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To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the September 2018 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2018 Sep 30:
  • Citrix Session Recording Agent Configuration – added link to Citrix Blog Post Session Recording 1808 Product Update – Log application activities and more!.
  • Citrix MCS Full Clones – added link to CTX129205 How to Update Master Image for Dedicated and Pooled Machine Types using PowerShell SDK Console
  • Citrix Policy User Settings – Citrix PDF Printer now applies to regular Workspace app connections to VDA 1808
• 2018 Sep 28:
  • Citrix Profile Management
    • Folders to Mirror – added info from CTX238525 Google Chrome extensions are getting corrupted when using using UPM
    • Folders to Mirror – added info from CTX232587 Citrix UPM + WEM – Google Chrome does not remember user login data
    • Exclusions – added info from Exclusions for Google Chrome at Citrix Discussions
  • Group Policy – Office – added info on Office 2019
  • Citrix Director Configuration Script – added link to Citrix’s Github\Powershell-Scripts
  • Citrix Files – added link to CTX238202 Upgrading from ShareFile Drive Mapper to Citrix Files for Windows
  • Citrix Gateway EPA Libraries – updated for versions 4.3.204.0 and 4.3.57.0
  • Citrix Browser Content Redirection – added link to CTX238236 Browser Content Redirection: whitelisting websites for Microsoft Teams and GoToMeeting
    • Citrix Browser Content Redirection – added info from Browser content redirection Chrome extension at Citrix Docs
• 2018 Sep 27:
  • VMware Unified Access Gateway – added link to Troubleshooting Blast through UAG at VMware Discussions
  • Citrix Studio App-V Dual Admin – added link to Citrix Blog Post Load Balancing Microsoft App-V Servers with a Citrix Virtual Apps deployment
  • Citrix App Layering OS Prep – added info from CTX238316 After upgrading the OS Machine Tools, kmssetup.cmd runs twice at startup
  • NetScaler nFactor Sample Configurations – added Citrix Blog Post describing nFactor RADIUS with reversed PIN for Duress detection
  • NetScaler ADC SSL Configuration – added link to Netscaler SSL Protocol’s Used (SSLv3, TLS1.0, etc) at Citrix Discussions.
• 2018 Sep 26:
  • Citrix Profile Management Folders to Mirror – added link to CTX238419 UPM 7.15.2000: With Profile Management Enabled, Blank Icons Might Appear In The Start Menu In The Published Desktops
  • Citrix Published Applications Export/Import – added link to Kaspars Vilde at XenDesktop/XenApp 7.X Applications – Exporting / Importing at Citrix Discussions. Also added CTA Ryan Butler’s XDReplicate
  • Citrix App Layering – updated for version 4.14 – User Layers are now fully supported
  • Citrix StoreFront – HTML5 Workspace app – updated with Workspace app for HTML5 1809.1
• 2018 Sep 22:
  • Updated Office 2016 Group Policy Templates for build 4756
  • VMware Identity Manager – updated Deploy/Upgrade for Identity Manager 3.3.0.0
• 2018 Sep 13:
  • Update Citrix Workspace app on VDA to version 1809
  • Citrix Workspace app / Receiver article updated for Workspace app 1809
  • Citrix Workspace app install – added link to CTA Dennis Span Citrix Workspace App unattended installation with PowerShell
• 2018 Sep 11:
  • Citrix Files – updated for version 4.2.70.0 – replaces ShareFile Drive Mapper
  • Citrix StoreFront – HTML5 Workspace app – updated with Workspace app for HTML5 1809
• 2018 Sep 10:
  • VMware UEM Personalization – Download Config Templates from Console Ribbon
  • VMware Horizon Blast GPO Settings – clipboard audit, DSCP marking
• 2018 Sep 8:
  • Citrix Published Desktops – added Maximum Desktop Instances in Site/Farm (CVAD 1808 and newer)
  • Citrix Upgrades – updated article for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) 1808, and new product names.
• 2018 Sep 7:
  • Citrix Provisioning vDisk Stores – added link to Citrix Blog Post PVS Internals #4: vDisk Stores and SMB3
  • Citrix Provisioning – added registry value to enable Async I/O in 1808
  • Updated all Citrix Provisioning articles for Citrix Provisioning 1808, and new product names
  • Citrix Application Usage Limits – added Per-machine limits from CVAD 1808
• 2018 Sep 3:
  • Citrix Receiver Versions – updated for Receiver 4.9.4000 (LTSR)
  • Citrix VDA – Verify Registration – updated VDA Health Assistant to version 1.6

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the March 2018 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2018 Mar 31:
  • Updated Citrix Workspace Environment Management > Install sections for version 4.6
  • In Citrix Workspace Environment Management > Create Actions section, added some info on StoreFront integration
  • Updated Citrix StoreFront > HTML5 Receiver section for version 2.6.5.4022
  • Updated VMware OS Optimization Tool section for version b1097.
• 2018 Mar 22:
  • In Configure VMware User Environment Manager section, added link to Nigel Hickey Leveraging VMware UEM to reduce Microsoft GPO usage
• 2018 Mar 21:
  • In NetScaler Gateway > RfWebUI section, added link to CTP Simon Gottschlag RfWebUI Idle Timeout
  • In NetScaler Gateway > RfWebUI section, added link to CTP Simon Gottschlag Remove “Password 2” from RfWebUI
  • In the Citrix App Layering > Create App Layer section, added OS Layer Switching configuration instructions
• 2018 Mar 20:
  • Updated NetScaler SDX > upgrade instructions for 12.0 build 57
  • In NetScaler SDX > Provision VPX section, added Crypto Units info
  • In Group Policy > Start Menu settings section, added link to James Kindon Windows 10 Start Menu: declutter the default
• 2018 Mar 19:
  • Updated entire VMware Identity Manager post for Identity Manager 3.2 – Admin UI changes
• 2018 Mar 18:
  • Updated StoreFront 3.0 article for StoreFront 3.0.5000
  • Updated XenApp/XenDesktop Upgrade article for XenApp/XenDesktop 7.17, and XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6.5000
  • In the NetScaler Native OTP > Traffic Policy section, added info from Julien Mooren NetScaler – Native OTP is breaking SSL VPN.
  • Add Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent 7.15 > Desktop OS VDA 7.15.1000 Hotfix 4 from CTX232805
• 2018 Mar 15:
  • In Install Citrix Workspace Environment Agent section, added note about AgentServiceUseNonPersistentCompliantHistory might no longer be valid. Source = Tobias and Domino in the comments.
  • In Group Policy > Lockdown settings > Desktop section, added link to Arjan Mensch Enforcing lock screen after idle time Windows Server 2016 RDS Session Host.
  • In VMware Horizon > Update Pool section, added link to VMware 2129528 Virtual Machine changes are not saved in App Volumes
• 2018 Mar 14:
  • In Citrix Profile Management > Exclusions section, added AppData\Local\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore
  • In the VMware User Environment Manager Group Policy section, added info from Anyway to save ‘Date Modified’? at VMware Communities
• 2018 Mar 13:
  • In NetScaler > Replace Management Certificate section, added link to CTP George Spiers How to secure management access to NetScaler and create unique certificates in a highly available setup
  • In Citrix Receiver Registry Values section, added info from Receiver configured with SSON constantly prompting for login when connected to external network
  • Updated ShareFile Drive Mapper section for version 3.11.103.1
  • In the Citrix StoreFront > Icon Aggregation section, added link to CTA Dennis Span Citrix StoreFront Multi-Site Aggregation with PowerShell at CUGC
  • In Firmware Upgrade section, added MAS upgrade method detailed at Creating Maintenance Tasks at Citrix Docs
• 2018 Mar 12:
  • In NetScaler GSLB > Use Geo Locations section, added info from CTX232884 Policies with GSLB Wildcard Location expressions not getting a hit on build 11.1-53.11 and above
  • In Start Menu GPO settings section, added info from Power Button Windows 10 VDI at Citrix Discussions
  • In Citrix Session Recording Agent section, added info from Citrix Docs Log insertion of USB mass storage devices.
  • Citirx Receiver Auto-updates was renamed to Receiver Updates.
  • In NetScaler > VMware Unified Access Gateway > Load Balancing Monitors section, added monitor to check for UAG Quiesce mode. Source = Rebooting UAGs at VMware Discussions
• 2018 Mar 11:
  • Updated Office Group Policy Templates for build 4654
  • In Citrix Profile Management > Exclusions section, added link to Office ProPlus licensing token roaming
  • In Citrix Profile Management > Exclusions section, added link to Olav Lillebo Recreate Inetcache to fix Errors when starting published Microsoft Office applications
  • In NetScaler > RDP Proxy Profile section, added RDP Cookie info from CTX233207 RDP Session Fail to Reconnect after NetScaler HA failover, Error “This computer can’t connect to the remote computer.”
  • In the NetScaler Gateway > View ICA Connections section, added info from CTX232581 How to View Active Users Sessions Connected to Specific NetScaler Gateway vServers.
• 2018 Mar 8:
  • In Citrix Delivery Controller > New Install Preparation section, added link to Patrick van den Born How to: Configure Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop to use Microsoft SQL multi-subnet (Basic) Availability Groups
  • Updated Citrix HTML5 Receiver section for version 2.6.4.4010
  • In the Citrix Receiver > Published Desktop section, added GPO Setting from 7.17 vPrefer – not working with 32Bit Apps at Citrix Discussions
  • In the Citrix Receiver > Published Desktop section, added link to Citrix Blog Post VPrefer: Session Sharing Between a Published Desktop and a Published Application Made Easy
  • In the App-V section, updated the hotfix link to March 2018 servicing release for Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack.
  • In VMware Horizon > Install Horizon Agent section, added link to Terence Luk Add features to an existing VMware Horizon View 7.x Agent install.
• 2018 Mar 7:
  • In the VMware Horizon > Create Pool section, added link to Adam Gleeson’s limitations of VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop Session Collaboration
• 2018 Mar 4:
  • Updated VMware Unified Access Gateway > Import OVF section for UAG 3.2.1
  • Updated Citrix Receiver > Install section for Receiver 4.9.2000 (LTSR)
  • In Install VMware Horizon Agent section, added link to VMware 51518 Production Support for VMware Horizon 7.4, 7.3.2, and 7.2 with Win 10 1709 Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) Guest OS
  • In the NetScaler MAS > Authentication section, updated the Add Group instructions for 12.0 build 57.
  • In the NetScaler MAS > Licensing section, updated the screenshots for 12.0 build 57.
• 2018 Mar 3:
  • In NetScaler 12 > Upgrade Firmware section, upgraded screenshots for 12.0 build 57.
  • in NetScaler MAS > Upgrade MAS section, updated screenshots for 12.0 build 57
  • In NetScaler MAS > Import Appliance section, updated screenshots for 12.0 build 57 and vSphere HTML5 UI client.
• 2018 Mar 2:
  • Updated Citrix Group Policy Management Plug-in section for XenDesktop 7.17
  • In Citrix Bidirectional Content Redirection section, added new blacklist feature in XenDesktop 7.17.
  • In Citrix Group Policy > Security Settings section, added Watermark info

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the February 2018 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2018 Feb 28:
  • Rewrote the Citrix Receiver > Published Desktop section for the new vPrefer feature
  • Updated Citrix Receiver Install section for Receiver 4.11
  • Updated Citrix Profile Management > ADMX section for version 7.17
  • Updated entire Citrix Session Recording article for version 7.17
  • Updated Citrix Provisioning Services > Versions section, and Install sections with PVS 7.17
• 2018 Feb 26:
  • New article Citrix Delivery Controller 7.17 and Licensing
  • New article Citrix Director 7.17
  • New article Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) 7.17
  • Updated Citrix StoreFront > Versions and Install sections for version 3.14
  • Updated Citrix Federated Authentication > Versions and Install sections for version 7.17
• 2018 Feb 17:
  • In NetScaler Load Balancing > RADIUS Monitor section, added Microsoft Network Policy Server Ping User-Name. (Source = Stefano Losego in the comments)
  • In the Verify Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent Registration section, added link to The Most Common VDA Registration Issues & Troubleshooting Steps at Citrix Blogs
• 2018 Feb 16:
  • Updated ShareFile Drive Mapper section for version 3.11
• 2018 Feb 15:
  • Updated Citrix App Layering > Upgrade section, Import Appliance section, and PVS Agent section for Layering 4.9
  • Updated HTML5 Receiver section for version 2.6.3.4008
• 2018 Feb 9:
  • Updated Citrix Provisioning Services Versions section with PVS 7.15.2 (hotfix for LTSR 7.15 Cumulative Update 1)
  • In Group Policy Computer Settings section, added Network setting from CTX232340 Windows 10 PVS target devices experience poor performance
  • In Citrix App Layering > OS Prep section, added registry value from Win 10 Image – CPU Utilization 100% non-stop at Citrix Discussions
• 2018 Feb 8:
  • Updated Citrix Provisioning Services Versions section with PVS 7.6.6 (LTSR Cumulative Update 5)
  • Updated all Delivery Controller 7.6 Upgrade and Install sections for version 7.6.5000 (update 5)
  • Updated Virtual Delivery Agent 7.6 > Install VDA section, for version 7.6.5000 (update 5).
  • In NetScaler TCP Settings section, added info from Citrix CTX232321 Recommended TCP Profile Settings for Full Tunnel VPN/ICAProxy from NetScaler Gateway 11.1 Onwards
  • In Citrix Bidirectional Content Redirection section, added info from CTX232277 Unable to Logoff When Bidirectional Content Redirection is Configured
  • In Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent > Optimize Performance section, added info from CTX232313 Citrix Provisioning Services: Slow Login Performance with Windows 10 VDA Machines
  • In NetScaler Gateway > SSL VPN > Authorization Policies section, added info from CTX232237 NetScaler Unified Gateway Advanced Authorization Policy Support for UDP/ICMP/DNS Traffic
• 2018 Feb 4:
  • In the NetScaler nFactor > Sample Configurations section, added link to Manuel Kolloff NetScaler Gateway: SAML with multiple IDPs using nFactor
  • In the Citrix Profile Management > Exclusions section, added info from Nick Panaccio at IE11 Enterprise Mode and UPM at Citrix Discussions
  • In the Citrix Receiver GPO Settings section, added setting to prevent Self-Service from automatically opening. Source = Receiver 4.9 is Maximized with SSO at Citrix Discussions.
  • In the NetScaler nFactor > Sample Configurations section, added link to CTX231525 nFactor – Modifying Username for Radius Server
• 2018 Feb 3:
  • In the Citrix Director > Data Grooming section, added link to Data granularity and retention at Citrix Docs
  • In the Citrix App Layering > Create App Layer section, updated the App layer recipes link to Citrix Docs
  • In the Citrix Workspace Environment Management Upgrade section, added link to Srinivasan Shanmugam at WEM Agent v4.5 Upgrade Issues at CUGC
  • Updated the VMware Horizon Connection Server > Touch ID section to include Windows Hello and VMware Docs links
  • In the VMware Identity Manager > Load Balancing section, added link to Pascal van de Bor Identity Manager Clustering and Load Balancing with NSX.
  • In the VMware Identity Manager > Connect to Horizon section, added the new Virtual Apps Collection instructions for Identity Manager 3.1 and newer.
• 2018 Feb 1:
  • In NetScaler > SSL Profiles section, add conversion script info from Enabling the Default Profiles at Citrix Docs

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the January 2018 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2018 Jan 31:
  • In the Citrix Workspace Environment Management > Create Actions section, added info from Registry Entries not applied to users at Citrix Discussions
  • In the Group Policy > Runonce.exe section, added info from CTX227295 Black Active Border Around Published Application for Profiles Created Using Runonce.exe /AlternateShellStartup
  • In the Citrix StoreFront > Installation section, added link to Dennis Span Citrix StoreFront unattended installation with PowerShell
  • Added Citrix Desktop OS VDA 7.15.1000 Hotfix 1 from CTX230597
  • In the Citrix Federated Authentication > StoreFront SAML without NetScaler section, added link to CTX232042 Configure StoreFront with OKTA
• 2018 Jan 29:
  • In the Script Citrix Receiver section, added link to the CCMPowershellModule from Github
• 2018 Jan 28:
  • Updated Citrix StoreFront > HTML5 Receiver section for version 2.6.2.4006; added info about printing to PDF in same tab
  • In Group Policy > Computer Settings section, added Set maximum wait time for the network if a user has a roaming user profile or remote home directory = enabled, 0 seconds (Source = MasterXen at “Please wait for User Profile Services” – Logon delay)
  • Added Citrix Published Apps > Host to Client Redirection section, which contains link to James Rankin Using host-to-client redirection in Citrix XenApp
  • In VMware Identity Manager (Workspace ONE) > SQL Database section, adjusted for SQL auth vs Windows auth, and added link to Rob Beekmans at Deploying VMware Workspace One 3.x – database setup, mandatory or changeable parameters?
  • In Citrix StoreFront > Favorites replication section, added tips from Minesh at Subscriptions Replication same site different server group at Citrix Discussions.
  • In Citrix Profile Management > Exclusions section, added workaround from Windows 2016 (and 2012 R2) Start menu blank icons with 7.15 CU1 at Citrix Discussions
  • In the VMware Unified Access Gateway > Load Balancing section, added link to the VMware® NSX for vSphere End-User Computing Design Guide 1.2, which describes NSX load balancing of UAG
  •  In VMware Cloud Pod Architecture > Planning section, added TCP 135 to firewall rules list (source = Ray Heffer VMware Horizon 7.4 Network Ports for Cloud Pod Architecture)
  • In the VMware Horizon and UEM > File Shares section, added note about UEM antivirus exclusions (source = VMware 2113665 Imports and exports in VMware User Environment Manager are slow)
  • In Citrix StoreFront > Customize Appearance section, added link to John Billekens Hide or change “domain\user or username@domain.com” text in Storefront
  • In the Citrix App Layering > Image/Template section, for User Layers, added link to David Wilkinson Citrix Application Layering – User layers.
  • In VMware Horizon > Virtual Desktops > Create Pool section, added link to Aresh Sarkari Automating Desktop Pool creation using PowerCLI – VMware Horizon 7.x
  • In the VMware Unified Access Gateway Load Balancing > Overview > Protocols/Ports section, added link to Aresh Sarkari Persistence Profile – F5 LTM Load Balancing for VMware Unified Access Gateway Appliance.
  • In the VMware Unified Access Gateway > Logs and Troubleshooting section, added tcpdump install instructions, and link to Justin Johnson Troubleshooting Port Connectivity For Horizon’s Unified Access Gateway 3.2 Using Curl And Tcpdump
• 2018 Jan 27:
  • In Office Group Policy section, added registry values to disable the Click-to-Run EULA window
  • In NetScaler VMware Unified Access Gateway Load Balancing > Monitors section, added UAG DDoS changes from UAG breaks after a few days. They break 100% of the time. at VMware Discussions
  • In Citrix StoreFront > Customize Appearance section, added link to George Spiers Insert Client IPs into the StoreFront logon page.
• 2018 Jan 21:
  • Updated VMware Horizon > Toolbox installation section for Horizon Toolbox version 7.4, which supports Horizon 7.4
  • Updated StoreFront > Deploy Receivers section with Receiver for Mac 12.8.1
  • In Citrix Receiver > Skype for Business section, added info from Citrix Derek Thorslund at Location based routing at Citrix Discussions
  • In Install VMware Horizon Agent section, added info from Paul Grevink View Agent, what is installed?
  • In Citrix App Layering > Import OS Layer > vSphere Connector section, added VM Template info from CTX230562 App Layering: Machine time on a published image is wrong at first boot
  • In Citrix Provisioning Services > Target Device Software Installation section, added the two known PVS issues from CTX229052 Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (v1709) – Citrix Known Issues)
  • In VMware Horizon Master Virtual Desktop > Virtual Hardware section, added link to Lieven D’hoore’s desktop VM build checklist at VMware Horizon View – Windows 10 Golden Image Creation
  • In Citrix WEM > Create Conditions section, added James Kindon WEM filter conditions on OU and IP Address at Citrix Discussions saying that the Active Directory Path Match condition requires a * at the end of the path.
  • In NetScaler > nFactor Authentication > Sample Configurations section, added link to CTX231790 NetScaler Unified Gateway for Applications with Different Login Site Requirements Including Step Up Authentication
  • In NetScaler > nFactor Authentication > Sample Configurations section, added link to CTX229505 nFactor: Process second password before processing first password.
  • In Citrix App Layering page, added link to How to configure App Layering 4.8 in Microsoft Azure by Christiaan Brinkhoff.
• 2018 Jan 14:
  • In Citrix WEM > Create Conditions section, highlighted the User SBC Resource Type condition. Source = Condition to prevent AutoStart in Published App.
  • In Citrix PVS > Defrag vDisk section, added note that ELM App Layering doesn’t need defrag. Source = Gunther Anderson at Performance considarations? at Citrix Discussions
  • In Citrix PVS > Launch the Console section, added link to CTX231194 PVS Console Errors: “Critical Error: Server communication timeout”
  • In Citrix Receiver Registry Values section, added registry value to prevent duplicate icons. Source = CTX226454 Duplicate Shortcuts
• 2018 Jan 13:
  • In Citrix WEM > Install WEM Server section, added link to James Kindon Install WEM Server on Windows Server Core
  • in Configure Citrix WEM Agent section, added link to WEM Advanced Guidance–Part 2: User Interaction at CUGC.
  • In NetScaler MAS > Planning section, added link to Citrix’s YouTube video Citrix NetScaler MAS: Application visibility and control in the cloud
  • In Citrix App Layering > Update OS Layer section, added link to CTX226407 App Layering: Windows 10 upgrade may result in new Recovery Volume partition
  • In Change Citrix VDA Port section, added link to CTX229493 VDAs Do Not Register in LHC Mode When Registration Port is Not Set To Default
• 2018 Jan 12:
  • Updated Citrix App Layering > Upgrade section, Import Appliance section, and PVS Agent section for Layering 4.8
• 2018 Jan 10:
  • In Install Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent section, added link to Citrix Blog Post Citrix VDA Commandline Helper Tool
• 2018 Jan 8:
  • Updated VMware Unified Access Gateway > Import OVF section for UAG 3.2
  • In VMware Unified Access Gateway > Admin Interface section, added step to apply certificate to admin interface
  • In the VMware Horizon > RDS Pools > Create Automatic Farm section, added the Session Collaboration checkbox in Farm Settings.
  • In Citrix WEM > Create Actions section, updated link to Arjan Mensch’s WEM Admin powershell module that takes existing shortcuts, GPOs, printers, and drives and imports them to WEM
  • In Citrix Receiver > Skype for Business section, added link to Citrix PDF Delivering Microsoft Skype for Business to XenApp and XenDesktop Users.
• 2018 Jan 7:
  • In Configure VMware UEM section, added configuration of Outlook OST on App Volumes writable volume.
  • Updated VMware Horizon Client Install section for Horizon Client 4.7
  • In VMware Horizon Launch Client section, added Blast settings and Block multiple Horizon Client instances per Windows session GPO setting
  • Updated VMware vROps > Install Horizon Adapter sections for vROps for Horizon 6.5.1 – vROPs appliance is still 6.6.1
  • In the VMware Horizon Create Virtual Desktop Pool section, added the Session Collaboration checkbox in Pool Settings.
• 2018 Jan 6:
  • Updated VMware Horizon > Install Desktop Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.4
  • Updated VMware Horizon > Install RDSH Agent section for Horizon Agent 7.4
  • Updated Install VMware UEM Engine section for UEM 9.3
  • Updated Horizon AMDX Templates section for Horizon 7.4.
  • Updated UEM ADMX Templates section for UEM 9.3.
  • In Horizon URL Content Redirection GPO Settings section, added new Chrome extension setting.
  • Added new Horizon Collaboration GPO Settings section.
  • In VMware Blast GPO Settings section, added H.264 High Color Accuracy setting.
  • Updated VMware UEM install instructions for UEM 9.3
• 2018 Jan 5:
  • Added Citrix VDA 7.16 Hotfix 1 for RDSH VDAs
  • Updated VMware Horizon Connection Server > Install sections for Horizon Connection Server 7.4
  • Updated VMware Horizon Composer > Install section for Horizon Composer 7.4
  • Updated VMware Horizon Security Server > Install section for Horizon Security Server 7.4.
• 2018 Jan 4:
  • For NetScaler Configuration Extractor, Sirius’ Mark Scott added code to browse to open and save files. Added kcdaccounts to extraction.
  • Updated Receiver Install section for Receiver for Windows 4.10.1
  • Updated Citrix StoreFront > Deploy Receivers section with Receiver for Windows 4.10.1
  • In Citrix Delivery Controller > Local Host Cache section, added note about PowerShell Execution Policy.
  • In Citrix Profile Management > Profile Streaming section, added link to George Spiers XenApp Optimization (new in CPM 7.16+)
  • In Citrix Published Applications > Browser Content Redirection section, added link to Citrix Blog Post technical details on Server Side Fetching.
• 2018 Jan 3:
  • New Powershell-based NetScaler Configuration Extractor script
  • In Citrix StoreFront > Customize UI section, added link to CTP Sam Jacobs and Rich Minichiello Adding an EULA Checkbox to StoreFront logon page
  • In Citrix StoreFront > Customize UI section, added link to Citrix Blog Post How To: Add a Server Identifier to the StoreFront Page Footer.
  • In Citrix App Layering > OS Prep section, added step to disable Windows Defender on Win10 1703. Source = mkelly439 at Unable to finalize App Layers with ELM 4.7
  • In Receiver Installation section, added registry value to increase TCP buffers to improve high latency connections. Source = CTX125027 How to Optimize HDX Bandwidth Over High Latency Connections
  • Updated Citrix StoreFront > HTML5 Receiver section for version 2.6.1.4005
  • In the VMware Unified Access Gateway > Admin Interface section, added link to YouTube video Endpoint Compliance Checks: New VMware Horizon Security Feature.
• 2018 Jan 2:
  • In Citrix StoreFront > Customize UI section, added link to Trentent Tye Add a help button to your Storefront UI
  • In Citrix WEM > Create Actions section, added link to James Kindon File Type Association with WEM and SetUserFTA
  • In Citrix VDA > Profiles v4 section, added link to CTX230343 Reset Profile Options Is Greyed Out In Citrix Director
  • In NetScaler Gateway > RDP Proxy > Session Profile section, added link to CTX220499 How to Configure Authorization Policies for RDP Proxy

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the December 2017 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2017 Dec 25:
  • In StoreFront > Default Tabs section, added link to Trentent Tye Default to “Store” view if you have no favourited app’s
  • In XenDesktop Zones section, added link to Citrix Blog Post where Citrix recommends multiple sites/farms instead of zones.
  • In Citrix WEM > Create Actions section, added link to Arjan Mensch’s WEM Admin powershell module to convert Start Menu shortcuts to WEM applications at Citrix Discussions
  • Updated NetScaler MAS > Upgrade section for 12.0 build 56
  • Updated entire StoreFront Load Balancing article for 12.0 build 56. Monitor section has new instructions for 12.0 build 56.
  • Updated entire Domain Controller Load Balancing article for 12.0 build 56. Monitor section has new 12.0 build 56 instructions.
  • Updated entire RADIUS Load Balancing article for 12.0 build 56. Monitor section has new build 12.0 build 56 instructions.
  • Updated entire Director Load Balancing article for 12.0 build 56. Monitor section has new build 12.0 build 56 instructions.
• 2017 Dec 20:
  • Updated Receiver > Skype for Business section for version 2.4 of the HDX RealTime Pack
• 2017 Dec 18:
  • In VMware Identity Manager > Planning section, added link to VMware Identity Manager 3.0 Deep Dive at YouTube
• 2017 Dec 16:
  • Added note to vROps > Horizon Adapter Licensing section about License Groups.
• 2017 Dec 15:
  • In WEM > System Optimization section, added link to CTX230843 WEM CPU exclusions for Skype Optimization Pack
  • In App Layering > Publish Image section, added link to CTX230767 Published image to PVS prompts user to restart computer
  • In VMware Identity Manager > View Pools section, added link to VMware Blog Post Workspace ONE 3.2
  • Updated ShareFile Drive Mapper section for version 3.10
  • In AppDNA > Install Capture sections, added link to Citrix Blog Post Speed Up AppDNA Install Capture by Using a Pre-captured Before Snapshot
  • In StoreFront Tweaks > Customize section, added link to Citrix Blog Post Change Details links to stars
  • In VMware UAG > Import OVF section, added link to DMZ Design and the use of Multiple NICs at VMware Communities
  • Updated Horizon Toolbox installation section for version 7.3-20171130
  • In the Horizon Virtual Desktop > Windows Preparation section, added link to VMware 51663 Windows 10 Guest OS support FAQ.
• 2017 Dec 14:
  • In Director 7.16 > Use Director section, added XenServer 7.3 VDA console access
  • In Provisioning Services > Imaging Wizard > Boot from PVS section, added P2PVS.exe.
  • In FAS > SAML NetScaler Gateway section, added link to Marius Sandbu Setting up Citrix SSO with Windows 10 and Azure AD Join
  • In FAS > Configuration section, added note about Autoenroll enabled on templates
• 2017 Dec 13:
  • Updated Identity Manager > Upgrade and Deployment sections for Identity Management 3.1.
  • In Identity Manager > View Pools section, added new Recommended category feature.
  • Updated StoreFront > Deploy Receivers section with Receiver for Mac 12.8
• 2017 Dec 12:
  • For Browser Content Redirection, ensure Enable third-party browser extension is checked
• 2017 Dec 11:
  • Updated entire XenApp/XenDesktop Upgrades article for 7.15.1000, 7.16, and Receiver 4.10
• 2017 Dec 9:
  • In WEM Create/Upgrade database sections, added link to PowerShell SDK documentation
  • In User Group Policy > File Type Association section, added a couple links for Windows 10/2016
• 2017 Dec 8:
  • In VDA 7.16 > Registry > Login Timeout section, added link to Citrix CTX138404 Application Connection Starts but Disappears after Timeout
  • Updated App Layering > Upgrade section, Import Appliance section, and PVS Agent section for Layering 4.7
  • Updated App Layering > OS Prep section for Layering 4.7 and Win10 1703 support (Remove Store Apps)
  • Updated Workspace Environment Management > Install sections for 4.5
  • Added WEM > Security section for AppLocker configuration
  • New Published Apps > Browser Content Redirection section
• 2017 Dec 7:
  • In NetScaler MAS > System Config section, added instructions to disable SSON to instances
  • Updated Citrix Group Policy Management Plug-in section for XenDesktop 7.16
  • Fixed Published Apps > Custom Desktop Icon section (h/t CTP Sam Jacobs)
• 2017 Dec 6:
  • In Use Director section, added link to Citrix Blog Post Application Analytics in Citrix Director
  • in NetScaler > Dedicated Management Network section, added config for floating mgmt IP
• 2017 Dec 5:
  • Updated StoreFront > Versions section with 3.12.1000 (LTSR Cumulative Update 1)
  • Updated Profile Management > Versions section with 7.15.1000 (Cumulative Update 1)
  • Updated Install VDA 7.15 and VDA Port section screenshots for 7.15.1000 (Cumulative Update 1)
  • Updated Session Recording > Versions section with 7.15.1000
  • New FAS > Versions section listing Current Release (7.16) and LTSR (7.15.1000)
  • Updated PVS > Versions section with PVS 7.15.1 (Cumulative Update 1)
• 2017 Dec 4:
  • Updated Install Delivery Controller 7.15 and Upgrade sections for version 7.15.1000 (Cumulative Update 1).
• 2017 Dec 3:
  • Added Delivery Controller > vCenter Root CA Certificate section as alternative to importing actual vCenter certificate.
  • In Delivery Controller > LHC section, added link to Trentent Tye Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp 7.15 – The local host cache in action
  • New Versions section – LTSR vs Current Release
  • Updated Session Recording > Server Install, Agent Install, and Player Install sections for version 7.16
  • Updated Session Recording Docs links to point to new Docs URLs
  • In 7.16, Load Balancing is now officially supported
  • Updated Citrix SCOM > XAXD Pack Install for version 3.14.
    • Installing XAXDAgent from SCOM Console seems to fail on service logon account configuration.
  • Updated Citrix SCOM > StoreFront Pack Install for version 1.13.
• 2017 Dec 2:
  • New StoreFront > Versions section listing 3.13 (Current Release) and 3.12 (LTSR)
  • Updated StoreFront > Install section for StoreFront 3.13
  • StoreFront 3.13 does not have any new features
  • Updated Director > Install section for Director 7.16
  • Updated Director > Use Director section for new features in Director 7.16
  • Split Director domain field into its own section
  • Updated FAS > Install section with FAS 7.16
  • Collapsed FAS > NetScaler Gateway section down to one section for NetScaler 11, 11.1, and 12
  • Added Current Release vs LTSR version information to the PVS > Planning section
  • Updated PVS > install sections for PVS 7.16
  • Updated PVS > Config Wizard section with changes in PVS 7.16
  • Updated Provisioning Services > Target Device Software section for 7.16
•  2017 Dec 01:
  • StoreFront > Custom Desktop Icon – updated the commands from StoreFront 3.5+ (h/t CTP Sam Jacobs)
•  2017 Nov 30
  • Citrix StoreFront > HTML5 Receiver – updated for version 2.6.0.4001
  • Citrix WEM > Agent Configuration – added link to James Kindon and Hal Lange at WEM Advanced Guidance – Part 1 at CUGC
  • New Profile Management Versions section – Current Release, LTSR
  • Rewrote Profile Management > Configuration Options section – added WEM, recommends GPO
  • Split Profile Management > DFS Namespace into a new section
  • Updated Profile Management > ADMX section for 7.16 – error in 7.16 ADMX file
  • In Profile Management > GPO Settings section – rewrote Path to User Store section to explain !CTX_OSNAME! variable – Win1709 resolves OSNAME to Win10RS2? (should be Win10RS3) – updated screenshots for UPM 7.16

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the September 2017 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

•  2017-09-30
  • VMware Identity Manager – updated for version 3.0, no Horizon-specific new features
  • NetScaler SDX > FIPS – added link to Citrix Blog Post SDX FIPS Setup Guide
  • Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent > SSL on VDA – added link to CTX226049 Disabling Triple DES on the VDA breaks the VDA SSL connection, and linked to documentation on SSL version/ciphers
  • NetScaler Essential Concepts > Authentication > SAML – added link to CTX228135 SUPPORT WIKI : SAML Integration with NetScaler
  • NetScaler MAS > Cloud vs On-prem – added link to George Spiers NetScaler Management and Analytics Service
  • Citrix App Layering > Application Layers – added link to Deploy anti-virus software at Citrix Docs
  • Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent > Direct Access Users – added link to CTX228128 What is the HKLM\Software\Citrix\PortICA\DirectAccessUsers registry function
  • NetScaler 12 System > Security – added link to CTX228148 Lock Down the NetScaler Management Interfaces with ACLs and CTX109011 Secure SSH Access to the NetScaler with Public Key Authentication
  • NetScaler MAS > Use MAS – added link to  Viewing HDX Insight Reports and Metrics
  • Citrix App Layering > OS Layer – added link to Rob Zylowski’s App Layering template for the Citrix Optimizer
  • NetScaler > Native OTP – added link to Citrix CTX228454 NetScaler One Time Password (OTP) Guide for Dual Authentication or Registration
  • NetScaler MAS > Instances – added link to Citrix CTX228451 NetScaler VPX Check-In/Check-Out Licensing with NMAS
  • NetScaler MAS > Instances – added link to Citrix CTX228449 NetScaler MAS as an API Proxy Server
  • RDSH Delivery Groups > Restart Schedule – added link to CTX215505 Server VDA’s Remain ShutDown And Do Not Turn On Automatically After Scheduled Reboot
  • Citrix App Layering > ELM Firewall Rules – added link to Citrix CTX228486 ELM requires TCP 443 to every ESXi host
  • Citrix App Layering > App Layers – updated link to Rob Zylowski Office Activation Scripts for Office 365 at Citrix Discussions since unidesk.com is no longer reachable
  • Citrix Virtual Delivery Agent > Optimize – added link to CTX125874 List of registry values changed by the TargetOSOptimizer tool
  • Citrix App Layering > User Layers – Use DefaultUserLayerSizeInGb Registry Value to change default size of 10 GB. Source = Citrix Discussions
  • Citrix Profile Management > Directory Synchronization – added AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches Source = XenDesktop 7.15 Fixed Issues and Citrix Discussions
  • Citrix Policies > Graphics Settings – added link to Citrix Blog Post HDX Graphics Encoder Configuration Overview
• 2017-09-29
  • vRealize Operations for Horizon 6.5 – new post due to new UI in vROps 6.6
• 2017-09-26
  • VMware Horizon – Updated all Horizon articles to version 7.3. However, 7.3 downloads have been pulled, so waiting on 7.3.1.
•  2017-09-23
  • VMware User Environment Management – updated for version 9.2.1
  • VMware Horizon Group Policy > Templates – updated for Horizon 7.3 templates, and UEM 9.2.1 templates
•  2017-09-22
  • Citrix App Layering – updated for version 4.5
•  2017-09-20
  • Citrix Director 7.15 > Domain field – added link to Citrix CTX227936 How to hide the domain from Director Logon Page
•  2017-09-19
  • StoreFront > Single FQDN – added note that DNS caching interferes with Single FQDN
•  2017-09-18
  • StoreFront > Receiver for HTML5 – updated for version 2.5.1.301, added disable Continue when printing
  • Receiver 4.9 > HDX Skype – added link to Citrix Receiver 4.9 and HDX RealTime Media Engine 2.3 for Windows bundle
  • VMware User Environment Manger > Configure – added link to VMware 2151201 Windows 10 1703 Start Menu causes the COM Surrogate process to use 100% CPU in UEM with DirectFlex enabled
  • VMware User Environment Manger > Configure – added link to VMware 2151202 Internet Explorer does not load fonts from specific websites in UEM 9.2 and earlier
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.15 > Hardware – added link to Daniel Feller Sizing VDA Virtual Machines
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.15 > Hardware – added text regarding Windows 10 Targeted vs Broad
  • Citrix Federated Authentication Service > Group Policy – added text to confirm that the GPO applied to VDAs
•  2017-09-17
  • Citrix StoreFront/XenDesktop Multiple Datacenters – added link to CUGC thread on XenDesktop zone design in multiple datacenters
  • VMware Horizon Connection Server > Horizon Toolbox – updated for version 7.2.1
  • Citrix Smart Check > Custom Checks – new section on how to add check from Blueprint Catalog. Source = Citrix Blog Post
  • Catalogs > Maintenance – added link to CTP Kees Baggerman’s script to Make sure Citrix Desktops are utilized
•  2017-09-16
  • Citrix Federated Authentication Service > Overview – added link to the Citrix Federated Authentication Service Scalability whitepaper
  • VMware Horizon > Blast Group Policy Settings – added link to VMware Blog Post Deep Dive into VMware Horizon Blast Extreme Adaptive Transport
  • NetScaler 12 > Endpoint Analysis – added link to CTX219293 NetScaler Gateway EPA Scan for “Windows Update” requires Automatic Updates
  • Citrix App Layering > File Share – added link to CTX222107 Change the Elastic Layer repository in the registry without reimaging
  • Citrix Policies > User Settings – added link to CTX227534 Citrix Printing Quick Start Guide
  • NetScaler Scripting > PowerShell – added link to Brandon Olin’s PowerShell module for NetScaler
  • Citrix App Layering > PvS Agent – added link to Dennis Span Citrix App Layering Agent unattended installation
  • Citrix Workspace Environment Management > Create Database – added link to Citrix Discussions SQL Mixed Authentication is required
  • NetScaler Gateway 12 Tweaks > VPN from mobile devices – added link to CTX227658 Citrix VPN for Android User-Agent string
  • Catalogs > RDSH Scheduled Reboot – added link to Matthias Schlimm Reboot VM’s in Maintenance Mode
  • Published Applications – updated some screenshots for Windows 2016
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.15 > Connection Quality Indicator – updated for version 1.2
•  2017-09-15
  • NetScaler 12 > LDAP Authentication – added link to Citrix CTX201090 LDAP Server Certificate Validation.
  • NetScaler Gateway 12 Tweaks > Device Certificates – new section, requires OCSP
  • StoreFront 3.12 > Customize – added link to Citrix CTX227805 login banner on Storefront page
  • StoreFront 3.12 > Multiple datacenters – added description of HTTP vs ICA
  • VMware Identity Manager – added link to VMware Blog Post What’s New in the VMware Workspace ONE App
•  2017-09-13
  • Citrix App Layering > OS Layer – don’t use VMware Paravirtual SCSI controller
  • Citrix App Layering > App Layer – added link to Rob Zylowski Scripting to Handle Office 365 Reconfigure Issues
  • Citrix App Layering > ELM > File Share – added link to Citrix CTX227613 SMB 1.0 is required for DFS File Shares
•  2017-09-07
  • NetScaler Gateway > EPA Scan > Portal Themes – added link to Citrix CTX222812 How to Customize Custom Error Messages
  • NetScaler Gateway > EPA Scan > Registry Scan – added link to Citrix CTX128039 How to Look for Computer Name
  • Citrix Receiver > Registry values – added link to Citrix CTX213755 Periodic Authentication Prompts When Receiver is Not Opened
  • Citrix App Layering > Elastic Layers – added link to Citrix CTX227454 PVS Cache Disks May Need to Be Larger with Elastic Layering
  • NetScaler MAS 12 > Enable AppFlow – added link to Citrix CTX227438 NetScaler 12.0 – AppFlow Collector Shows as DOWN
  • NetScaler MAS 12 > HDX Insight – added link to Citrix CTX215130 HDX Insight Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide
• 2017-09-06
  • Citrix App Layering > Platform Layer – added link to Citrix CTX227404 For PvS: Disable “RAS Async Adapter”
  • Citrix Provisioning Services > Console Configuration – added link to Carl Fallis at PVS HA at Citrix Discussions for Stream Service stop vs fail

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the July 2017 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2017-07-31
  • NetScaler Gateway 12 – StoreFrontAuth, and XenDesktop Wizard – new article
•  2017-07-30
  • NetScaler Gateway 12 – PCoIP Proxy – new article
•  2017-07-29
  • VMware Identity Manager – updated for version 2.9.2
  • Citrix App Layering > Publish to PvS – added link to utility that assigns vDisk to Targets
  • Citrix App Layering > PvS Connector – added link to script that boots vDisk to let layering scripts run
  • StoreFront > HTML5 Receiver – updated for version 2.5
• 2017-07-28
  • NetScaler Gateway 12 – Native OTP – new article
•  2017-07-24
  • NetScaler MAS > Planning – added a short section on MAS Cloud Service vs on-prem appliance
  • Virtual Delivery Agent > Optimize – added link to Microsoft’s VDI Recommended Settings document
•  2017-07-22
  • Citrix App Layering > OS Layer Preparation – updated instructions to run .hta files from elevated command prompt since .exe files were removed. Source = Unidesk forums
  • Citrix App Layering > Image Template – updated link to LayerPriority Utility
  • Citrix App Layering > Layers Overview – updated link to Citrix KB article on Layering 4.x Best Practices
  • Citrix App Layering > Layers Overview – added link to Citrix KB article on Platform Layer Considerations
•  2017-07-17
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.14 > Desktop Helper Service – added link to Citrix Blog Post detailing this installable tool
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.14 > SSL for VDA – added link to Discussions post on how to handle the extra certificate in 7.14.
  • Citrix SCOM Management Packs > StoreFront Agent – added link to Citrix KB article on Windows memory consumption hotfix for Windows 2008 R2
  • Citrix Policies > Citrix Group Policy Management Plug-in – added link to Citrix KB article saying that  Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 should be installed first.
  • Workspace Environment Management > Overview – added link to Discussions post on database sizing
  • XenDesktop Controller 7.14 > Change Database Connection – added link to Citrix Docs article containing scripts
•  2017-07-11
  • Citrix SCOM Packs > Push XA/XD Agent – added link to Citrix KB article with info on how to increase logging.
  • NetScaler 11.1 > System > VPX Hardware – expanded VMXNET3 section, added link to Citrix KB article on recent network connectivity issues fixed by VMXNET3.
  • Federated Authentication Service > Overview – added link to Citrix KB article on FAS HA and Scalability.
  • Published Apps – added link to Dennis Span’s article on installing/publishing Chrome
•  2017-07-10
  • XenApp/XenDesktop Upgrades – added Skype for Business HDX RealTime Optimization Pack
    • Added Receiver for HTML5
•  2017-07-08
  • Workspace Environment Management > Install WEM Agent – added link to George Spiers’ article on the Netlogon issue in App Layering
  • Provisioning Services > Replicate vDisk – added link to version 2.0 of the vDisk Replicator
•  2017-07-02
  • App Layering > App Layer – added link to KB article on activating Office properly
  • App Layering > Upgrade – added steps to upgrade the Scripts on the OS Layer
  • NetScaler SDX 11.1 > New instance – added link to Docs article on Crypto Units for SDX 8900
  • App Layering > Layers Overview – added link to Layering Best Practices article.

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the June 2017 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2017-06-27
  • Citrix Workspace Environment Management > Actions – prevent shortcuts from being created if application isn’t installed, source = Citrix Discussions
  • Citrix Workspace Environment Management > Profiles – added how to configure Folder Redirection, source = Citrix Discussions
  • ShareFile Drive Mapper – updated for version 3.8
  • Citrix SCOM Management Pack NetScaler – updated for version 1.17.93
•  2017-06-26
  • Citrix Workspace Environment Management > Create Database – no dash in database name, source = Discussions
•  2017-06-25
  • VMware Identity Manager – updated for version 2.9.1
  • VMware User Environment Manager > Initial Configuration – added how to roam Windows 10 1703 Start Menu, source = VMware KB article
  • Citrix SCOM Packs > XAXD Agent – added link to KB article on disabling VDA service monitoring in large (500+) Server OS environments
  • Virtual Delivery Agent > VMware – added link to Discussions post indicating the vnetflt.sys causes Connection Interrupted
  • Citrix Profile Management > Exclusions – added link to James Rankin’s post on the new Start Menu tiles location in Windows 10 1703
  • Catalogs > Scheduled Restart – updated link to Restart Script
  • Citrix App Layering > App Layers – added link to Unidesk’s Office recipe
  • Citrix Director 7.14 > Install – added link to Dennis Span’s unattended install script
  • Delivery Controller 7.14 > vCenter Connection – right-click Hosting Resource > Edit Storage to update hypervisor object names, source = Citrix KB article
  • Citrix App Layering > Layers Overview – added note that User Layers are tied to the OS Layer, source = unidesk.com
•  2017-06-24
  • Receiver > Skype – added link to Capability Checker tool
  • Citrix Federated Authentication Service – added link to Citrix KB article on how to handle multiple domains
  • Citrix Provisioning Services > Install – added link to Dennis Smith’s PvS automated install/configuration guide
  • Citrix App Layering > OS Preparation – added link to re-released OS Machine Tools 4.2.1 (expand Tools)
  • VMware Horizon 7.2.0 – updated for version 7.2
•  2017-06-22
  • Citrix App Layering > Layers Overview – added Layering Tips from Citrix Blog Post
•  2017-06-21
  • Citrix App Layering > Licensing – source = Citrix Blog Post
  • XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR CU4 – updated for Cumulative Update 4
•  2017-06-20
  • NetScaler Essential Concepts – new post containing Network Essentials information.
  • Receiver for Windows 4.8 – new Auto-update feature
  • Director 7.14 > Use Director – added link to Citrix Blog Post detailing disk space consumption for disk usage monitoring
•  2017-06-17
  • Citrix Provisioning Services – updated for 7.14
  • Director 7.14 > Use Director – added link to KB article detailing failure codes
  • Delivery Controller 7.14 > vCenter Connection – added link to KB article detailing what to do if vCenter Cert changes
  • Virtual Delivery Agent  7.14 > Hardware – Windows 10 Current Branch is not supported, source = KB article
  • Director 7.14 > Licensing – added link to KB article containing Director Feature Matrix
  • Session Recording > Planning – added link to KB article listing features by version
•  2017-06-12
  • VMware Unified Access Gateway – removed legacy content
  • Delivery Controller 7.14 – added section for Concurrent Logon Hard Limit
  • Citrix App Layering > OS Layer – added link to XenApp 6.5 recipe
  • Citrix App Layering > Platform Layer – added link to Citrix Discussions that recommends installing Imprivata in the same layer as VDA
  • Citrix App Layering > App Layer – added link to Citrix KB Article explaining how to handle domain join
•  2017-06-10
  • Delivery Controller 7.14.1 – added references to re-released ISO 7.14.1
•  2017-06-04
  • NetScaler Gateway 11.1 > SSL VPN – rewrote the Overview section
• 2017-06-03
  • PvS > Seal the vDisk – added link to BIS-F
•  2017-06-02
  • NetScaler Scripting – updated screenshots, added link to Esther Barthel’s PowerShell script
  • NetScaler MAS 12 > System Settings – added Database Summarization instructions, source = Citrix KB article
  • XenApp 6.5 Hotfixes – added link to HRP07 Hotfix 11, which fixes Citrix Print Management service.
  • Provisioning Services > Write Cache disk – added link to Citrix KB article on controlling the drive letter
  • VMware User Environment Management > Mandatory Profile – added link to James Rankin’s article on mandatory profile on Windows 10 1703
  • VMware User Environment Management > Additional Configuration – added link to VMware KB article detailing how to enable Debug Logging for one user
•  2017-06-01
  • Citrix App Layering > Elastic Layers – added quote from Rob Zylowski about logon delay
  • Delivery Groups > License Types – new section with links to articles on how to configure multiple license types in one 7.14+ farm
  • StoreFront 3.5+ > Authentication – added link to Citrix KB article on how to setup Self Service Password Reset
  • Delivery Groups > RDSH Scheduled Restarts – added link to Citrix KB article on odd/even restart script
  • Virtual Delivery Agent > Verify Registration – added link to Citrix Docs article detailing VDA Registration
  • Virtual Delivery Agent > Optimize Performance – added link to TechNet Blog on Windows 2016 services that can be disabled
  • Citrix SCOM Packs > XenApp/XenDesktop – added link to Citrix Blog Post detailing the performance improvements in 3.12
  • Horizon Agent – added note that Persona is not supported with Instant Clone, source = Comment

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is the March 2017 excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2017-03-31
  • Citrix App Layering:
    • Updated for version 4.1 and Citrix Cloud.
    • No more need to export VMware OS Layer VM to SMB share. ELM can get the OS Layer directly from vCenter.
    • Removed references to Unidesk, since Citrix App Layering is the new name.
•  2017-03-28
  • NetScaler 11.1 SSL VPN > Session Profile – added link to Citrix KB article on adjusting DNS query behavior of Split Tunnel is OFF.
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.13 > Hardware – added link to Citrix Blog Post on hypervisor host scalability
  • Citrix Profile Management > Profile Handling – added link to article indicating that profile migrations are disabled by default in 5.4.1 and newer
  • Updated links in several pages for Receiver LTSR 4.4.4000.
  • Published Applications > Bidirectional Content Redirection – new Receiver 4.7 feature, source = Citrix Docs
•  2017-03-27
  • Receiver > Skype for Business – updated link to 2.2.100, and bundle
  • User Group Policy > ShareFile Drive Mapper – updated for version 3.6
•  2017-03-25
  • vROps for Horizon 6.4 > Overview – added link to Blog Post on process CPU/Memory monitoring
  • Citrix Profile Management 5.7 > Exclusions – added TileDataLayer to Folders to Mirror, source = Citrix KB article
  • VMware Horizon 7.1:
    • All pages updated for 7.1.0.
    • All pages for Windows Server 2016.
    • RDS Instant Clones.
•  2017-03-18
  • Citrix  Workspace Environment Management > Install WEM Agent:
    • How to prevent local admins from stopping Agent service or uninstalling, source = Citrix KB article
    • How to reset WEM Agent Machine cache so UPM settings apply, source = Citrix KB article
  • Citrix Director 7.13 > Custom Reports – added link to Alexander Ollischer’s Blog Post on querying Receiver client versions
  • Citrix Session Recording > Agent – added workaround for MCS Image Prep failure, source = Citrix Discussions
  • StoreFront 3.8+ > Basic Configuration > Firefox 52 – new section to enable Protocol Handler for Firefox 52, source = Citrix Blog post
•  2017-03-11
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.13 > Hardware – added link to article indicating that Visual Studio 2017 is not supported on Windows 10 LTSB
  • Horizon 7.0.3 Master Virtual Desktop > Preparation – added link to article describing supported versions of Windows 10
•  2017-03-10
  • Citrix Director > Use Director – the 7.13 Application Instances feature requires Platinum Edition licensing, source = Discussions
  • Citrix Profile Management > Profile Handling – added step to enable migration of existing profiles
• 2017-03-09
  • Group Policies > VDA User Group Policy > Lockdown – added link to Terence Luk’s Post on how to hide Favorites, Network, Library, and redirected drives
  • Citrix SCOM Packs > XenDesktop Pack > Customize – added link to Post on how to increase maximum number of discovered applications beyond 1,500
  • Group Policies > VDA Computer Settings – added link to Sven Huisman’s Post that has group policy settings to speed up Windows 10 logon
  • NetScaler 11.1 > LDAP Authentication > Auth Server – added link to article on how to use Global Catalog for multiple domains, including password change
  • Delivery Controller 7.13 > Database Maintenance – added link to script that reports on maintenance mode action entries in Logging database
  • NetScaler 11.1 > System > Upgrade Firmware – added link to KB article on firmware upgrade considerations
  • Group Policies > VDA User Group Policy > Office – added EnableVisualEffect registry value, source = Discussions
  • PvS > Create Devices > Write Cache Size – added list of Write Cache File Names, source = Discussions
  • Catalogs > MCS Image Prep – fixed Get-ProvSchemeMetadata commands, source = comment
•  2017-03-07
  • Delivery Controller 7.13 > Database Maintenance – link to KB article with scripts to change SQL connection strings
  • Citrix Policy > Overview – added link to CTP Carl Webster’s policy setting reference
•  2017-03-06
  • Federated Authentication Service > Configure SAML on StoreFront without NetScaler – how to login again without closing browser, source = CTP Sacha Thomet Blog Post
  • VMware Identity Manager 2.8.1 > OVF Deployment – updated for 2.8.1
•  2017-03-05
  • VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon – added vROps 6.5, What’s new webpage
•  2017-03-04
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.13 > Optimize Performance – link to LoginVSI’s template for VMware OS Optimization Tool.
  • Delivery Controller 7.13 > Upgrade – added links to upgrade instructions for other components
  • Published Apps > App-V – added link to article describing permissions needed on App-V file share
  • NetScaler SDX 11.1 – updated screenshots for newer build
  • NetScaler SDX 11.1 > AAA – assign instances to administrator Groups
•  2017-03-03
  • StoreFront 3.5+ > Customization – added link to CTP Jason Samuel’s Blog Post on applying the Client Name override customization
  • NetScaler 11.1 > Certificates > Export/Download certificate files – new section on how to export cert files so they can be used on another appliance
  • Delivery Controller 7.13 > Customer Experience Improvement Program – added links to disable CEIP in other Citrix components
  • AppDNA 7.13 > Customer Experience Improvement Program – how to disable
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.13 > Customer Experience Improvement Program – how to disable, source = Docs
  • Remote PC > Install VDA – updated for 7.13

To trigger RSS Feed, Mailing List, etc., here is an excerpt from the Detailed Change Log.

• 2017-02-28
  • Published Applications > Application Groups – XenDesktop 7.13 can restrict to one app instance per session, source = Citrix Blog Post
  • Director 7.13 > Use Director – link to Citrix Blog Post on new EDT monitoring capability
  • StoreFront Basic Configuration > RfWeb for Edge – new section to improve Microsoft Edge experience with RfWeb, source = Citrix Blog Post
  • Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) 7.6.3000 – updated to look more like the 7.13 VDA article
  • Federated Authentication Service Configure SAML on StoreFront without NetScaler:
    • link to Citrix article on testing SAML authentication
    • link to Citrix article on SAML Troubleshooting
•  2017-02-27
  • Citrix Session Recording > Planning – link to Citrix Blog Post on new SQL HA options
  • Citrix Policies > Graphics Settings:
    • link to Citrix article on how to configure EDT
    • link to Citrix article on how to confirm that EDT is active
    • link to Citrix article on how to enable hardware encoding of H.264 streams using Intel Iris Pro Hardware
  • NetScaler Gateway 11.1 > SmartAccess > EPA Scans:
    • link to Citrix article on how to create EPA scan that determines if Receiver is installed or not
    • link to Citrix article on how to create EPA scan to check for domain membership
  • Citrix Profile Management > Log Settings – link to Citrix article on viewing UPM logs using Excel
  • Citrix Workspace Environment Manager > Upgrade WEM – new section with overview of upgrade process
•  2017-02-26
  • AppDNA > Installation – updated for version 7.13
  • Horizon 7 > Master RDS Host > Install Applications – link to VMware paper on Office 365 on RDSH
  • Horizon 7 > Master RDS Host > VMware OS Optimizaton Tool – updated screenshots for 2017 version of the tool, updated Master Virtual Desktop article too.
  • Citrix SCOM Packs:
    • updated installs for new bundle
    • updated links to HTML documentation
    • link to Citrix Blog Post describing performance improvement
•  2017-02-25
  • Citrix Session Recording > Install Server Components:
    • updated for version 7.13
    • database name is now configurable
  • Citrix Policy > Graphics Settings – EDT policy setting is renamed to Adaptive Transport and no longer Tech Preview
  • Citrix Policy > GPO Management Plug-in – updated for version 7.13
  • Provisioning Services 7.13 > Install > Upgrade – new section on how to upgrade
  • Director 7.13 > Install  – updated for version 7.13
  • Director 7.13 > Use Director – added info on Application Instance filtering and idle time, source = Citrix Blog Post
  • Director 7.13 – moved Tweaks and Saved Filters higher since these are common configs
  • StoreFront > Tweaks > Customize Appearace – link to article listing strings that can be overridden
  • StoreFront > Basic Configuration > CEIP – new section to disable CEIP in StoreFront 3.9, source = Citrix Docs
  • Federated Authentication Service > Configure SAML on StoreFront without NetScaler – new section on StoreFront 3.9 feature
  • Federated Authentication Service > Install – updated for FAS 7.13
  • StoreFront > Basic Config > Install – updated for version 3.9, source = Downloads
  • Delivery Controller 7.13 > Upgrade – link to Citrix article to stop the SCOM Pack MPSFAgent Service before upgrading
  • StoreFront menu page – too many versions to list, so changed to 3.5 – 3.9 range
  • Citrix Profile Management > Overview – updated for version 5.7
  • Citrix Profile Management > ADMX Policy Template – updated for version 5.7
•  2017-02-21
  • StoreFront Tweaks > Logoff RfWebUI seconds after icon launch – new section with link to Citrix Blog Post on how to logoff RfWebUI immediately after launching an icon
  • User Group Policy > ShareFile Drive Mapper – updated with version 3.5.120.1
•  2017-02-20
  • Horizon View Composer > Install – SSL cert can be installed before installing Composer
  • Citrix Federated Authentication Service > Overview – link to Citrix article saying that Domain Controllers need certificates
•  2017-02-16
  • Virtual Delivery Agent > Connection Quality Indicator – new section on a new tool from Citrix that shows HDX connection quality to users
  • Federated Authentication Service > SAML – links to other NetScaler Gateway configuration articles, in case configuring a new Gateway
  • Virtual Delivery Agent > VDA Registration – link to detailed technical Citrix article on how VDA Registration works
  • Virtual Delivery Agent > COM Ports – link to Citrix article on how to increase threads for COM port mapping
•  2017-02-15
  • Federated Authentication Service > Active Directory Shadow Accounts – new section on Shadow Accounts needed for FAS
•  2017-02-13
  • Horizon View > Master Virtual Desktop > Antivirus – link to VMware tech paper on recommended antiviru exclusions
  • Provisioning Services > Planning – link to Citrix article on multi-geo best practices
•  2017-02-06
  • NetScaler 11.1 > GSLB – added CLI commands for ECS (EDNS) and GSLB Delay
•  2017-02-05
  • Director 7.12 > Configuration Script – script from Johan Greefkes at Citrix Discussions to configure Director tweaks
•  2017-02-04
  • Receiver > Logging – link to SSON Logging Citrix article
  • Citrix License Server > Open Redirect Vulnerability – New section based on Citrix article
  • Virtual Delivery Agent 7.12 > Logon Delay > Tile Refresh  – added backslashes to .reg file, source = Comment
  • vROps for Horizon > Planning – screenshots and links for new features in 6.4
•  2017-02-02
  • VDA > Registry – added Receiver for HTML5/Chrome Upload Folder, source = Citrix article
  • StoreFront Tweaks > Hide Icons – how to configure Desktop Description with keyword, source = Citrix article
  • XenDesktop 7.6 LTSR > New/Upgrade – LTSR Assistant downloads its configuration, no need to download updated tool.
•  2017-02-01
  • VMware Access Point – made edits as suggested by comment
  • NetScaler Gateway > RADIUS Auth – link to Two-step verification Citrix article
  • Unidesk > OS Layer – link to George Spier’s Hyper-V/PvS Unidesk instructions
  • Receiver > Troubleshooting – added Citrix QuickLaunch for XenDesktop 7.x