Okta SAML at Citrix Gateway with SSO Without FAS – Michael Shuster
• HowTo: Azure MFA SAML and Citrix Gateway with SSO Without FAS – Michael Shuster

VMware

• VMware OS Optimization Tool updated June 2 – easier to re-enable Windows Update on a Windows image that has previously been optimized and had this disabled.
• Interoperability of VMware Carbon Black and Horizon – VMware Knowledgebase article

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Allowing multiple server sessions with FSLogix Profile Containers by using Citrix UPM – CTP James Rankin
• You can now also import Group Policy settings (registry-based settings) into Citrix Cloud WEM Service – no edit, just import and view – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2005 for Mac

VMware

• Win 10 2004 requires VMware Horizon Agent 7.12 or Horizon Agent 7.10.2 – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Download VMware App Volumes 2.18.4

Microsoft

• Navigating Azure Storage options for FSLogix Containers – CTP James Kindon

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix HDX

• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Connector 2.9.100 for Microsoft Skype® for Business

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2005 for HTML5 – security improvements

Citrix Cloud

• You can now indicate whether a restart schedule affects machines that are in maintenance mode – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.10.2 – bug fixes and security fixes
• VMware Horizon Session Recording fling updated May 21 – web service now supports high availability
• VMware Horizon Helpdesk Utility fling updated May 21

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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 of Citrix License Administration Console – instead Use the Citrix Licensing Manager – Citrix Docs

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace app for Mac: Graphical distortions: random Black rows, columns and cells. incomplete characters – Upgrade VDA to 1912 Cumulative Update 1 – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix ADC

• Citrix ADC 13.0 build 52.24: Workspace app for iOS: error “No Apps available at this time” – add rewrite policy to insert pwcount cookie – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Citrix Networking Master Class – May 2020 – API Gateway; ADC Service

Citrix ADM

• WAF learning in Citrix ADM Service (cloud) – can Auto Deploy relaxation rules – Citrix Docs

Citrix Endpoint Management

• Download XenMobile Server 10.12.0 Rolling Patch 2

VMware

• Bulk convert existing shortcuts to Dynamic Environment Manager – Ivan de Mes
• VMware Workspace ONE UEM™ Powered by AirWatch 2005 Release Notes – VMware Docs
• Free 182 days of 24/7 access to VMware Learning Zone Premium
• Getting started with the Horizon REST api – Wouter Kursten

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR, Cumulative Update 1 – All Editions
• SQL 2019 is supported with CU1 and higher for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 LTSR – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 1912 LTSR, Cumulative update 1

Citrix StoreFront

• Download StoreFront 1912 LTSR, Cumulative Update 1

Citrix ADC

• WAF Signature version 44 – Citrix Docs

Citrix Gateway

• EPA libraries for Mac updated May 4

VMware

• Best Practices for Published Applications and Desktops in VMware Horizon and VMware Horizon Apps – VMware Tech Zone
• Download VMware Tools 11.1.0 – VMware Tools 11.1.0 fails to install on a VM with VMware Horizon Agent 7.7 or earlier installed

Microsoft

• Microsoft recommends excluding Team’s Media-Stack folder from profile roaming.
• Onboarding and servicing non-persistent VDI machines with Microsoft Defender ATP – Microsoft Blog

Other

• ControlUp v8.1.5 Release Notes – shows the name of the application (and window title) currently running in the foreground
• NVIDIA vGPU software 10.2(440.87/440.87/443.05) May 2020 – security fix; vSphere 7.0 support; Horizon 7.12 support; CVAD 2003 support

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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

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