Citrix Cloud Updates

Until now, Citrix provided a disk image and accompanying script to support deploying the Connector Appliance in cloud services. With this change the Connector Appliance will be available within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) marketplace and deployed directly without the need for a script.

This new functionality brings to the Citrix Cloud interface some of the key metrics, such as process CPU and memory usage, AD call latency, and CBP/NFuse/STA metrics. The feature also adds per-provider connectivity checks, which can alert admins to issues and, in future, can include service-specific information for each component of the Cloud Connector.

Citrix Provisioning on Azure is supporting the ability to create provisioning targets in specific availability zones.    

Citrix Provisioning on Azure is supporting customer-managed encryption keys to encrypt all managed disks associated with each target device.    

In addition to the existing support for Azure AD administrator groups in Citrix DaaS, Citrix is adding support for Azure AD administrator groups to access cloud platform functions.

Image Portability Service supports preparing on-premises Machine Creation Services and Provisioning Services images to run in AWS.

Citrix introduces REST APIs to create and consume reports that help you to manage licensing in Citrix Cloud. As an IT administrator, use the Citrix cloud licensing APIs in tandem with on-premises Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops or Citrix DaaS.

The App-V node is renamed to App Packages and redesigned to accommodate more types of Microsoft packaged apps. Previously, you had to use the discovery module to add App-V apps to Citrix Cloud for delivery. You can now add and deliver App-V apps in one place by using the App Packages node.

Display Connector Appliance health information and raise alerts for unhealthy connectors in the Citrix Cloud Admin Console.

Full Configuration now lets you stay up to date on catalog creation and updates. You can gain an overview of the creation and update process, view the history of steps performed, and monitor the progress and running time of the current step. For more information, see Start creating the catalog.