Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

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Citrix Virtual Apps™ and Desktops 7 2603
What's new
- Fixed issues
- Known issues
- Deprecation
System requirements
Technical overview
- Databases
- Delivery methods
- Network ports
- HDX™
- ICA® virtual channels
- Double-hop sessions
Install and configure
- Machine identities
  - Active Directory joined
  - Microsoft Entra hybrid joined
  - Non-domain-joined
- Session authentication
  - Microsoft Entra single sign-on
  - Federated Authentication Service
  - Smart Cards
- Prepare to install
  - Amulet Hotkey CoreStation virtualization environments
  - AWS cloud environments
  - Azure Local environments
  - XenServer® virtualization environments
  - Google Cloud environments
  - HPE Moonshot virtualization environments
  - Microsoft Azure Resource Manager cloud environments
  - Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager environments
  - Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager virtualization environments
  - Nutanix virtualization environments
  - Nutanix cloud and partner solutions
  - Oracle C3 virtualization environments
  - Red Hat OpenShift virtualization environments
  - VMware virtualization environments
  - VMware cloud and partner solutions
- Install core components
  - Install using the command line
  - Install Web Studio
- Install VDAs
  - Configure Windows Defender Access Control related to VDA Installation
  - Precheck for VDA install and upgrade
  - VDA Meta Installer helper tool
  - Install VDAs using scripts
  - Generate custom script to install or upgrade VDA via command-line
  - Third-party VDA deployment methods
- Create a site
- Create and manage connections and resources
  - Connection to Amulet Hotkey CoreStation
  - Connection to AWS EC2
  - Connection to Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances
  - Connection to Azure Local
  - Connection to XenServer
  - Connection to Google cloud environments
  - Connection to HPE Moonshot
  - Connection to Microsoft Azure
  - Connection to Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager
  - Connection to Nutanix
  - Connection to Nutanix cloud and partner solutions
  - Connection to Oracle C3
  - Connection to Red Hat OpenShift
  - Connection to VMware
  - Connection to VMware cloud and partner solutions
- Service accounts
  - On-premises Active Directory service accounts
  - Manage service accounts
- Image management
- Create prepared image machine catalogs
  - Create a prepared image for Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances
  - Create a catalog of Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances
  - Create a prepared image machine catalog in Azure
  - Create a prepared image machine catalog in Azure Local
  - Create a prepared image machine catalog in Nutanix AHV Prism Central
  - Create a prepared image machine catalog in Red Hat OpenShift
  - Create a prepared image machine catalog in VMware
  - Create a prepared image machine catalog in XenServer
- Manage prepared image machine catalogs
- Create machine catalogs
  - Create an Amulet Hotkey CoreStation machine catalog
  - Create an AWS EC2 catalog
  - Create an Azure Local catalog
  - Create a XenServer catalog
  - Create a Google Cloud Platform catalog
  - Create an HPE Moonshot machine catalog
  - Create a Microsoft Azure catalog
  - Create a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager catalog
  - Create a Nutanix catalog
  - Create an Oracle C3 machine catalog
  - Create a Red Hat OpenShift catalog
  - Create a VMware catalog
- Identity pools of different machine identity join types
  - Identity pool of on-premises Active Directory joined machine identity
  - Identity pool of Microsoft Entra hybrid joined machine identity
  - Identity pool of non-domain-joined machine identity
- Manage machine catalogs
  - Manage an AWS EC2 catalog
  - Manage a catalog of Amazon WorkSpaces Core Managed Instances
  - Manage a XenServer catalog
  - Manage a Google Cloud Platform catalog
  - Manage an HPE Moonshot catalog
  - Manage a Microsoft Azure catalog
  - Manage a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager catalog
  - Manage a Nutanix catalog
  - Manage a VMware catalog
- Power Management
  - Power manage Amulet Hotkey CoreStation VMs
  - Power manage AWS VMs
  - Power manage Azure Local VMs
  - Power manage Azure VMs
  - Power manage Oracle C3 VMs
  - Power manage Red Hat OpenShift VMs
- Security policies
  - Security groups
  - Secure boot
  - Encryption capabilities
- Service Window
  - Service Window operations in Azure
- Load balance machines
- Create delivery groups
- Manage delivery groups
- Create application groups
- Manage application groups
- Remote PC Access
- Cloud Connector Standalone Citrix Secure Ticketing Authority (STA) service
- Publish content
- Server VDI
- User personalization layer
- Remove components
Upgrade and migrate
- Upgrade a Deployment
- Proxy Support for VDA Upgrade Agent
Secure
- Federated Authentication Service
- FIDO2 authentication
- Integrate Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops with Citrix Gateway
- Security considerations and best practices
- Manage certificates
- Smart cards
  - Smart card deployments
  - Pass-through authentication and single sign-on with smart cards
- Enable TLS on Delivery Controllers
- Enable TLS on Web Studio and Director
- Enable TLS on VDAs
- Enable TLS on Universal Print Server
- Virtual channel allow list
- WebSocket communication between VDA and Delivery Controller™
HDX connectivity
- Adaptive transport
  - Enlightened Data Transport
  - Troubleshooting
- HDX Direct
- Secure HDX
- Network telemetry
- Virtual channel allow list
Devices
- Scanning
- USB Devices
- Client Drive Mapping
- Mobile and touch screen devices
- Serial ports
- Specialty keyboards
- Support key event sequence processing in Windows VDA for double hop
- Windows - Keyboard and IME Supportability Tool
- Webcams
Graphics
- Thinwire
- HDX 3D Pro
- GPU acceleration
- 10-bit high dynamic range (HDR)
- Adaptive refresh rate
- Loss tolerant mode for graphics
- HDX screen sharing
- Virtual display layout
- Session-based watermark
- Citrix snipping tool
- Thinwire
Seamless
- Publish seamless applications
- Application groups
- Published content
- Publish packaged applications
- Publish UWP applications
- Linux VDA Published Applications
- Windows Accessibility Settings
  - Prerequisites and Configuration
  - How to Enable
- Window Dragging
- Transparent windows for seamless applications
- Troubleshooting
- System Tray Icon Redirection
Multimedia
- Audio features
- Browser content redirection
  - Single sign on support
- Webcam redirection and video compression
- HTML5 multimedia redirection
- Optimization for Microsoft Teams (New)
  - Citrix HDX Optimization
  - Microsoft SlimCore Optimization
- Optimization for Microsoft Teams (Classic)
  - Monitor, troubleshoot, and support Microsoft Teams
- Windows Media redirection
- Virtual Channel Plugin Manager
  - Virtual Channel Plugin Manager Overview
  - Virtual Channel Plugin Manager Configuration
- Unified Communications SDK Optimization
General content redirection
- Client folder redirection
- Client location redirection
- Bidirectional content redirection
- Host to client redirection
- Local App Access and URL redirection
Print
- Citrix Universal™ Print Driver (UPD)
- Configuration
- Troubleshooting
  - Best practices
Policies
- Work with policies
- Policy templates
- Create policies
- Policy sets
- Compare, prioritize, model, and troubleshoot policies
- Default policy settings
- Policy settings reference
- Policy changes
Manage
- Applications
  - App packages
  - Universal Windows Platform Apps
- Backup or Migrate your Configuration
  - Backup and Restore configuration
  - Backup and Restore using Web Studio
  - Backup and Restore using the Automated Configuration tool
  - Best practices for backup and restore
  - Migrate configuration to Citrix Cloud™
  - Merging multiple sites into a single site
  - Migrating from cloud to cloud
  - Migrate Cloud configurations to on-premises
  - Migrate on-premises configurations to on-premises site
  - Automated configuration tool cmdlets for migration
  - Automated configuration tool cmdlets for backup and restore
  - Troubleshoot Automated configuration and additional information
- Autoscale™
  - Getting started
  - Schedule-based and load-based settings
  - Dynamic session timeouts
  - Autoscaling tagged machines (cloud burst)
  - Autoscale™ plug-in
  - User logoff notifications
  - Analyze effectiveness of Autoscale settings
  - Broker PowerShell SDK commands
- Citrix Insight Services
  - Citrix Scout
- Collect a Citrix Diagnostic Facility (CDF) Trace at System Startup
- Delegated administration
- Delivery Controllers
- Home page
- IPv4/IPv6 support
- Licensing
  - Multi-type licensing
  - License Activation Service
  - Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops telemetry data elements
  - FAQ for licensing
- Local Host Cache
- Machines and sessions (Search > Default view)
  - Machine actions and columns
  - Session actions and columns
- MCS-provisioned machines (Search > Hardware view)
- Security keys
- Session resilience settings
- Settings
- Tags
- Tasks in Task Center
- User profiles
- VDA registration
- Virtual IP and virtual loopback
- Zones
- Remove broker user from the cache
- Citrix Assistant application
Monitor
- Configuration logging
- Event logs
Director
- Install and configure
- Site analytics
- Troubleshoot deployments
- Unified search for Hybrid multi-cloud deployments
- Infrastructure monitoring [Preview]
- Application and Desktop Probing
- Cost optimization
- Feature compatibility matrix
- Data granularity and retention
- Troubleshoot Director failure reasons
- Secure Private Access integration with Director [Preview]
Advisor
VDA upgrade service (VUS)
- Prerequisites for upgrading VDAs using VUS
- Upgrade VDAs using VUS
- Monitor and Troubleshoot VUS
Citrix Always on Tracing
- Introduction
- Core Concepts
- Centralized AOT Log Server
- Log Server Recommendation
- Installing and Configuring Log Server
- Upgrade Log Server
- Uninstall Log Server
- Uploading the AOT logs from CVAD Core Components
- Viewing and Using AOT logs
- General Response Code for Log Server API
- Troubleshooting with AOT and Log Server
- FAQ
- Known Issues and Limitations
- Third party notice
Third party notices
SDKs and APIs
Document History

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