Category: EUC Weekly Digest

 Citrix

• New Advanced Concepts section at docs.citrix.com.
• XenMobile:
  • Download MDX Tookit 10.3.5
  • Download Worx Apps 10.3.5
  • Overview of MAM-centric features in XenMobile 10.3.5 – Citrix Blog Post
  • XenMobile 10.3 Certificate Based Authentication for MAM-Only Mode – Citrix Blog Post
  • How to configure Touch ID authentication with XenMobile Server for iOS devices – Encrypt secrets using Passcode must be disabled. Citrix KB article
  • To wrap MDX apps for Android 6, install Android 6 API 23 – Citrix Discussions. Also edit Android_Settings.txt – Citrix KB article.
  • ShareFile Drive Mapper works on XenApp 7.8
• NetScaler:
  • Download NetScaler VPX for ESX 11.0 Build 65.72 – new VPX models (25 Mb, 5Gb, 8 Gb, 10 Gb, 15 Gb, 25 Gb), VMXNET3 support, SR-IOV support
  • NetScaler for Azure updated to 11.0 build 65.31. Future upgrades are possible. More details at Citrix Discussions.
  • Citrix NetScaler Master Class – May 2016 – Synergy discount code. Content Switching 101. DataStream (Database Load Balancing). New VPX appliance models. YouTube video
  • Overview of GSLB powered zone preference – computer voice? 2 minute YouTube video
  • NetScaler Security Insight getting started guide – for App Firewall. Built into Insight Center appliance. Marius Sandbu blog post.
  • How to configure NetScaler IP Reputation service (WebRoot) – part of App Firewall. docs.citrix.com
  • How to Set up a maintenance page on Netscaler Gateway using Responder Policy. Daniel Ruiz blog post
• XenApp/XenDesktop:
  • Known performance issue when implementing XenApp 7.6 with more than 4000 concurrent users – Citrix KB article
  • Download Citrix Connector 3.1 for System Center Configuration Manager – SCCM 2016 support, XenDesktop 7.8 support
  • How to configure RDS, XenApp, StoreFront, and Receiver to allow multiple sessions to the same machine – Citrix Blog Post
  • Enabling SSL on VDA prevents Receiver for iOS from connecting – Citrix Discussions
  • Exporting and importing VMware dvPortGroups breaks MCS – Citrix Discussions
  • ComTrade SCOM Pack for XenDesktop oData troubleshooting guide – Citrix Discussions
  • Download Secure Gateway 3.3.4 – TLS 1.2 support
  • XenApp 6.5 R06 Hotfix 21 – adds TLS 1.2 for SSL Relay
• Profile Management:
  • Configure Profile Management to save Google Chrome settings – Citrix Discussions
• Provisioning Services:
  • PvS 7.8 supports Hyper-V Gen 2 for RDSH only. No VDI. Video driver issue – Citrix Discussions
• CloudBridge:
  • Download CloudBridge Virtual WAN 9.0 – merges Virtual WAN and WAN Optimization into a new Enterprise Edition.
  • Download CloudBridge Virtual WAN Center 9.0 – monitoring, visibility, orchestration. More details at Citrix Blog Post.

VMware

• Two+ monitors crashes Horizon Client 4.0+ connecting to desktop on ESX 6.0 Update 2 – uncheck Enable display scaling – VMware KB article
• Horizon FLEX 1.8 Deployment Considerations – Word document. VMware communities.
• Download vSphere Management Assistant 6.0.0.1

Other

• April 2016 hotfix rollup for the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack – App-V and UEV hotfixes
• Can’t disable Windows Store in Windows 10 Pro through Group Policy – Can still be disabled in Enterprise. Microsoft KB article
• NVIDIA GRID B-Profiles for business – Rachel Berry blog post. Links to NVIDIA documentation.
• Control-Up Citrix PvS 7.8 Farm Check Script Based Action
• Windows 10 – How to turn off Live Tiles – Technet

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week.

Citrix

• StoreFront:
  • Code at Discussions to add featured app groups to categories view and increase # of featured apps
• Receiver:
  • Download Receiver for Windows 4.4.1000 – new checkbox to suppress Add Account wizard – Citrix KB
  • Receiver for HTML5 2.0 re-released to fix some taskbar issues.
  • Receiver JSON error when X1 theme is enabled – uncheck “Enable Client Side Measurements” in the AppFlow actions. Citrix Discussions.
• NetScaler:
  • How to insert Client IP into TCP protocol – Usually only possible for HTTP. Now TCP too. Citrix KB
  • NetScaler Clustering Simplified Into 3 Easy Steps – Citrix KB
  • Demo NetScaler Datastream with SQL AlwaysOn – monitor to verify SQL replica availability. Content Switching read vs write. Integrated caching. Demo application. Jake Rutski blog post
  • Geo Maps don’t work in Insight Center 11.0 build 65 – Citrix Discussions
  • Configure NetScaler for DirectAccess load balancing – YouTube video
• XenMobile:
  • Download ShareFile StorageZones Controller 4.0 – new rights management functionality
    • ShareFile StorageZones Controller 4.0 supports TLS 1.2 – no Mac clients. Windows clients need registry key.
  • ShareFile Protected Document Viewers – to view Rights Protected files
  • XenMobile Server 10.3 Rolling Patch 2
  • Citrix Mobility Master Class: 10.3.5 new features, MAM First, Auto Wipe, Reverse Split Tunnel, Apple DEP (including supervisor mode), VPP (including WorxHome). YouTube video.
  • Configure NetScaler as SAML iDP for ShareFile. Internal users do Integrated Windows Auth (Kerberos). If fails, prompt for NTLM instead. LDAP for attribute extraction. Citrix KB.
  • How to export WiFi settings from Windows 10 and use XenMobile to push to Windows 10 machines. – Citrix Blog Post
  • WorxMail 10.3.5 will support 451 redirection to move mailboxes from on-prem  to cloud – Citrix KB
  • Node.js code to upload an .mdx file to XenMobile – Citrix Discussions
• Upload Access database and connect using HTML5 Receiver – new Citrix Workspace Cloud service. Citrix Blog Post.
• Citrix TV is retiring – use YouTube instead
• Tools to transfer commands, files, links, and mail to client device – uses Virtual Channel. MQ Technologies.

VMware

• Download VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.2.1
• Known limitations of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 v4 series with ESXi – VMware KB
• Mirage and MongoDB – Overview, High Availability. VMware blog post
• “Your user account is disabled” error in VMware Horizon – known issue in 6.2.0/.1 – Terence Luk

Other

• Windows Subsystem for Linux: Architectural Overview – 20 minute video, unmodified Bash doing Linux system calls on Windows
• Download Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5
  • What’s New in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5
  • What’s new with System Center 2016 – Shielded VMs, Storage Spaces Direct, SCOM MP Recommendations, tune SCOM MPs to reduce alerts. 15 minute video
• MAM and Conditional Access for Skype for Business – no enrollment needed

Here are some EUC items that interested me last week.

Citrix

• Citrix License Server 11.13.1 has historical usage reporting
• NetScaler:
  • Download NetScaler Release 10.5 Build 62.9
  • NetScaler 11.0 build 65.31 is re-released as 65.35
  • Harden SSHD ciphers/MAC to prevent inaccurate vulnerability scans. Citrix KB
  • Suppress Command Center Alarm Related Actions For a Particular Time Period – schedule disable/enable filters. Citrix KB
  • Monitor and Manage Changes on NetScaler Using Command Center – Audit Policy. Citrix KB
  • Setup Netscaler as ADFS Proxy – XenAppBlog
  • Content Switch XenMobile and NetScaler Gateway – Dave Bretty blog post
• XenMobile:
  •  How to configure Citrix VPN for iOS Per App VPN – XenMobile VPN policy, XenMobile App Attribute, NetScaler Session Policy
• StoreFront:
  • Auto launch desktop setting in StoreFront 3.5 is not accurate? – Citrix KB
• Receiver:
  • Receiver 4.3.100 doesn’t create stubs anymore. Registry key to re-enable. Citrix KB
  • New Toolbar in HTML5 and Chrome Receiver – at top of screen. Citrix Blog Post
  • Experience of HTML5 Receiver on mobile browser – gestures, multi-touch, soft keyboard, Continuum. Citrix Blog Post
  • Experience of HTML5 Receiver new App Switcher
• Company:
  • How to renew Citrix certifications – Citrix Blog Post
  • Introducing the new Citrix – interview with CEO Kirill Tatarinov
  • Citrix Revenue up 9% YoY – seems like good numbers
• VDA:
  • How to make logon disclaimer window bigger – David Ball blog post

VMware

• What’s New in VMware Identity Manager 2.6: Technical Deep Dive – 46 minute YouTube video from VMware
• Use VMware UEM to launch and configure BGInfo – VMware Communities
• Can’t search vSphere inventory when logged on using session credentials – VMware KB
• App Volumes – Office 365 32-bit has problems on 64-bit Windows – edit snapvol.cfg – VMware KB
• Download VMware Tools 10.0.8 – resolves NSX issue
• Download VMware Workstation 12.1.1 Pro for Windows
• Download VMware Fusion 8.1.1 for Mac OS X
• It Architect: Foundation in the Art of Infrastructure Design: A Practical Guide for It Architects – book written by VCDXs. vSphere and Horizon. I have not read it yet.

Other

• Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition is now free
• Microsoft IT Pro Cloud Essentials – free subscription to Azure, free Azure training, free Pluralsight, free exam. More at Microsoft Blog.
• NVIDIA M60 / M6 cards are shipped to OEMs in “compute” mode. Don’t forget to change to “graphics” mode. – Rachel Berry blog post
• RDS redirected resources showing degraded performance Windows Server 2012 R2 – get hotfix form Windows Update
• Lots of Windows 10 UI changes in Insider build

Here are some EUC items that interested me last week.

Citrix

• Citrix Blog Post on how to prevent MCS from doing a rearm.
• Download XenMobile Server 10.3.5 – more MAM-centric (e.g. cert deployment), restrict # of enrolled devices (enrollment profiles).
  • Configure > Actions > App wipe or App lock.
  • MAM features require Worx Home 10.3.5.
  • NTP Server can now be configured.
• XenMobile Worx Home APNS cert expires 4/13. Upgrade to 10.3.5. Or install patch. Only for Worx Home notifications.
• ShareFile On-Demand Sync 2.15.108.1 – Windows 10 support
• New Product-specific support pages at Citrix. Example – http://support.citrix.com/en/products/xendesktop. The PM wants feedback.
• Contribute Exam Questions to Citrix from the comfort of your home.
• Citrix SmartHub – user-facing tool that runs in virtual desktops. Alerts, App Requests. System Info.
• VDA Cleanup Utility – cleans up files/registry left by VDA uninstaller.
• AppDisks Diagnostic Tool – collects AppDisks log files, seems to be newer than the one in the 7.8 VDA.
• Sacha Thomet’s script to notify when # of free desktops is low – uses Director
• Reverse Image Windows 10 PvS vDisk using XenConvert – I get winload.exe error when booting. Any ideas?
• NetScaler:
  • EPA OPSWAT Packet flow and Troubleshooting – registry key to enable client-side logging. NetScaler Assassin blog.
  • NetScaler SDX update bundle does not update LOM firmware. Do that separately.
  • Demo NetScaler App Firewall – basically a getting started guide. Jake Rutski.
  • NetScaler 11 has a built-in Geo Location Database
  • Citrix NetScaler Master Class April 2016 – intro to GSLB, multi-subnet configuration, intro to HA, virtual MAC. YouTube video.
• Citrix Discussions:
  • Citrix Telemetry Service prevents VDA 7.8 installation
  • Outlook 2013/2016 on Win12R2 doesn’t display notifications
  • Clipboard issues in VDA 7.8
  • Receiver 4.4 hang issue – works in 4.3.100
  • NetScaler EPA reg scan bug – fixed in 11.0 build 66
  • StoreFront 3.5 Delegated Authentication bug – confirmed by Citrix
  • PVS 7.8 -> BOOTMGR image is corrupted. The system cannot boot – XenServer only?
  • On Receiver for iOS, drop-down menus lose background

VMware

• Earl Gay from Sirius Computer Solutions awarded VMware EUC Champion
• Download Horizon Clients 4.0.1 – re-enables TLS 1.0
• VMware Horizon 7 True SSO: Setting Up In a Lab – VMware Blog Post
• VMware Horizon Sizing Estimator 1.1
• VDI Calculator v7 – Andre Leibovici
• App Volumes:
  • How to do AppToggle in App Volumes 3.0. VMware Communities.
  • VMware App Volumes Backup Utility Fling – needed in AppVolumes 3? It adds .vmdks to a VM, which can then be backed up.
  • Using the VMware App Volumes snapvol.cfg File to Customize Writable Volumes – what’s saved and not saved. VMware Blog Post.
  • Learning VMware App Volumes – book from Peter von Oven.
• VMware Performance and Capacity Management – Second Edition – book from Iwan ‘e1’ Rahabok

Other

• Improving Windows 10 logon time – Remove Modern Apps, use default user profile. James Rankin.
• LoginVSI OS Tuning Template for Windows 10 – increase density 44%
• Unidesk 4.0 Tech Preview – I like storing layers in file share. And pushes to PvS.
• HopTo is making Citrix more touch-friendly on iOS.
• GPOs not applying on Windows 10 – could be UNC Hardening. Technet forums.
• UEM Smackdown v16.01 – Rob Beekmans.

Here are some EUC items that interested me last week.

Citrix

• Download Receiver for HTML5 2.0 – client-side app switching, new toolbar, mobile support
  • Receiver for Chrome OS new features – seamless apps, multi-monitor, connection center. Citrix Blog Post.
• Updated StoreFront code to default the Apps tab to the Categories view. Citrix Discussions.
• StoreFront code to default iOS and Android to HTML5 Receiver. Citrix Discussions.
• XenMobile:
  • XenMobile 10.3 How To: Configure Google Cloud Messaging Service – Google API. Citrix Blog Post.
  • Worx Home 10.3 user interface – Includes certificate pinning using Auto Discovery Services. Citrix Docs.
  • Make ShareFile logon page look like Receiver X1 – Download theme files, edit, upload. Jason Samuel Blog Post.
  • ShareFile Enterprise vs Platinum – There are SKUs to add ShareFile Platinum to XenMobile Enterprise. Citrix Product Page.
• Start Menu Icons Set to Blank Document After Update to Receiver 4.3.100 – Windows 8+, set GPO to allow UNC shortcut icons. Citrix KB.
• Errors when starting published Microsoft Office applications – create iNetCache folder. Tenera Blog.
• Citrix Director Custom Reports – Director plug-in. Citrix Blog
• Marius Sandbu’s NetScaler Gateway eBook
• The new 40Gig NetScaler models don’t support the newest firmware – Citrix KB
• Citrix Discussions:
  • Receiver for Chrome 2.0 taskbar issues
  • StoreFront 3.5 – if delete store and re-add, Auth doesn’t work?
  • IE11 bug causes web sessions to logout – invalidates cookie persistence
• Videos:
  • AppDisk – Behind the Scenes
  • XenMobile iOS MAM Enrollment Demo
  • WorxStore and Worx Apps Installation
  • Samsung KNOX Bulk Enrollment

VMware

• True SSO requires Identity Manager. Identity Manager is essentially VMware’s version of ADFS. You can add any iDP to Identity Manager and it will use True SSO (SAML + dynamic smart cert certificates) to login to Horizon.
• VMware Boxer Is Here (AirWatch) – video, reminds me of WorxMail
• VSphere Design Pocketbook 3.0 – Pernixdata
• Load Balancing VMware Identity Manager with F5 BIG-IP – F5 PDF document. VMware Blog Post.
• Download VMware vCenter Server 5.5 Update 3d
• View Persona is not going anywhere – developer confirmed development is still happening

Other

• NVIDIA GRID Licensing Changes – no more Virtual Workstation Extended, new XenApp licensing. Sean Massey blog post.
• Disable Windows 10 1st logon animation – GPO setting. Lars Lohmann blog post.
• Click-by-click – Creating load balanced VMs using Azure Resource Manager in the Azure portal – 1 hr video. MSDN Channel 9.
• What Is AppLocker? – comparison with Software Restriction Policies. TechNet.
• Chrome/Firefox can log SSL keys to a file. Use in WireShark. SANS ISC blog post.
• PowerShell script to display session idle time across multiple servers. Technet gallery.
• Dell vWorkspace discontinued. Brian Madden blog post.
• Architecting EUC Solutions – Kindle book from Brian Suhr (Nutanix). Good overview of the EUC design process.