Citrix Tools and News
EUC Weekly Digest – June 29, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Deployment Guide: Simplify new Teams deployment with Citrix – App Packages in Studio – Citrix Tech Zone
Download Citrix License Server for Windows – Version 11.17.2.0 Build 48000 – component updates
NetScaler ADC
Download Citrix NetScaler ADC Release (Maintenance Phase) 13.1 Build 53.17/23
Microsoft
New VDI solution for Microsoft Teams – SlimCore instead of WebRTC; new Client-side plugin – Microsoft Docs
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EUC Weekly Digest – June 22, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Provisioning
Script to convert vDisks from an On-Premises Citrix PVS vDisk Store to a Microsoft Azure-based PVS Store – uses Image Portability Service – Citrix Community Article
Citrix Workspace app
Download Citrix Workspace app 2405 for Linux
NetScaler ADC
Download Citrix NetScaler ADC Release (Feature Phase) 14.1 Build 25.53
NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)
Download NetScaler Console (Citrix ADM) 14.1 Build 25.53 – telemetry uploads required;
EUC Weekly Digest – June 8, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2203 LTSR, Cumulative Update 5
Citrix MCS
Citrix Image Management – A new way of deploying Machine Catalogs and reducing Master Image Complexity – Citrix Tech Zone
Citrix Provisioning
Download Citrix Provisioning 2203 LTSR, Cumulative update 5
Citrix HDX
Citrix Secure HDX – AES-256-GCM encryption of ICA; enable in Citrix Policy; HDX Insight won’t work – Citrix Docs
Citrix WEM
EUC Weekly Digest – May 25, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix VDA
Citrix VDA hotfix for 2203 CU4 to enable Teams as a published app – Request from Citrix Support – Citrix Knowledgebase article
Citrix Workspace app
Download Citrix Workspace app 2403.1 for Windows
Download Citrix Workspace app 2402.10 for Mac
NetScaler ADC
Migrate the configuration of a NetScaler instance – NetScaler Docs; uses the HA sync method
Microsoft
Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) for Microsoft 365 Apps (Office) updated 5/2
EUC Weekly Digest – May 18, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Citrix GPO Scanner tool for invalid policy entries causing lost policy data after a CVAD upgrade – Citrix Knowledgebase article
Citrix Delivery Group Functional Levels – required for packages – Citrix Docs
Citrix HDX
What is Microsoft Teams VDI 2.0? – not GA yet from Microsoft; new media engine (VDI 2.0) on the endpoint – Citrix Knowledgebase article
NetScaler ADC
Download NetScaler 13.1 Build 53.17 – 13.1 supports Web A
EUC Weekly Digest – May 11, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Citrix Policy data may be lost when a CVAD site is upgraded from an older version to 2311 or 2402 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
Citrix App Layering
Download Citrix App Layering 2403.2 Appliance Upgrade Package – Teams fix
Citrix WEM and Profile Management
What’s new in Citrix WEM Cloud Service – Windows event-based triggers for external tasks; Folder redirection settings – Citrix Docs
Citrix WEM basic agent: CPU Spike P
EUC Weekly Digest – May 4, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 LTSR, Cumulative Update 9
Citrix Provisioning
Download Citrix Provisioning 1912 LTSR, Cumulative update 9
Citrix WEM and Profile Management
Windows Logon Duration Analysis with Citrix WEM Tool Hub – Citrix Community Article
Citrix StoreFront
If you disable NTLM then Citrix StoreFront is unable to synchronize data between StoreFront servers in a server group – Citrix Docs
EUC Weekly Digest – April 27, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Citrix 1912 End of Life is December 2024 – Citrix Product Matrix
Citrix App Layering
You can now install Microsoft Teams 2.x and/or OutlookForWindows UWP applications in their own App Layers (or together) using the Citrix App Layering 24.3.2 patch release – Citrix Docs
Citrix HDX
New Teams enhancements in Citrix 2402 – Citrix will backport the same to CVAD 2203 LTSR CU4 and CVAD 2203 LTSR CU5 (future) – Citrix Knowledgeb
EUC Weekly Digest – April 20, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Download Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2402 LTSR
Download Citrix CDFControl Tool updated April 15
Download Citrix LTSR Assistant updated for CVAD 2402
Windows 2016 and SQL 2016 are deprecated (not removed) in CVAD 2402 – Citrix Docs
Citrix VDA
You can upgrade the OS versions when performing an in-place upgrade without uninstalling the Citrix VDA – Citrix Docs
Download Citrix VDA Cleanup Utility Tool updated for VDA 2402
Director 2402 LTSR
Navigation
Change Log
Director Licensing – Premium Edition
Install/Upgrade Director 2402 on Standalone Server
Director Default Webpage
Domain Field on Director Logon Page
Director Tweaks
Director – Saved Filters
Director and HDX Insight
Monitoring Database Grooming
Director Single Sign On
Director – Multiple Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Sites/Farms
Director Process Monitoring
Director Alerts and Notifications
Director – StoreFront Probes
Director – Custom Reports
Use Director 2402
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Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) 2402 LTSR
Navigation
Change Log
VDA Virtual Machine Hardware
Windows Configuration
Install – Virtual Delivery Agent 2402 LTSR
Install – Microsoft FSLogix – Outlook OST, OneDrive, etc.
Citrix Desktop Service
Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
Connection Quality Indicator
Adaptive Transport
Slow Logons
Verify VDA Registration with Controller
Workspace app:
Workspace App
Citrix File Access 2.0.4 for Workspace app for Chrome
Remote Desktop Licensing Configuration
Reduce C: Drive Permission
Delivery Controller 2402 LTSR and Licensing
Navigation
Change Log
Upgrade to version 2402 LTSR
New Install Preparation
Delivery Controller 2402 LTSR New Install
Create Site / Databases
Second Controller
SSL for Delivery Controller
Concurrent Logon Hard Limit
Local Host Cache
Database Maintenance – read-committed snapshot, Director grooming, Logging Database operations, etc.
Change Database Connection Strings
Studio Administrators
Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
Web Studio Settings
vCenter Connection – vCenter certifi
EUC Weekly Digest – March 23, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix VDA
Download Citrix Optimizer Tool – v3.3.0.1 updated Mar 25 – Added support for Windows 11 build 23H2 – Citrix Knowledgebase article
Citrix Provisioning
Image Portability Service Automation for Citrix Provisioning – Reverse Image; Convert to UEFI; Upgrade – Citrix Docs
NetScaler Console (formerly ADM)
NetScaler Console can automate a NetScaler VPX instance deployment in VMware ESX – NetScaler Docs
Citrix Cloud
New installation prompt for the C
EUC Weekly Digest – March 16, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Director / Monitoring
Citrix Stack Monitoring in Director – Infrastructure Dashboard – Citrix Blog Post
New Citrix features coming in 2024 – Cost Optimization – Citrix Blog Post
Citrix StoreFront
Citrix DaaS customers with Storefront will be able to use Citrix Gateway Cloud Service for authentication, enumeration, and HDX proxy – Citrix Blog Post
Citrix Workspace app
Citrix Workspace app for iOS, if you have customized store experience, the auto-
EUC Weekly Digest – March 9, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix
Free Citrix and NetScaler training at Pluralsight
Say hello to the new Citrix community!
Citrix Director / Monitoring
Introducing Citrix uberAgent: Best-in-class EUC monitoring – aligned with the new Citrix Platform License – Citrix Blog Posts
uberAgent brings new insights to the Citrix platform – YouTube video
Citrix Workspace app
Download Citrix Workspace app 22.03.6001 for Windows, LTSR 2203.1 Cumulative Update 6
Download Citrix Workspace app
EUC Weekly Digest – March 2, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
New Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops LTSR and what’s included – 45-minute video – YouTube
Citrix VDA
Citrix Webcam Preview Test Application updated Feb 28 – Simple Windows UI application to test and troubleshoot Webcam redirection on VDAs – Citrix Knowledgebase article
Citrix WEM and Profile Management
Citrix WEM Cloud Service New Features February 2024 – Assignment Groups; WEM health check tool
Citrix Workspace app
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EUC Weekly Digest – February 24, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Download Citrix License Server for Windows – Version 11.17.2.0 Build 46000
Citrix App Layering
Citrix App Layering: how to install Teams 2.x in OS Layer – Citrix Docs
Citrix HDX
Citrix Audio Diagnostic Tool 1.0.2 updated Feb 20 – EDT Lossy support; packet loss metric – Citrix Knowledgebase article
Citrix Director / Monitoring
Citrix Director displays the Microsoft Teams optimization status for HDX sessions only if you’
EUC Weekly Digest – February 17, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix VDA
Download Citrix Update 1 for CU4 on LTSR 2203
NetScaler ADC
NetScaler Connect Webinar | Jan 25 – Watch on Demand
Citrix Gateway
Citrix EPA client now supports Mac devices that use the Apple silicon processor – NetScaler Docs
Citrix Cloud
New features in Citrix DaaS – Publish App-V, MSIX and MSIX app attach packaged applications on VDAs; Back up and restore site configurations; Monitor can play back live and recorded sessions; new MCS featur
EUC Weekly Digest – February 3, 2024
Interesting EUC items from last week:
Citrix StoreFront
Password change functionality is not available on Citrix StoreFront’s new UI – Citrix Docs
Citrix Workspace app
Download Citrix Workspace app 2311.1 for Windows
NetScaler Gateway
NetScaler Gateway 13.1 and prior versions do not support HDX Insight and SmartControl with the latest reducer – new reducer enabled by default in CWA 2311 and CVAD 2311. NetScaler 14.1 supports new reducer – NetScaler Docs
VMware
Download VMware Unified Acce
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