What's new and upcoming with Citrix technology and features

In VMware virtualization environments, when creating a machine catalog, you can now set a desired folder ID for the catalog. You can also change the folder ID after you create the catalog. When the folder ID changes, only the new VMs will be created inside the new folder. Existing VMs remain in the old folder.

The Cloud Connector installation can now use the system default browser.

Citrix Cloud is updating the method used for traffic ingress to improve resiliency, which requires inserting a new service in the path used to communicate with Citrix’s services. This change may require an update to cipher suites used by Cloud Connector and FAS systems, 

An event called VDA.Print triggers when a printing job is initiated in Citrix Apps and Desktops. The VDA Print events are also available on Self-service search and Custom Risk Indicators pages.

You can now customize the content of the email sent to end-users per policy.

You can now view your most recently used or favorite apps and desktops or open a Citrix Enterprise Browser window by clicking the Citrix Workspace icon in the menu bar. This feature provides easy access to some of your resources without having to open the Citrix Workspace app.

Improved Licensing management experience for Citrix Cloud administrators

With this feature, in Azure environments, you can now create a MCS machine catalog using an Azure marketplace image directly.

Citrix Analytics for Performance scans for black hole machines every 15 minutes and sends out an alert to enable administrators to proactively mitigate session failures faced by users due to black hole machines. 

The Citrix Cloud console introduces a more streamlined experience for managing administrators, including an improved user interface and searchable permissions.