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Citrix DaaS – Entra ID SSO in Co-existence with FAS

Reading Time: 4minutesOverviewEveryones trying to get rid of FAS and implement Entra ID’s native SSO solution for Citrix DaaS Cloud or Citrix DaaS Local (GA since 2607 LTSR). The main requirements are Windows Server 2025 or Windows 11 as the V...

Yet ANOTHER NetScaler Patch????

Yes, this is THREE in under two weeks.Thats why you are Citrix Heroes.https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX697191

NetScaler – Run & Get IoC-Scripts with Console

Reading Time: 3minutesOverviewQuick-Post about how you can run IoC Scripts, centrally managed by NetScaler Console (NSC) or NetScaler Console Service (NSC-Service) and getting the results without ever connecting to your NetScaler Instances by manual...

Windows 11 Black Screen After the September Update – explorer.exe Fails to Start

After installing the September Windows updates, I came across an interesting issue in a Windows 11 VDI environment. User authentication completed successfully. The Citrix session was established and the Windows logon process appeared to complete norm...

Citrix Acquires Numescent: What You Need to Know!

#Citrix acquiring #Numescent has big implications! Here's what every admin, architect, and CIO needs to know.On September 1, 2026 Citrix announced they are acquiring Numescent. If you run Citrix, this is way bigger than the headlines make it sound. I...

9/11 took me from Washington DC to Washington State

I am starting a series of videos documenting my travels and lessons learned over 25 years of field engineering and consulting.It really started for me on 9/11. Heres the story!Let me know if you want to see more like this!

NetScaler – TLS 1.3 Backend SSL Communication

Reading Time: 3minutesOverviewTLS 1.3 is a common since 2020, and established in a common point during the last years as a constant default for SSL Frontend communications across LoadBalancers or ADC’s.But in return, using TLS 1.3 also to your...

Checklist for Citrix ADC CVE-2019-19781

Citrix has released a critical vulnerability warning (CVE-2019-19781) in all Citrix ADC & Gateway systems one week before Christmas. Several working exploits have been released since Jan. 10, 2020 and are available to everyone. Current notice: Th...

Checklist for NetScaler (Citrix ADC) CVE-2023-3519

Citrix issued an alert yesterday (07/18/2023) about a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-3519) in all NetScaler (Citrix ADC) & Gateway systems. To date, no working exploits have been published. Current notice: This article covers a specific older N...

Checklist for NetScaler (Citrix ADC) CVE-2023-4966

Citrix issued an alert (10/10/2023) about a critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-4966) in all NetScaler (Citrix ADC) & Gateway systems. Several working exploits have been published. Current notice: This article covers a specific older NetScaler vulne...

NetScaler CVE Checklist: Updates, Security Assessment and Incident Response

Critical vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway require a structured response: assess exposure, select a secure target build, update the systems and then check for indicators of compromise. This checklist summarizes the key steps for...

LTSR 2607 is out! Quick tips and more!

Get ready to dive into the latest release of LTSR 2607. In this video, we'll be sharing quick tips and more to help you make the most out of this new update. Whether you're a seasoned user or just starting out, you won't want to miss this. We'll be c...

NetScaler – Performance Impact for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

Reading Time: 5minutesOverviewPost-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) involves new public-key security algorithms designed to protect digital data from future quantum computers. NetScaler supports it since 14.1 51.72 – I’ve written about that an...

NetScaler ADC Firmware Upgrade

Regular firmware updates are one of the most important maintenance tasks in a NetScaler ADC infrastructure. In addition to new features, current firmware releases include important bug fixes and security-related patches. Especially in the case of sec...

Install new Microsoft Teams (version 2) in Citrix

The new version of Microsoft Teams (often referred to as “Teams 2.0”) has been the new standard since July 1, 2024. For VDI environments, this means: In short:There is no way back. The real game changer (that many underestimate)The new Microsoft Teams is no longer delivered as an MSI or EXE package, but exclusively as: … Continue reading "Install new Microsoft Teams (version 2) in Citrix"Der Beitrag Install new Microsoft Teams (version 2) in Citrix erschien zuerst auf Deyda Consulting Blog

Microsoft Entra – CA Baseline changes affecting Citrix Authentication

Reading Time: 5minutesOverviewMicrosoft is going to change the default behaviour on how Conditional Access Policies are enforced for Applications requesting only OIDC Scopes or a limited set of directory scopes – because of strenghten Entra ID’s security. Depending on your Conditional Access Policies, your Users might be able to not sign in, anymore!Am I affected and what exactly is changing? Why are Applications like Citrix DaaS or NetScaler affected (In general way more!). Lets ge

NetScaler – Zero Touch Certificate Management (ZTCM)

Reading Time: 6minutesOverviewNetScaler Console’s (NSC) / Console Service Zero Touch Certificate Management now exists a while, but after talking to several customers, I think there are some misunderstandings what’s behind the Feature ZTCM and Manual / Auto renewals and how these two features play together. The following article will give you some insights on how to configure ZTCM and which Part will add the real “Zero Touch” feeling to the Party – the Auto Renewal

The Citrix Admin experience in 7 seconds

If we could show them the 90 second AVD logon, maybe they would show more grace...But let us be honest... that ain't happening.There is hope... give me a shout to find out!

NetScaler – TLS Citrix VDA with TLS 1.3

Reading Time: 3minutesOverviewThis Quickpost contains informations about deploying a secure frontend to backend communication with NetScaler, using TLS 1.3 to achieve a continues 443 TCP (UDP with EDT / DTLS) connection from NetScaler Frontend (HDX Gateway) to NetScaler Backend (Citrix VDA) to be able to disable the classic HDX Ports like 1494 (ICA) and 2598 (CGP).Also, we’ve stumbled across a connection issue with TLS 1.3, details in the post.Normally I would prefer to use HDX Direct, bu

Coming back to Chaos from Vacation!!!

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