Category: EUC Weekly Digest

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 downloads

• XenApp 7.13 / XenDesktop 7.13, All Editions
• Citrix License Server for Windows – Version 11.14.0.1 Build 19005
• StoreFront 3.9
• Provisioning Services 7.13
• Workspace Environment Management 4.2
• SCOM Management Bundle for XenApp and XenDesktop (2017_02_15)
• AppDNA 7.13
• Linux Virtual Delivery Agent 7.13

XenApp/XenDesktop articles

• What’s new in XenApp and XenDesktop 7.13 – Citrix Docs
• Run Windows Update before installing Citrix XenApp 7.13 – Citrix KB article
• New script: Documenting Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.x with Microsoft PowerShell V2.0 – CTP Carl Webster
• How to Script installation of Citrix components using PowerShell – 21 components – Dennis Span

VDA

• Windows 10 v1607 – Citrix Known Issues – black lock screen with date, time, place but no background – Issue 8 – Citrix KB article
• Solution to use Citrix VDA SSL with non-persistent server VDAs and Certificate Auto-Enrollment – script – CUGC

HDX

• Citrix Adaptive Transport (EDT) does not work with Unified Gateway, but does with regular NetScaler Gateway – Citrix Discussions

Director/Monitoring

• Monitoring Idle Applications and Sessions in Citrix Director – Citrix Blog Post
• What’s New with Citrix SCOM Management Packs – performance improvement through OData – Citrix Blog Post
• Citrix logon simulator (s) – What are vendors bringing to market? A comparison – by @robbeekmans
• Getting Started on my Free @citrix Platform Monitoring Tool – Licensing, XenServer, StoreFront and NetScaler…so far – CTP Dave Brett

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix Profile Management 5.7 Fixed issues > ntuser.dat on 2016/10 is now deleted at logoff – Citrix Docs

StoreFront

• List of strings that can be changed in Citrix StoreFront – Citrix KB article

Receiver

• Updated Citrix Quick Launch Tool v4.0.0.5 – files dated 02/02/2017 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• Performance Issues After Perfect Forward Secrecy Ciphers are Enabled on NetScaler SSL vServers – upgrade hardware – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• XenMobile Server 10.5 requires 8 GB of RAM – if less than 4 GB, doesn’t install and goes into recovery mode – Citrix KB article
• What’s new in XenMobile Service 10.5.0 – additional restriction options for macOS 10.12 and later – Citrix Docs
• Download XenMobile Server 10.4.0 Rolling Patch 4 – fix for high CPU/memory – Citrix KB article
• Download New XenMobile ScanDirect for iOS and MDX file

XenServer

• Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix XenServer 7.1 Enterprise Edition
• What’s New in XenServer 7.1 – Citrix Blog Post
• As @tkreidl states, @NIVIDIAGRID will support XenServer 7.1 on K1/K2 platform in the GRID 4.2 maintenance release due out this quarter – Twitter

Other Citrix

• Citrix SDK Documentation – multiple products – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware OS Optimization Tool – updated Feb 24, 2017
• Download VMware ESXi 6.0 U3
• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.0 U3
• Download VMware Tools 10.1.5
• Download VMware Identity Manager 2.8.1 – Horizon 7.1 support

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

• Technical Primer: Citrix VDA Registration – very detailed – e.g. XML messages, Wireshark, CDF – Premium KB article
• Win7 / 2008R2 Citrix VDA hangs on ‘shutting down’ screen / BSOD (Blue Screen) – install Microsoft update 3125574 – Citrix KB article
• How to in-place upgrade Citrix VDA from Win2008R2 to Win2012R2 – reset WMI – Citrix KB article

Unidesk

• Citrix Desktop Master Class – Unidesk App Layering – Feb 2017 – YouTube

HDX

• Is there any benefit to UDP Audio if using EDT protocol? – Citrix says no – Citrix Discussions

Receiver

• Download Citrix Connection Quality Indicator – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• SHA384 and SHA512 are not supported on NetScaler backend, including intermediate certs – fixed in 12.0 – Citrix KB article
• AES-GCM Cipher Causes Memory Leak on NetScaler VPX Devices – fixed in 11.0 build 68.12 and 11.1 build 49 – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler Commands Cheat Sheet – CTP Jason Samuel
• Using multiple IPs on one NIC with NetScaler in Azure – CTP Simon Gottschlag

NetScaler MAS

• HDX Insight not working in MAS 11.1-51? – Disable ULFD on NetScaler – Citrix Discussions
• How to Clean / Reset the NetScaler MAS Database – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler LB VIPs are not getting displayed in NetScaler MAS – remove newlines \n from comments – Citrix KB article

NetScaler Gateway

• How to change NetScaler Gateway 11.1 RDP Proxy from TCP 3389 to TCP 443 – Citrix Discussions
• How to customize NetScaler Gateway and AAA error messages – Responder with SYS.ERROR.CATEGORY expression – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• XenMobile server hostname must be lower case – Citrix KB article
• Download New MDX files for QuickEdit and ShareFile, new Enterprise QuickEdit
• XenMobile Server 10.4.0 Patch_10.4.0.5044 – a patch to remove a patch – Citrix KB article
• How To Restrict XenMobile Enrollment by AD Group – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler monitoring /zdm/cxf/public/getserverinfo on XenMobile consumes high CPU on XMS – Citrix KB article
• Continuous loop when the XenMobile iOS public store apps are updated via Secure Hub – this is an Apple issue – Citrix KB article

ShareFile

• Download MDX wrappable ShareFile iOS client 5.1.0 – updated Feb 17
• Download MDX wrappable ShareFile Android client 5.1 – updated Feb 14
• Download ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.5.120.1 – updated Feb 16
• ShareFile Personal Cloud Connectors require accounts associated with a Citrix-Managed StorageZone – Citrix KB article

XenServer

• XenServer 7 Host Crash while starting multiple Virtual Machine (vGPU) – buggy implementation of Intel PML in Xen – Citrix KB article

Citrix Cloud

• What’s new in Citrix Smart Tools – Smart Check adds LTSR Compliance Check, Smart Scale adds VDI, XenServer 7.1

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 w/Daniel Feller – LHC, WEM, HDX in 7.13, Unidesk, tagging, PvS Accelerator, zone pref – CUGC
• Restart Schedule Does Not Work If We Send Any Notification Message In XenApp 7.12 – private fix for VDA – Citrix KB article

WEM/Profile Management

• How to get Citrix GPO settings under a common node – CitrixBase.admx – Dennis Span
• Citrix Guidelines for Antivirus Software Configuration for Citrix Profile Management – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Best Practices for deploying Citrix PVS in multi-geo environments – do not span data centers – Citrix KB article
• PVS Write cache falling back to server side when using BDM – Citrix KB article
• Since Citrix PVS 7.6.4 or 7.12 reboot doesn’t work out of PVS console? Set delay to 0 as workaround! – Citrix Discussions

NetScaler

• Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler GCM ciphers – fixed in latest builds of 10.5, 11.0, and 11.1 – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler Security Advisory for Vulnerability TCP Resource Exhaustion Due To Sessions Stuck In Last ACK State – fixed in various builds (e.g. all 11.1 builds) – Citrix KB article
• Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Citrix NetScaler Platform IPMI Lights Out Management (LOM) firmware – Citrix KB article
• Download NetScaler Release 10.5 Build 65.11

NetScaler MAS

• Manage NetScaler MAS from Citrix Cloud – 2 minute YouTube video
• Citrix NetScaler MAS: Advanced Analytics Demo – coming in future build – 2 minute YouTube video
• HDX Insight NetScaler MAS demo video – 14 minutes YouTube video
• NetScaler MAS Analytics: WAN Insight – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• CTX200066, Disable Auth on NetScaler, only works internally, and only for web browsers – Citrix KB article

NetScaler SD-WAN

• Installing NetScaler SD-WAN Standard Edition on Azure – Citrix Docs

XenMobile

• XenMobile Server 10.4.0 Rolling Patch 3 is no longer available for public download – CPU/memory problem? – Citrix KB article
• Download New MDX files for Public App Store & Google Play Released 07 Feb 2017
• Good XenMobile focused technical blog from Arnaud Pain
• SQL Query to export XenMobile device App Inventory data – Citrix Discussions
• How to Configure Certificate Based Authentication for XenMobile Service in Citrix Cloud – Citrix KB article
• How to Upgrade XenMobile 10 MDM Edition to XenMobile 10 Enterprise Edition – Citrix KB article
• How to use PowerShell to trigger XenMobile REST API – Citrix KB article
• How to configure NetScaler for XenMobile in Dual Hop DMZ – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Improvements in VMware Horizon 7.1 – VMware Blogs
• Expanding VMware Horizon RDSH Farms Using Instant Clone – 4 minute YouTube video
• Antivirus Considerations for VMware Horizon 7 – View, App Volumes, UEM, ThinApp

Microsoft

• New Windows 10 security and management announcements coming out next week – Windows Blog

Other

• Nutanix/Citrix SuperPack for SCOM – combines Citrix pack (from Citrix) with Nutanix pack (from Comtrade) – Citrix Blog post

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.

Citrix:

• Welcome Citrix CTP Class of 2017!! – now includes my coworker Ryan Revord from Sirius Computer Solutions. I was renewed.

XenApp/XenDesktop

• XenApp and XenDesktop 2017 Release Schedule – LTSR in Q3, no CR in Q3 – Citrix Blog Post
• Citrix now supports vSphere 6.5 – Citrix KB article
• How to view Hyper-V Gen2 VMs when adding to a Citrix XenDesktop Catalog – EnumerateGen2Vms=true – Citrix Discussions

MCS

• VMware vSphere 6.5 – Citrix Known Issues – VMFS6 increased IOPS, Dell PERC driver – Citrix KB article

Director/Monitoring/Licensing

• HTTP Open Redirect Vulnerability in Citrix License Server – workaround by editing config files – Citrix KB article
• Citrix LTSR Assistant works with XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 3 – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Smart Check — the latest addition to the Smart Tools portfolio – CTP Bas Van Kaam

WEM/Profile Management

• Delprof2 & SetACL Studio are now free for personal as well as commercial use – CTP Helge Klein
• To use Citrix Profile Management with Windows 10 Personal vDisk VMs – Start Menu fix – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Frequently Asked Questions: Citrix Provisioning Services vDisk RAM Write Cache – Citrix KB article
• How to use procmon to trace a Citrix PvS Target Device Boot – Trentent Tye
• Configuring PVS for High Availability with UEFI Booting and PXE service – Citrix KB article

Unidesk

• Create and update the OS Layer in Unidesk 4.0.8 – Hyper-V, Citrix PvS – George Spiers

Receiver

• Download Citrix QuickLaunch Tool (Testing Application and Desktop Launch) for XenDesktop 7.x – Citrix KB article
• How to Enable Receiver SSON Logging Using Registry Key – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release 11.1 Build 51.26 – replaces 51.21
• Must Read Articles Before and After Upgrading NetScaler – 50 KB articles
• Unable To download Emails Using Outlook After NetScaler upgrade to 11.0-65+ builds – fixed in 11.0 build 69 – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler Master Class February 2017 – YouTube
• For NetScaler RADIUS Accounting on port 1813, don’t specify a port in the RADIUS Action/Server – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler TCP Small Window Attack Protection – Citrix KB article
• Integrating PingFederate with Citrix NetScaler as SAML SP – 13 page document
• Download Citrix NetScaler Device Package for Microsoft Windows Azure Pack- BETA

NetScaler MAS

• Download NetScaler MAS Release 11.1 Build 51.26 – replaces 51.21
• How to Create a StyleBook to Upload SSL Certificate and Certificate Key Files to NetScaler MAS – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• How to Migrate Existing NetScaler Gateway to Unified Gateway on NetScaler Gateway 11.1 – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Have all end users wait to upgrade to Android 7 until 10.4.10 XenMobile apps/10.4.6 Secure Mail is available – Citrix KB article
• Download MDX Toolkit 10.4.10.10
• Download Secure Mail for Android – updated Feb 3, Android 7 support
• Smart Access to HDX apps from XenMobile Cloud – StoreFront 3.8 blocks non-compliant devices – Citrix Docs
• What’s new in XenMobile Service (Cloud) 10.4.5 – XenMobile Server UI changes, iOS (supervised) Home Screen Layout, Win10 Defender policy, … – Citrix Docs
• The Citrix Cloud XenMobile MDX Service provides automated app-wrapping for iOS and Android mobile applications – YouTube video

ShareFile

• A list of the most popular ShareFile apps and tools – Citrix KB article

XenServer

• Recommended Hotfixes for XenServer – updated February 3 – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.5.0a – NSX 6.3 support
• Download ESXi 6.5.0a – NSX 6.3 support
• Workspace ONE Enterprise Edition Reference Architecture – AirWatch, Cloud-hosted IDM – 70 page Tech Paper
• Top 10 Reasons to Join VMware EUC Insights 2017 on Feb. 15 – VMware Blog Post

Other

• Checklist for NVIDIA GRID GPU-enabled VMs that won’t start / out of resources – NVIDIA KB article

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 XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 3
• Issues fixed in XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 3 – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Exam 1Y0-202 Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop Administration 7.6 LTSR – Citrix Training
• Citrix XenDesktop 7.12 Local Host Cache sizing and scaling – Citrix Docs
• Scheduled reboots not working on Citrix XenDesktop 7.12 – private fix for VDA – Jan Hendriks
• Active Directory user computer name caching in XenDesktop – Update-BrokerNameCache – George Spiers

MCS

• XenDesktop/XenApp 7.12 MCS works with vSAN – Yellow Bricks
• How to configure XenDesktop MCS Base Disk Deletion interval using PowerShell – Citrix Discussions

Director/Monitoring

• Script for configuring Citrix Director – XenDesktop 7.x – Citrix Discussions

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix UPM inclusions for Start Menu and optional File Type Associations – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Can’t restart PvS 7.12 target devices – known issue – Citrix Discussions

StoreFront

• Download Storefront 3.0.3000
• Using a SafeNet Network HSM to Protect the Citrix Federated Authentication Server (FAS) Authorization (RA) Key – Citrix KB article
• Outlook Task pane for Citrix Storefront (sample app) – Citrix Github

Receiver

• Manage Citrix Receiver for iOS using MS Intune & XenMobile – Citrix Blog Post
• Download Intune Managed Receiver for iOS Tech Preview

NetScaler

• Almost 80 different NetScaler “How Do I” articles – Citrix KB article
• Download NetScaler 11.0 Build 69.123 – fix for DTLS (EDT) with MBF issue
• NetScaler 11.1 High CPU due to High Loopback Interface traffic – in LDAP Action, use IP instead of DNS – Citrix KB article

NetScaler MAS

• New Enhancements and Features in NetScaler MAS MR4 Release – 34 items – Citrix KB article

NetScaler SD-WAN

• NetScaler SD-WAN Zero Touch Deployment – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• Adding an EULA for NetScaler AAA Login – CTP Sam Jacobs at CUGC
• How to setup a NetScaler 11.1 VPX in Microsoft Azure, including NetScaler Gateway (ICA Proxy) – Christiaan Brinkhoff

XenMobile

• Download XenMobile Server 10.4.0 Rolling Patch 3 – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Mobility Master Class: XenMobile Cloud, Security and Partner Updates – 1 hour, 50 minute YouTube video
• On-demand Citrix Mobility Master Classes for last three years – Citrix Events
• XenMobile Cloud Dashboard Improvements – Citrix Docs

XenServer

• Another round of Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates

VMware

• Reviewer’s Guide for VMware Horizon 7 Smart Policies – 28 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

• GUI tool to configure custom reboot schedules on tagged machines in XenDesktop 7.12 – Daniel Wedel
• Script to export XenDesktop 7.x site information and import to another ‘Site’ – Ryan Butler

HDX

• Remote Display Analyzer (RDA) version 1.5 is now available! – Bram Wolfs
• Roadmap planning: Custom UDP ports for EDT? – Citrix Product Manager Survey – Citrix Discussions

Provisioning Services

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.6.4
• Citrix Provisioning Services Multiple Security Updates – fixed in 7.6.4 and 7.12  – Citrix KB article

ShareFile

• ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.5 with Office 365 and Personal Cloud  – Citrix KB article
• ShareFile Drive Mapper excludes .pst files – configurable  – Citrix KB article
• ShareFile Worx clients for use with XenMobile – iOS updated January 17

Microsoft

• NVIDIA GRID Hyper-V / RemoteFX / DDA, Microsoft and GPUs – Rachel Berry
• New versions AppV_Manage and AVME – Tim Mangan

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

• FAQ on the Citrix acquisition of Unidesk
• Citrix HDX.next (EDT) Cuts Bandwidth by Up To SIXTY PERCENT! – Citrix Blog Post
• Non-NDA. What’s new from CitrixSummit 2017 – CTP Bas Van Kaam

Director/Monitoring

• If NetScaler Enterprise Edition, HDX Insight thresholds on MAS will not work since data is only 1 hour – Citrix Docs
• For NetScaler MAS, do not use the REBOOT command as it is not a clean reboot and will need a Database recovery – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Citrix PvS now wants TCP port 54323? – Citrix KB article

Receiver

• Receiver 2.3 for HTML5 comes with an updated Citrix PDF Printer, and selective H.264
• How to Install, Configure and Use Citrix Receiver For Windows 4.6 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• How to Test GSLB from the GUI in NetScaler 11.1 build 51 – Citrix KB article
• How to Configure TACACS Group Extraction for NetScaler Role Based Access – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler Application firewall IP Reputation FAQ – database download info – Citrix KB article
• New NetScaler App Firewall troubleshooting section at Citrix Docs
• Configuring OCSP Stapling on Citrix NetScaler 11.1 Build 51.21 – CJHarms

XenMobile

• Download Citrix XenMobile Enterprise Edition 10.4.5 – Secure Apps and Public store MDX Files
• Download XenMobile MDX Toolkit/SDK v10.4.5
• What’s New in XenMobile Apps 10.4.5 – In-app migration guide – Citrix Docs
• XenMobile Apps release timeline for early 2017 – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download XenMobile MDX wrappable ShareFile clients 5.0 updated for iOS and Android

Citrix Cloud

• Azure Active Directory authentication to Citrix Cloud – detailed guide – George Spiers

Microsoft

• Many new features in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15002 for PC – Windows Blogs

Other

• Best Practices for Nutanix Acropolis AHV – 49 page guide, updated for AOS 5.0

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

• XenDesktop Local Host Cache on Windows 2008 R2 requires PowerShell version 3 – Citrix Discussions
• XenDesktop/XenApp 7.12 on VMware VSAN 6.2: no AppDisk support, and no Disk based BDM for PVS provisioning – Citrix KB article
• Scheduled reboot issue in Citrix XenDesktop 7.12 – Citrix Discussions
• Citrix XenDesktop lock screen issue in Windows 10 LTSB 2016 – Citrix Discussions
• Workaround and private hotfix for the XenServer device issues in XenDesktop 7.12 MCS – Citrix Discussions
• Hotfix XA650R07W2K8R2X64008 – For Citrix XenApp 6.5 HRP07 – copy/paste fix – Citrix KB article

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix Support has a private hotfix for Workspace Environment Management Agent – Citrix Discussions

Provisioning Services

• How to manually create Hyper-V GEN2 PVS target devices – script for the NIC – Citrix KB article

StoreFront

• You cannot have different OSes in the same Citrix StoreFront server group – affects OS upgrades – Citrix Discussions

Receiver

• Skype for Business 2016 MSI client now supports Citrix HDX RealTime 2.x – Citrix Discussions

NetScaler

• Configuring Time Delay for GSLB Services to be Marked as DOWN When MEP Connection goes DOWN on NetScaler 11.1 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler Gateway

• HDX Insight displays WAN jitter and Server Side Retransmits in NetScaler MAS 11.1 build 51.21 or later – Citrix Docs
• Export config from NetScaler Gateway 11.1-48+, import to StoreFront 3.6+ – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• What’s new in XenMobile Cloud 10.4.4.6 – Bulk enrollment (DEP) of macOS devices – Citrix Docs

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

• In XenApp 7.x single admin mode App-V integration, can launch only one session per App-V application per Citrix XenApp server – private fix – Citrix Discussions

Director/Monitoring

• Guide for using Citrix Director 7.12 – seems to be comprehensive – George Spiers

WEM/Profile Management

• If you want File Type Associations to roam with Citrix Profile Management on Win10/2016, call Support for a fix – Citrix Discussions

Provisioning Services

• How to UEFI boot Hyper-V PvS Target Device without using SCVMM – Trentent Tye

Receiver

• Published Content from XenDesktop 7.x doesn’t work in Receiver Self-Service – Citrix Discussions
• Connection interrupted message when logging off from XenDesktop 7.12 – Citrix Discussions
• Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack is not currently covered by a LTSR program. However, it is LTSR compatible – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release (Feature Phase) 11.1 Build 51.21
• NetScaler 11.1-51 lets you test GSLB DNS resolution from the GUI – Citrix Docs
• New Real-time GSLB configuration synchronization between GSLB sites in NetScaler 11.1-51 – Citrix Docs
• NetScaler GSLB MEP Parent-Child topology – new backup parent feature in 11.1-51 – Citrix Docs
• New DNS Security Options in NetScaler 11.1-51 – Cache Poisoning Protection, DNS DDoS Protection, etc. – Citrix Docs
• How to use Direct Server Return to NetScaler load balance SMTP – CUGC – Dan Schlimme

NetScaler MAS

• Download NetScaler MAS Release 11.1 Build 51.21
• NetScaler MAS High Availability FAQ – load balancing, AppFlow, licensing – Citrix KB article
• How to Increase Storage space for NetScaler MAS – add a new disk larger than first disk – Citrix KB article
• New SSL Insight in NetScaler MAS 11.1-51 – Citrix Docs
• New TCP Insight in NetScaler MAS 11.1-51 – Citrix Docs
• Take complete backup of NetScaler MAS to second MAS appliance – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• Citrix XenDesktop EDT protocol support in NetScaler Gateway 11.1-51 – DTLS, no double-hop, no Insight – Citrix Docs
• Citrix XenDesktop EDT protocol might not work through NetScaler Gateway 11.1-51 if MBF is enabled– Citrix Discussions
• Citrix confirms that Unified Gateway w/ Content Switching supports EDT as of the new 11.1-51.21 release – Twitter
• NetScaler Gateway 11.1-51 – Microsoft Intune Conditional Access Integration – AAA with oAuth – Citrix Docs

Other

• Unidesk 4.0.8 – Nutanix AHV support, Windows 2016 support, user layer for Win7 desktops

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

• The support statement for vSphere 6.5 with XenDesktop and Provisioning Services is delayed – Coming January 2017 – Citrix KB article
• For Windows 10 on LTSR 7.6, Docs now says “VDA: Version 7.9 or later, PvS: Version 7.9 or later” – safe to upgrade
• XenDesktop 7.12 MCS – Binary fix for Catalog Deletion Error on VMware VSAN 6.2 – Citrix KB article
• On Windows 10 VDA’s with MCS and PvD, ‘Apps & Features’ and ‘Storage’ at Start > Settings > System fails to load – issue 7 at Citrix KB article

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud Lifecycle Management has been renamed to Citrix Smart Tools – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Cloud Smart Check enables you to run regular health checks on your Citrix environment – Citrix Docs

Receiver

• Download HDX RealTime Media Engine 2.2 for Skype for Business
• What’s new in HDX RealTime Media Engine 2.2 – Citrix Blog Post
• Feature Variances between Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.x and non-virtualized Skype for Business – Citrix KB article
• Receiver for iOS and Apple’s ATS Mandate – starting Jan 1 2017, TLS 1.2 is required for StoreFront, NetScaler – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• NetScaler IPMI/LOM and Dropbear SSH vulnerabilities – Citrix Blog Post
• How to use “machine.id” in VMware VM advanced config to set the NSIP of a NetScaler VPX – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Download Citrix XenMobile Server 10.4 Rolling Patch 2
• What’s New in XenMobile Secure Hub 10.4.5 – enroll users automatically in Secure Mail when enrolled in Secure Hub – Citrix Docs
• XenMobile Secure Mail Push Notifications FAQs – as compared to Outlook for iOS Notifications – Citrix KB article
• How to reset XenMobile admin password by editing SQL database – Citrix KB article

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile StorageZones Controller 4.3

XenServer

• XenDesktop 7.12 MCS NIC issue on XenServer – Citrix Discussions
• Another Citrix XenServer Security Update – Citrix KB article

VMware

• VMware Identity Manager in a Multiple-Data-Center Configuration – 16 page paper

Other

• Citrix Federated Authentication Service Integration with F5 APM