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

• Black screen when launching Citrix published apps on Windows 2016? Wait for XenApp 7.14 and Microsoft patch – Citrix Discussions
• Hotfix XA650R07W2K8R2X64009 for XenApp 6.5 HRP07 – session sharing fix – Citrix KB article

HDX

• Short sounds are inaudible in XenDesktop 7.6 ICA session – private fix is available – Citrix KB article
• Factors Impacting Video Quality with Skype for Business – Citrix KB article

App Layering (formerly known as Unidesk)

• Citrix App Layering Service with appliance download – download on-prem appliance from Citrix Cloud
• Download Citrix App Layering 4 Upgrade Package – if upgrading from 4.0.8 or older
• New App Layering forum at Citrix Discussions

WEM/Profile Management

• In Citrix UPM 5.4.1 and later, default of “migration existing profiles” does NOT migrate local and roaming profile – Citrix KB article

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.4.4000 for Windows LTSR – Cumulative Update 4
• Download Citrix Quick Launch Tool 4.0.1 – files dated March 7

NetScaler

• New low-end NetScaler MPX 5900 and MPX 8900 series – 10 Gig connections, dual power supply, ECDHE – Citrix Blog Post
• Citrix NetScaler deployments in Microsoft Azure – multi-IP, multi-NIC – 9 minute YouTube video
• Recommended configuration example for NetScaler load balancing of Microsoft Exchange 2007 through 2016 – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix Command Center 5.2 Build 47.3
• How does Negotiate authentication work on an AAA-TM vServer for External Clients? – NTLM Path – Citrix KB article
• Concepts, Entities and Terms used for nFactor Authentication through NetScaler – Citrix KB article
• Citrix NetScaler nFactor authentication. Google reCaptcha with next factor LDAP – George Spiers
• Guide that provides information on how to get a NetScaler cluster up and running – George Spiers

XenMobile

• Deploying public XenMobile Secure Apps using VPP: Current Limitations and Workarounds – Citrix KB article
• Syncing of the draft folder using ActiveSync is a new feature only available in V16 (Exchange 2016) – Citrix KB article
• How to Block XenMobile Enrollment of Rooted Android and Jailbroken iOS Devices – default is false – Citrix KB article
• Download Secure Mail Test Tool – Citrix KB article
• Configure XenMobile Secure Mail Certificate-based authentication with Office 365 – Exchange Online, Azure AD, ADFS – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile User Management Tool 1.8
• Download New iOS MDX files for ShareFile

Citrix Cloud

• List of all Citrix-provided alerts that are included in Smart Check – Citrix Docs
• citrix xenapp essentials now in the azure marketplace – CTP Marius Sandbu on Twitter

VMware

• Pre-packaged Ubuntu OVA that automates most of the customization and configuration needed for VMware Horizon 7 – VMware Fling

Microsoft

• Known Group Policy ADMX file content change issues in Windows 10 builds – Microsoft KB article
• Hotfix 8 for App-V 5.1 released – Simon Dettling

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

• Script to unattended install and configure Citrix License Server – 1st of a series of articles – Dennis Span

HDX

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.7 and HDX RealTime Media Engine 2.2.100 for Windows bundle

WEM/Profile Management

• Start Menu Layout Roaming on Windows 10 – mirror TileDataLayer  – Citrix KB article

App Layering

• What’s new in Citrix App Layering (Unidesk) 4.1.0! – Unidesk Docs
• Recording of AppV with Citrix webinar from yesterday on CUGC – CTP Tim Mangan

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.7 for Windows – no change from 7.13 ISO
• Download Receiver 12.5 for Mac

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release 11.0 Build 70.12
• Configure multiple IP address on one NetScaler VPX NIC in Azure – Citrix Docs
• Configuring GSLB on NetScaler VPX Appliances Running on Azure – PowerShell for Multiple NICs – CItrix Docs
• Integrating Microsoft Intune/Enterprise Mobility Suite with NetScaler (LDAP + OTP Scenario) – 26 page deployment guide

XenMobile

• Download XenMobile Server 10.5.0 Rolling Patch 1  – Citrix KB article
• Download New Android MDX files for Sharefile & QuickEdit

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.6.111.0

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix XenApp Essentials Service documentation
• What’s new in XenMobile Service 10.5.1 – Azure AD as iDP, export report as PDF, Locate Win10 devices, Zebra Android – Citrix Docs

VMware

• 52 page paper on how to publish apps in VMware Horizon 7.1 – RDS Instant Clone – VMware Techpaper
• 57 page Reviewer’s Guide for Cloud-Based VMware Workspace ONE – VMware Techpaper
• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.0 U3a
• Download VMware Mirage 5.9.0

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.

Director/Monitoring

• Query Citrix Receiver Versions connecting to your XenDesktop environment – XLS Report – Alexander Ollischer

StoreFront

• Unable to launch Citrix apps after upgrading to FireFox 52 – StoreFront 3.8 plus web.config modification – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• User Defined Language File for Notepad++ to bring the NetScaler ns.conf into a colored and easy to read format – Citrix Discussions
• NetScaler password change failing with “Invalid UTF-8 character input” – no known workaround – Citrix KB article

• Download NetScaler MAS Release 11.1 Build 52.15 – March 17

SD-WAN

• Download Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN Standard/Enterprise Appliance Software Release 9.2.0

XenMobile

• Download New MDX files for Secure Mail for iOS/Android – March 15
• Schedule XenMobile health checks for enrollment and auth with the latest update of @XenMobile Analyzer

Citrix Cloud

• XenDesktop Essentials Service documentation – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Clients 4.4
• Download VMware Horizon 7.1
• Download VMware OS Optimization Tool b1086 – updated March 17 – Template change log
• Download Horizon Toolbox 2.1.3 – updated March 17 – support for VMware Horizon 7.1, vCenter 6.5
• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.5 b
• VMware Horizon 7.1 Is GA! What’s New – Part 1 – VMware Blog Post
• VMware Horizon 7.1 Is GA! What’s New – Part 2 – VMware Blog Post
• VMware Horizon Virtualization Pack for Skype for Business (Beta) Is Now Available! – VMware Blog Post

Microsoft

• In Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, which graphics virtualization technology is right for you? – TechNet

Other

• NVIDIAGRID 4.2 update is out! Enhancements include support for XenServer 7.1 on GRID K1, K2, M10, M6 & M60 – Twitter

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

• Group Policy Settings Reference for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop – CTP Carl Webster
• FIPS 140-2 Compliance Defined – Citrix Blog Post
• Scripts For Updating Database Connection Strings in XenApp/XenDesktop 7.13 – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Windows 10 Login Speed in non-persistent VDI – CB vs LTSB, group policies, CPU – Sven Huisman

Director/Monitoring

• The Application Instances filter in Citrix Director 7.13 requires Platinum Edition – Citrix Docs

WEM/Profile Management

• To roam FTAs on Windows 10/2016 with Citrix UPM 5.7, remove Speech_OneCore from default registry exclusions – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Citrix PVS Accelerator (XenServer 7.1) reduces VM boot time 60% – Citrix Daniel Feller

Receiver

• Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.7 & Mac 12.5: SSL errors when connecting to older builds of NetScaler 10.5 MPX & older – this is why Receiver 4.7 was pulled – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.2.100 for Microsoft Skype® for Business

NetScaler

• How to add “/” to NetScaler Pattern Set matching – CTP Simon Gottschlag
• A NetScaler configuration using Policy Extensions, XPATH_JSON, and HTTP Callout (GeoIP) – CTP Simon Gottschlag

XenMobile

• Mobility Master Class March 2017: XenMobile Server 10.5, Cloud, and ShareFile updates – 2 hour YouTube video
• How to enable auto-enroll with Citrix XenMobile when Windows device is joined to Azure AD – Citrix KB article
• How to configure StorageZone Controller without ShareFile Control Plane – sfconfig.dll – Citrix KB article

XenServer

• XenServer PVS-Accelerator Cache Storage Considerations – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Supported versions of Windows 10 on VMware Horizon View – no Current Branch support in 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

• Updated Visio Stencils for @citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.13 – Citrix Daniel Feller
• Restart Schedule Does Not Work If We Send Any Notification Message In XenApp 7.12 – fixed in 7.13 – Citrix KB article
• Citrix XenDesktop Reboot Schedule Internals – technical detail on how these schedules operate in the 7.x products – Citrix Blog Post
• The application layering technology cheat sheet, version 3.0!– CTP Bas van Kaam
• Download Citrix DesktopPlayer for Windows and Mac 2.3

VDA

• LoginVSI Windows 2016 tuning template for VMware OS Optimization Tool

MCS

• XenDesktop 7.12 MCS Newly Created XenServer VMs Are Reporting “XenTools Not Installed” – fixed in 7.13 – Citrix KB article

HDX

• How to Confirm HDX Enlightened Data Transport Protocol is Active – Citrix KB article
• Citrix HDX 3D Pro now supports AMD GPUs for Desktop OS VDAs, AMD Multiuser GPU (MxGPU) on the AMD FirePro S-series – Citrix KB article
• How to Enable Hardware Encoding of Citrix H.264 streams using Intel Iris Pro Hardware – install drivers – Citrix KB article
• Can’t left click volume control in Citrix published desktop? – Adjust registry permissions – Citrix Discussions

WEM/Profile Management

• Roaming File Type Associations on Windows 10 with Citrix Profile Management 5.7 – 3 minute YouTube video
• Using the layout modification XML to configure Start is not supported with roaming user profiles – Microsoft TechNet
• How To Review Citrix Profile Management Log Files using Microsoft Excel – Citrix KB article

StoreFront

• Enable RfWeb to use Citrix Receiver Launcher for Edge and remove prompt on each launch – client-side registry – Citrix Blog Post
• How to rewrite the Client Name in Citrix StoreFront 3.9 using the StoreFront SDK – CTP Jason Samuel

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler 11.1 Build 52.13
• NetScaler Master Class March 2017 – HA, GSLB, Clustering – 2 hour YouTube video
• NetScaler AppFW does not detect double encoded cross site scripting by default – enable recursion – Citrix KB article
• How to configure NetScaler AppQoE to protect against DDOS – Johannes Norz
• Use NetScaler to provide user-friendly FQDNs to Office 365 – CTP Simon Gottschlag

NetScaler MAS

• Download NetScaler MAS 11.1 Build 52.13

NetScaler Gateway

• Create NetScaler EPA Scan to Detect Receiver on Clients – registry key – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Download Citrix XenMobile Server 10.5.0.24
• Download Citrix XenMobile Public MDX files v10.5.0 for iOS/Android
• To access the XenMobile 10.5 mgmt console, use only the XenMobile public FQDN, or the IP address of the node – Citrix KB article
• XenMobile Server 10.5 and SmartAccess FAQ – SmartAccess headers, certificate – Citrix KB article
• XenMobile 10.5 can provide connection to StorageZone Connectors without needing ShareFile – Citrix Docs
• As of XenMobile Secure Mail 10.5, Exchange 2007 is supported until June 30 2017, Notes 8.5.3 until Sep 30 2018 – Citrix Docs

XenServer

• Citrix LTSR Assistant new version – Introduces support for XenServer LTSR compliance checking – Citrix KB article
• How to Configure XenServer 7.1 PVS-Accelerator – supplemental pack, CLI/GUI, PvS – Citrix KB article
• How to change Control Domain memory using XenCenter in XenServer 7.1 and higher – Citrix KB article
• CLI Commands and logs for XenServer 7.1 Live Patching – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Download VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.5 – compatible with vROPs for Horizon
• VMware Validated Designs 4.0 – updated March 2
• Reference Architecture for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.12 on VMware vSAN 6.5 all-flash – VMware Blog Post

Microsoft

• App-V 5.1 is approaching end of Mainstream Support – Simon Dettling

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