EUC Weekly Digest – May 7, 2016

 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