Category: EUC Weekly Digest

Here are some EUC items I found interesting last week. For more immediate updates, follow me at http://twitter.com/cstalhood.

 

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.15 LTSR / XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR, Cumulative Update 1 (7.15.1000)
  • Fixed issues in XenApp and XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) – Citrix Docs
  • Citrix LTSR Assistant v1.6.0.97 updated with support for XenApp and XenDesktop Long Term Service Release (LTSR) 7.15 CU1 – Citrix KB article
• Rasmus Raun-Nielsen performs some CPU analysis of XenDesktop 7.16 Browser Content Redirection, including client-side GPU – LinkedIn
• Citrix In-session Watermark Technical Preview – Citrix Blog Post

 VDA

• Download Citrix Optimizer v1.1.0.32 – Citrix KB article
• VDA optimization is by default included on VDA upgrades – can’t uncheck the optimization option – Maximum Event Log size will reduce to 1.028MB – Citrix KB article

App Layering

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.7 – Windows 10 1703 support

WEM/Profile Management

• Download Citrix Workspace Environment Management 4.5 – App Security (AppLocker), SDK PowerShell modules, SQL AlwaysOn support, user-centric Process optimization history
• On Windows 10 1709, Citrix Profile Management 7.16 resolves !CTX_OSNAME! to Win10RS2 instead of Win10RS3

 Receiver

• New Citrix Receiver virtual channel to help with AppFlow processing – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix Receiver 13.8 for Linux

 NetScaler Gateway

• Newer NetScaler 12.x builds in Q4 2017 will have DTLS = On by default – 11.1.55.10 or 12.0.53.6 builds contain some important DTLS fixes – Citrix KB article

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service December 07, 2017 – stylebook dependency viewer, YAML editor – Citrix Docs

 NetScaler SD-WAN

• NetScaler Master Class December 2017 – SD-WAN – YouTube

 XenMobile

• Download XenMobile Server 10.7 Rolling Patch 2 – Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL – Citrix KB article
• Order of XenMobile timeouts – Forced Time Out (NetScaler Gateway Session policies) > Background Service Ticket > Session Timeout (NetScaler Gateway OS session policies) > Max Offline Period (MDX app) > Inactivity Timer (Client Properties on XMS) – Citrix KB article

 Citrix Cloud

• Building Citrix Cloud Workspace Solutions in Microsoft Azure – 1.5 hour recorded webinar at CUGC

VMware

• VMware Horizon 7.x/6.x Windows 10 Semi Annual Channel support FAQ – VMware Knowledgebase Article
• Download VMware Identity Manager (Workspace ONE) 3.1

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

• Download Citrix XenApp 7.16 / XenDesktop 7.16, All Editions
  • What’s new in Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop 7.16 – Citrix Docs
  • It seems like Citrix License Server :8083 console will eventually replace :8082 console. New functionality.
• Download Citrix AppDNA 7.16
• XenApp/XenDesktop 7.15 Local Host Cache in Action – YouTube video from Trentent Tye
• Citrix MSI Log Analyzer – analyzes failures during install or upgrade or uninstall of XenApp/XenDesktop – Citrix KB article

VDA

• Windows 10 1709 patch KB4051963 to allow Citrix VDA installation seems to be available now
• Planning to upgrade to XenApp/XenDesktop 7.16? Make sure your NetScalers are updated to at least 11.1 b 55.10! Serious EDT bug – CTP Dane Young on Twitter
• SetUserFTA v1.3 – New Feature: Multiple File Type Associations using a Configuration File – Christoph Kolbicz
• Base Image Script Framework (BIS-F) –Version 6.1.0 build 01.100

Director/Monitoring

• Citrix Monitor Service API 7.16 – XenApp/XenDesktop + OData + Excel/PowerBI – Citrix Developer Documentation
• Download Citrix SCOM Management Bundle for XenApp and XenDesktop (2017_10_27)

WEM/Profile Management

• What’s new in Citrix Profile Management 7.16 – Citrix Docs
• WEM Advanced Guidance – Part 1 – James Kindon and Hal Lange at CUGC

Provisioning Services

• Download Citrix Provisioning Services 7.16
• For XenDesktop Setup Wizard in Citrix PVS 7.9 and above, it does not matter what version of XenDesktop you are using – Carl Fallis at Citrix Discussions

StoreFront

• Download Citrix StoreFront 3.13
• Download Citrix Receiver 2.6 for HTML5 – custom cursors in IE/Edge

Receiver

• If you want Receiver Auto-Update to stay with LTSR (4.9) instead of Current Release (4.10), configure Receiver Auto-Update for LTSR only – Citrix KB article
• Download Citrix Receiver 4.10
• What’s new in Receiver 4.10 – Windows Store Edition, multiple DPI settings, H.265 for NVIDIA GPU, from CLI add store through Gateway, plug-in launch performance improvement, Workspace support – Citrix Docs
• Citrix Receiver 4.10 avoids the DPI cursor scaling issue on Win10 1703 and later – no workaround for Receiver 4.9 (LTSR) – Citrix KB article
• Display DPI scaling configuration with Receiver for Windows 4.10 – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• NetScaler firmware 11.0 is End of Maintenance on 30-May-18 – Product Matrix

XenMobile

• SQL Server connections from an on-premises XenMobile Server 10.7 RP 2 can use the default driver, jTDS, or the Microsoft Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver – Citrix Docs
• What’s new in Citrix XenMobile Cloud Service 10.7.4 – Azure AD, Microsoft Store for Business – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Long File Path (greater than 250 characters) support in ShareFile Sync for Windows 3.16 on Win10 1607 and newer – registry key to enable – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Toolbox v7.3.0 – Build 1130 released November 30, 2017 – export clients

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

• Microsoft SQL Server 2017 support for Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop and Provisioning Services – Citrix KB article
• Citrix “Client Folder Redirection” (CFR) is not “Folder Redirection” – use CtxCFRUI.exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Citrix\ICA Client to configure CFR – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler 11.1 Build 56.15 released Nov 20
  • Fixed in 11.1 build 56 – MAS 12.0 does not process AppFlow records sent from NetScaler 11.1 appliances running build versions lesser than or equal to 55.x.
  • The NetScaler MPX 5900 and NetScaler MPX 8900 platforms are now supported in 11.1 build 56

XenMobile

• Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL devices are now supported with XenMobile Apps version 10.7.15 or later – Citrix KB article
• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for iOS & Android 10.7.15 public apps released 22 November

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.3.2
• VMware strongly recommends that customers running VMware Horizon 7.3.1 and using Instant Clones upgrade to VMware Horizon 7.3.2 – VMware Communities
• Workaround for Windows 10 1709 and VMware Horizon Composer – VMware Communities
• Great blog on Optimizing Horizon Blast for high-end 3D graphics with NVIDIA graphics cards – Werner Rüegg

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.

 

VDA

• When Citrix Desktop OS VDA is upgraded to Windows 10 v1709, Windows will roll back – This issue is fixed with the Windows 10 update released by Microsoft on 14th November 2017 – Citrix KB article
• Citrix will support XenDesktop 7.15 on Windows 10 1709 after two upcoming Microsoft patches – Comments

WEM/Profile Management

• New post on Citrix WEM Client Side tools for troubleshooting and more – James Kindon

Receiver

• Download Citrix Receiver 4.9.1000 for Windows, LTSR Cumulative Update 1

NetScaler

• Getting started with NetScaler nFactor Authentication framework – Citrix Jake Rutski

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in NetScaler MA Cloud Service Nov 17 – StyleBook for NetScaler as SAML iDP for Google Apps, MA Agent proxy support, app peak usage – Citrix Docs

NetScaler Gateway

• No NetScaler Gateway EPA OPSWAT for Mac 10.13 until Q2 2018? – Citrix KB article

Other

• Data comparison of NVIDIA GRID Tesla P4 and P40 – six P4 is better value than three P40 – Jan Hendrik Meier
• Nutanix AHV Plug-in For Citrix Director Release 1.0.1.0 – TLS 1.2 support

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

• Download Citrix LTSR Assistant v1.5.0.55 (November 10) – updated XenServer LTSR version to 7.1.1, non-default ports for Delivery Controller

VDA

• Optimizers: VMware VS Citrix! Why not both? – LoginVSI VSIMax comparison – Chris Twiest
• SetDefaultBrowser v1.0 – lets you configure the Default Browser per User on Server 2016 and Windows 10 (1607) – Christoph Kolbicz

HDX

• Citrix Browser Content Redirection for HTML5 video – upcoming feature? IE only? – Citrix Blog Post

XenMobile

• What’s new in XenMobile Cloud Service 10.7.3 – MSI deployment to Win10, ADMX import for Win10 – Citrix Docs

ShareFile

• Download ShareFile Drive Mapper 3.9.105.0 released Nov 8, 2017
• Download ShareFile User Management Tool 1.9 for Policy Based Administration

Citrix Cloud

• What’s New in XenApp Essentials Cloud Service – Nov 2017 – lots of new features (e.g. new Workspace UI) – Citrix Blog Post

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon Toolbox 7.3-20171030 dated 2017 Oct 30 – bug fixes
• Manage Microsoft Outlook search indexing with VMware App Volumes Writable Volumes – video showing how to edit snapvol.cfg and scripts

Microsoft

• How to Install and configure Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard multi-subnet BAGs for Citrix XenDesktop and XenMobile – Patrick van den Born

Other

• NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software 5.1 (November 2017) – Support for the Tesla P100 12GB GPU

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.

 

VDA

• Citrix has decided to provide limited time support for PvD deployments for Windows 7 desktops (not Win10) via XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR (not 7.6) Cumulative Updates (CUs) until Jan 14, 2020 – Citrix KB article

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Download Citrix App Layering 4.6 – Hyper-V connector, Office 365 Layer, Portable Layers

StoreFront

• Download Citrix Receiver 2.5.2 for HTML5 released November 1

NetScaler

• NetScaler Master Class November 2017 – YouTube

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in NetScaler Management and Analytics (MAS) Cloud Service October 27 – several new Configuration Job, Audit Template, and Stylebook features – Citrix Docs

XenMobile

• Download Updated XenMobile MDX files for iOS & Android 10.7.10 public apps Released 2 November 2017
• Script to update XenMobile MDX files – Arnaud Pain
• Print XenMobile Secure Mail emails, calendar events, or inline images on iOS – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Download VMware App Volumes 2.13.1 – LDAPS fix

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.

 

Citrix

• Citrix Discussions was upgraded

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Info on upcoming VDA OS deprecation in 7.16 – 7.15 VDA will work with 7.16 Controllers – Citrix Blog Post

VDA

• Citrix Optimizer 1.0.0.19 – adds Windows 10 1709 template – Citrix KB article
• SetUserFTA v1.1 – adds group membership checking! Set User File Type Associations on Windows 10 and 2016 – Christoph Kolbicz

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Hyper-V connector configuration for Citrix App Layering – upcoming feature? – Citrix Docs

StoreFront

• Citrix Receiver for Chrome and HTML5 – Configuration Utility – Citrix KB article

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Release 10.5 Build 67.10

NetScaler Gateway

• Javascript workaround for idle timeout not working in NetScaler RfWebUI theme – CTP Simon Gottschlag

XenMobile

• Download XenMobile Server 10.7.0 Rolling Patch 1 – security action commands to iOS 11 are repeated – Citrix KB article
• Citrix XenMobile Master Class – October 2017 – YouTube
• XenMobile Apps are not supported on Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL devices until XenMobile 10.7.15 – encryption error – Citrix KB article

VMware

• Download VMware vCenter Server 6.5 U1b
• Workspace ONE 9.2 Unified Console Deep Dive – YouTube

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.

 

Citrix

• CUGC User Share XL Security – 6 recorded webinars from 5 CTPs, one CTA, and Citrix

VDA

• Download Citrix Optimizer – Beta (v1.0.0.16) – Updated Date: Oct 21, 2017 – Citrix KB article
• Connectivity, auth errors after successfully launching published Desktop caused by MS Oct patchday! Remove KB4041693 – Citrix KB article
• Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (v1709) – Citrix Known Issues – VDA fails to install; upgrade rolls back – Citrix KB article
• When you update VDI to Windows 10 fall creators update (1709), review default apps – Daniel Feller
• ESET preventing updates to Citrix master images? – Citrix Discussions

HDX

• Citrix RTME 2.3 crash with High Sierra (10.13) release of Mac OS X – Citrix Discussions
• Download RealTime Optimization Pack (Skype) Capability Checker updated 18 Oct 2017 – checks Hardware Acceleration for H.264 Video and UVC 1.1 or UVC 1.5 – Citrix KB article

WEM/Profile Management

• To roam FTAs, export/import only HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Applications instead of entire usrclass.dat – Christoph Kolbicz

NetScaler

• New NetScaler exam: Citrix NetScaler Advanced Topics – Security, Management, and Optimization – AppFW, MAS, Caching, FEO

VMware

• Download Horizon Toolbox 7.3 – adds support for Horizon 7.3.1
• Download VMware App Volumes 2.13.0 – you can limit of concurrent attachments
• New VMware Fling: Desktop Watermark
• Download VMware Identity Manager 2.9.2.1 released 2017-10-19

Microsoft

• Download Group Policy Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1709)

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.

 

VDA

• Download Citrix VDA Health Assistant v1.4.0.36 Updated Oct 12, 2017 – Added time zone redirection configuration check
• Private fix for VDA 7.15 re-registering – Citrix Discussions

MCS

• Private fix for XenDesktop MCS on vSAN – Citrix Discussions

Provisioning Services

• How to update VMware Tools in Citrix PVS vDisk without reverse imaging – Aaron Silber
• Automate VHD Offline Defrag for Citrix Provisioning Server – Dennis Span

NetScaler

• Citrix CSS customers should have free access to introductory NetScaler training at Citrix eLearning
• NetScaler VPX Express is available for download and licensing again
• Flowchart for upgrading a NetScaler HA Pair – Citrix Docs
• Download NetScaler Release (Maintenance Phase) 11.0 Build 71.18

XenMobile

• Download XenMobile MDX files for iOS & Android 10.7.5 public apps
• XenMobile Apps 10.7.5 can join Skype for Business online meetings – Citrix Docs
• What’s new in Citrix XenMobile Cloud Service 10.7.2 – Citrix Docs
• Need some XenMobile PowerShell Scripts? – Arnaud Pain

Citrix Cloud

• How to config CitrixCloud XenApp and XenDesktop Service using Azure Managed Disks and CitrixOptimizer – Christiaan Brinkhoff
• For multi-Catalog Delivery Group, Citrix Smart Scale October 10, 2017 balances the number of machines powered on across all associated Machine Catalogs instead of single Catalog – Citrix Docs

VMware

• Connect Horizon Cloud to your Microsoft Azure subscription to deliver virtual RDS-enabled Windows servers and remote applications – VMware Docs
• uemtemplates.com is live!! Search for VMware UEM templates from the community using one simple interface.
• VMware Horizon 7.3+ does not allow users to access HTML if “Allow users to choose display protocol” is not set to yes – VMware Communites
• ThinPrint redirected printer printing issue with VMware Horizon View Client 4.6.0 – works in 4.5 – Terence Luk

Microsoft

• RDSH printing strategy – detailed post by Gareth Carson at CUGC

Other

• For NVIDIA GPUs based on the Maxwell architecture, limit system memory on the server to less than 1 TB – NVIDIA Knowledgebase Article

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.

 

Citrix

• 2018 Citrix CTP Class Applications Close Oct. 31 – CUGC
• Citrix CTP Program: A Look Behind the Scenes – Citrix Blog Post

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Introducing the XenApp XenDesktop component architecture poster! – Daniel Feller
• Citrix XenDesktop Export\Import script now re-written as a module. Get it on PSGallery or Github – Ryan C Butler

App Layering (Unidesk)

• Citrix App Layering template for Citrix Optimizer – Citrix Discussions

HDX

• A Visio chart with an overview of all Citrix HDX Graphics Encoder configurations and their possible combinations – Citrix Blog Post

WEM/Profile Management

• The “Environmental Settings” within the Citrix WEM Administration Console are per-machine, not per-user – they apply to every non-admin user on the machine – Citrix KB article
• Citrix WEM Hydration Kit at Github – collection of Applications, File System and Registry Actions that can be imported to WEM – James Kindon

Provisioning Services

• PVS XDSW can not provision BDM boot partition on VSAN. Known limitation that CItrix is working on resolving – Citrix Discussions

NetScaler

• NetScaler VPX appliances can be downloaded again
• If NetScaler AAA is SAML iDP, grab username from Office 365 authentication request, and prepopulate username field in RfWebUI – Simon Gottschlag

NetScaler MAS

• What’s new in NetScaler MAS Cloud Service October 6, 2017 – access instance GUI from MAS, SWG support – Citrix Docs
• Overview of the NetScaler MAS Service from Citrix Cloud – George Spiers
• NetScaler Master Class October 2017 – MAS – YouTube

NetScaler Gateway

• NetScaler Gateway EPA: How Do I? – Bunch of links – Citrix KB article

NetScaler SD-WAN

• Download NetScaler SD-WAN Software Release 9.3.1.35
• NetScaler SD-WAN 9.3.1 Release Notes – Citrix Docs

XenMobile

• Publish XenMobile Self-Help Portal via NetScaler AAA two-factor authentication – forms-based SSON – Simon Österberg

VMware

• Download VMware Horizon 7.3.1 Standard
• Download VMware Horizon Client for Windows 4.6.1
• 10 Top Troubleshooting Issues for VMware Horizon – 40-minute recorded session – YouTube
• VMware will not be adding any new features in PCoIP for Horizon.  All new features are going to be developed with Blast Extreme – VMware Communities