Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix

• Citrix Downloads is now using the new product names.
• Citrix licenses at mycitrix.com also renamed. Platinum renamed to Premium. Enterprise renamed to Advanced. Virtual Apps Advanced is actually XenApp Enterprise.

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1808, All Editions
  • The Delivery Controller installer was pulled to fix an upgrade problem, but the VDA installers are still downloadable
  • What’s new in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1808 – e.g. application limits per machine, Director GPO logon duration breakdown – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Delivery Controller Broker Service 7.15 LTSR CU2 Hotfix BrokerSvcWX64_7_15_2001 – LHC fix – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Download Citrix Health Assistant 1.6 updated Aug 24 – Troubleshoot VDA Registration and Session Launch – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix VDA Group Policy Client side Extension Hotfix 1 for 7.15 LTSR CU2 – Citrix KB article

Director/Monitoring

• How Citrix Director 1808 collects group policy duration from VDAs – Citrix KB article

WEM/Profile Management

• Google Chrome Preferences and Outlook Signature are not getting saved – A private fix is available

Provisioning

• What’s new in Citrix Provisioning (PVS) 1808 – Improved performance with asynchronous I/O streaming – Citrix Docs

Receiver/Workspace app

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.4000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 4

NetScaler

• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 12.1 Build 49.23 – nFactor for VPN plugin, TLS 1.3 support
• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 12.0 Build 58.18 – replaces build 58.15 – fix for PFX import, several Gateway AppFlow fixes
• Citrix NetScaler ADC 12.1 build 49 has a new search interface. Much easier to use.

NetScaler MAS

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

Citrix Endpoint Management (XenMobile)

• What’s New in Citrix Endpoint Management (formerly XenMobile Service) 10.18.14 – Device policy support for iOS 12, More Chrome OS restrictions, add the package ID of the public store Android app, Screen capture restriction for Android Enterprise – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Analytics Documentation – Citrix Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 6 (XenApp / XenDesktop 7.6.6000) – All Editions
• What’s new for managing Office 365 on Citrix – recorded webinar

MCS

• It looks like VMware vSphere is now supported for Citrix MCS with Linux VDA VMs – Citrix Docs

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.13
• What’s new in Citrix App Layering 4.13 – clone image templates; supports newer hypervisor versions; Azure premium storage – Citrix Blog Post

NetScaler Gateway

• Citrix NetScaler Master Class August 2018 – new Gateway features (e.g. SAML / nFactor in Gateway VPN Plug-in / Receiver), Gateway Connector for Cloud access to on-prem app
• Citrix HDX Insight 2.0 (NetScaler AppFlow) – Old = 500 ICA AppFlow connections at 90% NetScaler CPU; new = 1200 ICA AppFlow connections at 25% NetScaler CPU – Citrix Blog Post

XenMobile

• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for Citrix Secure Mail and Secure Web 10.8.55 V1

ShareFile

• Download Citrix ShareFile StorageZones Controller 5.4

VMware

• VMware Performance Impact Statement for ‘L1 Terminal Fault – VMM’ mitigations – “Our tests showed that after enabling the ESXi Side-Channel-Aware Scheduler the maximum performance capacity of the host can diminish by as much as 30%” – Knowledgebase Article
• Download VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.3.1
• Introduction to Workspace ONE Intelligence – 5 minute YouTube video

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

WEM/Profile Management

• In-place upgrades from any of Citrix Workspace Environment Management 4.x to the latest released (current) version are supported – no need to step upgrade – Citrix Docs

Receiver/Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1808 – replaces Receiver
• What’s new in Citrix Workspace app 1808 – Citrix Docs
• New Citrix Workspace app GPO setting for SSON to Gateway

NetScaler ADC

• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.1 Build 59.10 released Aug 7

NetScaler MAS

• What’s New in Citrix NetScaler Management and Analytics Cloud Service – Github for stylebooks, change Agent nsrecover password – Citrix Docs

NetScaler SD-WAN

• Download Citrix SD-WAN Standard/Premium Appliance Software Release 10.1.0

Citrix Cloud

• Documentation for power cycle of VMs on Google Cloud Platform with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Cloud Service – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Client for Windows 4.8.1 – security fix

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Updated Azure Plug-in for Citrix XenDesktop 7.18 – fix for Azure Government – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Download Citrix Connection Quality Indicator 1.4.0.4 Updated: Aug 02, 2018 – Citrix KB article

App Layering

• Citrix App Layering Platform Layer domain membership broken when adding version – article describes changes to 4.12 connector layer caching – Citrix KB article
• Microsoft Office 365 installations using the Office Deployment Tool fail on Citrix App Layering 4.x – contact Citrix support for patched version of 4.12 which contains the fix. Fix will be included in App Layering 4.13 – Citrix KB article

StoreFront

• Add Safari 12 and later to the list of browsers that Citrix Receiver Launcher will be used from StoreFront – for NPAPI removal – Citrix Blog Post

XenMobile

• Download Citrix XenMobile Mail Manager 10.1.6 Released 2-Aug-2018
• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for App store 10.8.50 V1 ( updated Secure Mail & Secure Web for iOS and Android)

Citrix Cloud

• Documentation for Citrix Cloud Access Control service – Citrix Docs
• Workspace Environment Management (WEM) is now available from Citrix Cloud – requires cloud service licensing: Citrix Workspace Premium service, XenApp and XenDesktop service, or XenApp Service – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• Download VMware OS Optimization Tool July 30, 2018, b1100
• VMware OS Optimization Tool causes Win10 Start Menu delay – Fling comments
• New Horizon Helpdesk Utility Fling

Other

• Nutanix Announces Intent to Acquire Frame – Frame is Desktop as a Service
• Cisco is buying Duo Security for $2.35B in cash – Duo is two-factor authentication provider

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.12
• What’s new in Citrix App Layering 4.12 – 1803 support, fix for UPM profile streaming, connector cache improvements – still no User Layer – Citrix Docs

WEM/Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 4.7
• In-depth how-to on updating CitrixWEM from 4.x to 4.7! – CTA Marco Hofmann at CUGC

NetScaler

• Citrix Intelligent Traffic Management (ITM) documentation at Citrix Docs
• NetScaler nFactor Sample Config: Group Extraction, followed by LDAP (Active Directory), or Azure MFA (NPS) – Carlstalhood.com

NetScaler Gateway

• Citrix SSO Client User Guide – next gen iOS VPN client for NetScaler Gateway built using Apple’s Network Extension framework – replaces the legacy Citrix VPN client – Citrix Docs

XenMobile

• Download Updated Citrix XenMobile MDX files for App store 10.8.45 V1 ( Secure Mail and Secure Web) Released 18 July 2018

VMware

• Download VMware OS Optimization Tool July 20, 2018, b1099 – updated templates for Win10/2016, prevent OneDrive
• Download VMware Horizon 7.5.1 – security fix, vGPU instant clone fix

Microsoft

• Download Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803)

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

VDA

• Removing UWP apps on Windows 10 1803 – the easy way! – YouTube video – CTP James Rankin

WEM/Profile Management

• On Win10 1709, Citrix UPM is not syncing signature .htm as well as Chrome Preferences file? – Citrix Discussions

StoreFront

• Citrix Application Probe Agent unattended installation – CTA Dennis Span

NetScaler

• Citrix NetScaler Master Class July 2018 – what’s new in 12.1, and SD-WAN 10.1

NetScaler MAS

• What’s New in NetScaler MA Cloud Service July 12, 2018 – Citrix Docs

NetScaler SD-WAN

• How to configure Citrix SD-WAN on Microsoft Virtual WAN – YouTube
• Azure Virtual WAN announcement

XenMobile

• Download Citrix XenMobile Server 10.8.0 Rolling Patch 4 – renews APNs certificate for XenMobile Server that expires on September 8, 2018
• What’s New in Citrix XenMobile Cloud Service 10.18.11 July 10, 2018 – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download Citrix ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.12.507.3 released Jul 11, 2018

VMware

• Download VMware Tools 10.3.0
• Quick-Start Tutorial for VMware Horizon JMP Integrated Workflow – 96 pages

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• XenApp & XenDesktop 6.5 – 7.13 are End Of Life
• Citrix Policy Migration Tool -reads Citrix Studio policy configuration information, and then manually creates each policy during the import process – CTA Shane O’Neill

VDA

• How to bring back the disconnect option for Windows 10 running on Citrix XenDesktop – Citrix KB article

Receiver / Workspace App

• Citrix will transition away from Citrix Receiver to Citrix Workspace app, even if you are only using XenApp and XenDesktop on-premises – Citrix Blog Post
• Download Citrix Workspace app Technology Preview for Windows

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Firmware 12.0 Build 58.15
• NetScaler data formats for Geo Location Database Import – Citrix KB article

NetScaler MAS

• Download NetScaler MAS Release 12.0 Build 58.15

XenMobile

• Download Updated Citrix XenMobile MDX files for App store 10.8.40 V1
• QuickEdit will remain available as a XenMobile App. Citrix is not applying the End of Life (EOL) status on September 1, 2018 that was communicated earlier – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download Citrix ShareFile User Management Tool 1.8.1

VMware

• Supported computer and user assignments combinations for AppStacks and Writable Volumes – VMware Knowledgebase article
• New Release: VMware PowerCLI 10.1.1 – support for Horizon 7.5 – VMware Blog Post
• VMware Windows 10 Policy Builder Feature Walk Through – YouTube

Microsoft

• Download Office Deployment Tool updated June 26
• Outlook OST Cache Size Estimator – Leee Jeffries
• Windows Server 2019 brings new capabilities for Remote Desktop Services – Windows Server Summit

Other

• NVIDIA virtual GPU (GRID) software 6.2 (390.72/391.81) July 2018 – support for VMware Horizon 7.5, Citrix XenDesktop 7.18, and XenServer 7.5; unlicensed vGPUs allow screen resolutions higher than 1280×1024

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix WEM 4.6 agents not getting configurations: Agent is not bound to any configuration set – add machine instead of OU, or private fix, or wait for WEM 4.7 – Citrix KB article
• Documentation on Citrix Workspace Environment Management Cloud service – Citrix Docs

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.9 for HTML5 Release Date: Jun 20, 2018

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 13.10 for Linux

NetScaler MAS

• Upgrade Citrix NetScaler MAS to 12.0 build 57.24 before upgrading to MAS 12.1 build 48.18 – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix NetScaler MAS Release (Feature Phase) 12.1 Build 48.18 – replaces 48.13 – fixes for upgrade issues

NetScaler Gateway

• Download OPSWAT EPA Libraries for NetScaler released June 21, 2018

XenMobile

• Download Citrix XenMobile Server 10.8.0 Rolling Patch 3
• Download Citrix XenMobile Apps MDX files 10.8.35 Released 20 June 2018

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Citrix supports XenApp/XenDesktop, PVS version 7.18 or 7.15 CU2 to use with Windows 10 v1803 – Citrix KB article
• Download patch for 7.18 Monitor Database issue on 2008 R2 SQL – Citrix KB article
• How to Recover Full Administrator Access in Citrix Studio – SQL queries to add a group to database with full admin – Citrix KB article
• XenDesktop Farm Migration Tool version 1.3, now with Citrix Cloud support – CTA Shane O’Neill
• Scripts to export Published Apps from one Citrix site/farm to another site/farm – Citrix Discussions

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Citrix Elastic Layering impact on logon times – registry interception is considerably slower than filesystem virtualization. Logging in involves a huge amount of registry activity – Citrix KB article
• How to set the default size of the Citrix Elastic Layering writable volume to something other than 20 GB – Citrix KB article

StoreFront

• The “Cannot Complete Your Request” Citrix StoreFront article has gotten a face lift

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.0 Build 72.16

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in Citrix NetScaler MA Cloud Service – tags for instances, send notifications to Slack, provision VPX to AWS, new Search interface – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download Citrix ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.12.103.2 released June 13

VMware

• Download VMware OS Optimization Tool updated June 14
• My instructions to Install and Configure Horizon Performance Tracker – carlstalhood.com

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.18 / XenDesktop 7.18, All Editions
  • Citrix 7.18 supports vSphere 6.7. But 7.15 does not – Citrix KB article
  • The following table lists the earlier operating systems that are not valid for installing/upgrading components in the current Citrix release – no support for Windows 2008 R2 – Citrix Docs
  • Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Site upgrade to version 7.18 fails if the Monitor database is on SQL Server 2008 R2 – Citrix KB article
  • 7.18 includes support for customizing an App-V 5.0 package using Deployment Configuration Files – Citrix KB article
• Citrix supports vSphere 6.5 Update 2 – Citrix KB article
• VMware vSphere 6.7 – Citrix Known Issues – the fix will be included in the next Cumulative Update of 7.15 LTSR expected in October 2018 – Citrix KB article
• Hotfix DStudioWX64_7_15_2001 – For Citrix Studio 7.15 LTSR CU2 – policies not localized – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Citrix Optimizer updated for Win10 1803 – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent 7.18
  • Use MCS to create Linux VMs on XenServer and Azure – Citrix Docs

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Analyzing Citrix App Layer Conflicts: an Illustrated Example – “for the benefit of everyone who likes pictures” – Citrix KB article
• Public release of Unidesk\Citrix App Layering PowerShell SDK (BETA) module now available! – CTA Ryan Butler on Github

HDX

• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.5 for Microsoft Skype® for Business
• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.4.1000 (LTSR Cumulative Update 1)
• Small but nice new feature with XenDesktop 7.18: Battery icon notification – A battery icon will show up in the session’s host notification tray in which the information from the client’s battery information will be represented – René Bigler on Twitter
• Citrix 7.18 ThinWire Progressive Mode documentation – enabled when Available bandwidth drops below 2 Mbps, or Network latency increases to above 200ms – configurable – Citrix Docs
  • Citrix XenDesktop 7.18 JPEG vs. H.264 Build to Lossless Comparison – YouTube
  • HDX Graphics Goodies in 7.18! – Citrix Blog Post
• Understanding FastSmartCard (FSC): HDX Smart Card Redirection in Citrix 7.18 – not enabled by default – Citrix KB article
  • Citrix XenDesktop 7.18 Fast Smart card Demo video – YouTube

Director/Monitoring

• Citrix Director 7.18 has built-in Alert Policies – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Application Probe Agent
  • My documentation on Citrix StoreFront probes in Director 7.18 – carlstalhood.com
• Download Citrix AppDNA 7.18
• Dynamic session recording – use PowerShell to start recording in middle of session – Citrix Docs

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix UPM 7.18 can roam Outlook cache file (*.ost) and the Microsoft search database – requires Win10 1709 or Windows Server 2016 – Citrix Docs
• How Citrix Profile Management 7.18 roams (VHDX) Outlook search index on a per-user basis – Citrix KB article
• Citrix UPM 7.18 only supports specific versions of Windows Search service. Windows patching updates Search Service to unsupported version?
• Citrix finally addressed the blank icon Start Menu issue in UPM 7.18 – Citrix Docs

Provisioning Services

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.18
  • Use PVS 7.18 with Citrix Cloud Connectors – Citrix Docs
• vDisk Replicator Utility – GUI utility – Citrix Blog Post

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.12 for Windows
• Citrix Receiver for Windows probably won’t update automatically (due to a certificate issue), so you’ll need to manually upgrade to 4.12 – Citrix KB article
• Cipher changes in Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.12 – supports DTLS v1.2 for connections to the VDA, deprecates all TLS_RSA_* cipher suites (GPO configurable) – Citrix KB article
  • Citrix Receiver 4.12 – Troubleshooting Application or Desktop Launch Failures with TLS or DTLS – might need crypto changes on NetScaler and/or Group Policy – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix Receiver 4.12 Desktop Lock
• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.3000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 3

NetScaler

• Citrix NetScaler Master Class June 2018 – SSL Overview, Secure Web Gateway – YouTube

NetScaler MAS

• Citrix NetScaler MAS 12.1 maintenance tool to perform cleanup of the system database – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• Citrix NetScaler Native OTP – prevent external access to manageotp if a device is already registered – 61-page GUI configuration page – Stan Demburg at iRangers

XenMobile

• Download Citrix XenMobile Updated MDX files 10.8.25 V1
• Download Citrix XenMobile Mail Manager 10.1.4 – Released 8-Jun-2018 – adds TLS 1.1/1.2
• What’s new with Secure Mail – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix SaaS Gateway Service – enables partners to offer managed SD-WAN services for business critical SaaS applications to their end customers – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Quick Start Tutorial for VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure 1.5 – 92-page document

Microsoft

• Download Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and Office Customization Tool updated June 4

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