EUC News and Updates - October 2024
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EUC News and Updates - October 2024 Permalink
EUC News Permalink
The following are some of the key news items in EUC for the month of October 2024:
Gartner Permalink
DaaS MQ
Gartner have released the 2nd Magic Quadrant (MQ) for Desktop as a Service and it’s a must read for everyone interested in End User Computing and Digital Workspaces. There have been some notable movers with some adjustments to the Leaders and Visionaries quadrants that in particular make for good reading.
EUC Updates Permalink
The following are some of the EUC Updates for the month of October 2024:
Cloud Software Group Permalink
Citrix App Layering
- Download Citrix App Layering 2409 – Direct upgrades from previous releases to version 2409 are not supported; deploy new appliance and migrate
- M365 activation fails when Citrix App Layering elastic\user layers are enabled – Resolved in ELM 2409; or edit registry in Platform Layer – Citrix Knowledgebase article
Citrix Cloud
- Citrix software requirements for Endpoint metrics in DaaS Monitor – Wi-Fi Signal Strength – Citrix Docs
- New permissions needed by the Azure Service Principal that Citrix DaaS uses – Citrix Docs
- Citrix DaaS new feature Oct 2024: Service accounts for machine identity management – Manage computer accounts in on-premises Active Directory without having to enter domain credentials every time – Citrix Docs
Citrix Provisioning
Citrix StoreFront
- Download Citrix Workspace app 2409 for HTML5
Citrix VDA
- Citrix VDA 2411 Virtual Channel Plugin Manager – Detects specific applications running on the VDA and prompts the user to install the plugin on the endpoint; supports Microsoft Teams SlimCore plugin – Citrix Docs
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
- With Windows 11 version 24H2, Citrix session launches might fail when the anti-keylogging feature of App Protection is enabled – Citrix Knowledgebase article
Citrix WEM and Profile Management
- Citrix Workspace Environment Management cloud service What’s New October 2024 – Group policy preferences migration to WEM; Profile Management 2411 settings – Citrix Docs
Citrix Workspace app
- New Connection Strength Indicator on desktop viewer toolbar in Citrix Workspace app version 2409 or later – Citrix Blog Post
- Download Citrix Workspace app for Windows LTSR 2402 Cumulative Update 1 Hotfix 1 – 24.02.1001
- Download Citrix Workspace app 2405.11 for Windows
- Citrix Workspace app for Mac Security Bulletin: Possible session hijack of a user who is authenticated on cloud store – Citrix Knowledgebase article
- Citrix Workspace app: the Enable MPR notifications for the System GPO setting must be enabled to support domain pass-through (single sign-on) authentication on Windows 11 24H2 – disabled by default in 24H2 – Citrix Docs
- What’s new in Citrix Workspace app for Linux 2408 – Citrix Docs
- Download Citrix Workspace app for Linux 2408
- Download Citrix Workspace app 2409.10 for Mac
NetScaler ADC
- NetScaler Integration for Cisco Duo Universal Prompt using Oauth – recorded webinar – Citrix Community
- NetScaler-Americas Sep 26 Recorded Webinar – Rename GSLB Sites; change GSLB Site IP – Citrix Community
- NetScaler WAF recommendation engine recorded webinar – Citrix Community
Microsoft Permalink
- FSLogix Teams: TempState folder isn’t properly cleaned up during sign out – Teams icon is missing from the Start Menu; workaround: redirections.xml to exclude the TempState folder – Microsoft Docs
- Quick Fixes for Teams 2.0 VDI Pain Points – AppX registration; Teams icon missing; Start Menu search doesn’t work; Outlook Plugin not visible – Balint Oberrauch
- New Windows 365 IP subnet for RDP connectivity – Microsoft Docs
- AVD Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability – Fixed in updated AVD Clients – Microsoft Docs
- Azure Virtual Desktop Black Screens. Could be 2 Min long, could be much longer – long thread. Caused by Windows Patch – Microsoft Techcommunity
- Download Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2024 Update (24H2)
- Quick Fixes for Teams 2.0 VDI Pain Points – AppX registration; Teams icon missing; Start Menu search doesn’t work; Outlook Plugin not visible – Balint Oberrauch
- New Windows 365 IP subnet for RDP connectivity – Microsoft Docs
- New Microsoft AVD Preview Feature: Session host update – Update VM disk type, OS image, etc. of all session hosts in a host pool with a session host configuration – Microsoft Docs
- Many new features in Nerdio for Microsoft AVD v6.5.0 – e.g., Nerdio Manager across multiple regions; predictive AI generates recommendations for auto-scale enabled host pools
- Microsoft 365 Unified Domains – *.cloud.microsoft; *.static.microsoft; *.usercontent.microsoft; all on TCP/UDP 443 and TCP 80 – Microsoft Docs
Nerdio Permalink
Nerdio Manager for Enterprise (NME)
- v6.4.2 GA (Release Date October 10, 2024) – Add Support for Windows 24H2 Images and UAM Updates
- v6.4.3 GA (Release Date October 21, 2024) – Updates to FSLogix App Masking
- v6.5.0 (Release Date October 31, 2024) - A heap of changes including Nerdio Manager: Native Reporting (Public Preview), AI Powered Auto-scale Recommendations Preview (Premium), Nerdio Manager: Multi-Region DR Support, Auto-scale Profile Enhancements, Automatic Policy Backup, RDP ShortPath Settings, Dev Box Images ad and a heap of fixes.
NVIDIA Permalink
- NVIDIA® License System release 3.4.0 – Fixes vulnerabilities – NVIDIA Docs
- NVIDIA vGPU software vulnerability: High severity – Code execution, escalation of privileges, data tampering, denial of service, and information disclosure – NVIDIA Security Bulletin October 2024
Omnissa Permalink
- Omnissa Connect: combines Workspace ONE Cloud Admin Hub and Omnissa Cloud Services into a single, unified platform – Omnissa TechZone
- Horizon Agents Installer (HAI) 2406 has been marked as a critical update for all Horizon Cloud customers – For transition to the Omnissa brand – Omnissa Docs
- Horizon Cloud October 03, 2024 – View reason for failed end-user connection; publish installed applications from multi-session; notification for desktop pool’s size not meeting demand; UAG Syslog; improved provisioning time – Omnissa Docs
- Workspace ONE Access 24.07 patches to fix upgrade issues – Omnissa Knowledgebase article
- Download Omnissa Horizon Client for Windows 2406.1 – Updates to fix critical security vulnerabilities
VMware Permalink
VMTools
- VMware Tools 12.5.0 What’s New – VMware Docs
