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CVAD Current Release 2411

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What's New (please see release notes for all details):

License Activation Service (LAS)

• Cloud-based licensing solution that provides an alternative to the traditional Citrix legacy licensing to ensure a seamless and modern approach to license management

HDX Connectivity

• HDX Direct - Internal: Allows internal client devices to establish a secure direct connection with session host if direct communication is possible

Devices

• Scanning documents from TWAIN applications on ChromeOS endpoints

Graphics

• Default optimizations that prioritize interactivity over bandwidth in certain use cases
• Maximum video buffer size setting now supports any value in kilobytes
• Optimized content sharing for Microsoft Teams and other platforms
• Enhanced start up application support for seamless sessions

Multimedia

• HDX optimized webcam display names updated
• Virtual channel plugin manager

Web Studio

• Backup and Restore node now available for on-demand/scheduled backups and to restore deleted applications, policies, and more
• Azure SQL support
• Configure domain name that auto-populates the Domain field on Studio login page
• Image management is now generally available
• Support for provisioning non-domain-joined VDAs
• Option to update Write-back cache setting post creation for MCS catalogs in the Google Cloud Platform
• Enroll machines of hybrid AAD joined type into Microsoft Intune for co-management
• Create Azure VMs with multiple NICs
• Azure catalog's default DES setting are from the master image
• Upload FlexApp packaged applications to Citrix Cloud and deliver them to users
• Added "File Type Association" for publishing applications
• Support for choosing a power management connection for a Remote PC Access catalog
• Delivery group details view enhanced with policy information
• Policies UI improvements for better user experience
• Simplified printer configuration experience
• Export function extended to all management nodes
• Enhanced default view settings for machine catalogs, delivery groups, and applications
• Reduce data load times on Details tab with data caching
• Ability to add notes for maintenance mode

Director

• Least used and unused published apps report in Applications page
• Independent release of Director for LTSR deployments
• Infrastructure policies are now apart of Advanced Alert Policies
• Bulk alert dismissal
• Webhook configuration using PowerShell SDK
• Workload rightsizing improvements
• Trends page enhancements
• Alerts and usability user experience improvements

Machine Creation Services

• Create pre-formatted WBC disk catalogs in Azure
• Multi-region snapshot of the disk or an image of the disk at master image in GCP
• NitroTPM and UEFI secure boot capability for MCS created AWS VM instances
• Create Deny-All network security group
• Support for using Azure temporary disk as a WBC disk for existing MCS machine catalogs
• Filter empty resource groups for image preparation
• Migration of persistent and non-persistent VMs in XenServer
• Create on-demand capacity reservation in Azure
• Place the WBC disk on the same storage location as OS disk
• Multiple NICs per VM on Azure
• Connect Azure Sovereign Airgap cloud environment
• Reboot schedules for hibernated VMs

Federated Authentication Service (FAS) 2411 What's New:

• Renew FAS authorization certificates without disruption to users
• Improved process for managing key storage with FAS
• Elliptic Curve keys now supported

Linux Virtual Delivery Agent 2411 What's New:

• User session process (ctxgfx) is now decoupled from the "ctxhdx" service
• Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12.7, Debian 11.11, and SUS 15.6 now supported
• 7OpenJDK dependency upgraded from version 11 to version 17
• Custom PostgreSQL version now supported
• "Rootless" Xorg now supported with non-root user privileges
• Service account "ctxsrvr" moved to new location
• Cross-platform keyboard functionality improvements
• Webcam functionality improvements
• Support for PipeWire in Ubuntu 24.04
• Multiple audio devices and loss tolerant mode for audio are generally available
• Additional Auto Client Reconnect (ACR) Citrix Policies: Auto client reconnect timeout, auto client reconnect authentication, auto client reconnect logging

Profile Management 2411 What's New;

• Machine-level redirection for files, folders, registry keys, and registry values using rules
• Specify excluded users, machines, and processes when configuring rule assignments
• New policy for access control for redirected folders allows admins to grant specific domain users or groups Read & Execute permissions on the redirection target folders
• New policy for accelerating UWP app loading
• New policy for notifying users when their profile size exceeds a quota
• In-session failover support for profile streaming lets files and folders be streamed continuously after the failover, minimizing data disruptions

Provisioning 2411 What's New:

• Enhanced performance of Citrix Provisioning Configuration Wizard
• Downgrade script now included in the Citrix Provisioning ISO
• Enable or disable scrambling of licensing telemetry data
• Support for validation of license server's certificates
• Improved Windows Memory Optimization Management
• Windows Server Core enhancements
• Delete WBD disk at shutdown for MCS provisioned Citrix Provisioning catalogs
• Linux streaming target device support

Session Recording 2411 What's New:

• Group Service Managed Account (gMSA) now supported
• Microsoft Entra ID authentication now supported
• Ability to install Session Recording database and Session Recording admin logging database on separate instances
• Capturing printing activities in recorded sessions is now generally available
• Diagnostic logging enhancements

StoreFront 2411 What's New:

• New UI is now generally available for on-premises stores
• Pinned links available for quick access to specific websites
• Require end users to use the locally installed Citrix app only
• XenApp Services off by default for new stores

Virtual Delivery Agent for macOS 2411 What's New:

• Audio support over the Enlightened Data Transport (EDT) loss tolerant protocol
• Additional Auto Client Reconnect (ACR) Citrix Policies: Auto client reconnect timeout, auto client reconnect authentication

Workspace Environment Management (WEM) 2411 What's New:

• Ability to export reports, infrastructure service and web console logs to 3rd-party platforms like Grafana and Splunk
• WEM Health Check tool now integrated and listed within the WEM Tool Hub Home page for ease of access and use
• Migrate different types of profiles to the Citrix container-based profile solution with the Profile Migration tool
• Validate app access control rules on the local machine before deploying in the testing or production environment
• Added more built-in script tasks to reduce operation efforts
• Configuring registry and GPO setting with a new registry value type
• View the WEM Group Policy settings to eliminate the risk of misconfiguration while reviewing the existing settings
• Selectively reset WEM actions tracking cache
• Group policy migration to WEM
• New insights to monitor and diagnose logon duration
• Configure privilege elevation rules and assign them to users using the web console
• Create and configure application security rules and assign them to users in the web console
• Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) can now be used for API service impersonation
• Configure multiple SPNs in a single forest for various WEM deployments
• Rule Generator updated with expanded app access control features
• Supports all versions of Profile Management through 2411
• New features in Profile Management Settings: Enable UWP app load acceleration, app access control policy expanded, folder redirection policy enhanced for more options, alert user when profile size exceeds quota

LTSR 1912 Cumulative Update 10

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DaaS What’s New:

• Studio support for a snapshot of the disk or an OS image of the disk as a master image in the GCP
• Advanced Alert Policies enhancements
• Support to configure secondary VMs scale up or scale down list for MCS-created catalogs on Azure
• Delivery group details enhanced with policy information
• Support for multi-region snapshot of the disk or an image of the disk as master image in GCP
• Support for converting a non-machine profile-based machine catalog to machine profile-based machine catalog in VMware environment
• Windows Server 2025 support
• Support for provisioning persistent VMs on Windows Server OS using Full Copy Clone
• Studio AWS Quick Deploy: Support for adding non-BYOL-enabled AWS accounts
• Backup and restore using Studio is now Generally Available and enables you to create on-demand and scheduled backups and restore deleted applications, policies, and more
• “Get started” widget renamed “Configuration guides” widget on the Studio Home Page; now includes “Get started with DaaS” guide along with a new “Check resilience configuration” guide which verifies resiliency settings across various types of StoreFront deployments
• Enhanced domain selection enables you to enter a domain name for an exact match wherever domain selection is needed
• Validate configuration settings before creating an MCS machine catalog in AWS environments
• Performance Metrics panel has an enhanced visualization of the historical data metrics in Monitor
• Enhancements to Filters in the Sessions tab within Monitor - All, Active/Connected/Disconnected, Ended

Global App Configuration Service (GACS) What's New:

• Manage settings per user groups using configuration profiles for cloud stores (Workspace only)

Session Recording Service What’s New:

• Session Recording service now available in the Japan region of Citrix Cloud
• New diagnostic logging view to detect issues on the VDAs
• Redesign of the navigation pane to offer a unified platform experience with Citrix DaaS

Workspace Environment Management (WEM) Service What’s New:

• Unified platform experience for navigation
• User statistics table enhancements
• Directly upload scripts when configuring external tasks
• Rule Generator updated with expanded app access control features
• Group Policy Migration Tool enhancements
• New details to diagnose logon duration
• All versions of Profile Management supported through 2411
• New features in Profile Management Settings: Alert users when profile exceeds quota, enable UWP app load acceleration, app access control policy expanded, folder redirection policy enhanced for more secure access control (minimum agent version required: 2411.1.0.1)

Workspace app

• Extension detection and prompt control for Citrix Workspace web extension

Workspace app for Windows 2409

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What's New:

• Windows 1124H2 support
• Feature flag management
• Single sign-on support for Edge WebView when using Microsoft Entra ID
• Virtual desktop screen resizing experience enhancements
• Desktop launch experience enhancements
• Customize the sustainability message dialog box
• Streamlined beacon checks
• .NET requirements
• SOCKS5 proxy support for EDT
• Customization of Desktop Viewer toolbar
• Remember USB connections
• Disable the “Exiting Full Screen Mode” tip prompt
• WebHID API in UCSDK support
• TLS protocol version 1.3 support
• Disable TLS 1.0 or 1.1 communication protocols
• Default audio device selection
• Connection Strength Indicator available on Desktop View toolbar
• Enable Audio Quality Enhancer to improve audio performance (Tech Preview)
• Virtual Channel Plugin Manager
• Citrix Enterprise Browser version 130.1.1.12

Workspace app for Windows LTSR 2402 CU1 Hotfix 3

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Workspace app for ChromeOS 2411

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What's New:

• Scanner redirection support
• In-session toolbar improvements
• Ability to customize the sustainability message dialog box
• HTTP proxy support
• Enhanced troubleshooting with endpoint telemetry in Citrix Director
• VDA for macOS - clipboard and keyboard shortcuts enhancements
• Desktop launch experience enhancements
• Virtual desktop screen resizing experience enhancements
• Log collection enhancements
• Keyboard and IME diagnostic tool enhancements
• Session reliability enhancements
• Display control with multi-monitor selector enhancements

Workspace app for ChromeOS 2411 SDK

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