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June 2023

Jun 05

Support for using Microsoft Intune enrolled master image to create Azure Active Directory joined machine catalog

CLOUD STATUS

    Now Available
Citrix Provisioning
Previously, when creating an Azure Active Directory (AAD) joined machine catalog, you could not use a Microsoft Intune enrolled master image. Now, with this feature, you can use a Microsoft Intune enrolled master image. This functionality requires VDA version 2212 or later.
Jun 05

Support for zone-redundant storage in Azure

CLOUD STATUS

    Now Available
Citrix Provisioning
Previously, MCS only offered locally-redundant storage (LRS). With this feature, you now have both locally-redundant storage (LRS) and zone-redundant storage (ZRS) options in Azure. ZRS allows you to spread your redundant storage across multiple locations, ensuring redundancy even in the event of failure in one location.
Jun 05

Support for using NT5DS as default time synchronization method for AD and Hybrid AAD joined VM

CLOUD STATUS

    Now Available
Citrix Provisioning
Previously, Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS) created virtual machines without changing synchronization method in the master image.  This feature enables NT5DS as default time synchronization method for Active Directory and Hybrid Azure Active Directory joined virtual machines that MCS creates.  
Jun 05

MCS supports double encryption for Azure VM

CLOUD STATUS

    Now Available
Citrix Provisioning
With this feature, you can create a machine catalog of Azure VM with double encryption.
Jun 05

Support for converting a legacy machine catalog to machine profile based machine catalog

CLOUD STATUS

    Now Available
Citrix Provisioning
With this feature, in Azure environments, you can change a legacy machine catalog to a machine profile based machine catalog. This will enable you to acquire many new features from the machine profile, such as tags, accelerated networking, and so on, without recreating the machine catalog.
Jun 05

Enable cleanup of stale Azure AD joined devices

CLOUD STATUS

     Releasing
Citrix Provisioning
We've introduced a new setting in Full Configuration to simplify the cleanup of stale Azure AD joined devices in Citrix DaaS. Previously, you had to run a custom PowerShell script to perform the task. With the new setting, you can now assign host connections permission to automatically clean stale Azure AD joined devices.
Jun 04

Reset OS disk of a persistent Azure VM in an MCS machine catalog

CLOUD STATUS

    Now Available
Citrix Provisioning
With this feature, when you power off a persistent Azure VM and put the VM in maintenance mode, you can request to reset the OS disk.
Jun 02

Rear camera support

CLOUD STATUS

    Now Available
Citrix Workspace app - Android
You can now redirect the front camera of your device into the session. Both 32-bit and 64-bit applications are supported. By default, the auto-redirection of the webcam is enabled.
Jun 01

Citrix Provisioning on Azure supports server-side encryption with customer-managed key

CLOUD STATUS

    Now Available
Citrix Provisioning
Citrix Provisioning on Azure is supporting customer-managed encryption keys to encrypt all managed disks associated with each target device.    
Jun 01

Citrix Provisioning on Azure supports availability zone

CLOUD STATUS

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