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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 LTSR, Cumulative Update 10

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Citrix Session Recording Security Bulletin: Privilege escalation; Limited remote code execution; CVAD patches available – Citrix Knowledgebase article

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler Security Bulletin: Memory safety vulnerability in RDP Proxy feature; unintended user capabilities in AAA kcdaccount feature; new firmware available – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix NetScaler Release 14.1 Build 29.72 – Build 14.1-29.72 and later builds address security vulnerabilities. This build replaces 14.1-29.63.
• Download Citrix NetScaler Release 13.1 Build 55.34 – Build 13.1-55.34 and later builds address security vulnerabilities. This build replaces 13.1-55.29.

Citrix Cloud

• New Citrix Cloud home page – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• Microsoft Cancels App-V EOL, Adds to AppAttach for AVD – TMurgent

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix Secure Private Access 2408 New Features – app discovery; Policy modeling tool; TCP/UDP server to client connections – Citrix Docs

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Citrix uberAgent 7.3 – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Service (cloud) September 2024 – privilege elevation rules using the web console; users can choose the cached actions that need a reset; agent automatically detects non-persistent machines and uses the persistent data location – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Device Posture Test Mode – classifies the devices as compliant, non-compliant, or denied but does not enforce any actions. View this data on the Device Posture dashboard – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• New Teams on VDI Windows Server 2019: app isn’t visible in the Start Menu – FSLogix exclusion – Microsoft Docs

Other

• Amazon WorkSpaces Pools now allows you to bring your Windows 10 or 11 licenses – requires hardware that is dedicated to you in the AWS Cloud; 100 Workspaces minimum per region – Amazon What’s New

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix MCS

• Sample scripts for admins who are using Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) Provisioning – Citrix Github

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2402 for HTML5

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler WAF Signature version 127 adds 9 rules – NetScaler Docs

Citrix Cloud

• What’s new in Citrix DaaS IT Service Management (ITSM) Adapter for ServiceNow – maintenance windows – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 2312.1
• Download VMware Horizon Client 2312.1

Microsoft

• In non-persistent environments that use FSLogix or Citrix Profile Manager profile containers, when new Teams attempts to autostart or a user tries to launch Teams from the Start menu, it throws the error: “The parameter is incorrect.” – Microsoft Docs
• Download Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Office updated 4/4/2024
• Nerdio Version v6.0 release notes – Nerdio docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1912 LTSR, Cumulative Update 4

VMware

• App Volumes – Apps On-Demand – VMware Blog Post
• What is VMware Workspace ONE Experience Workflows – VMware Docs
  • Workspace ONE Experience Workflows Powered by Boomi – Technical Overview – YouTube video

Microsoft

• Azure Virtual Desktop now supports Windows Server 2022 – but no support for Office? – Microsoft Docs

Other

• NVIDIA vGPU Software 13.1 – support for Windows 11, Citrix VDA 2109, and vSphere Lifecycle Management (vLCM) – also security updates

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Citrix Optimizer – v2.9.0.166 – Added support for Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Cloud: allow self-elevate – users can request self-elevation for any applicable file simply by right-clicking the file and then selecting Run with administrator privileges – Citrix Docs

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 2110 for HTML5

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 63.22
• Web App Firewall (WAF) Signature version 69 adds 14 rules – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Session Recording can send event data to Citrix Analytics – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• Nerdio 3.3 – FSLogix App Masking

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix

• Citrix announced a definitive agreement to acquire Wrike, a recognized leader in SaaS collaborative work management solutions – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 19.12.3000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 3

Citrix Cloud

• What’s new in Citrix Cloud January 2021 – New features available in Web Studio

Other

• NVIDIA vGPU Software 12.0 R460
• ControlUp v8.2 Release Notes – Horizon RDSH, Citrix Cloud, Centralized Auditing

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Profile Management

• Citrix Profile Management 1909 automatically syncs usrclass.dat* and automatically mirrors Packages and Caches

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1910 for HTML5

Citrix ADC

• Citrix Networking Master Class – October 2019 – Bot Management, AppFW Dynamic Profiling – 1-hour YouTube video

Citrix ADM

• Citrix ADM Release 13.0 Build 41.22 replaces Citrix ADM Release 13.0 Build 41.20

Citrix Gateway

• Customizing the on-premises Citrix Gateway authentication page to look identical to Citrix Cloud logon page – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Cloud

• Migrating Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops from on-premises to Citrix Cloud – Citrix Tech Zone

VMware

• VMware confirmed there is an issue with VMware Tools 11.0.0, USB Controller (3.0) and Windows 10 1809 – VMware Communities
• Workspace ONE UEM 1909 What’s New – 12-minute YouTube video
• Introduction to VMware Horizon 7 for Citrix Administrators – VMware Tech Zone

Microsoft

• Release notes for FSLogix release 1909 – Build 2.9.7205.27375 – Microsoft Forums
• Windows Virtual Desktop is now generally available worldwide – App attach (layering by mounting MSIX files), Teams audio/video offload to RDP Client through WebRTC, RDP resize = desktop resize – Microsoft Blog

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To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the May 2017 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

•  2017-05-29
  • User Group Policy > Office Settings – added registry value to fix VL activation issues
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.14 – added registry value to enable screensaver
•  2017-05-28
  • Remote PC – updated for VDA version 7.14
  • Citrix SCOM Management Pack – NetScaler – updated for version 1.17.87
  • Citrix SCOM Management Packs – XenApp/XenDesktop – updated for Bundle 2017_05_17, added Configuration Encryption instructions
  • AppDNA – updated for version 714
  • Session Recording 7.14 – new article for version 7.14 since the installation process is completely different.
    • Added Load balancing of Session Recording servers
  • Workspace Environment Management – updated for version 4.3. Also:
    • Changed sites to configuration sets
    • Replaced screenshots to show new workspace names (e.g. Active Directory Objects)
    • Changed “Manager” to “Management”.
•  2017-05-27
  • Citrix Policy Settings:
    • Updated Citrix Group Policy Management plug-in for 7.14
    • Updated screenshots for Windows 2016
    • Added Director 7.14 settings
•  2017-05-22
  • NetScaler Gateway 11.1 > VPN Plug-in – added link to article on enabling and collecting logs
•  2017-05-21
  • Horizon 7.1 Connection Server – added link to article on branding the Portal Page
  • VMware User Environment Manager – updated for version 9.2, Windows 2016 screenshots, added Privilege Elevation.
•  2017-05-20
  • VMware Unified Access Gateway – updated for 3.0, added PFX import instructions, removed REST configuration sections
  • Provisioning Services Install – added link to Dennis Span’s PvS installation and configuration automation article
•  2017-05-19
  • Citrix App Layering > OS Layer – added link to Rob Zylowski at Publishing a layered image fails every time with the same error at Citrix Discussions says that OfficeHub in Windows 10 1607 might interfere with Layering
•  2017-05-18
  • Citrix Receiver for HTML5 – updated for version 2.4, and disable CEIP
  • Citrix App Layering – updated for version 4.2
    • App Layers – added message about Windows Update list not being accurate, source = Unidesk forums
•  2017-05-14
  • Horizon 7.1 Connection Server > Logon Monitoring – this Fling is built into Horizon 7.1
  • User Group Policy > Internet Explorer – added how to hide “Open Microsoft Edge” button in Internet Explorer on Windows 10 1703. Source = René Bigler on Twitter
  • User Group Policy > File Explorer – added link to Discussions thread on fixing flicking icons on Windows 2016 VDA. And Windows Spotlight configuration.
  • User Group Policy > ShareFile Drive Mapper – updated for version 3.7
•  2017-05-12
  • NetScaler Configuration Extractor – added policyLabel, pattern set, caching
•  2017-05-10
  • User Group Policy > Internet Explorer Performance – added links to article and whitepaper on how to disable Tracking Protection to improve IE performance
•  2017-05-09
  • User Group Policy > File Explorer – added link to Marco Hofmann’s post on an Explorer replacement
  • StoreFront 3.5+ > Customize StoreFront 3.x – added link to Trentent Tye’s post on how to use APIs to dynamically enable/disable Workspace Control
  • Published Content – allow Receiver to open UNC paths, source = David Prows at CUGC forums
  • Catalogs > Export machines from static Catalog – added link to Shane O’Neill’s farm export utility.
•  2017-05-08
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.13 > Optimize – added link to Daniel Feller’s article on Scheduled Tasks in Windows 10
  • Workspace Environment Management > WEM Agent on PvS – added scheduled task to refresh on boot, source = Julian Mooren
  • Delivery Controller 7.13 > Smart Check – added link to Citrix Blog Post describing the JSON files
•  2017-05-02
  • Citrix Firewall Rules > StoreFront – added RPC ports for remote trusted domain controllers, source = Citrix article
  • Group Policy Computer Settings > Remote Desktop Services – added setting to enable GPU in RDS sessions, source = Marco Hofman