Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Not able to roam ICA Session when using VMware App Volumes – Citrix KB article

Receiver

• Download Receiver 12.9 for Mac
• Download Citrix Receiver 13.9.1 for Linux

NetScaler

• It’s recommended not to use the NetScaler 11.1 Build 57.11 – wait for build 58 – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler SDX 12.0 build 57 changes SSL Chips to Asymmetric Crypto Units – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• NetScaler Smart Control policies and ICA policies do not work if DTLS is enabled – Citrix Docs
• NetScaler SSL VPN Client IP Pool (IIP) Traffic Flow and Routing Diagrams – Citrix KB article

Other

• GA version of the PVS plugin for Nutanix AHV

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Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

 

NetScaler

• Troubleshooting NetScaler High Availability (HA) and Sync Cheat Sheet
• Unable to create new Cipher Group in NetScaler 12.0 57.19 – wait for build 58, or downgrade
• NetScaler Policies with GSLB Wildcard Location expressions not getting a hit on build 11.1-53.11 and above – re-enable from CLI

 Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud XA/XD Service has new REST APIs for Delivery Groups – and Application Instance Prediction – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware App Volumes 2.13.3
• Download VMware Identity Manager 3.2

Microsoft

• Using SysPrep CopyProfile for the “Start Menu” isn’t supported – use group policy and XML instead – TechNet Blogs

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• How to: Configure Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop to use Microsoft SQL multi-subnet (Basic) Availability Groups – Patrick van den Born
• How to move XenDesktop machines to a different hypervisor connection – set-brokermachine -HypervisorConnectionUid 2 – Citrix Discussions

VDA

• Citrix VPrefer: Session Sharing Between a Published Desktop and a Published Application Made Easy – detailed configuration guide – Citrix Blog Post

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.4 for HTML5 – multimonitor support

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 13.9 for Linux – browser content redirection

NetScaler

• NetScaler Master Class March 2018 – GSLB – recorded webinar – YouTube
• NetScaler WAF Overview and NSS Review – recorded webinar – YouTube
• Excel file containing list of Windows and MAC Applications supported by OPSWAT 4 EPA scans in NetScaler 12.0 build 57 – Citrix KB article
• Disable AppFlow before updating a certificate or NetScaler might crash – Citrix KB article
• Several NetScaler Trace Studies – SAML, LDAP, AAA SSON, USIP, App Launch, EPA Preauth, etc. – Citrix knowledgebase

NetScaler MAS

• NetScaler MAS 12.0 build 57 lets you pull a certificate from one instance and push to other instances – Networks > SSL Dashboard > Install

XenMobile

• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for 10.8.5 iOS apps (updated Secure Mail and Secure Web)

Citrix Cloud

• A brief introduction to Citrix Analytics with focus on security and user behavior analytics – YouTube

VMware

• Limitations of VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop Session Collaboration – Adam Gleeson

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.17 / XenDesktop 7.17, All Editions
• What’s new in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.17 – Citrix Docs
• Group Policy Default Settings for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop That Changed Between 7.16 and 7.17 – CTP Carl Webster

VDA

• Windows 10 v1709 will not boot after installing Citrix VDA with default options – Default installation of VDA includes PvD component. This component is not compatible with Windows 10 v 1709 – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• What’s new in Citrix Provisioning Services 7.17 – API Service to automate the VM wizards – Start-PvsProvisionXdMachines – Citrix Docs

StoreFront

• Citrix StoreFront 7.17 deprecates support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols between XenApp and XenDesktop and Citrix Receiver – Citrix Docs

Receiver

• What’s new in Citrix Receiver 4.11 – vPrefer – session sharing in published desktops – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.2000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 2

NetScaler

• NetScaler security vulnerabilities – fixed in 12.0 Build 57.19, 11.1 Build 56.15, 11.0 Build 71.18, and 10.5 Build 67.10 – Citrix KB article
• Download NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 12.0 Build 57.19 – updated OPSWAT for EPA
• Download NetScaler SDX Bundle (Feature Phase) 12.0-57.19 – SDX 8900 support, automatic LOM upgrade

NetScaler MAS

• Download NetScaler MAS Release (Feature Phase) 12.0 Build 57.19

NetScaler Gateway

• NetScaler Advanced Endpoint Analysis Scans documentation – Citrix Docs

XenServer

• XenDesktop 7.16 and PVS 7.16 not supported on XenServer 7.4? I guess they have to be upgraded to 7.17 before you can upgrade XenServer to 7.4 – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Download VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.2.1

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• XenApp & XenDesktop Tech Update with Daniel Feller – recorded webinar at CUGC – Daniel Feller

StoreFront

• Use PowerShell to configure Citrix StoreFront Multi-Site (multiple farms) Aggregation – CUGC – Dennis Span

Receiver

• Receiver 4.9 configured with SSON constantly prompting for login when connected to external network – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Casting allows users to move virtual app and desktop sessions from a mobile device to a Citrix Ready workspace hub – Citrix Blog Post

NetScaler Gateway

• Configure NetScaler EPA to verify no missing Critical Windows Updates – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Download XenMobile Server (on-prem) 10.8.0.23
  • What’s New in XenMobile Server 10.8 – Citrix Docs
• What’s new in XenMobile Cloud Service 10.18.2 – Workspace Hub Device Management, Apple TV Management, kiosk Android for Work devices, Win10 bulk provisioning, and more … – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.11.103.1

Citrix Cloud

• XenApp and XenDesktop Cloud Service Support for Azure Managed Disks – including master image – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• VMware Horizon Cloud Fundamentals – free self-paced course
• Save ‘Date Modified’ in VMware UEM – VMware Communities
• VMware Horizon 7.3 Enterprise Edition Reference Architecture – updated recently
• Network Ports In VMware Horizon Cloud Service

Microsoft

• Download Office 2016 Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) version 4564 for Office 2016 released Feb 12
• Security baseline for Office 2016 and Office 365 ProPlus apps – TechNet Blog

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

 

VDA

• Citrix Linux VDA 7.17 removes GPU graphics limitations – P40 support, hardware encoding in all supported vGPU profiles – Citrix KB article

App Layering (Unidesk)

• What’s new in Citrix App Layering 4.9 – Nutanix AHV 5.5 support – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix App Layering 4.9

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.3 for HTML5

NetScaler

• If you are using 59xx/89xx appliances, don’t upgrade to the 12.0 images starting from build 53.22. Patches suitable to these appliances will be posted soon – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Acquires Cedexis – Citrix Blog Post

NetScaler Gateway

• EDT DTLS falls back to TCP instead of UDP intermittently – versions above 11.1.57.x and 12.0.56.11 should have fix for this issue – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for 10.7.30 public apps (updated Secure Mail & Secure Web)
• New in Citrix XenMobile Secure Mail – personal Distribution Lists, and report phishing emails – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Mobility Master Class – YouTube video
• Documentation for Citrix XenMobile integration with Microsoft Intune/EMS – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.11.102.0

VMware

• FAQ: Horizon 7, App Volumes, UEM Extended Service Branches (ESB) – 2 years support for annual Horizon ESB releases – 3 service packs with no new features – VMware KB article
• [Deep Dive] VMware Workspace ONE 9.2 Feature Pack 3 – improved user experience for VMware Tunnel applications – YouTube video
• [Deep Dive] What’s New in VMware Identity Manager 3.1 – new Virtual Apps Collection feature, recommended apps feature, People Search app – YouTube video

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download XenApp 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 5
• Download XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 5

VDA

• Citrix VDA 7.6.5000 (7.6 LTSR Update 5) comes with Profile Management 7.15.1000 and Receiver 4.9.1000

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Agent 4.5 doesn’t work properly with RODCs – Agent 4.4 works – CUGC

Provisioning Services

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services Server 7.15.2
• Download Target Device 7.15.2
• Download Console 7.15.2
• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.6.6
• A list of Citrix PVS Smart Check Issues and Fixes – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Provisioning Services: Slow Login Performance with Windows 10 VDA Machines – enable Subnet definitions are authoritative GPO setting – Citrix KB article

Receiver

• Minimum Citrix Receiver versions for TLS 1.2 support – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• If you are using 59xx/89xx appliances, don’t upgrade to the 12.0 images starting from build 53.22. Patches suitable to these appliances will be posted soon – Citrix Docs
• If you are using NetScaler 59xx/89xx appliances, don’t upgrade to the 11.1 images starting from build 55.11. Patches suitable to these appliances will be posted soon – Citrix Docs
• NetScaler Master Class February 2018 – NetScaler in Azure – YouTube
• Recommended TCP Profile Settings for Full Tunnel VPN or ICA Proxy from NetScaler Gateway 11.1 Onwards – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler nFactor for multiple SAML iDPs – ask for email, and then choose SAML Policy based on HTTP.REQ.USER.NAME.SET_TEXT_MODE(IGNORECASE).AFTER_STR(“@”).EQ(“email.suffix”) – Manuel Kolloff

NetScaler MAS

• NetScaler MA Cloud Service now supports Web Insight and SSL Insight – Citrix Docs
• NetScaler 12.0 build 56 has a built in MA Service agent at /var/mastools/scripts/mastools_init.sh – but its features are limited (e.g. no HDX Insight) – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• NetScaler Gateway Advanced Authorization Policies in 12.0 build 56 can now restrict UDP, ICMP, and DNS traffic – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Citrix XenMobile integration with Microsoft EMS/Intune – Technical Overview – YouTube
• What is Android enterprise and why is it used? – Jason Bayton

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

 

VDA

• To prevent Black Border Around Published Application caused by Runonce.exe /AlternateShellStartup, delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{2C7339CF-2B09-4501-B3F3-F3508C9228ED} – Citrix KB article
• Hotfix 1 for Citrix VDA 7.15.1000 – A printer that is redirected from a user device might not be redirected after you reconnect to the session – Citrix KB article

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Citrix App layer recipes at Citrix Docs

HDX

• In Receiver 4.10, Adaptive transport continues to seek EDT every 10 minutes. If UDP becomes available, Receiver will adapt and switch to EDT. During long TCP timeouts, Receiver will make repeated attempts to use EDT – Citrix KB article
• Support status of Citrix HDX features in double-hop connections – Citrix KB article

Director/Monitoring

• How Citrix Monitor Service (Director) aggregates raw data into summary tables – Maximums, Averages, Sums – Director grooming – Citrix Docs

StoreFront

• Citrix StoreFront unattended installation with PowerShell – Dennis Span
• Configure Citrix StoreFront SAML Authentication (without NetScaler) with OKTA – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.1 Build 57.11
• If you have separate SSL settings for individual SSL entities (e.g. SSL VServers) those will be overwritten by enabling the NetScaler default SSL profile – Citrix Discussions
• Script to convert NetScaler SSL entity configurations to custom SSL profiles before enabling default SSL profile – download script from firmware page – Citrix Docs

XenMobile

• What’s new in Citrix XenMobile Cloud Service 10.8.1 – Chromebooks, Office 365 Deployment to Win10, control iOS app Notifications, Win10 Kiosk mode, Win Hello for Business policy, and more … – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware NSX for vSphere 6.4: Multi-Session Identity Firewall – different firewall rules for different users on the same RDSH machine
• To install tcpdump on VMware Unified Access Gateway, run /etc/vmware/gss-support/install.sh – Justin Johnson

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

 

VDA

• Workaround for Windows 2016 Start menu blank icons with Citrix 7.15 CU1 – HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell\StateStore\ResetCache (REG_DWORD) = 1 – Citrix Discussions

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Detailed guide on using Citrix App Layering 4.8 with Azure – Office 365 layer too – Christiaan Brinkhoff

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.2 for HTML5 Release Date: Jan 23, 2018

Receiver

• Citrix Receiver 4.10: Adaptive Transport Fall back from TCP to UDP shows SSL error when Reconnecting session via NetScaler 11.1 – fix = NetScaler 12. Workaround = Disable SmartControl and HDX Insight (AppFlow) on NetScaler 11.1 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• How to configure NetScaler nFactor with step-up authentication – i.e. one website needs single factor, other website needs multi-factor – useful for Unified Gateway – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler nFactor Login Schema: how to extract second password instead of first – -passwdExpression “HTTP.REQ.BODY(1000).SET_TEXT_MODE(URLENCODED).TYPECAST_NVLIST_T(\’=\’,\’&\’).VALUE(\”passwd1\”).DECODE_USING_TEXT_MODE”- Citrix KB article

NetScaler Gateway

• NetScaler Gateway 12.0-56 can fail when AppFlow is enabled, and when a VPN user tries to launch any application – fix is available from NetScaler Gateway 12.0 57.x build onwards – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Migrate XenMobile from on-premises to XenMobile Service in the Citrix Cloud without re-enrollment – 50 minute recorded webinar
• Citrix XenMobile Mail Manager 10.x documentation seems to have been greatly expanded – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware App Volumes 2.13.2 released! This release includes important updates and bug fixes – VMware Docs
• No longer able to see C:\SnapVolumesTemp using File Explorer – an issue in App Volumes 2.13.1 and App Volumes 2.13.2. Fix is coming in App Volumes 2.13.3 – VMware Communities
• Production Support for VMware Horizon 7.4, 7.3.2, and 7.2 with Win 10 1709 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) – Composer issue fixed in 7.4.
• Download VMware ThinApp 5.2.3 – Support for Windows 10 Creators Update and Windows Server 2016
• VMware NSX for vSphere End-User Computing Design Guide 1.2 – 101 pages

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

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

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Updated Visio stencils for Citrix – Additions include XenApp XenDesktop logon process diagrams, Citrix Cloud services for NetScaler, Smart Tools, App Layering, etc. – Citrix Daniel Feller

VDA

• Are you experiencing Random Disconnects with XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16 on Server 2016? There’s a patch available. – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Citrix Provisioning Services supports Windows 10 v1709 with two known issues – can’t uninstall target device software – Win10 x86 can’t boot in Private Mode – Citrix KB article
• Sortable and filterable view of all your Citrix XenApp XenDesktop v7.7+Provisioning Services devices with corresponding info from Delivery Controllers and AD too. E.g. easily find devices overdue reboots or booted off wrong disk versions – Guy Leech

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 12.8.1 for Mac

NetScaler

• NetScaler nsconmsg Commands Cheat Sheet – Citrix KB article
• In NetScaler 12.0 56.20, any certificate with a private key is classified as both a server and client certificate (more than one type) – unknown certificates can be seen in the Unknown Certificates bucket – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler in Cisco ACI’s Cloud Orchestrator Mode – APIC version 3.1 simplifies L4-L7 integrations by abstracting configuration complexity through standardized parameters – Citrix Docs

NetScaler MAS

• Upgrade to NetScaler MAS 12.0 56.x to resolve Truncated and Non-descriptive MAS Alert Email/Event Messages – Citrix KB article
• What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service January 18, 2018 – import a certificate from one instance and apply it to others – for HA pair: upgrade one node, wait, then upgrade other – and more features … – Citrix Docs
• 56 minute video overview of Citrix NetScaler MAS – YouTube

XenMobile

• Migrate from XenMobile on-prem to XenMobile cloud without re-enrollment – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud XenApp and XenDesktop Service Architecture Poster – Citrix Daniel Feller
• Scalability of XenApp and XenDesktop Cloud Service Local Host Cache with Citrix Cloud Connector – recommend 3 Cloud Connector VMs (4 vCPU each) for no more than 5,000 workstations or 500 server VDAs – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Toolbox 7.4 – Horizon 7.4 support
• VMware NSX 6.4 – Identity Firewall (IDFW) now supports user sessions on remote desktop and application servers (RDSH) sharing a single IP address

Other

• NVIDIA GRID Security Updates for CPU Speculative Side Channel Vulnerabilities
• Download Nutanix XenDesktop MCS Plugin for AHV 1.1.3.0 released Jan 17, 2018
• Free unlimited users Login VSI license expiring March 31 to test the impact of Meltdown and Spectre patches on Citrix and Horizon environments