What’s New in 2511
Citrix VDA for macOS has been fully GA since 2503 release, for this CR2511, we had done intensive integration test with the latest CVAD LTSR 2507 CU1, to ensure customers who prefer to use LTSR will have a smooth experience deploying macOS VDA during their upgrade to the new LTSR. Alongside, we also added many exciting features in this release:
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Session watermarking, this is an important security feature requested by many customers. Now we’re fully supporting this capability, include choosing various fields from the session or user information, and also customizable text. For more information about how to enable and configure it, please refer to the feature page.
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Shield V2 support: this is another important user experience feature while macOS VDA can continue provide remote macOS desktop during Citrix Cloud disruption caused by network etc. issues; when enabled, end user can continue enjoy seamless remote desktop experience without notice of the control plane turbulence. For more information, please check out the feature page.
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File copy-paste support: administrator now can fine tuning Citrix security policy to allow end user to do copy and paste for various file formats; for details what format are supported and how to configure policies, accordingly, please refer to related section for details:
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Clipboard support
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Copy-paste file
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MacOS VDA policy
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Smartcard support: macOS VDA now also supports secure authentication using smart card within HDX sessions on macOS, providing security through hardware-based authentication tokens. The implementation supports both traditional smart card authentication and modern FIDO2 password-less authentication. For details, please refer to feature page.
Several important system level enhancements for end user and admin experience:
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We did some revamp of VDA Configuration tool by adding power management check option for admin/end-user
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We now provided graphs for end-user self-troubleshooting when they encounter blank screen when launch session
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Administrator now able to configure VDA session to be log-off once end user log-off macOS system (or vice versa) for needed situations
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We also enhanced the performance metric of “ICA RTT” so that it more accurately reflects user-interactive RTT, so administrators can observe these metrics in Director that can further assist troubleshooting
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For also updated OPUS audio codec to latest v1.5 for enhanced audio experience
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Critical bug fixes for various areas that improves the performance and stability of this new release
In summary, CR2511 is an exciting release from Citrix containing both feature and performance enhancement. Meanwhile, we’re continuing to evolve our roadmap according to customer requirements and Apple ecosystem trends.