EUC Weekly Digest – January 6, 2018

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

• For XenDesktop Local Host Cache to work correctly, the PowerShell execution policy on each Controller must be set to RemoteSigned, Unrestricted, or Bypass – Citrix Docs
• Starting Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16 after cloning the DDC the STA ID will be re-generated if the MAC address changes – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Hotfix ServerVDACoreWX64_7_16_001 – For VDA Core Services 7.16 for Windows Server OS (64-bit) – When a computer policy refresh occurs, random user sessions might disconnect – Citrix KB article

HDX

• Citrix EDT resulted in about 15% more bandwidth consumption on average compared to TCP – Citrix Blog Post
• Some technical details on the Browser Content Redirection feature introduced in Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16 – Citrix Blog Post

WEM/Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Advanced Guidance–Part 2: User Interaction – agent launch, agent actions, agent UI, printing – James Kindon
• FTA with SetUserFTA and WEM – James Kindon
• XenApp Optimization, new in Citrix Profile Management 7.16 – uses Microsoft UE-V templates – CTA George Spiers

StoreFront

• How To Add a Server Identifier to the Citrix StoreFront Page Footer – should work for both Receiver for Web and Receiver for Windows 4.4 and above – Citrix Blog Post
• Add a EULA Checkbox to Citrix StoreFront logon page – CTP Sam Jacobs and Rich Minichiello
• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6.1 for HTML5 – custom cursors on Microsoft Edge browser

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.10.1 for Windows – context menu fix, high DPI disabled by default
• Citrix Receiver Auto Updates – HDX RTME for Skype for Windows is included in Citrix Receiver updates – Citrix Docs
• Receiver for iOS in mid-January requires reconfiguration of any client certificates and RSA tokens due to being signed with Zenprise certificate – Citrix KB article

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service released December 28, 2017  – export Network Functions reports, exclude default certificates from SSL Dashboard, SSL Insight – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• “nsconmsg -d current -g pol_hits” doesn’t apply to Advanced Policies – Try “nsconmsg -d current -g pcb_hits” or “nsconmsg -d current -g _hits” – Citrix Discussions
• How to Configure NetScaler Gateway Authorization Policies for RDP Proxy – REQ.HTTP.URL CONTAINS 10.107.202.67″ ALLOW (TCP rule doesn’t work) – Citrix KB article

XenMobile

• The End of Life (EOL) lifecycle date for Citrix QuickEdit for XenMobile is September 1, 2018 – Citrix Docs
• The End of Life (EOL) lifecycle date for XenMobile Secure Notes is September 1, 2018 – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.4.0 Standard
• What’s New in VMware Horizon 7.4 & Horizon Client 4.7 – VMware Blog Post
• Download VMware Horizon Clients 4.7
• Download VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.5.1
• Download VMware User Environment Manager 9.3.0
• VMware Horizon Unified Access Gateway Endpoint Compliance Checks – video describing the feature and how to enable it

Other

• Several new Citrix monitoring features in eG 6.3 – Citrix Cloud, EDT protocol, GPO processing time, Outlook addin slowness, Linux VDAs, 7.16 support, connection quality