EUC Weekly Digest – September 10, 2016

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

XenApp/XenDesktop

• Citrix Acquires Norskale – UEM, CPU/Memory/IO optimization – Citrix Blog Post
  • Overview of Norskale – 42 minute YouTube video
• Measurement comparison of Thinwire Plus and H.264 on various client devices and NetScaler – CTP Sacha Thomet
• Citrix IMA Helper – helps with XenApp 6.5 IMA startup issues – Citrix KB article
• KB articles:
  • Users may Experience Profile Corruption, Slow Logons or Unexpected Behaviour if using Profiles from Differing Windows Version as Roaming or UPM profiles
  • Windows Modern Apps are not Launching with #Citrix Profile Management Enabled – registry permissions issue – Citrix KB article
  • App Readiness Service causes 10 second logon delay – Citrix KB article
• Breaking Out of Citrix and other Restricted Desktop Environments – several techniques – Pen Test Partners
• Can’t add Controller to farm using AlwaysOn Availability Group – Hal Lange

StoreFront

• Download Receiver 4.4.2000 for Windows LTSR – Cumulative Update 2
• How to Create and Configure a Store via PowerShell – Citrix KB article
• Citrix explains the StoreFront 3.6 interface for aggregating farms – Citrix Blog Post

NetScaler

• Download NetScaler Gateway 11.0 Build 68.10 – several AppFlow fixes
• How to Configure a full VPN Setup on a NetScaler Gateway Appliance – with videos
• Recording of NetScaler Master Class September 2016 – 2 hour YouTube video
• Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Lights Out Management (LOM) firmware – update your firmware – Citrix KB article
• NetScaler MAS high availability deployment info – Citrix Docs
• KB articles:
  • How to Copy a Portal Theme from the Device running version 11.0 to another Device running 11.0
  • Good explanation of Forcedtimeout option in AAA Session Policies

XenServer

• XenServer Multiple Security Updates – Citrix KB article
• Recommended Updates for XenServer Hotfixes
  • For XenServer 7, Hotfix 12 replaces Hotfix 8
  • For XenServer 6.5, Hotfix 38 replaces Hotfix 34

XenMobile

• Download MDX Toolkit 10.3.10
• Download Worx Apps 10.3.10 – iOS 10, Android N support – QuickEdit for Android
• Download XenMobile Server 10.3.6 Rolling Patch 2
• Worx Home Changes (VPN) on iOS 10 – Citrix Docs
• Android N no longer allows user-added certificate authorities (CAs)
• How to change XenMobile Certificate deployment from SHA1 to SHA256 – 30 page PDF – Citrix Blog Post

Citrix Other

• Download DesktopPlayer for Windows and Mac 2.2

VMware

• Download VMware Mirage 5.8.1

Microsoft

• How to Create mandatory user profiles in Windows 10 – TechNet
• Manage connections from Windows operating system components to Microsoft services – long TechNet article – updated for Windows 10 1607 and Windows 2016

Other

• ControlUp XenDesktop Broker Integration – ControlUp Blog
• Use ControlUp Script Based Action to launch a VMware Remote Console to a VM – Trentent Tye
• Does WebEx Support Citrix? – WebEx KB article