Deprecation

The announcements in this article give you advanced notice of platforms, Citrix products, and features that are being phased out. Using these announcements, you can make timely business decisions.

Citrix monitors customer use and feedback to determine when they’re withdrawn. Announcements can change in subsequent releases and might not include every deprecated feature or functionality.

Deprecated items aren’t removed immediately. Citrix continues to support them in this release but they’ll be removed in the future.

Deprecation table

Item Deprecation announced in Removed in Alternative
TLS 1.1 and 1.0 2409 2409 TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3
HDX Real Time Optimization Pack for Skype for Business 2409 2502 HDX WebRTC Optimization
Support for Windows Server 2016 2405 2405 Use the supported operating system as given in the System requirements section.
Citrix Ready workspace hub (also known as WorkspaceHub) 2402 2402
XenApp Services (also known as PNAgent) 2403 2409 Within workspace app, connect to stores using the store URL rather than the XenApp Services URL
Internet Explorer-based browser content redirection 2311.1 2311.1 Google Chrome based browser content redirection
Support for WebRTC SDP format (Plan B) 2309 Upgrade Citrix Workspace app to a supported version.
Support for Single Window mode in Microsoft Teams Optimization 2309 Upgrade Citrix Workspace app to a version that supports MultiWindow mode. For more information, see Feature matrix and version support.
/includeappprotection switch 2212 2212 Use /startappprotection to start App Protection component
Support for customized URLs through 301 redirects 2210 StoreFront to Workspace URL migration
Support for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 2204.1 2204.1 Use the supported operating system as given in the System Requirements section.
Citrix Casting is installed by default with Citrix Workspace app 2112.1 2205 Citrix Casting can be installed on-demand with Citrix Workspace app. Note: Citrix Casting is not installed by default during the Citrix Workspace app.
The All Accounts option in the menu for Workspace (cloud) stores only. 2112.1 2202  
The Remember the password option in the logon screen on Workspace app (cloud) stores. 2008 2008  
Citrix Receiver for Universal Windows Platform 2006 2102  
The option to add or remove descriptions for stores in the Add or Remove accounts dialog. The Description column has been deprecated. 2006.1   You can add or remove store account details without adding a description.
The option to enable or disable stores from the Add or Remove Accounts dialog 2006.1    
Support for Windows 7 2002 2006.1 Use the supported operating system as given in the System Requirements section. NOTE Windows 7 is supported in Version 2002.
/rcu installer switch 1909   Use /forceinstall switch instead of /rcu.
Deprecation