Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix

• This week, Citrix announced the acquisition of Sapho – Citrix Blog Post

VDA

• Known issues for Citrix CVAD 1808 on Windows Server 2019 – Citrix KB article

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1811.2 for HTML5

Receiver/Workspace app

• Citrix Cloud Workspace Brand Personalization Service (Tech Preview) – Citrix Blog Post

NetScaler ADC

• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.0 Build 59.9 – replaces build 59.8
• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.1 Build 60.13
• Anycast support in Citrix ADC GSLB – Citrix Docs

XenMobile / Endpoint Management

• What’s new in Citrix Endpoint Management 10.18.19 – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Secure Mail and Secure Web MDX files updated Nov 7

Citrix Cloud

• What’s new in Citrix Application Delivery Manager (cloud) November 16, 2018 – Configure AppFlow on multiple virtual servers – Citrix Docs
• What’s New in Citrix Security Analytics November 16, 2018 – search for Access Control data; provide feedback regarding a risk indicator – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Upcoming VMware Horizon 7.7 new features – built-in HA for UAG appliances (no need for load balancer), Windows 2019 support – VMware Blog Post
• What’s New with Horizon 7 on VMware Cloud on AWS – VMware Blog Post
• Download Workspace ONE® Intelligent Hub
• Workspace ONE Intelligence What’s New In Q3 2018 – YouTube
• VMware Identity Manager and Workspace ONE Intelligence Feature Walk-through – YouTube

Microsoft

• Mapped drives may fail to reconnect after starting and logging onto a Windows 10 1809 device – workaround scripts – Microsoft knowledgebase

Other

• Digital Workspace and DaaS Cheat sheet – 22 characteristics of 6 different vendors – CTP  Christiaan Brinkhoff
• SPECviewperf 13 benchmark results  for Citrix XenDesktop on Citrix XenServer with NVIDIA Tesla P4, P6, and P40 cards on Cisco UCS C240 M5 and B200 M5 servers – Cisco White Paper

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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 3
• Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR CU3 supports VMware vSphere 6.7 – no Windows 2019 support – Citrix Docs
• GUI to publish “content” or URLs into your Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x environments – Citrix Github
• Citrix LTSR Assistant updated with files dates Oct 26 – TLS 1.2 support – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Endpoint Security and Antivirus Best Practices – Citrix Docs

Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.15.9 (in 7.15 LTSR CU3)
• PowerShell script to Automate PVS Target Device and VM Creation – Ray Reyes at SageLike

Receiver / Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1810 for Windows

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler 59XX or 89XX Stops Processing SSL Traffic – upgrade firmware – Citrix KB article
• Deploy Citrix ADC VPX On Nutanix AHV – Magnus Andersson
• Citrix NetScaler 10.5 is End of Maintenance on April 30, 2019 and End of Life on April 30, 2020 – Citrix KB article

Citrix Cloud

• Scale and size considerations for Local Host Cache in Citrix Cloud Connectors – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Tools 10.3.5
• Send messages to end users using the Horizon API – Wouter Kursten
• VMware Workspace ONE UEM Recommended Architecture Guide – VMware Docs

Other

• LoginVSI PowerShell – Automate Tests – Daniel Feller

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix 7.18 and newer now supports vSphere 6.7 Update 1
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops with AWS RDS database – AWS has completed Citrix Ready verification testing. Customers can try to use AWS RDS at their own risk and with AWS Support – Citrix Docs

MCS

• GUI tool to update master image in a Citrix MCS Static Catalog – knowcitrix

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.15 – Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) 1808 support, Horizon 7.6 support

Receiver / Workspace app

• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.4.2000 (RTOP LTSR CU 2)

NetScaler ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 12.1 Build 49.37 – 49.37 replaces 49.23
• Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler – fixed in newest builds

NetScaler MAS

• Download Citrix NetScaler MAS Release (Feature Phase) 12.1 Build 49.37 – replaces 49.23

XenMobile / Endpoint Management

• What’s new in Citrix Endpoint Management (aka XenMobile) 10.18.18 – create administrators in Citrix Cloud with custom access for Endpoint Management, More Chrome OS device policies – Citrix Docs
• Download Updated Citrix Endpoint Management MDX files for Secure Mail and Secure Web 18.10.5 V1

Citrix Cloud

• Scale and size considerations for Citrix Cloud Connectors – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 is now supported by Horizon 7.5 – VMware Product Interoperability Matrix
• VMware Horizon True SSO Diagnostic Utility – perform basic validation of the Horizon (Certificate) Enrollment server – Fling
• Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch) Profile Migration Utility – moves Profiles between Workspace ONE UEM Consoles (e.g. UAT to PROD environments) – Fling
• Intelligent Hub replaces AirWatch Agent – Workspace ONE Knowledgebase
• VMware Identity Manager Cloud Release Notes- October 2018 – Intelligent Hub services
• VMware Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub (formerly known as AirWatch Agent) documentation

Other

• NVIDIA Virtual GPU (GRID) Software v7.0 – vMotion support for VMs that are configured with vGPU; Win10 1803 support

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Reminder: vSphere 6.7 is only supported in Citrix 7.18 and newer – Citrix KB article

VDA

• How to Get The Fastest Possible Citrix Logon Times – CTP James Rankin
• Your LoginVSI VSImax will drop completely to the bottom of the chart when you simply install the latest Windows 10 1809 feature update – OneDrive, Defender – LoginVSI
• Citrix Connection Quality Indicator updated – installer dated 9/29 – Citrix KB article

Receiver / Workspace app

• PowerShell script to fix Citrix Workspace app SSON after Windows 10 version upgrade – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Workspace App (CWA) or Receiver launch fails after Install or upgrade with Skype Real-time Media Engine (RTME) installed – registry workaround; or fixed in CWA 1810 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler Gateway

• Seeing “Logoff is successful” on white background after logoff from StoreFront 3.15+ with Citrix Gateway? You can create a Responder Policy to redirect to Gateway logon page – carlstalhood.com

XenMobile / Endpoint Management

• Download Citrix XenMobile Server 10.8.0 Rolling Patch 5 – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Only VMware Horizon 7.6 is supported with vSphere 6.7 Update 1? No Horizon ESB version (7.5.1) support? – VMware product interoperability matrix
• Workspace ONE UEM 1810 What’s New Overview – more component renaming (e.g. Hub -> Monitor, Agent -> Intelligent Hub, ) – YouTube
• vSphere 6.7 Update 1 is now available!

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Hotfix for Citrix VDA 1808 – The Profile Management 1808 Service might exit unexpectedly when the VDA’s DistinguishedName value (Active Directory Computer account object) is longer than 128 characters
• Citrix Optimizer: How to Roll Back Changes – Citrix Blog Post from Martin Zugec

WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 1808
• What’s new in Citrix Workspace Environment Management 1808 – supports configuring all settings for Citrix Profile Management 1808, including Outlook Search roaming – Citrix Docs

Receiver / Workspace app

• Pass-Through Authentication (SSON) fails to work when Windows 10 is upgraded to v1809 with Citrix Workspace App installed – Issue 9
• Create the registry value “SplashScreenShown” to prevent Citrix Workspace App popup “Citrix Receiver is now Citrix Workspace App – Dennis Span on Twitter

NetScaler ADC

• Citrix Networking Master Class – October 2018 – YouTube
• Download Citrix NetScaler Release 10.5 Build 69.3
• Four new Citrix ADC Design Guides – SSL Profiles, AWS, Azure, and Admin Partitions – Citrix Docs

NetScaler MAS / Citrix ADM

• What’s new in Citrix Application and Delivery Management (aka MAS) Cloud Service – Support for EDT sessions in HDX Insight reports, create Citrix ADC VPX autoscale clusters on AWS – Citrix Docs
• Autoscaling of Citrix ADC in AWS using Citrix ADM – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• Citrix Gateway EPA Libraries for Mac OS X updated October 10

VMware

• Horizon View Api’s: back to basics part 1: Connecting – Wouter Kursten
• Download VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 3.3.2 – fixes for Content Gateway and Tunnel Proxy

Microsoft

• Download Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Office 365 ProPlus, Office 2019, and Office 2016 updated Oct 11
• What’s new in Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2019 – BRK2242 – recorded Ignite session
• Guide to Deploying Office 365 in RDSH and VDI Environment – CTP Marius Sandbu

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix 7.15 LTSR will not provide support for Windows Server 2019. LTSR support for Windows Server 2019 will be available with the next LTSR release – Citrix Discussions
• Server 2019 is here – and there is Day1 Support with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1808 – Citrix Blog Post – Sacha Thomet on Twitter

VDA

• Windows 10 1809 is supported on Citrix CVAD 1808, but not 7.15 CU2 – Citrix KB article

XenMobile / Endpoint Management

• Citrix Secure Mail 18.9.0 can export calendar events to personal calendar – Citrix Blog Post
• Download Updated Citrix XenMobile MDX files 18.9.0 V1 for Secure Mail and Secure Web
• What’s New in Citrix Endpoint Management Cloud Service 10.18.17 – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware Horizon 7.3.3 is a maintenance release that resolves security vulnerabilities

Microsoft

• What’s new in Windows 10, version 1809 for IT Pros – Microsoft Docs
• What’s new in Windows Server 2019 – Microsoft Docs
• Performance impact of Office 2019 vs Office 2016 on Win10 VDI – “As this is a continuous update, no significant performance hit is measured.” – LoginVSI

Other

• NVIDIA vGPU software 6.3 (390.94/390.96/392.05) October 2018 – support for VMware Horizon 7.6

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• What’s New with Citrix Workspace – September 2018 – Citrix Blog Post
• Citrix Workspace Master Class from Daniel Feller – 1.5 hour recorded webinar
• Supported App-V Load Balancing Methods in CVAD Dual-admin mode – Citrix Blog Post
• XA 6.5 to XA 7.x Migration Tool – Citrix’s 7.6 script updated to work with 7.15 – Github

VDA

• Force install Citrix Browser Content Redirection Extension in Google Chrome on VDA 1808 – carlstalhood.com
• Hide Settings Pages for non-admins in Windows Server 2016 with September 2018 patches – carlstalhood.com

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.14 – User layer feature is generally available!, Support for vSphere vCenter 6.7, Faster login times for Elastic layers

WEM/Profile Management

• For Citrix Start Menu Blank Icons, add “AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches” to UPM 7.18 Folders to Mirror – private hotfix for UPM 7.15.2000 – Citrix KB article

Receiver / Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1809 for Mac
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1809.1 for HTML5 – newer than 1809.0 – Support for file downloads using the Safari browser
• New release: Citrix Workspace app for Chrome 1809.1 – Enhanced support for multi-monitor display in kiosk mode for desktop sessions, improved network throughput for graphics over high latency connection – René Bigler on Twitter

NetScaler ADC

• Citrix NetScaler 10.5 is LTSR? NetScaler 11.0 is EOL soon – Citrix Product Lifecycle Matrix

NetScaler Gateway

• Citrix Gateway SaaS and O365 Cloud – Citrix Validated Reference Design – Citrix Docs
• nFactor RADIUS authentication with reversed PIN for Duress detection – includes: Lua function and NetScaler variable – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Access Control – Tech Insight – 9 minute video

Microsoft

• “Office 365, Office 2019, and Office 2016 all have the same version: 16.0” – Microsoft Docs
• How to download and install Office 2019 Volume License – Microsoft Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

WEM/Profile Management

• Google Chrome does not remember user login data – Citrix KB article

NetScaler ADC

• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 12.0 Build 59.8 – Addition of TLS1.2 ciphers in the DEFAULT_BACKEND cipher group
• How to log SSL Protocols used by clients – Citrix Discussions

NetScaler MAS

• Download Citrix NetScaler MAS Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.0 Build 59.8

XenMobile / Endpoint Management

• Download Updated Citrix XenMobile (Endpoint Management) MDX files for Secure Mail & Secure Web 10.8.65 V1 Released 19 Sep 2018

ShareFile

• Upgrading from ShareFile Drive Mapper to Citrix Files for Windows – Citrix KB article

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud now supports delegated administration and Config Logging – CTP Christiaan Brinkhoff

VMware

• Download VMware Identity Manager 3.3.0
• Download VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.6.0 – supports Horizon 7.6 and vROps 6.7
• Download VMware ThinApp 5.2.4 – Win10 1803 support
• VMware Horizon Cloud Service: What’s New in the September 2018 Release – VMware Blog Post
• Workspace ONE UEM 9.7 Is Live! – VMware Blog Post
• Troubleshooting Blast through UAG – VMware Communities

Microsoft

• Download Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool updated 9/21/2018

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix

• Citrix CTP and CTA Application Now Open – Apply before Oct 31 – Citrix Blog Post

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1809 for HTML5 – newer than 1808

Receiver / Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app (aka Receiver) 1809 for Windows – 1809 is newer than 1808
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1809 for Linux – 1809 is newer than 1808
• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.6 for Microsoft Skype® for Business

NetScaler Gateway

• Download Citrix Gateway EPA Libraries 4.3.204.0 released Sept 14,2018

XenMobile / Endpoint Management

• Download XenMobile Server 10.9
• To continue reliable Android mail sync and notifications, enable push notifications based on Google Firebase Cloud Messaging service (FCM) in Citrix Endpoint Management before November 1, 2018 – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Secure Mail 10.8.65 iOS CallerID using CallKit directly from Secure Mail instead of exporting contacts – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud has added two features that are super important: Access Delegation, and Configuration Logging – Citrix Martin Zugec on Twitter

VMware

• VMware Horizon Session Recording fling – record users activity in Blast Extreme virtual desktop and application sessions
• Deploy and Configure Digital Workspaces via VMware Horizon Cloud and Workspace ONE in the Microsoft Azure Cloud – CTP Christiaan Brinkhoff
• Download VMware Tools 10.3.2

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• What’s New with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops – Q3 2018 Update – 1 hour recorded webinar – YouTube
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1808 is available for download again as version 1808.2
• CTX article to help customers upgrade from -=1808.1 to 1808.2 Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Studio shows an error ‘Could not load file or assembly ‘Citrix.Diagnostics.Tracing’ after upgrade to 1808 version – Copy the missing dll (Citrix.Diagnostics.Tracing.dll) to Studio location – Citrix KB article

NetScaler ADC

• Citrix NetScaler crashes constantly after firmware upgrade to 12.0 build 58.15 – upgrade to 12.0-58.18 or 12.1-49.23 – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Networking Master Class – September 2018 – YouTube
• Citrix NetScaler (Citrix ADC) with an Intel Coleto SSL Chip, e.g an MPX 5900, DTLS is not supported means you currently cannot make use of the EDT protocol with this hardware – CTP Sacha Thomet on Twitter

XenMobile/Endpoint Management

• Download Updated Citrix XenMobile MDX files 10.8.60 V1 for Secure Mail & Secure Web

Hypervisor/XenServer

• Download Citrix XenServer 7.6 Enterprise Edition – Thin provisioning for shared block storage

Citrix Partner

• What’s new in Citrix Cloud services – 1 hour recorded webinar

VMware

• VMware Horizon 7.6 Technical What’s New Overview Video – YouTube
• Download VMware Horizon 7.6.0 Standard
• Download VMware User Environment Manager 9.5.0
• Download VMware App Volumes 2.14.2
• Download VMware Horizon Client for Windows 4.9

Microsoft

• Office 365 ProPlus will also continue to be supported on Windows Server 2016 until October 2025 – Microsoft 365 Blog

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