Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktop 7 2112
Citrix have released a new version of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2112.
Important features are big improvement with HDX graphics (HDX 3D Pro), Screen sharing and much more.
Release 7 2112 is now available for download, 14th December, 2021.
Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktop 7 2112 is a CR release. Read more about CR here
Citrix Virtual Apps (former name: XenApp) Citrix Virtual Desktop (former name: XenDesktop)
Citrix raises the bar of for user experience and new product release of following technologies:
- Director 2112
- Citrix Licensing 11.17.2
- Virtual Delivery Agents 2112 for ServerOS and ClientOS
- Virtual Delivery Agent 2112 for Linux
- Citrix Federated Authentication Service 2112
- Citrix Provisioning 2112
- Profile Management 2112
- Workspace Environment Management 2112
- Session Recording 2112
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Service (December 2021)
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Standard for Azure (December 2021)
- Citrix Cloud Health Check
- Workspace App 2112 for Windows
- Workspace App 2112 for Linux
- Workspace App 2112 for Chrome
- Workspace App 2112 for Android
- Workspace App 2112 for MacOS
- Workspace App 2112 for HTML5
- Workspace App 2112 for ChromeOS
What’s new in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop 7 2112
Install and upgrade: Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Runtime prerequisite
When installing a Delivery Controller, VDA, or Universal Print Server, the Citrix installer automatically installs the Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Runtime. If the machine contains an earlier version of that runtime (such as 2017), the Citrix installer upgrades it.
VDA install and upgrade: Rendezvous proxy configuration
In the full VDA installers, you can specify the Rendezvous Proxy Configuration additional component if you plan to use the Rendezvous protocol with the Citrix Gateway Service in your environment, and have a non-transparent proxy in your network for outbound connections. Only HTTP proxies are supported.
Citrix Director 7 2112
Citrix Licensing 11.17.2
Support for 4096 key size in self-signed certificates
From this release onwards, the key size supported in self-signed certificates is 4096 only. Uninstall the existing License Server and install the upgraded version (11.17.2.0 build 36000) which contains the 4096 key length self-signed certificate. To create your own self-signed certificate, see Get started.
OpenSSL version upgrade
OpenSSL version: 1.1.1k
Apache version update
Apache version 2.4.48.
Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs) 7 2112 for Windows Desktop/Server OS.
Version 2112 of the Windows single-session OS and multi-session OS VDAs includes the following enhancements. These items are in addition to any VDA installation and upgrade items listed earlier in this article.
HDX graphics improvements
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2112 introduces significant enhancements and innovations to improve graphics (3D Pro) workload performance:
- Frame rates now run up to 120 FPS at 1080p and 60+ FPS at 4K resolution.
- Graphics CPU consumption has been reduced, improving overall scalability.
Screen sharing
You can now share your screen with other users from within a session. For more information, see Screen sharing.
Remote PC Access logging
Remote PC Access now has logging capabilities that log when someone tries to access a PC with an active ICA session. This allows you to monitor your environment for unwanted or unexpected activity and be able to audit such events if you need to investigate any incidents.
Events are logged using Windows Event Viewer.
For more information, see Session management logging.
UWP support for authenticating using FIDO2
With this release, Citrix now supports FIDO2 on applications that use a Microsoft UWP application to provide authentication.
Applications such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Outlook for Office 365 and OneDrive use a UWP application for authentication as a link to Azure Active Directory. Citrix now supports using FIDO2 to authenticate those applications.
For more information, see UWP support for authenticating using FIDO2.
Adaptive audio update
Adaptive audio now works when using UDP audio delivery. For more information, see Adaptive audio.
Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs) 7 2107 for Linux
Version 2109 of the Linux VDA includes the following new features and enhancements:
Support for HDX screen sharing (experimental)
As an experimental feature, the Linux VDA now lets you share the screen of your virtual desktop with session users on other virtual desktops. The screen sharing feature is disabled by default. For more information, see HDX screen sharing.
Citrix Virtual Channel Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Linux VDA (experimental)
Citrix Virtual Channel SDK for the Linux VDA is now available. With the Virtual Channel SDK, you can write server-side applications to run on the VDA. For more information, see the Citrix Virtual Channel SDK for the Linux VDA documentation.
Citrix Virtual Channel SDK for the Linux VDA is available for download at the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops download page. Expand the appropriate version of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and click Components to select the Linux VDA download.
FAS support for VDAs using PBIS
You can now use Federated Authentication Service (FAS) to authenticate users logging on to a Linux VDA that was joined to a Windows domain using PowerBroker Identity Services (PBIS). When you select PBIS while running ctxfascfg.sh, enter the host name of the Key Distribution Center (KDC) as prompted by the script. For more information, see Configure Federated Authentication Service.
Linux streaming support for RHEL 8.4, RHEL 7.9, and SUSE 12.5
Using the Linux streaming feature with Citrix Provisioning, you can provision Linux virtual desktops directly in the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment. For more information, see Use Citrix Provisioning to create Linux VMs.
Keyboard layout synchronization support for MATE desktop
Citrix Federated Authentication Service 2112
Federated Authentication Service 2112 includes the following new features. For information about bug fixes, see Fixed issues.
Event log improvements
New events [S413] and [S414] are written to the Windows Application event log warning of RA Certificate expiry. For details of these event log messages and additional updates, see FAS event logs.
FAS 2112 PowerShell cmdlets
The FAS PowerShell cmdlets have been republished as version 2112. Changes include the new cmdlet Set-FasRaCertificateMonitor for configuring RA certificate expiry events.
Citrix Provisioning 2112
This release of Citrix Provisioning includes the enhancements described in the following sections. It includes several fixes for issues seen in past releases, and new issues that we’ve identified.
IMPORTANT:
Use the most recent version of the Citrix License Server to receive the latest provisioning features.
When upgrading Citrix Provisioning to the newest version, the latest License Server version is required. If you do not upgrade to the latest version of the License Server, the product license enters the 30-day grace period.
For more information, see Licensing.
Azure support
Citrix Provisioning now allows you to move your Citrix Provisioning workloads to Azure Cloud, using the same provisioning tools and policies as you use with on-premises hypervisors. You can use Azure SQL to provide the database. For more information, see Citrix Provisioning on Microsoft Azure.
New options for database connections
Citrix Provisioning now provides more options for authenticating connections to the database. Many of these options are available for use with Azure SQL.
Added Windows support
Windows 11 is only supported on ESX 7.0 Update 2 and newer.
Windows 10 21H2 is supported.
Support for new Linux streaming target devices
For Linux streaming, the following operating systems are now supported:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
See Streaming Linux target devices for details.
Citrix Profile Management 7 2112
This release includes the following new features and enhancements. It also addresses several issues that help to improve overall performance and stability.
Support for file-level inclusion and exclusion for the profile container
Previously, you could configure inclusion and exclusion for the profile container only at the folder level. You can now do that at the file level. This enhancement gives you more granular control over profile synchronization.
For more information, see Include and exclude folders and files.
Support for specifying the storage path for VHDX files
Citrix Profile Management provides the following VHDX-based policies: Search index roaming for Outlook, Profile container, and Accelerate folder mirroring. By default, VHDX files are stored in the user store. You can now specify a separate path to store them.
For more information, see Specify the storage path for VHDX files.
Support for using wildcards in folder names when configuring inclusion and exclusion
When configuring inclusion and exclusion for the user store and for the profile container, you can now use wildcards in folder names. For more information, see Include and exclude items for the user store and Include and exclude folders and files for the profile container.
Citrix Workspace Environment Management 2112
Workspace Environment Management 2112 includes the following new features. For information about bug fixes, see Fixed issues.
Privilege elevation
This release introduces the privilege elevation feature. The feature lets you elevate the privileges of non-administrative users to an administrator level necessary for some executables. As a result, those users can start those executables as if they are members of the administrators group.
You can configure privilege elevation using two types of rules: executable rules and Windows installer rules. You can configure how a rule behaves according to the type of the operating system. You can also configure whether a rule takes effect at a particular point in time or within a time range. You assign a rule on a per user or per user group basis.
For more information, see Privilege elevation. For more information, see Privilege elevation.
Support for optimizing multi-session OS machines
Multi-session OS machines are used to run multiple sessions from a single machine to deliver desktops and applications to users. A disconnected session remains active and its applications continue to run. The disconnected session can consume resources needed for connected desktops and applications that run on the same machine. With this feature, you can optimize multi-session OS machines where disconnected sessions are present. The feature improves the user experience of connected sessions by limiting the number of resources disconnected sessions can consume. For more information, see Multi-session Optimization.
Administration console
The administration console user interface has changed:
- In System Optimization, there is a new Multi-session Optimization node. On the node, there is a new Multi-session Optimization tab for you to configure settings designed to optimize multi-session OS machines with disconnected sessions.
- In Security, there is a new Privilege Elevation node. On the node, there is a Privilege Elevation tab for controlling whether to enable the feature and to apply global settings. Below the node, there are two subnodes:
- Executable Rules with a Privilege Elevation tab where you can apply privilege elevation using executable rules.
- Windows Installer Rules with a Privilege Elevation tab where you can apply privilege elevation using Windows installer rules.
Citrix Session Recording 2112
This release includes the following new features and addresses an issue to improve the user experience:
Integration with Citrix Analytics for Security
You can now configure Session Recording servers to send user events to Citrix Analytics for Security, which processes those user events to provide actionable insights into user behaviors.
For more information, see Integrate with Citrix Analytics for Security.
Extended scope of event detection
We have extended the scope of event detection to monitor the following events while recording sessions:
- App failures: including unexpected app exits and unresponsive apps.
- User account modifications: including account creation, enablement, disablement, deletion, name changes, and password modification attempts.
- RDP connections: RDP connections initiated from the VDA hosting the recorded session.
- App installs and uninstalls
For more information, see Create a custom event detection policy.
Session data overlay
This release introduces a screen overlay during session playback in the web player. It is a semi-transparent overlay that you can relocate and hide. The overlay features the following data points related to the recorded session:
- Round trip time
- Network (send)
- Network (receive)
- CPU usage
- Memory usage
To enable the feature, select Log performance data when creating your event detection policy. For more information, see Create a custom event detection policy and Session Recording web player.
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service
Whats is new (December 2021)
Support for Google Cloud VMware Engine. The platform now enables you to migrate VMware based on-premises Citrix workloads to Google Cloud and your core Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service. For more information, see Google Cloud Platform (GCP) VMware Engine support.
Ability to specify what account names start with when specifying a naming scheme. This release introduces an option to the Machine Catalog Setup > Machine Identities page of the Full Configuration management interface. The option lets you specify numbers or letters the account names start with, giving you more control over how machine accounts are named during catalog creation. For more information, see Machine identities.
Support for creating Nutanix AHV XI and Nutanix AHV Prism Central (PC) connections. In the Full Configuration management interface, you can now create Nutanix AHV XI and Nutanix AHV PC connections. For more information, see Nutanix virtualization environments.
Support for selecting the storage type for OS disks when provisioning VMs on GCP. In the Full Configuration management interface, when provisioning VMs on GCP, you can now select the storage type for the OS disk. Available storage options on the Machine Catalog Setup > Storagepage include Standard persistent disk, Balanced persistent disk, and SSD persistent disk. For more information, see Create a machine catalog.
Full Configuration management interface now supports Azure ephemeral disk. Previously, PowerShell was your only choice to create machines that used ephemeral OS disks. We now add an option, Azure ephemeral OS disk, to the Machine Catalog Setup > Storage and License Types page. Select the option if you want to use the VM’s local disk to host the operating system disk. For more information, see Create a machine catalog using an Azure Resource Manager image.
Protect Machine Creation Services (MCS) managed resources from accidental deletion. You can now protect MCS managed resources on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by applying GCP’s deletionProtection flag enabled for the VMs. Using the compute.instances.setDeletionProtection permission or the IAM Compute Admin role, you can reset the flag to allow the resource to be deleted. This functionality is applicable for both persistent and non-persistent catalogs. For more information, see Protect accidental machine deletion.
What is new (November 2021)
Annotate an image when updating machines. In the Full Configuration management interface, you can now annotate an image by adding a note for it when updating an MCS-created catalog. Each time you update the catalog, a note-related entry is created whether or not you add a note. If you update the catalog without adding a note, the entry appears as null (-). To view note history for the image, select the catalog, click Template Properties in the lower pane, and then click View note history. For more information, see Update a catalog.
Multi-type licensing support. The Full Configuration management interface now supports multi-type licensing, letting you specify which license entitlement you want your site (your deployment of a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service product) or a delivery group to use.
- At the site level, you determine which license to use site wide when users launch an app or a desktop on their devices. The selected license applies to all delivery groups, except those configured with a different license.
- At a delivery group level, you determine which license you want the delivery group to use, enjoying the multi-type licensing flexibility and benefits.
For more information, see Multi-type licensing.
Support for displaying Azure Marketplace purchase plan information. In the Full Configuration management interface, when creating a machine catalog, you can now view purchase plan information for master images originated from Azure Marketplace images.
What is new (October 2021)
Ability to update persistent MCS catalogs. We introduced the Update Machines option for persistent MCS catalogs in the Full Configuration management interface. The option lets you manage the image or template the catalog uses. When updating a persistent catalog, consider the following: Only machines you add to the catalog later are created using the new image or template. We do not roll out the update to existing machines in the catalog. For more information, see Update a catalog.
Option to provision VMs on an Azure dedicated host. We added an option, Use a host group, to the Machine Catalog Setup > Master Image page of the Full Configuration management interface. The option lets you specify which host group you want to use when provisioning VMs in Azure environments. For more information, see Create a machine catalog using an Azure Resource Manager image.
Improve performance by preserving a provisioned VM when power cycling. We added a setting, Retain VMs across power cycles, to the Machine Catalog Setup > Disk Settings page of the Full Configuration management interface. The setting lets you preserve a provisioned VM when power cycling in Azure environments. For more information, see MCS storage optimization. Alternatively, you can configure the feature by using PowerShell. For more information, see Preserving a provisioned virtual machine when power cycling.
Bind a machine catalog to a Workspace Environment Management configuration set. When creating a machine catalog, you can now bind it to a Workspace Environment Management configuration set. Doing so lets you use Workspace Environment Management service to deliver the best possible workspace experience to your users. You can also choose to bind the catalog after you create the catalog. For more information, see Create machine catalogs and Manage machine catalogs.
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Standard for Azure
What is new (November 2021)
- Auto-approved 7-day trials are now available (in addition to sales-approved trials).
- Citrix Service Providers can now manage users from the service’s Manage > Quick Deploy dashboard or the Citrix Cloud console. For details, see Partner access to customer identity provider.
What is new (October 2021)
New information about managing catalogs created in Quick Deploy.
Citrix Cloud Healthcheck
Cloud Health Check allows you to run checks that gauge the health and availability of the site and its components. You can run health checks for Virtual Delivery Agents (VDAs), StoreFront servers, and Profile Management. VDA health checks identify possible causes for common VDA registration, session launch, and time zone redirection issues.
If issues are present during the checks, Cloud Health Check provides a detailed report and the actions to fix the issues. Each time Cloud Health Check starts, it checks for the latest version of scripts on the Content Delivery Network (CDN) and automatically downloads the scripts if they do not exist on the local machine. Cloud Health Check always chooses the latest local version of scripts to run health checks.
Citrix Workspace App 2112.1 for Windows
Support for local app discovery within the Citrix Workspace app
Starting with this release, admins can configure the discovery and enumeration of locally installed applications within the Citrix Workspace app. You can configure this feature by using the Global App Configuration Service. For more information about configuring this feature, see Global App Configuration Service. This feature is ideal for devices running in the kiosk mode and for those applications that can’t be virtualized within the Citrix Workspace.
Service continuity
During an outage in the identity provider for workspace authentication, users might be unable to sign into Citrix Workspace through the Workspace app sign in screen. The message Having trouble signing in? Use Workspace offline appears at the top of the Citrix Workspace app sign in screen.
Clicking on Use Workspace offline enumerates all the apps and desktops that have valid Connection Leases stored on the client device.
From this release, the message appears after 40 seconds time out. For more information, see Service continuity section in the Citrix Workspace documentation.
Improved virtual desktop experience
This release improves the experience when resizing virtual desktops.
Improved ICA file security
In earlier releases, the ICA file downloads to the local disk when you launch a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops session.
With this release, we provide enhanced security in the way Citrix Workspace app handles ICA files during a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops session launch.
Citrix Workspace app now lets you to store the ICA file in the system memory instead of the local disk. This feature aims to eliminate surface attacks and any malware that might misuse the ICA file when stored locally. This feature is also applicable on Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops sessions that are launched on workspace for web. For more information, see Improved ICA file security section.
Adaptive audio update
Adaptive audio now works when using UDP audio delivery. For more information, see Adaptive audio.
Microsoft Teams optimization
The following features are available only after the roll-out of a future update from Microsoft Teams.
When the update is rolled-out by Microsoft, you can check CTX253754 for the documentation update and the announcement.
- Multi-window chat and meetings for Microsoft TeamsStarting with this release, you can use multiple windows for chat and meetings in Microsoft Teams (1.4.00.16771 or higher) when optimized by HDX in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (VDA 2112 or higher). You can pop out the conversations or meetings in various ways. For details on the pop-out window feature, see Teams Pop-Out Windows for Chats and Meetings on the Microsoft Office 365 site.If you’re running an older version of Citrix Workspace app or VDA, be aware that Microsoft will deprecate the single-window code in the future. However, you will have a minimum of nine months after this feature is GA to upgrade to a version of the VDA or Citrix Workspace app that supports multiple windows (2112 and greater).
- App sharingPreviously, you were not able to share an app using the Screen sharingfeature in Microsoft Teams when you enable the HDX 3D Pro policy in Citrix Studio.Starting with Citrix Workspace app 2112.1 for Windows and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2112, you can share an app using the Screen sharingfeature in Microsoft Teams, when this policy is enabled.
- Give controlYou can use the Give control button to give control access of your shared screen to other users participating in the meeting. The other participant can make selections and modify the shared screen through keyboard, mouse and clipboard input. You will both have control of the shared screen and you can take back the control anytime.
- Take controlDuring screen sharing sessions, any participants can request control access through the Request control button. The person sharing the screen can then approve or deny the request. When you have the control, you will be able to control the keyboard and mouse input on the screen shared and release control to stop sharing control.
- Dynamic e911With this release, Citrix Workspace app supports dynamic emergency calling. When used in Microsoft Calling Plans, Operator Connect, and Direct Routing, it provides the capability to:
- configure and route emergency calls
- notify security personnel
Citrix Workspace App 21.12.0 for iOS
Reposition the in-session toolbar
With this release, you can reposition the in-session toolbar. You can choose to position it either on the top or on the right of the screen. When you drag the toolbar notch away from the toolbar edge, the rectangle drag indicator and the drop target appear. Drop the drag indicator over the drop target to reposition the toolbar.
Previously, the in-session toolbar was fixed either on the top or on the right.
NOTES:
- The feature is applicable for iPad users only.
- The feature functions with touch or mouse.
- The feature functions with an iPad or on an external display.
- The last toolbar position persists for the next session or the application launch.
iOS version support
Citrix Workspace app version 22.01.5 is the last release that supports minimum target iOS version 11.x.
Citrix Workspace app version published in the month of April 2022 is the last release that supports minimum target iOS version 12.x.
For more information, see the deprecation table.
Recommendations and notes
- If you are on HTTP-based stores, for a secure context, we recommend that you transition to HTTPS-based stores. For more information, see HTTPS.
- We now support iOS 15.
Citrix Workspace App 2112 for Linux
Support for cursor color inverting
Previously, the Citrix Workspace app displayed a dotted cursor that appeared the same in color to the black and white background of a text. As a result, it was difficult to locate the position of cursor.
With this release, the cursor color inverts based on the background color of a text. As a result, you can easily locate the position of the cursor in the text. By default, this feature is disabled.
Prerequisites:
- If
.ICAClientis already present in the home folder of the current user:DeleteAll_Regions.inifileOr,To retain theAll_Regions.inifile, add the following lines at the end of the [Virtual Channels\Thinwire Graphics] section:InvertCursorEnabled=InvertCursorRefreshRate=InvertCursorMode=
If the .ICAClient folder is not present then it indicates a fresh install of the Citrix Workspace app. In that case, the default setting for the feature is retained.
To enable this feature, do the following:
- Navigate to the
$HOME/.ICAClient/wfclient.iniconfiguration file. - Go to [Thinwire3.0] section and set the following entry:InvertCursorEnabled=True
NOTE:
The cursor does not invert when the value for the Use video codec for compression policy in Citrix Studio is set to Do not use video codec.
Adaptive audio update
Adaptive audio now works when using User Datagram Protocol (UDP) audio delivery. For more information, see Adaptive audio.
NOTE:
This enhancement requires VDA version 2112 or later.
For information on UDP audio configuration using adaptive audio on Citrix Workspace app, see the Enabling UDP audio section in the Audiodocumentation.
Support for multiple audio devices (Technical Preview)
Starting with this release, Citrix Workspace app displays all available local audio devices in a session with their names. In addition, plug and play support for Bluetooth and HDMI audio devices is also provided.
This feature is disabled by default. To enable this feature, set the value for AudioRedirectionV4 to True in the module.ini file.
For more information, see Audio.
NOTE:
Starting with this release, the
VdcamVersion4Supportattribute in themodule.inifile is renamed toAudioRedirectionV4.
UDP audio through Citrix Gateway (Technical Preview)
With this release, Citrix Workspace app supports Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol for UDP audio. As a result, you can access the UDP audio through Citrix Gateway.
To enable UDP audio through Citrix Gateway:
- Navigate to the
<ICAROOT>/configfolder and open themodule.inifile. - Go to the [WFClient] section and set the following entry:EnableUDPThroughGateway=True
- Go to the [ClientAudio] section and set the following entry:EnableUDPAudio=True
For more information, see the Enabling UDP audio section in the Audiodocumentation.
NOTE:
If you use the StoreFront default.ica configuration, the value of
EnableUDPThroughGatewayset in the [Application] section takes precedence over the value set in themodule.inifile. However, you can set theEnableUDPAudiovalue in the [ClientAudio] section only using themodule.inifile and it does not take precedence over the value set in the StoreFront default.ica configuration.
Enhancement on smart card support
NOTE:
This enhancement is generally available for Citrix Workspace app.
With this release, Citrix Workspace app supports the Plug and Play functionality for smart card reader.
When you insert a smart card, the smart card reader detects the smart card in the server and client. You can plug and play multiple cards at the same time, and all of these cards are detected.
Prerequisites:
Install the libpcscd library on the Linux client.
NOTE:
This library might be installed by default in the recent versions of most Linux distributions. However, you might need to install the
libpcscdlibrary in earlier versions of some Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu 1604.
To disable this enhancement:
- Navigate to the
<ICAROOT>/config/module.inifolder. - Go to the
SmartCardsection. - Set the
DriverName= VDSCARDV.DLL.
Request control in Microsoft Teams
With this release, you can request control during a Microsoft Teams call when a participant is sharing the screen. Once you have control, you can make selections, edits, or other modifications to the shared screen.
To take control when a screen is being shared, click Request control at the top of the Microsoft Teams screen. The meeting participant who’s sharing the screen can either allow or deny your request.
While you have control, you can make selections, edits, and other modifications to the shared screen. When you’re done, click Release control.
NOTE:
This feature is available only after the roll-out of a future update from Microsoft Teams. When the update is rolled-out by Microsoft, you can check CTX253754 for the documentation update and the announcement.
Citrix Workspace App 21.12.0 for Android
Support for Zebra workstation connect
With this release, we introduce compatibility with Zebra tablet features – desktop launcher and experience in desktop mode. The user experience of the Android tablet is mirrored on the client monitor with Zebra Workspace Connector.
For more information on managing the zebra device, see Manage Zebra Android devices in the Citrix Endpoint Management documentation.
Recommendations and notes (Android 12, HTTPS)
- Citrix Workspace app for Android 21.11.0 supports Android 12.
- If you are on HTTP-based stores, for a secure context, we recommend that you transition to HTTPS-based stores. For more information, see HTTPS.
Citrix Workspace App 2112 for Apple OSX
Support for custom web stores
You can now access your organization’s custom web store from the Citrix Workspace app for Mac. Previous to this release all customized stores could be accessed only through the browser.
With this feature the Citrix Workspace app for Mac loads the custom web stores with a browser-like experience. This also means that App Protection capabilities are now extended to custom web stores. Making the custom portal accessible from the native Workspace App provides comprehensive capabilities and user experience for this feature. For more details about Global App Configuration Service, see Getting Started.
For more information about configuring a custom web store, see Custom web store.
Request control in Microsoft Teams
With this release, you can request control during a Microsoft Teams call when a participant is sharing the screen. Once you have control, you can make selections, edits, or other modifications to the shared screen.
To take control when a screen is being shared, click Request control at the top of the Microsoft Teams screen. The meeting participant who’s sharing the screen can either allow or deny your request. When you’re done, click Release control.
NOTE:
This feature is available only after the roll-out of a future update from Microsoft Teams.
Citrix Workspace Browser
This release of the Workspace Browser is based on Chromium version 95. For features or bugs fixes in the Citrix Workspace browser, see What’s newin the Citrix Workspace browser documentation.
Citrix Workspace App 2112 for Chrome OS
Support for dynamic e911
With this release, Citrix Workspace app supports dynamic emergency calling. When used in Microsoft Calling Plans, Operator Connect, and Direct Routing, it provides the capability to:
- configure and route emergency calls
- notify security personnel
The notification is provided based on the current location of the Citrix Workspace app running on the endpoint, instead of the Microsoft Teams client running on the VDA.
Ray Baum’s law requires the 911 caller’s dispatchable location to be transmitted to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). Starting from Citrix Workspace app 2112 for Chrome OS, Microsoft Teams Optimization with HDX is compliant with Ray Baum’s law.
HDX
Do checkout the throughput improvements in CVAD 2112. There has been significant improvements in high latency and loss scenarios. Adaptive throughput V2 dynamically scales to achieve high-speed data transfers under various network conditions improving ICA throughput by up to 75% on high latency, high loss networks and is supported by all major workspace apps/receiver apps out of the box.