EUC Weekly Digest – March 30, 2024

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 2403

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Cloud Service New Features – JSON files action for Windows 11 Start Menu layout customization; Profile Management User Store Creation Tool – Citrix Docs
• Citrix WEM Tool Hub updated in Citrix Cloud

Citrix Workspace app

• Push Citrix Workspace app for Android settings through UEM – Citrix Docs

NetScaler ADC

• NetScaler encrypted DNS over TLS – 30-minute video; new DOT protocol on Port 853 – NetScaler Community Event
• NetScaler advanced analytics on Splunk – gain insights into past events and also forecast future trends and potential outcomes – NetScaler Docs

Citrix XenServer

• XenServer 8 is now supported for production use!
• Upgrade to XenServer 8 only from hosts currently running Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 – XenServer Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix DaaS What’s New – enrollment tool using tokens to register VDAs using TLS port 443 (instead of 80) to Manual machine catalogs; edit Catalog to change subnet of new machines – Citrix Docs
• Custom Citrix Cloud workspace URLs are now supported with the Device Posture service – Citrix Docs
• Single Page Application (SPA) that shows how to interact with the Citrix Unified Workspace APIs to build a functional web portal – Github
• Citrix DaaS and Terraform – Automatic Deployment of a Resource Location on Amazon EC2 – Citrix Tech Zone

VMware Horizon

• Horizon Agent 2312 provides CPU usage improvements by regulating boosted frames to achieve increased scalability – VMware Docs
• After applying February patch KB5034763 on non-persistent VDIs, the Microsoft Store apps, such as Office 365, Power BI, and Teams stopped working – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Horizon Drag and Drop Feature does not function if RDSH Group Policy “Do not allow drive redirection” is enabled – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Horizon DEM: The Microsoft Windows Updates for February and March 2024 break the roaming of a user’s default browser and .pdf file type association – Currently, there is no resolution – VMware Knowledgebase article
• Download VMware Horizon App Volumes 4, version 2312.2 – vSAN Replication Fix
• Horizon Cloud next-gen new features March 28, 2024 – Service Release 2403 – direct connections (bypass UAG); vCenter image replication; Horizon 8 image tag pool update – VMware Docs

Microsoft

• Now, Teams is included with both new and existing installations of Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows. – Not supported on VDI. Use group policy to block it – Microsoft Docs
• What’s new in the AVD Remote Desktop WebRTC Redirector Service – Microsoft Docs

Other

• NVIDIA® License System release 3.3.0 – Support for in-place upgrade from DLS User Interface; PostgreSQL and Ubuntu security updates – NVIDIA Docs
• NVIDIA GPU Manager for VMware vCenter 1.4 – addresses vulnerabilities CVE-2023-6931, CVE-2023-6932, CVE-2023-51781, and CVE-2024-0646 – NVIDIA Docs

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