Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Download Citrix Optimizer v2.6.0.118 – Windows 10 1903 template

Citrix HDX

• Citrix LTSR Browser Content Redirection 15.15 (ADMX Files) – Latest Version (November 2019) – increases max of URLs from 20 to 100

Citrix Gateway

• Citrix Gateway customers can now use micro VPN with Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• End User Computing Announcements at VMworld 2019 Europe – VMware Blog Post
• Driving Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Innovation with VMware Horizon at VMworld 2019 Europe – Gabe Knuth at VMware Blogs
• Download VMware Horizon Client for macOS 5.2.1 Release Date 2019-10-31 – support for macOS Catalina (10.15)

Microsoft

• FSLogix Container (Office/Profile) in Citrix Environments – Manuel Winkel at Deyda.net
• Windows Virtual Desktop announcements & news from Ignite 2019! – Freek Berson at LinkedIn
• Microsoft Ignite 2019 Book of News – 87-page PDF

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix HDX

• Citrix Connection Quality Indicator 19.9.0.33 updated Oct 25, 2019 – Reduced the tool’s CPU usage – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix Workspace app

• Google Chrome no longer displays “always open these types of links in the associated app” checkbox – affects Workspace app – sjaak at t-e.cc

Citrix Cloud

• Invoke-AutoscaleMachineCreation.ps1 – monitor load across a Citrix Cloud MCS Delivery Group and create\delete machines when crossing the configured watermarks – Github
• Export Citrix Analytics data analyzed for risky events into a Microsoft Azure Sentinel environment – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Workspace ONE UEM 1910 Whats New – 8 minute YouTube video
• Download VMware Horizon 7.5.3 (ESB Maintenance Release)

Other

• Scoutbees by ControlUp is a managed service to monitor the availability of your Citrix Virtual Apps\Virtual Desktops, Citrix Cloud, VMware Horizon or VMware Horizon Cloud published resources and notify you in advance about any issue
• Install Palo Alto Traps for VDI for non-persistent RDSH – Palo Alto documentation

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.15 LTSR / XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR, Cumulative Update 5 – All Editions

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Cloud Service has support for exporting and importing configuration sets – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM 13.0 Build 41.28 – replaces build 41.22

VMware

• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.7U3a
• App Volumes 4.0 Beta Guide with Exercises – VMware Communities

Microsoft

• Security baseline for Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, version 78 – Microsoft Tech Community

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix App Layering

• Citrix App Layering performance and scalability enhancements – new Compositing Engine – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix Profile Management File and Directory Exclusions are not honored for directories that are Mirrored – Citrix is aware of this issue and will resolve it in an upcoming version of the product – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Designing Citrix Profile Management and FSLogix with Active-Active Resource Locations – CTP James Kindon

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1910.2 for Mac
• Customers using Citrix Workspace app for Mac 1910 and 1910.1 must upgrade to Citrix Workspace app for Mac 1910.2 manually to receive future updates through Auto Update – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADC

• Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in the Management Interface of Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 54.16 – replaces 54.13
• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 41.28 – replaces 41.20

Citrix ADM

• What’s new in Citrix ADM Cloud Service October 17, 2019 – new indicators in Infrastructure Analytics, Manage Kubernetes Ingress configurations – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware Horizon Blast Extreme and Remote Experience in Horizon 7.10 – VMware Blog Post
• Download VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.7.0 – compatibility with version 8.0 of vRealize Operations Manager, and compatibility with Horizon 7.10 (7.7 and newer)

Microsoft

• Secure Local Drive Access On Your EUC Endpoints – CTP Dave Brett
• Secure PowerShell In Your EUC Environment – CTP Dave Brett
• Top 5 tips for efficiently deploying and configuring OneDrive – Microsoft Tech Community

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix License Server 11.16.3 does not support XenApp 6.5 or earlier – Citrix is aware of this issue and is currently researching a solution

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 1910 – new offload compositing process (currently Hyper-V only) for faster image creation and more feature compatibility

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Updated the WEM Hydration Kit to now include Office 2016 ProPlus and Professional Plus as well as some FSLogix goodies – CTP James Kindon

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1910 for Mac
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1910 for Linux

Citrix ADM

• CVE-2019-TBD – Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) Console Security Update – addressed in version 12.1 build 54.13 and later, and version 13.0 build 41.20 and later

VMware

• Creating an Optimized Windows Image for a VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop – updated for 1909, removed mandatory profile – VMware Tech Zone

Microsoft

• Windows Server 2019 adds support for Office 365 ProPlus – Microsoft Blog
• Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Office 365 ProPlus, Office 2019, and Office 2016 updated Oct 10
• FSLogix AppMasking The Windows Start Menu – CTP James Kindon

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Citrix License Server for Windows – vulnerabilities have been addressed in Citrix License Server for Windows version 11.16.3 build 28000 and newer – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix VDA

• No Audio on Google Chrome version 77.x inside ICA session – Citrix Knowledgebase article
• Windows Server 2019, Citrix VDA and the Broken, Not-so-Fast Reconnect – CUGC

Citrix Workspace app

• If Citrix Receiver/StoreFront’s external beacon is citrix.com (not ping.citrix.com), “With immediate effect, all requests to citrix.com will be blocked.” – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix ADC

• Best practices for Citrix ADC network configurations – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 12.1 Build 54.13

Citrix ADM

• Intelligent Application Analytics – 5 minute YouTube video

VMware

• Download VMware OS Optimization Tool version b1110 released September 21, 2019 – Windows 10 1809+ support – OSOT removes calculator
• Download VMware App Volumes 2.17.1
• VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.7: What’s New – YouTube 8-minute video
• Overview of Opswat MetaAccess and how it integrates with VMware Unified Access Gateway – 7 minute YouTube video
• What’s New with the Workspace ONE Secure Productivity Apps – VMware Blog Post
• High availability, enhanced alerting, and more: What’s new in Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure – VMware Blog Post
• Automation of the Recompose/Push Image Process – Script does the following: Software installs based on SCCM and/or Windows updates, shut down the VM, take a snapshot, clean out the old snaps, power it back on all while updating ServiceNow Incident and Change – Chris Hildebrandt

Other

• Zoom application can be used with Citrix or VMWare VDI solutions and can be delivered to a thin client

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1909, All Editions
• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Disaster Recovery Planning – Stretched farms is not a DR design – Citrix Tech Zone
• Citrix Health Check checklist – carlstalhood.com

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 1909

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1909 for Windows

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 41.20 – Bot Management mitigates automated threats and unwanted bot traffic
• Citrix ADC 13.0 Bot Management documentation – Citrix Docs
• Citrix ADC Web App Firewall Signature update version 35 for September 2019 – Rails and WordPress vulnerabilities – Citrix Docs
• Store OTP secret data in an encrypted format – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Release (Feature Phase) 13.0 Build 41.20

Citrix Gateway

• Citrix Gateway AlwaysOn VPN before logon with a user persona – machine tunnel is replaced by user tunnel – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud can now use on-premises Citrix Gateway for end-user authentication into Citrix Workspace – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.10
  • What’s New in Horizon 7.10, Horizon Client 5.2, Dynamic Environment Manager 9.9 and App Volumes 2.18 – VMware Blog Post
• VMware Horizon Cloud Service Release Notes – v2.1 – September 2019 – VMware Docs
• Managing User Experience with VMware Horizon 7 Enterprise Edition – persistent vs non-persistent vs semi-persistent, application integration, profiles, provisioning options, etc. – 44-page guide on VMware Tech Zone
• VMware Horizon 7 Deployment Guide for Healthcare – VMware Tech Zone
• Download VMware Tools 11.0.0

Microsoft

• FSLogix: Capacity decrease of at least 27%. Also degradation in responsiveness, resulting in a slower user experience – G0-EUC

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Applications are open for the Citrix CTP and CTA classes of 2020! – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Path changes in Citrix WEM 1909 (on-prem) Agent require modification of Start-Up Scripts – CTP James Kindon

Citrix ADC

• Citrix Networking Master Class – September 2019 – 1 hour 45 minutes video on YouTube

Citrix Gateway

• How to publish a RemoteApp through Citrix Gateway RDP Proxy – Citrix Discussions

VMware

• Download VMware ThinApp 5.2.6 – Support for Windows 10 1903, security updates

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix supported hypervisors – Added support for vSphere 6.7 Update 3

Citrix StoreFront

• How to land on the categories view in StoreFront 1811+ – Citrix Blog Post
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1909 for HTML5 – support for DPI scaling

Citrix ADM

• ADC Application migration using Citrix ADM StyleBooks – YouTube
• Kubernetes Service Graph in Citrix ADM Cloud Service – Citrix Docs

Citrix Endpoint Management

• Download Citrix XenMobile Server 10.11.0.10 – Released 4-Sep-2019

Citrix Cloud

• Connect Okta as an identity provider to Citrix Cloud – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware ESXi 6.7 U3 is now supported by Horizon 7.8 – VMware Interoperability Matrix
• VMware Cloud Foundation 3.8.1 supports Horizon 7.9 and vSphere 6.7 Update 3 – VMware Docs

Microsoft

• FSLogix Profile Compacting Tool – David Ott
• FSLogix Application Masking – Advanced Hiding of Project and Visio – CTP Jim Moyle at YouTube
• OneDrive sync client now supports Windows Server 2019 with Files On-Demand – Microsoft Blog

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Citrix XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR Cumulative Update 8 – All Editions

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 1908 – Windows 10 version 1903 is now supported; user layer repair

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix WEM Cloud Service documentation has some info on upcoming Profile Management 1909 features – Citrix Docs
• Some considerations around @fslogix containers and high availability with Azure Files, Cloud Cache and more – CTP James Kindon

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.8000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 8
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1908 for Linux
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1909 Technology Preview for macOS – Support for macOS Catalina 10.15

Citrix ADC

• Citrix Web App Firewall Signature version 34 applicable for NetScaler VPX 11.1, NetScaler 12.0, Citrix ADC 12.1, and Citrix ADC 13.0 platform – more WordPress rules
• How To Choose Right Proxy Architecture For Micro-Services Based Application Delivery – YouTube

VMware

• Horizon announcements at VMworld 2019 – VMware Blog Post
• Workspace ONE VMworld 2019 Announcements – VMware Blog Post
• Project Pacific – Technical Overview – Kubernetes control of vSphere
• VMware Workspace ONE Hub Services Release Notification – August 2019 – VMware Docs

Other

• NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software Release 9.1 – security updates; support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops version 7 1906

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