Shield v2

Last published : Oct 16, 2026
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Overview

MacVDA support Shield V2 feature. Compared to Shield V1, Shield V2 is connector-less, cloud-connector doesn’t participate into the work-flow. And Shield V2 support:
  1. Session launch when Daas or Workspace outage
  2. New session launch type “Connection Lease“
  3. Offline mode MacVDA desktop access

Policy Setting

  • Daas should open shield related feature-toggles to support shield v2 connection leasing type session launch
  • Citrix Workspace shield feature setting to download and update related cache files.
  • No policy setting for Shield V2 feature of MacVDA
Some local registry settings in clxmtp service:
create -k "HKLM\Software\Citrix\ClxMtpService" -t "REG_DWORD" -v "ClxMtpSvcEnabled" -d "0x00000001" --force
create -k "HKLM\Software\Citrix\ClxMtpService" -t "REG_DWORD" -v "ClxMtpValidationBypass" -d "0x00000001" --force
create -k "HKLM\Software\Citrix\ClxMtpService" -t "REG_DWORD" -v "ClxMtpFsmLogLevel" -d "0x00000003" --force
create -k "HKLM\Software\Citrix\ClxMtpService" -t "REG_DWORD" -v "ClxMtpTimeoutInMilliSeconds" -d "0x00002710" --force

Requirements and limitations

Management Plane

  • Supported in all editions of Citrix DaaS with Citrix Workspace.
  • Not supported for Citrix Workspace with site aggregation to on-premises Virtual Apps and Desktops.
  • Not supported when on-premises Citrix Gateway is used as an ICA Proxy. (Using Citrix Gateway Service as a Workspace authentication method is supported.)

User device requirements

Minimum supported Citrix Workspace app versions:
  • Citrix Workspace app for Windows 2106
  • Citrix Workspace app for Linux 2106
  • Citrix Workspace app for Mac 2106
  • Citrix Workspace app for Android 22.2.0
  • Citrix Workspace app for iOS 22.4.5
  • Citrix Workspace app for ChromeOS 2301
For users who access their apps and desktops using browsers:
  • Citrix Workspace app 2109 for Windows at a minimum. Supported with Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
  • Citrix Workspace app for Mac version 2112 at a minimum for use with Google Chrome.
  • Citrix Workspace app for Windows (Store) is not supported.
If using connectorless VDAs:
  • Citrix MacVDA 2511 release.