Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• What’s new in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 1903 – Citrix Docs
• Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1903, All Editions

Citrix Director / Monitoring

• Citrix Session Recording 1903 enhancements – log web browsing activities – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• New Profile container feature in Citrix Profile Management 1903 – Map specified folders to the profile disk that is stored on the network – Citrix Docs

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix StoreFront 1903

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning 1903

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1903 for Windows
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1903 for Mac
• Download Citrix Workspace app 1903 for Linux
• How to clean up per-user install of Workspace app after per-machine installation – lots of registry keys – Citrix Knowledgebase article

Citrix ADC

• Citrix ADC Network Visualizer in 12.1 51.16 – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch) 1903: Technical Deep Dive – YouTube
• VMware Workspace ONE UEM (AirWatch) 1903 Release Notes – VMware Docs
• Identity Manager Migration/Backup Tool – VMware Fling

Microsoft

• Getting started with Windows Virtual Desktop – Microsoft Blog

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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 VDA versions and Login VSI VSImax value – All Citrix Current Release VDA versions show an improvement in scalability compared to the LTSR versions, but from 1808.2 onward the improvement is massive (30%) – Eltjo van Gulik
• Citrix Optimizer 2.1 has been released – tons of small updates/changes/fixes mostly for UI, much better HTML reports – Citrix KB article

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.6000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 6

Citrix ADC

• ADC 12.1.51.16 removes monitor binding in servicegroups during reboot/failover in an HA pair. restore missing bind points from last known saved config (notepad++ is your friend with bookmark search), wait for .17+ build in downloads and then upgrade! – CTP Thorsten Rood on Twitter
• Citrix AppFW Signature version 27.0 for the vulnerabilities identified in February 2019 – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Citrix ADM stylebook with different roles and different configurations on different ADC instances – Citrix Docs

Citrix Endpoint Management

• What’s new in Citrix Secure Mail 19.3.0 – support for recent Exchange cumulative updates; organize feeds; action buttons moved to bottom of screen – Citrix Docs

Microsoft

• FSLogix profile container is free for all RDS CALs and VDA licenses – Microsoft Docs
• New OneDrive per-machine installation option – you can install OneDrive under the “Program Files (x86)” directory, meaning all profiles on the computer will use the same OneDrive.exe binary – Microsoft Docs

Other

• Ad blockers in VDI – VSImax shows a huge 47% improvement when using DNS based ad blocking. Browser based ad blocking is only an 8% improvement – Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1902 for Windows

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM Agent 12.1 Build 50.33 – Agent only
  • Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) Agent Security Update – Citrix KB article

Citrix Endpoint Management

• What’s new in Citrix Endpoint Management 19.3.0 – Citrix Docs

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Smart Scale End of Life extended to May 31, 2019 – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.8.0
  • VMware Horizon 7.8 What’s New Technical Overview – YouTube
  • VMware Unified Access Gateway 3.5 Deep Dive – Azure deployment – YouTube
• Download VMware Tools 10.3.10 – pvscsi and vmxnet3 driver updates are now available through Microsoft’s Windows Update service for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix

• First words from the 2019 Citrix Technology Professionals – CTP Nicolas Ignoto

Citrix VDA

• Microsoft Teams on Citrix XenApp – CTP James Rankin
• Printers part of Citrix Universal Print Server are no longer mapped after Windows 10 is upgraded to Windows 10 19H1 – known issue 8 – Citrix KB article

Citrix HDX

• Remote Display Analyzer 1902 released!

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1902.1 for HTML5

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix ADC Release (Feature Phase) 12.1 Build 51.16
  • What’s New in Build 51.16 of Citrix ADC 12.1 – AlwaysON VPN tunnel before user login; Display reason for high availability sync failure; EDT support on 59xx/89xx; Two factor authentication for ADC management access
• Two Factor Authentication for Citrix ADC Management – carlstalhood.com
• Tool to convert Maxmind GeoIP City database to Citrix ADC (NetScaler) GSLB format – Citrix github
• Citrix Networking Master Class – April 2019 – YouTube
• New Citrix ADC cleanup script that parses configuration file for Unused Objects and outputs a list of “rm” commands to remove the unused objects – cstalhood Github

Citrix Cloud

• New multi-factor authentication MFA option within Citrix Workspace utilizing TOTP – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.5.2 Standard (ESB Release)
• Download VMware User Environment Manager 9.4.1 (ESB)
• Download VMware App Volumes 2.14.3 (ESB)
• The Horizon Helpdesk Utility fling version 1.3.3.1 has been released – Wouter Kursten
• Manage Secure Notes and Tasks using VMware Workspace ONE Notebook – AirWatch Knowledgebase
• Workspace ONE Notebook – Connect to your Exchange account and manage the notes and tasks associated with that account – VMware Docs

Other

• What’s new in NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 7.2 – Support for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1903, and support for VMware Horizon 7.8

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 1902
• In Citrix Layering 1902, to fix Office activation: 1. install the 1902 OS Machine Tools scripts in OS Layer; 2. version Office layer with new OS Layer; 3. rerun Optimizer activation. Details at Citrix Discussions

Citrix Cloud

• What’s new in Citrix Analytics February 19, 2019 – Splunk integration, trigger session recording dynamically on the users’ current Virtual Apps and Desktops sessions, Risky Share Links – Citrix Docs

VMware

• VMware Workspace ONE Intelligence Release Notes 19.02.20
• Download VMware ThinApp 5.2.5 – support for Windows 2019 and Windows 10 1809

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1902 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Script to clean up per-user installs of Citrix Receiver when switching to per-machine installs – Mark DePalma

Citrix ADC

• Citrix ADC Troubleshooting GSLB MEP and Sync Cheat Sheet – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Upcoming changes to on-boarding iOS devices to MDM – users must manually switch to Settings to approve the profile – VMware Blog Post
• VMware Workspace ONE UEM™ Powered by AirWatch 1902 Release Notes
  • Workspace ONE 1902 Release Technical Deep Dive – YouTube
• VMware Workspace ONE Intelligence Release Notes 19.02.13
• VMware Workspace ONE Mobile Flows – 5 minute YouTube video

Microsoft

• Download Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Office 365 ProPlus, Office 2019, and Office 2016 updated 2/14/2019

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Download Cumulative Update 7 for Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR

Citrix VDA

• Citrix Health Assistant updated February 2 – Troubleshoot VDA Registration and Session Launch – Citrix KB article

Citrix App Layering

• Caution! If already using or intended for upgrading to Citrix App Layering 1901 – Make sure to replace the kmssetup.cmd in OS Layer with a previous version of the script after upgrading the Machine Tools! Otherwise your KMS Office Activation will not be triggered at startup! – Jonas Braun via Twitter

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Performance difference between user profiles – These results are not as expected and show a roaming user profile is the best profile type to use – Ryan Ververs-Bijkerk

Citrix Provisioning

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.6.8 for 7.6 LTSR CU7

Citrix StoreFront

• HowTo: Active-Active Multi-Datacenter Citrix FAS – Michael Shuster

Citrix Workspace app

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1901 for Mac

Citrix ADC

• Download Citrix NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.1 Build 61.7
• Citrix Networking Master Class – February 2019 – Cloud Native Networking – YouTube

Other

• Nutanix AHV Plug-In for Citrix 2.2.0.0 released – CTP Alexander Ervik Johnsen

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• How to enable Local Text Echo in Citrix Virtual Apps 1811 – Citrix KB article

Citrix Provisioning

• Citrix Provisioning 1811 documentation updated to indicate support for Windows Server 2019 – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Provisioning: Windows 10 v1803 fails to create pagefile on non-OS volume after installing patch KB4480976 – users are advised to uninstall KB4480976 – Citrix KB article
• New Version 3.2 of vDiskReplicationUtility – Adds ability to limit bandwidth on slower circuits – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix ADC

• TLS Padding Oracle Vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway – fixed in builds released on Jan 23 – Citrix KB article
  • IMPORTANT: This vuln is caused by the underlying TLS hardware, specifically N2\N3 cards. Are VPXs running on 3rd party hypervisors vulnerable (non-SDX)? No. Nor are the appliances using Coleto Creek hardware. Read carefully. – Jake Rutski on Twitter
  • Download new Citrix NetScaler builds for all versions 10.5 and newer
  • Download Citrix ADC Release 12.1 Build 50.31 – replaces Build 50.28
• Citrix ADC Firmware Release Cycle – versions that end in x.1 (e.g 11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1 etc.) get three years of maintenance releases. Versions that end in x.0 only get one year of maintenance releases – Citrix KB article
• Citrix Response to DNS Flag Day – impacts GSLB – Configure SOA and NS records for the zones you are authoritative for; configure ADNS_TCP type service also – Citrix KB article
• Citrix ADC Pooled Capacity Validated Reference Design – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) now supports enlightened data transport (EDT) for displaying analytics for HDX Insight – some metrics are not available for EDT sessions since they require the TCP stack – Citrix Docs
• What’s new in Citrix Application Delivery Management Cloud Service – ADM Agent redundancy in each site; export network reports and infrastructure analytics dashboard; scheduled report exports – Citrix Docs

Citrix Gateway

• Self-service password reset via Citrix ADC – CTP George Spiers

Citrix Endpoint Management

• What’s new in Citrix Secure Mail 19.1.0 – Contacts: view manager, direct reports, peers; Export Meeting Time and Location to your native calendar – Citrix Docs

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Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix VDA

• Download Citrix Connection Quality Indicator (CQI) updated January 15
• Analyzing system crashes on non-persistent machines – Dennis Span

Citrix MCS

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Image Management – Tech Zone at Citrix Docs

Citrix App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 1901

Citrix StoreFront

• Download Citrix Workspace app 1901 for HTML5

Citrix Workspace app

• Citrix Workspace App Reference Architecture – Tech Zone at Citrix Docs

Citrix ADM

• Download Citrix ADM (aka MAS) Release 12.1 Build 50.30 – replaces build 50.28

VMware

• Download VMware View Planner 4.0.0 released Jan 17 – virtual desktop benchmarking

Microsoft

• Download Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Office 365 ProPlus, Office 2019, and Office 2016 updated Jan 18

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

Interesting EUC items from last week:

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

• Citrix LTSR Assistant updated January 7 – Added support for the browser content redirection feature on 7.15 LTSR – Citrix KB article

Citrix VDA

• Fresh install of Citrix VDA 1811 without MCS or PVS does not install Browser Content Redirection (BCR) – install BCR_x64.msi manually – Citrix Discussions

Citrix HDX

• Currently Citrix Browser Content Redirection (BCR) is not able to use Integrated Windows Authentication or display the pop-up Windows Security box – users see blank page – Citrix is aware of this limitation and targeting a fix – Citrix KB article

Citrix WEM and Profile Management

• Citrix Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Quick start guide – Citrix Docs

Citrix ADC

• Security best practices for Citrix ADC MPX, VPX, and SDX – Citrix Docs
• Get notified of Citrix ADC App Firewall signature updates – Add Product > Application Firewall > Signatures
• Learn how to use Citrix ADC in two tier microservices architecture – Kubernetes Ingress Controller – Citrix Github

Citrix Endpoint Management

• Download Citrix XenMobile Server 10.9.0 Rolling Patch 2 – Citrix KB article
• What’s new in Citrix Endpoint Management 10.19.1 – Connection scheduling policy no longer allows continuous connections (use FCM instead)

Citrix Cloud

• Citrix Cloud Success Center – lots of documentation and videos on prerequisites, build guides, validation guides, end user guides, monitoring, and management
• Citrix Cloud Virtual Apps and Desktops Service Reference Architecture and Deployment Methods – Citrix Tech Zone
• Deploy Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service on AWS with New Quick Start – also creates Catalog, Delivery Group, and published app in Citrix Cloud – AWS CloudFormation Quick Start

VMware

• VMware Workspace ONE Intelligence Release Notes 19.01.09 – Mobile App Analytics

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