Citrix has recently announced the following new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops features in Microsoft Azure. Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) for Microsoft Azure — Citrix and Microsoft engineers have worked together to deliver Citrix PVS to Azure, targeted for general availability December 2021. Citrix Ready validation for Virtual Apps and […]
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service reference architecture on Azure
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) service options Citrix offers the following two services for implementing Virtual Apps and Desktops cloud service: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service (managed entirely via the Citrix Cloud and can deploy in any CVAD resource location) Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Standard for Azure […]
Citrix announced VAD security vulnerabilities
Case Citrix announced on November 10th 2020 the following vulnerabilities. CVE ID Description Vulnerability Type Pre-conditions CVE-2020-8269 An unprivileged Windows user on the VDA can perform arbitrary command execution as SYSTEM CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management The attacker must be an authenticated user on the Windows VDA with write access to the C:\ directory CVE-2020-8270 An unprivileged Windows user on the VDA or a SMB user can perform arbitrary command execution as SYSTEM […]
Citrix Adaptive Transport
Introduction to latest CVAD release Adaptive transport is a data transport mechanism for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. It is faster, can scale, improves application interactivity, and is more interactive on challenging long-haul WAN and internet connections. Adaptive transport maintains high server scalability and efficient use of bandwidth. By using […]