Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• VDA Cleanup Utility – updated July 25 – no longer beta
• VMware vSphere Privileges for XenApp/XenDesktop – minimum permissions for different activities (e.g. MCS vs PvS vs power mgmt)
• Several new alerts (e.g. ICA RTT) coming in Director v.Next – Citrix Blog Post
• Citrix LTSR Assistant – updated July 19

StoreFront

• Download Receiver 2.1 for HTML5
• Create an ICA File from Storefront using PowerShell or JavaScript – Github – Ryan Butler
• Set StoreFront Default Language to English – custom script.js edit – Citrix Discussions

NetScaler

• NetScaler and OpenSSL 2016 Vulnerabilities – fixed in NetScaler versions 11.1.47, 11.0.67, and 10.5.63
• NetScaler SDX Multiple Security Updates – affects 10.5 before 58.11, affects 10.1 before 133.9. 11.0 is not affected.
• How to downgrade NetScaler SDX Single Bundle installation using Clean-Install (factory reset) feature – requires newer hardware with larger partition

Provisioning Services

• “delete profiles older than xx days”, Citrix Telemetry Service causing Server 2012 R2 images stuck at “Getting devices ready” – Citrix Discussions
• PVS Reverse Image with VMware vCenter Converter – George Spiers

XenMobile

• WorxMail 10.3.8 Attachment Repository requires custom XML files – installation instructions at Citrix Docs
• Enabling Office 365 Interaction with WorxMail, WorxWeb, and ShareFile – Citrix Docs
• How To Set Worx Home Log Level to 15 – Citrix KB article
• Multiple Favorites/Bookmarks are not visible in WorxWeb – separate them with comma and space – Citrix KB Article
• Citrix Mobility Master Class: XenMobile Tools and What’s New – WorxMail 10.3.8 –  2 hour YouTube video
• What’s coming in XenMobile – MDX apps delivered from App Store, Worx renamed to Secure (e.g. WorxHome = Secure Hub), WorxChat (Secure Chat) Cloud, Microsoft EMS

XenServer

• Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates
• Citrix XenServer 7 Master Class – July 2016 – new features in 7, new partition layout, Bitdefender memory introspection – 1 hour YouTube video

VMware

• VMware Identity Manager On-Premises Deployment Considerations – 32 page Technical White Paper

Microsoft

• Windows 10 Upgrade Analytics – OMS feature, based on telemetry data, identifies issues that block upgrades – TechNet
• Step-by-Step SCCM 1606 Upgrade Guide – systemcenterdudes

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week:

Citrix General

• New Health Check Executive Summary at taas.citrix.com – Citrix Blog Post
  

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Database Sizing Guidance for XenApp/XenDesktop Versions 7.6 Through Current Release – Citrix Docs
• Use 7.9 Application Groups to beta test software without creating new published applications – Citrix Blog Post
  
• Integrate Director Notifications into Custom Apps with Octoblu – use PowerShell to enable WebHook – Citrix Blog Post
• Universal Print Server Load Balancing in XenApp and XenDesktop 7.9 – Citrix Blog Post
• Using Azure Resource Manager in XenApp/XenDesktop v.Next or Cloud – Citrix Blog Post
• PowerShell script to query XenDesktop monitoring database and display session count and total/avg session hours – CTA David Ott

NetScaler

• RDP Proxy not working on NetScaler 11.1 Enterprise Edition? – Citrix Discussions
• HDX Insight Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide – Syslog errors, counters – Citrix KB article
• Use Octoblu trigger to run PowerShell script that shows NetScaler vServer status – CTA Dave Brett

XenServer

• Configuring a Nvidia Tesla M60 under Citrix XenServer (and assign a vGPU to a VM) – detailed guide, includes licensing – Jan Hendrik Meier
• XenServer 7.0 Performance Improvements: Parallelised Plug and Unplug VBD Operations in Xenopsd – XenServer Blog

XenMobile

• Download ShareFile Worx clients – iOS updated July 19, Android updated July 21
• Download QuickEdit – updated July 20
• Click to Dial Jabber from WorxMail iOS – how to find Open-in URL for an IOS app – PDF document

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon View 6.2.3 Standard – Release Notes
• VMware App Volumes 2.x with Microsoft Office Products – VMware KB article
• VMware Horizon 7 FAQ
• The Anatomy of an Instant Clone – VCDX Travis Wood

Microsoft

• Plan for Skype for Business in VDI environments – Microsoft recommends Citrix – TechNet
• CTP Aaron Parker explains how to embrace the Windows Store in the Enterprise – Business Store, Azure AD
• Microsoft Passport for Windows is now known as Windows Hello for Business. Enterprise data protection is now known as Windows Information Protection – What’s new in Microsoft Intune at Microsoft Docs
• Office 365 ProPlus Configuration XML Editor – Github
• Controlling Access to Office 365 and Protecting Content on Devices – Office 365 MDM, Conditional Access, Intune MAM without MDM – 19 page document

Other

• Application layering technology cheat sheet – compares layering products – CTP Bas van Kaam
• LoginVSI acquired by Orange

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download Citrix Profile Management 5.4.1 – Release Notes
  • UPM 5.4.1 breaks Director Logon Duration – Workaround – Citrix Discussions
• Workaround for VDA 7.9 and Citrix Group Policy long login time issue – registry keys – Citrix Discussions
• In 5,000 VDA deployment, Citrix SCOM Pack MPXAXDAgent used 24% CPU and 2 GB of RAM – Citrix Blog Post
• Where Did EdgeSight Go in Director 7.9? – Citrix Blog Post
• Script to Resize Citrix AppDisk On vSphere – CTA Shaun Ritchie

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release 11.0 Build 67.12
• NetScaler Slack Channel – DM Marius Sandbu for an invite
• Networking SIG: NetScaler 11.1, CPX, plus Management & Analytics – 73 minute video from CTP Jason Samuel, CTA Marius Sandbu, and CTA Dave Brett – CUGC
• Configure Unified Gateway with AAA for internal Enterprise Applications – Citrix KB article

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile StorageZones Controller 4.1 – Documentum Connector
• Download ShareFile Worx clients for use with XenMobile – Android updated July 12
• Information Rights Management for ShareFile – Datasheet
• XenMobile and ADFS as dual IdP for ShareFile SSO – CTP Thomas Kötzing corrects Citrix’s document

Provisioning Services

• Target Devices use PvS server’s time zone – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Download VMware Identity Manager 2.7 – What’s New
• Access Point 2.7 Release Notes – AirWatch and Identity Manager only, no Horizon support
• What’s New in the Workspace ONE App 2.0? – VMware Blog
• Introducing VMware Verify Two-Factor Authentication – free with VMware Identity Manager – VMware Blog
• vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Reference Poster

Microsoft

• Windows Server 2016 new Current Branch for Business servicing option – Nano only, others are LTSB – Windows Blog
• EMS renamed to Enterprise Mobility + Security – TechNet Blog

Other

• Good explanation of Unidesk 4 – Elastic Layering, Published Layered Images, DR, demo

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week:

NetScaler

• Cipher/Protocol Support Matrix of NetScaler Appliances – updated for 11.1
• Citrix NetScaler Master Class July 2016 – NetScaler architecture, rundown of new features in 11.1
• Personal Bookmarks are stored in /var/vpn/bookmark – Citrix Discussions
• NetScaler Cipher Lists – 2016 Edition with ECC/ECDSA – CJHarms
• AlwaysOn NetScaler Gateway VPN tunnel in 11.1 – Citrix Docs

PvS

• PVS UEFI Boot Implementation and Troubleshooting – YouTube video

Receiver

• Unable to add account from Receiver dialog If the store is hidden in storefront – add ?MyStoreName to end of URL – Citrix KB article

ShareFile

• Preview 3D Files in ShareFile – Autodesk API – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• Configure Shared Devices on XenMobile – 28 page document, lots of screenshots – Citrix Blog Post
• WorxApps Exclusion List – lots of Allowed URLs and Open-in exceptions – Mauricio Schaepers

XenServer

• Possible data loss or corruption on XenServer 7.0 – Citrix KB article
  • Hotfix

Microsoft

• App-V and UE-V to be included with Windows 10 Anniversary Update – TechNet Blogs
• Integrate Application Virtualization with Citrix Provisioning Services – load packages on master, run script to update targets on boot – Måns Hurtigh

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week:

Receiver

• Receiver 4.4 is LTSR – FAQ
• Receiver for Mac 12 doesn’t send CRL checks through proxy – private fix – Citrix KB article
• Download HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.1 for Microsoft Skype® for Business
  • Citrix HDX Realtime 2.1 Skype for Business feature support vs native
• Download Citrix Receiver for Windows 4.4 (14.4.1002) – render Flash 22 and Flash 18 on server

XenApp/XenDesktop

• VDA Cleanup Utility – does not remove .Net/Visual C++ – updated June 27
• 200 issues fixed in 7.6.1000 since 7.6.300 (LTSR) – Citrix Docs
• Updated Citrix Policy templates – Citrix Docs
• Private fix for clipboard issue in 7.8/7.9 – Citrix Discussions
• New in 7.9 – Use video codec when preferred – explanation – Citrix Blog Post
• AppDisk – add CtxPvd.exe and CtxPvDSvc.exe exclusions to Windows Defender – Mark New at Citrix Discussions

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler 11.1
• Download NetScaler MAS 11.1
• Virtual Keyboard in NetScaler Gateway 11.x – Citrix KB article
• Correct expressions for content switching of AAA – Citrix KB article
• PowerShell Script uses Nitro API to upgrade NetScaler 11.1 – Github
• Understanding Session Policy Priority on Different Bind Points – Citrix KB article
• How to get logs from Gateway Plug-in for Mac – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• XenMobile requires NetScaler 10.5 build 60+ or 11.0 build 64+ for TLS 1.2 issues – Citrix KB article
• WorxChat updated June 30
• XenMobile Tools lets you configure XenMobile Auto-Discovery

ShareFile

• ShareFile Approvals and Feedback – workflows – Citrix KB article
• How to setup Office Online Server with Citrix ShareFile StorageZone Controller & NetScaler – Jason Samuel
• Citrix ShareFile QuickEdit User Guide

VMware

• Mirage and MongoDB: Deep Dive – memory cache size, replication – VMware Blogs
• VMware Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition VMware Validated Integration Design – 112 page document

Other

• Nutanix 4.7 and Asterix Features Overview (Beyond Marketing) – Andre Leibovici

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Adding Windows 10 Compatibility to XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR – requires VDA 7.9, PvS 7.9 – Citrix Blog Post
• Citrix Health Assistant updated June 22
• Configure Citrix SCOM Pack to Automatically Recover failed XenApp and XenDesktop Services – Citrix Blog Post
• Configure MCS Catalog machine naming to start at a particular number – Citrix Discussions
• Script to delete old Session Recording files – David Ott
• Federated Authentication Service can’t complete step 3 – known issue with older CAs that are upgraded – Citrix Discussions

XenMobile

• Download XenMobile Server 10.3.6, MDX Toolkit 10.3.6, and Worx Apps 10.3.6
• What’s New in XenMobile 10.3.6 – Citrix Docs
• What’s new in Worx Mobile Apps 10.3.6 – Citrix Docs
• XenMobile 10.3.5 Design and Deployment Handbook – explains new MAM server mode and other design considerations – 140 page PDF at Citrix Docs

StoreFront

• How to change published application names based on user’s browser language – Michael Bednarek at Citrix Discussions

ShareFile

• Configure ShareFile Drive Mapper to only run for specific users – User-side Group Policy – Citrix Discussions

VMware

• VMware NSX for vSphere End-User Computing Design Guide – VMware Communities

Microsoft

• App-V 5.1 Hotfix 4
• Driving Down App-V Publishing Times in Non Persistent VDI Environments – Thamim Karim
• AppLocker in Windows 10 can trust all apps from a Managed Installer (e.g. SCCM) – Technet Blog
• Windows security baselines – GPOs – Technet
• Azure Information Protection – watch the video

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week:

NetScaler

• Networking and VLAN Best Practices for NetScaler – excellent Citrix KB article
• PowerShell script to configure NetScaler SSL for A+ – Github
• Use NetScaler rewrite to insert links (e.g. RDP Proxy) into StoreFront webpage – Simon Gottschlag
• Backend Connection Over TLS 1.2 Fails When SHA384/512 Certificate Is Bound on IIS Server – bug – Citrix KB Article
• NetScaler Device Certificate checks with W2K12R2 Online responder (OCSP) – Misja Geuskens

StoreFront

• Subscriptions Missing after Enabling Aggregation – subscriptions tied to aggregation name instead of farm name – Citrix Discussions

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Flash 22 is incompatible with Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop – Citrix KB article
• Download VDA Cleanup Utility – updated June 14
• Citrix Desktop Master Class – New in XA/XD 7.9, Skype for Business, HDX Raspberry Pi – YouTube video
• Citrix is adding CPU, Memory Usage and Process Information to the next version of Citrix Director – Citrix Blog Post
• Federated Authentication Service with Azure AD – Citrix Docs

Profile Management

• Script to cleanup UPM profiles after modifying folder exclusions – Jeremy Sprite

Receiver

• How to prevent published apps “Delivered by Citrix” from appearing in Programs and Features – DontCreateAddRemoveEntry – Citrix Discussions

ShareFile

• Download MDX wrappable ShareFile iOS clients – updated June 17
• Integrate Azure AD with ShareFile – PDF document at Citrix Discussions

XenMobile

• How to use XenMobile Mail Manager to block native email to Hosted Exchange but allow WorxMail – also Worx Apps for Windows 10 – XenMobile Master Class – YouTube video
• New Citrix XenMobile Analyzer Tool – verifies that enrollment works in your XenMobile environment – YouTube video

XenServer

• If you install XenServer Tools and don’t immediately reboot then Excessive Logging Can Fill Up XenServer Host Partition – Citrix KB article
• Recommended Updates for XenServer 6.x Hotfixes – updated to include hotfix 29 for 6.5
• VMs Fail To Migrate Between XenServer 7 Hosts During The Upgrade Process – known issue. Workarounds in the Citrix KB article.

VMware

• Download Horizon 7.0.1, AppVolumes 2.11, and vROps for Horizon 6.3
• New Horizon Clients 4.1
  • New Software Updates feature – see page 31
• 6 VMware EUC Product Announcements – VMware Blog Post
• Download VMware Mirage 5.8 – full Windows 10 functionality
• VMware UEM
  • Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) breaks VMware UEM DirectFlex – VMware KB article
  • VMware UEM FlexEngine Advanced Settings (ADMX template) – VMware KB article
• Use VMware App Volumes to Store the Microsoft Outlook Cache (.OST) – UIA template, move .OST to C:\SnapVolumesTemp\writeable – YouTube video

Microsoft

• Five tips for dealing with Windows 10 telemetry – disable Modern apps, disable Cortana, disable services, block DNS domains – James Rankin

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Comparison of Citrix display codecs and recommended Citrix Policies – Citrix Blog Post
• How to add Windows 10 VDA to LTSR 7.6 – VDA 7.9 – Citrix KB article (scroll down)
• What’s new… Printing in Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp 7.9? – Universal Print Server load balancing – Bas van Kaam
• Overview of Citrix SCOM Management Packs – Synergy 2016 Breakout – YouTube video
• “New” Citrix Best Practices 2.0 – PvS Ports/Threads, PvS memory, oversubscription, codecs, cluster sizing, zones – Citrix Blog Post
• Federated Authentication Service can store private key in a TPM or HSM – Citrix Docs
• Restore Policy Console Utility – if inconsistency between user and computer policy – Citrix KB article
• MCS Memory caching vs XenServer IntelliCache – Citrix Discussions
• Citrix Studio (mmc.exe) with App-V publishing crashes after upgrading to 7.9 – Citrix Discussions

StoreFront

• Updated Code to disable continual scrolling behavior of Featured App Groups in StoreFront 3.6 – Citrix Discussions

NetScaler

• Scoring an A+ at SSLlabs.com with Citrix NetScaler – updated – Citrix Blog Post
• Understanding/Configuring EPA Verbose Logging Feature – set vpn param -clientSecurityLog ON – case ID in ns.log – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler Application Firewall Learning Mode Best Practises – learn in separate UAT environment – Citrix KB article
• Deploying NetScaler with Microsoft Exchange 2016 – Citrix Deployment Guide
• Login to Citrix (NetScaler, StoreFront, XenDesktop) using Google Accounts (oAuth) – Dave Bretty

XenServer

• Download Hotfix XS70E003 – For XenServer 7.0 – security update

VMware

• Download VMware Tools 10.0.9
• Blast Extreme requires 3x-5x the bandwidth of PCoIP? – Citrix Blog Post

Other

• Nutanix AHV plugin for Citrix MCS – Kees Baggerman
• Unidesk 4.0.1 – Elastic Layering, Win08R2, Win10 – release notes

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week:

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download XenApp 7.9, XenDesktop 7.9, PvS 7.9, AppDNA 7.9, SCOM Packs 2016_05_23, StoreFront 3.6, etc. – all are in-place upgrades
• Vulnerability in Citrix Studio Could Result in Insecure Access Policy Configuration – fixed in 7.6.1000 or 7.7+ – Citrix KB article
  • Use the script at Insecure Access Policy Rules to verify the presence of the vulnerability.
• Everything you need to know about the new Citrix 7.9 MCS IO acceleration – similar to PvS – Andrew Morgan
• Run scripts during before and after MCS Image Preparation – Mark Syms at Citrix Discussions
• PowerShell scripts to export published apps from one 7.8 farm, and import to another – Dominik Britz
• Deploying Citrix StoreFront for 100,000 users – 26 Storefront servers across 7 locations – Dale Scriven

XenMobile

• XenMobile Prerequisites Checklist – Servers, IP addresses, firewall rules, Visio drawing, etc. – Citrix KB article
• XenMobile Optimizations – Server Properties tuning, Android and deployment scheduling – Citrix Blog Post
• ShareFile Control Plane is moving to new IPs – Citrix Discussions
• Download MDX wrappable ShareFile Android clients – updated Jun 3
• WorxWeb Secure Browse vs Full VPN for website authentication methods (certificate, SSON, etc.) – automatic switching – Citrix Docs
• How to configure Certificate + One-Time-Password Authentication for Worx Home – Rewrite to insert HTTP Header – Citrix Docs

NetScaler

• Citrix NetScaler Master Class – June 2016 – SSL features 101, Unified Gateway – 2 hr YouTube video
• NetScaler MAS – new build released May 31

VMware

• End of General Support for vSphere 5.0 and vSphere 5.1 – August 24, 2016 – VMware KB article
• How To Determine Your Horizon View Desktop Protocol – View Administrator > Sessions, netstat, registry – Tom Fenton
• Antivirus Considerations for VMware Horizon 7 – configuration, exclusions, etc. – VMware Technical Paper

Microsoft

• Deploying per-user file type associations (FTAs) on Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Server 2016 and Windows 10 – James Rankin blog post

Citrix – General

• Marius Sandbu has a summary of the Synergy announcements – Day 1, Day 2
• Microsoft’s Brad Anderson explains the Citrix – Microsoft partnership – Win10 VDI on Azure with Citrix XenDesktop, XenMobile Worx apps in Intune MAM, Skype for Business 2016
• Many Citrix Synergy videos on Synergy TV. Also several on Youtube.
• For instant notification of Citrix downloads and KB articles, follow @Citrixbot by Nicolas Ignoto
• New Citrix Technology Advocates – many familiar names – Citrix Blog Post

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 1 (7.6.1000) – full install or upgrade – see Citrix Docs for LTSR version compliance
• Download Hotfix Rollup Pack 7 for Citrix XenApp 6.5
• Introducing XenApp/XenDesktop 7.9 – coming June 1 – Citrix Blog Post
• How to move a Personal vDisk (PVD) to another VM – manually detach and attach to another machine – Citrix KB article
• AppDisk Creation Task Stuck At “Creating…” – enable Volume Shadow Copy service – Citrix KB article
• Error Upgrading VDA on Server 2012 R2 from 7.7 to 7.8 – uninstall Microsoft updates – Citrix KB article
  • Additional VDA Upgrade issues listed by THOMAS KÖTZING
• Utility to migrate VMs between different XenDesktop farms – citrixtips (Shane O’Neill)
  • Seamlessly Migrating 20000 VDI Between XenDesktop Farms – Powerpoint presentation

Citrix Profile Management

• Configure UPM to roam saved passwords in Internet Explorer – Directories to synchronize, Folders to mirror – Citrix KB article
• Windows 10 and UPM – how to roam Start Menu and prevent file share locks – David Ott at Citrixirc

NetScaler

• Login Form Hijacking Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler Gateway – fixed in 11.0 build 66 – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler Documentation Script v3 – Nitro API, Office 2016, NetScaler 11.0 – from Barry Schiffer, hosted by Carl Webster
• Introducing NetScaler Management & Analytics System – Citrix Blog Post
  • Demo of the new NetScaler Management & Analytics System – YouTube video
• Use NetScaler Management & Analysis System (MAS) to automate NetScaler config – David Brett ad CUGC
• Use Docker to deploy Netscaler CPX – Marius Sandbu
• How to handle certificate expiry on NetScaler – SNMP Traps – Citrix KB article

Provisioning Services

• Windows 2008 R2 Convenience Update prevents PvS 7.6 Target Device installation – Citrix Discussions
  • Fixed in PvS 7.6.2
• Streamed VM Setup Wizard doesn’t honor template boot properties – UseTemplateBootOrder – Citrix Discussions

XenMobile

• Download XenMobile ScanDirect for iOS:
  • Overview of ScanDirect – Citrix KB article
• XenMobile Secure Forms Demonstration – Desktop Composer and Mobile App – YouTube video
• ShareFile knowledgebase moved to support.citrix.com.
  • ShareFile YouTube channel

XenServer

• Download XenServer 7.0 Enterprise Edition – many new features – Intel Iris Pro vGPU, XenServer Tools through Windows Update, SMB Storage, memory introspection (Direct Inspect) for antivirus, better performance, and more
• Using Windows Server Containers with XenServer 7.0 – Docker – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• VMware UEM Horizon 7 Smart Policies – VMware Blog Post
• Windows 10 with Persona management not syncing – enable Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Service – VMware communities

Other

• Nutanix InstantOn VDI – AHV (Acroplis) hypervisor, XenDesktop MCS – Press Release