Parallels Remote Application Server Changelog --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.3 (21955) - 30 March 2021 Improved: Localized strings in Japanese language. Improved: Publishing Agent stability improvements. Improved: RAS management console message in case it is not able to communicate with the remote installer service. Improved: RAS management console process using elevated privileges if the user is in the local administrator group. Fixed: Incorrect SSL extension error when using Dell Wyse ThinOS with RAS version 17.1 and above. Fixed: In some scenarios, Publishing Agent may occasionally display the "Not Verified" state or the service may experience crashes. Fixed: In some scenarios, Enrollment Server may get stuck in "Synchronizing" state. Fixed: Enrollment Server deployed on the secondary site receives an incorrect registration certificate. Fixed: A remote user is able to connect to a Remote PC despite another locally logged in user. Fixed: In case using a VDI provider, user may connect to a different Guest VM than the one assigned. Fixed: Orphaned sessions may appear in the Session management tab without an ability to control. Fixed: The RAS Console may crash while a template is exiting from maintenance. Fixed: In rare scenarios, submitting a system report to Parallels may fail. Fixed: When using VMWare vSphere as a VDI provider, Guest VM recreation may fail when using VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (vVols). Fixed: In case using Thermal printers such as Star TSP100 or Star TSP700 printouts are incorrect. Fixed: In case using Remote PC as a VDI provider, Remote PCs may become "not verified" after a reboot. Fixed: Unexpected window popup behavior in a remote application. Fixed: SAML SSO authentication is not available after a restart of the server hosting Enrollment Server Agent and Publishing Agent. Fixed: In some scenarios, Guest VMs may not be enumerated when using Remote PC as a VDI provider. Fixed: Taskbar icons might not always show for published applications. Fixed: When using Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster as a VDI provider, template creation fails when deploying full clones over SMB file share. Fixed: RAS console might crash while updating RAS Guest Agents. Fixed: Intermittently RAS management console fails to receive a reply from Publishing Agent. Fixed: Printing fails if a redirected printer includes Japanese characters. Fixed: After an upgrade from RAS version 17.0.1, RDP-UDP tunneling may stop working unexpectedly. Fixed: In case using Microsoft Hyper-V as a VDI provider, some Guest VMs could stay in "Not verified" state after creation. Fixed: Server replied with error if printing a document took more than 3 seconds. HTML5 Gateway: Fixed: In rare scenarios, published application may crash when accessed using the HTML5 Client. RAS PowerShell: Fixed: RAS Powershell module cmdlets generate the error "'DontShow' property specified was not found". --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.2.2 (21874) - 30 September 2020 Fixed: Launching published resources with long override parameters may fail. Fixed: In some scenarios, high memory usage is experienced on Secure Client Gateway and Enrollment Server. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.2.1 (21873) - 15 September 2020 Fixed: Security vulnerability issue disclosed in Parallels KB article https://kb.parallels.com/en/125112. Fixed: VDI Remote PCs can become not verified HTML5 Gateway: Fixed: Security vulnerability issue disclosed in Parallels KB article https://kb.parallels.com/en/125112. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.2 (21860) - 16 July 2020 New: Support for Nutanix Acropolis (AOS) 5.15 as a VDI Provider. New: Support for creating RD Session Host template on Nutanix AOS 5.15. New: Ability to recreate Guest VM while preserving its MAC address on Nutanix AOS 5.15. New: Ability to specify RAS Shell with RAS Agent internal communication port manually through registry. In case that port is in use, a new port is dynamically chosen for communication. Improved: Configured VDI pool might not be visible in the available list of pools when publishing applications. Improved: Localization improvements. Improved: Reporting tool logs archive size optimization. Critical Fix: RAS Publishing Agent may experience crashes due to high memory consumption. Critical Fix: RAS RD Session Host Agent crashes occasionally if User Profile Disks are used. Fixed: Using Google Authenticator, or other TOTP provider, as an MFA provider, users added in the exclusion list could still be prompted to provide a one-time password. Fixed: When using Zebra label printer and Parallels Client for Mac, default paper size is not forwarded correctly and incorrect page margins are noticed. Fixed: When using VMware vCenter as a VDI provider and creating a template, a particular host is selected instead of the resource pool for Guest VM deployment. Fixed: SAML authentication fails when multiple displays are used. Fixed: In certain scenarios, when using Remote PC as a VDI provider, Remote PC agent may occasionally show "Not Verified" state. Fixed: When using Remote PC as a VDI provider, Remote PC from a trusted domain is not available for publishing. Fixed: In certain scenarios, when using a Gateway connection mode through a VPN, published resource may fail to start. Fixed: VDI pool is not available for publishing. Fixed: Trusted.pem file is removed if RAS Console or RAS PowerShell components are uninstalled. Fixed: Unable to launch sessions from powered off or suspended Guest VMs. Fixed: Fujitsu Paperstream IP 7030 scanner is not redirected using TWAIN. Fixed: VDI Agent fails to install on a 32-bit operating system. Fixed: Applications published from Remote PCs, display elements of host PC desktop. Fixed: Change of network adaptors on the licensing server may lead to a duplicate records for the same RAS Farm. Fixed: In some scenarios, settings may not apply to Secondary Publishing Agents. Fixed: Some RD Session Host control settings, such as “Disable logons until server restart”, are ignored. Fixed: In some scenarios, Microsoft Excel documents printouts are incorrect. Fixed: Unable to launch a published application if RD Session Host session is in a disconnected state. HTML5 Gateway: Improved: When using HALB, HTML5 Portal may experience long loading time. Improved: Mouse behaviour in published sessions when using CAD applications. Critical Fix: Vulnerability CVE-2017-9447 has been addressed. Fixed: When using Mozilla Firefox, '/' symbol is intercepted while typing in a published desktop session. Fixed: In rare scenarios, published desktops configured to open in full screen, may fail to start. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.1.3 (21791) - 21 May 2020 Fixed: Occasionally, Publishing Agent may crash due to a database deadlock. Fixed: RAS Universal Printing does not work as expected after an upgrade from RAS v16.5 Update 5. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.1.2 (21785) - 06 May 2020 Fixed: In certain scenarios, when using SAML based authentication, RD Session Host might experience instability issues, resulting in unexpected reboots. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.1.1 (21783) - 27 April 2020 Improved: Performance and stability improvements. Fixed: In some scenarios, remote applications do not start for a user with an existing disconnected session running on an RD Session Host. Fixed: The resource pool list is not populated when using VMware vCenter as a VDI Provider. Fixed: Creation of a Guest VM from a Template might fail due to delays in obtaining an IP address from the DHCP server. Fixed: In certain scenarios, when using Remote PC as a VDI Provider, the Preferred Publishing Agent assignment might change unexpectedly. Fixed: SAML authentication in multi-domain Active Directory environments. Fixed: High memory usage on a Publishing Agent when using multi-factor authentication exclusions. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.1 (21772) - 19 March 2020 New: Support for Microsoft Hyper-V cluster on SMB (3.0) for RD Session Hosts and VDI provisioning. New: Ability to exclude specified Active Directory users or groups from multi-factor authentication. New: Prevent user enrollment by a predefined time limit when using Google Authenticator, or another Time-based One-time password (TOTP) provider, as a multi-factor authentication provider. New: A schedule can now have multiple individuals or groups of RD Session Hosts as targets. New: Add multiple messages at different times within the same RD Session Host schedule. Similarly, messages may also be sent after RD Session Hosts are in drain mode. New: Set recurrence for an RD Session Host schedule for different days of the week. New: Control URL/Mail redirection for applications using Shell namespace objects. New: RAS system notification when a Tenant has unjoined the Tenant Broker. New: RAS system notification when a Secure Client Gateway in Tenant Broker cannot connect to a Tenant resource object. Improved: Extended support for multi-domain Active Directory environments for SAML SSO authentication. Improved: Support escape characters in Active Directory Distinguished Names fields when using SAML SSO authentication. Improved: Application launch time when using published Microsoft App-V applications. Improved: Usage of same SSL certificate in different RAS sites in the same RAS Farm. Fixed: Smart card logon does not work if server is also used for SAML authentication. Fixed: In certain scenarios, event notifications from RAS Agents may not be sent. Fixed: When using non-alphanumeric characters in SAML attribute names, a System Error is shown and RAS Enrollment Server Agent may experience a crash. Fixed: Session Idle time may show incorrect values. Fixed: HALB status may show as 'Not Verified' after the master Publishing Agent temporarily goes down. Fixed: When using non-English operating systems and SAML authentication, session logon does not complete automatically. Fixed: When a user closes all published applications and session closes, the notification "The remote computer has ended the connection" is shown on the client side. Fixed: When using Remote PC as a VDI provider, session is not detected if user is already connected to the Remote PC Guest. Known Issues: SAML authentication in a multi-forest environment may fail. HTML5 Gateway: Improved: Download from HTML5 portal may prompt to store file in Windows\System32 rather than in the user's Download folder. Fixed: When downloading files, extension may be replaced with 'txt'. RAS PowerShell & REST API v17.1.1.21772 New PowerShell Cmdlets: Get-GWDefaultSettings - Retrieves default settings used to configure a Secure Client Gateway. Set-GWDefaultSettings - Modifies default settings used to configure a Secure Client Gateway. Get-RASCertificate - Retrieves information about one or multiple certificates. New-RASCertificate - Creates a certificate by importing a Certificate/Pfx file, generating a self-signed certificate or generating a certificate request. Set-RASCertificate - Modifies the details of a certificate. RemoveRASCertificate - Removes a certificate. Invoke-RASExportCertificate - Exports a certificate to a file. Improved: Invoke-Apply - Added the FullSync option for the cmdlet to return when all the RAS Publishing Agent have finished loaded the new settings. Fixed PowerShell Cmdlets: Get-VDIGuest - Fixed filtering by VDI Template object. Get-VM - Fixed getting by ID does not require SiteId New REST API calls: Ability to manage Secure Client Gateway default settings. Ability to manage certificates. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.0.3 (21681) - 06 February 2020 Fixed: In some scenarios, when using HTML5 Client on Google Chrome, download of files does not work as expected. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.0.2 (21679) - 23 January 2020 Fixed: High memory usage on RAS Secure Client Gateway. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.0.1 (21676) - 10 January 2020 Fixed: Using Microsoft Azure as a VDI provider, Template creation might fail due to lack of Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) availability in some regions. Fixed: Smartcard logon on RDSH and/or VDI fails when Enrollment Servers are added. Fixed: Previous versions of Secure Client Gateway installed on Windows Server installed in Server Core, might fail to upgrade to RAS 17.1. Fixed: In some scenarios, VDI Appliance might fail to connect to VMware vCenter Server 6.7. Fixed: SAML related log files are not included in the send support request from the RAS console. Fixed: Automatically adding Firewall rules during remote installation of Enrollment Servers fails to open the required ports. Fixed: Publishing Agent service may get stuck if the service is restarted after managing a client device. Fixed: In some scenarios, using the HTML5 portal Favorites may cause a crash in the secondary Publishing Agent/s. HTML5 Gateway: Fixed: Opening a published application or desktop in a new browser tab may result in constant tab refreshing. Fixed: CSV files downloaded with wrong extension through HTML5 Client using Google Chrome. RAS PowerShell: Fixed: Online help documentation links. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.1.0 (21669) - 10 December 2019 New: Multi-tenant architecture with the introduction of Tenant Broker providing the ability to use shared RAS Secure Client Gateways and HALBs. New: Added support for SAML 2.0 Single sign-on (SSO) authentication. New: Centralized SSL Certificate Management of SSL certificates on RAS Secure Client Gateways and HALBs. New: Added support of AWS Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) to be used as a front-end load balancer. New: Added support of Network Load Balancer which is needed to split HTTP and RDP the traffic on alternative port or hostname. New: Web cookie customization. New: VDI: Added support for RDSH and VDI provisioning on Microsoft Azure as a new cloud VDI provider. New: VDI: Ability to specify a flexible naming pattern for Desktops created from a Template. New: VDI: Added extended information about VDI sessions in RAS console. New: VDI: Ability to provision RDSH from a template on Scale Computing HC3. New: VDI: Ability to manage VDI guests belonging to a particular VDI pool or template on Desktops tab in RAS console. Improved: Error message on attempt to log into Parallels MyAccount with Personal account. Improved: Security improvement in RAS Console and Publishing Agent communication. Improved: Use of fully qualified domain names (FQDN) for internal RAS components' communication. Improved: HSTS max age was updated. Improved: Default value for RAS Gateways Tunneling Polices was set to none. Improved: VDI: High availability for VDI Agents running side by side with Publishing Agents. Improved: VDI: Performance of enumerating, sorting and filtering VMs on Microsoft Hyper-V Failover Cluster. Fixed: Redirect of URLs using Shell namespace objects. Fixed: Publishing Agent service may crash after upgrade. Fixed: Guest Agents may not become verified if the preferred Publishing Agent was changed while VDI host is unchecked in RAS console. Fixed: Use of fully qualified domain names (FQDN) to prevent multiple registrations of the same RD Session Host in Farm. Fixed: VDI Guest agents may not become verified if Publishing Agent was restarted. Fixed: Radius attributes are not sent, when "Forward the first password to Windows Authentication provider" setting is enabled. Fixed: Client device state may be shown incorrectly in RAS console. Fixed: QuickBooks 2020 application may crash. Fixed: In some scenarios, Single Sign-On may not work for RAS console. Fixed: Persistent Desktop assignment issues. Fixed: VDI Desktop may not launch if RAS Secure Client Gateway and VDI Agent report to different Publishing Agents. HTML5 Gateway: Improved: Original hostname in URL is preserved when redirecting to RAS Secure Client Gateway. Improved: Security improvements. Fixed: Keyboard pop up in the mobile browsers. Fixed: Downloading files from HTML5 client on Safari adds .txt extension. New PowerShell Cmdlets: Get-RASCustomPermission - Retrieves the permissions of a RAS Custom administrator account. Set-RASCustomPermission - Updates the permissions of a RAS Custom administrator account. Get-RASPowerPermission - Retrieves the permissions of a RAS Power administrator account. Set-RASPowerPermission - Updates the permissions of a RAS Power administrator account. Get-RASAdminSession - Retrieves the details of RAS administrator sessions. Invoke-RASAdminSessionCmd - Sends a command to RAS administrator session (Cmds: Logoff). Set-VDIPersistentGuest - Assigns a persistent user to VDI Desktop. Get-RDSession - Retrieves the details of RDP sessions from RD Session Hosts and VDI Desktops. Get-2FAExcludeGWIPList - Retrieves the list of excluded RAS Secure Client Gateway IP addresses. Get-2FAExcludeIPList - Retrieves the list of excluded client IP addresses. Get-2FAExcludeMACList - Retrieves the list of excluded client MAC addresses. Get-2FARadiusAttribute - Retrieves the Radius attribute list. Get-PubAppFileExt - Retrieves the file extensions for the specified published resource. Get-PubRDSAppServerAttr - Retrieves the attribute settings of published resource. Get-PubItemUserFilter - Retrieves the list of filtered user accounts for the published resource. Get-PubItemClientFilter - Retrieves the list of filtered client device names for the published resource. Get-PubItemIPFilter - Retrieves the list of filtered client IP address for the published resource. Get-PubItemMACFilter - Retrieves the list of filtered client MAC address for the published resource. Get-PubItemGWFilter - Retrieves the list of filtered RAS Secure Client Gateway IP addresses for the published resource. Get-RASPrintingAutoInstallFont - Retrieves the RAS Universal Printing Auto install fonts settings. Get-VDIPoolMember - Retrieves the details of VDI pool member from the specified VDI pool. Get-VDITemplateLicenseKey - Retrieves the list of Windows license keys for the RAS Template. Fixed PowerShell Cmdlets: Set-PubItemUserFilter - fixed the command's behavior for a published VDI template. New REST API calls: Ability to manage RD Sessions centrally or from hosts objects. Ability to manage Printing and Scanning preferences in RD sessions. Ability to configure connection settings. Ability to manage Admin sessions. Ability to manage RAS Administrator permissions. Ability to manage published items. Known Issues: SAML: Smartcard Logon on RDSH/ VDI Desktops not working when Enrollment Servers are added. VDI: RAS Template may not exit Maintenance mode on a successful finish of Template Test Wizard on Microsoft Hyper-V Failover Cluster. VDI: Guest VMs listing may fail on VMware vCenter if VDI Agent runs in VDI Appliance. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.0.1.2 (21486) - 23 October 2019 Improved: Optimize connections from Parallels Clients v17.1 and newer. Fixed: In some scenarios, client crashes on Igel devices upon connection. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.0.1.1 (21479) - 3 October 2019 Fixed: One of the published applications crashes in some scenarios when 'Use Remoteapps if available' option is not used Fixed: Remote PC agent can not be installed remotely Fixed: RAS Management Console freezes when "Apply" button is pressed after an update in some environments with MFA enabled Fixed: OTP dialog window of SecureAuth MFA is slow in some environments --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.0.1 (21475) - 2 September 2019 Improved: Increased the limit of connections to one RDSH server to 1000. Improved: REST API documentation is updated with the information about required parameters. Improved: Error message about an attempt to activate the farm with malformed license key is more descriptive. Improved: Russian localization of UI. Improved: "Successful login using RADIUS" message displayed on pre-logon screen removed. Improved: Add checks to HALB configuration to ensure that virtual IP assigned cannot be the same of any devices used and vice versa Fixed: It's not possible to publish Virtual Desktop if there are no RDSH servers registered in the farm. Fixed: Turbo.net applications cannot be started in some scenarios. Fixed: Printing from published application does not work after session reconnect if RDSH server was reinstalled remotely prior to that. Fixed: New servers for RDSH/VDI group are not requested in some scenarios under high load. Fixed: Switching preferred PA of VDI host in some scenarios leads to "Not Verified" state of VDI guest VMs and errors in logs. Fixed: Firewall rules can be deleted on remote upgrade of Publishing Agents or RDSH agents causing agents to be not verified. Fixed: Clicking Help in Site Defaults for the Publishing Page causes crash of RAS management console application. Fixed: Disconnect, Log off, Send message actions called in process manager cause no action. Fixed: Hyper-V Cluster VMs live migration causes guest VM to go offline if it's located on Cluster Shared Volumes. Fixed: RAS management console crashes on Test Template Wizard completion in some scenarios. Fixed: VDI - When vCenter based VDI host is registered in RAS Farm using limitation to resource pool, RAS template VM appears as "Not Verified" or "Not Exist" after the restart of VDI agent. Fixed: Promotion of secondary Publishing Agent to master Publishing Agent could fail in some scenarios. Fixed: VDI - after the controller is rebooted, VDI status of VDI guest VM is reported as "Not Verified" even though guest VM is available and able to accept users' connections. Fixed: On direct upgrade from RAS 16.2.1 or 16.2.2 or 16.2.3 to RAS 17.0 names of published items' in the RAS management console can be lost. Fixed: Publishing applications of type "Installed Applications", will not be published under the selected folder, instead are published in the root folder. Fixed: VDI - VDI guests are not recreated when using VMware ESXi or vCenter and dedicated VDI agent (VDI appliance). Fixed: RAS management console - Sites tab returns "Failed due to insufficient permissions" when the custom admin doesn't have modify permissions on the current site. Fixed: When a standby Publishing Agent is promoted to master, promotion works as expected but the Publishing Agent is still marked as standby. Fixed: Power Admin without Allow Session Management permissions can see list of sessions in status information page. Fixed: Grace period is not activated when usage count exceeds the licensed amount for prepaid licenses. Fixed: VDI - user name disappears if session state changes to disconnected on the Desktop Tab in RAS management console. Fixed: VMs created from the template of RDSH type can be shown in Desktops tab of RAS management console. Fixed: VDI - in some scenarios persistent assignment of VM to user can be lost if VM is not used for several hours. Fixed: Publishing Agent crashes in some scenarios when the farm includes 3 Publishing Agents and there is VDI used in this farm. Fixed: RAS management console might crash on making a persistent assignment while desktops list is being populated. Fixed: VDI - Upgrade Template would create new VMs rather then create existing VMs in some scenarios in multi Publishing Agents environments. Fixed: RAS management console throws an error "Failed to process VDI action ... " when changing properties of the VDI hosts based on Microsoft Hyper-V. Fixed: License information loading could fail in some scenarios in virtual environments (when node is up but network interface driver is not yet operational). Fixed: Browsing of domains in Connection category of RAS management console does not work in some scenarios. Fixed: VDI - Desktop disappears from 'Desktops' tab and 'Template guest vms list' right after creation in some scenarios when Citrix Xenserver. Guest VM stays untouched. Fixed: VDI - 2 guests from different VDI pools or from VDI template and VDI pool cannot be assigned to the same user. Fixed: Windows start menu icon overlays Parallels Logo in desktop replacement mode. Fixed: VDI - Guest VMs created from RDSH template can still be added to VDI pool when "All guest VMs from host" rule is used. Fixed: VDI - Guest VMs which are set up to shutdown on disconnect are turned off even after subsequent connections in some scenarios. Fixed: Redirection of 'Generic / Text Only' printer fails in some environments with error message in log file devredir.log "Failed to open printer 'Generic / Text Only for ras-user-1 by Parallels' (Access is denied. [0x00000005])". Fixed: VDI - User is not removed from local admins group without recreation of VM when "Template properties > Security > Local admin permissions > Launch desktop > Verify user added to group" is set. Fixed: Registration of DualShield Server from RAS management console returns an error when the RAS management console runs on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2019. Fixed: VDI - VMware vCenter might fail to be registered in the RAS Farm when resource pools are used. Fixed: Printer 'Samsung Network PC Fax' cannot be redirected. Fixed: Disabled servers generate a warning message in log when RAS Farm settings are changed. Fixed: VDI - some of guest VMs return "Failed to create" during mass recreate (on operations with more than hundred VMs). Fixed: For some applications icon in a taskbar immediately disappears right after starting the application it. This leads to inability to restore the application after being minimized. Fixed: The policy "Add RAS Connection Automatically when starting web or shortcut items" does not work in some scenarios. Fixed: Report ID of "System report" is not shown in some scenarios. Fixed: Template VM does not exit from maintenance mode in some scenarios when Microsoft Hyper-V is used. Known issue: A schedule set to "disable" VDI host cannot be cancelled when secondary Publishing agent is the the preferred VDI host. Known issue: On Citrix Hypervisor guest might not be allowed to start after a conversion back from VDI template. One may need to make a full copy of such a guest to make it runnable. HTML5 Gateway: New: QR code support for Google Authenticator. Improved: Multi factor authentication dialog window clearly displays Radius server messages. Improved: The size of the QR code for Google Authentication increased for better readability. Improved: Size of the RSA key for self signed certificate is of 2048 bit length by default. Fixed: Summer Time correction is not applied. Fixed: Changing the active directory password via HTML5Gateway on Internet Explorer 11 is not possible. Fixed: When switching published desktop to full-screen, re-logon may fail due to incorrect domain details in some environments. This occurs in cases where "Force clients to use NetBIOS credentials" option is enabled. Fixed: Maximized application window restores to normal size in HTML5 client when user switches to the Application launcher and back. RAS PowerShell and REST API: Improved: PS - Set-RASAgentLogLevel help improved. Improved: PS - Set-VDIGuestsDefaultSettings improved processing of invalid input. Fixed: PS - Set-RDSScheduleDisable parameters check. Fixed: PS - All Get commands using filter parameters with string should not be case sensitive. Fixed: PS - In Get-RASLBSettings RepLB changed to Replicate. Fixed: PS - Get/Set-RASLBSettings added missing Enable CPU load balancer. Fixed: PS - Get-RASNotification, type Licence changed to License. Fixed: REST API - Set-Site. Fixed: PS - Get-SiteStatus returns no permissions for sites which admin actually has permissions to. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.0.0.1 (21291) - 8 July 2019 Fixed: In some scenarios "Object is locked" error may be encountered in the RAS Console after upgrade from previous versions. Fixed: RAS Console could crash in some situations when refreshing list of VDI desktops. Fixed: In some scenarios redirected printers could remain offline after session reconnect. --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 17.0.0 (21289) - 18 June 2019 New: RDSH features: Added support for Windows Server 2019. Added support for RDSH Group settings. Discontinued support for installing RDSH Agent on Windows 2003 servers. New: VDI features: Simplified management of pools and publishing from VDI desktops. The mandatory pool was removed and any usage of it was migrated to fully configurable pools. When publishing from a VDI guest you now can select between "Any Guest VM from a pool" or a "Specific RAS template". Pool membership was also simplified, where now all pool members must be of the same type. VMWare - added support for linux-based vCenter appliance. Template wizard caches the settings entered for future use. These settings are cached in the user profile. You can now view and manage the processes running on VDI desktops from the Session management area. You can now shadow VDI desktops. Added support for Windows Server 2019 Hyper-V. Added support for Scale Computing HC3 as a VDI Host type. Added ability to dynamically and temporarily provision the membership for both "local administrators" and "remote desktop users" groups on log on which is removed on log out. Ability to create a number of Desktops from a template. Default settings which can be inherited in templates or static guests. Ability to a resource pool for VM enumeration when using VMware vCenter. Ability to cancel a server disabled state set from a schedule. Ability to set actions like shutdown or recreate to be taken after a guest VM has logged off or disconnected. Minimum requirements to deploy the RAS Guest Agent are Windows 7 or higher for workstations, or Windows 2008 R2 or higher for server operating systems. New: PIN-code support in RAS Single Sign On when enabled in RAS Console. New: RAS Console features: Added various links to tools which can be deployed on each host. Tools are the following: Remote Desktop, Computer Management, Services Management, Event Viewer, Shared Folders, Windows PowerShell, Ipconfig, Ping, Netstat, Reboot, Shutdown Added a full range of permissions for custom administrators. Permissions can be set by object type or directly on an object. Option to automatically size columns in a list to fit on the screen. All positions are persisted for next use. Ability to quickly switch between different farms. Ability to run multiple instances of the RAS console on the same machine. Ability to increase the area of the publishing tree component. Introduced Desktop page in the VDI section which supersedes the Persistent page allowing the administrator to fully control the desktops created. Ability to control sessions when the licensing server master Publishing Agent is not running. Policies can now be applied to a specific Active Directory computers object or computers which are members in a Active Directory group. Ability to start an application on a mobile device as maximized. Minimum requirements to deploy the RAS Console are Windows 7 or higher for workstations, or Windows 2008 R2 or higher for server operating systems. New: Security - Added configurable HSTS settings for RAS Secure Proxy gateways. New: Security - Added Goggle Authentication as a new 2nd level authentication provider. New: Universal Printing - Add option to retain printers after the user logs out. This speeds up printer redirection if the user reconnects to the same server. New: Logging - You can now set log level to verbose. You can also set the duration for which the log level remains at extended or verbose level. New: Logging - You can now enable logging on specific VDI Host running on the same agent. Log level can be set to different levels per each VDI Host. New: Discontinued support for installing RAS Publishing Agent services on a non 64-bit platform. New: Discontinued support for installing RAS Gateway service on a non 64 bit platform. Improved: Policies - If Authentication is set to use smart cards, then the smart card redirection is automatically set in the policy. Improved: Invitation email - You can now customize the invitation email text without any restrictions. Improved: Device Manager - allow multiple devices to be moved into a group. Improved: Second level authentication - Dualshield provider now can be used with a multi domain environment. Improved: Radius - Added more attributes to the global vendor dictionary. Improved: Shadowing - Added an ability to specify different credentials from the ones currently using the machine. Improved: Themes - Showing the short URL for a theme when available. The short URL format is also used in the send invitation email. Improved: When installing or upgrading multiple agents from the console, prompt for new credentials is shown after an attempt is made with the provided credentials. This is to overcome situations where a different account exists with the same credentials on different domains. Improved: Increased the security level when Gateway cipher strength is set to High. Improved: RDSH Scheduler notification message title can now be changed. Improved: Log rotation mechanism now keeps more archives. Improved: Display a progress window when application is waiting for printers or drives to be redirected, or when initialising app-v before starting. Improved: Ability to deploy and manage RAS VDI desktops in different subnets. Improved: Ability to manage large VDI environments by improving the performance to enumerate, sort and filter VMs. Improved: Agent states on all pages are the actual runtime state. If you check an agent for troubleshooting, the agent state is not changed. Improved: Fixed an issue when dragging a window would produce artifacts. Improved: Validating of MAC address when adding a remote PC inside a VDI Host. Improved: Logs collecting from a standalone RAS console. Improved: Allow a non-standard MAC to be configured in the 2nd level authentication exclusion list and client policies criteria to allow addition of mobile devices. Improved: Error message when trying to clone a VM from a template with a static IP. Improved: Effective access window could not match the actual access of the user. Dropped: Removed the option "Always require user credentials for application list". Authentication is mandatory to list the published items. Fixed: Replication of remote windows not showing on the Windows task bar. Fixed: Possibility to activate an incorrect window when using Universal Scanning. Fixed: SSO not working if password is changed during a Windows session. Fixed: Possible error while printing using DYMO LabelWriter 450 Turbo. Fixed: Possible crash if licensing information is invalid or corrupt. Fixed: An RDSH session could be reported twice in the session management window. Known Issues: In case of using RAS VDI Appliance with VMware ESXi or vCenter host, VDI desktop might fail to recreate. Known issues: In case of using Citrix VDI host type, VDI desktop might not appear on Desktop page after creation. If keep available buffer is not zero, it might lead to a creation of additional guests. HTML5 Gateway: New: Added connection timeout. This option can be set by the end user or pushed via a RAS client policy. New: Added the connection banner control. This option can be pushed via a RAS client policy. New: Added "Show desktop if application is not started" control. This option can be pushed via a RAS client policy. New: You can now customize the login title text showed when the user is logging in. Special variables can be used to shown the Farm, Site and Theme in use. New: Added password requirements information while user is changing the password. Improved: Using the new color schemes you can now change every component color. Fixed: Web fonts were downloaded from Parallels website or from the HTML5 gateway. Parallels website is not used anymore. Fixed: Universal Printer adds an extra blank page if server-side print preferences are used. Fixed: Incorrect password used when starting a native session after password is changed. Fixed: URL redirection policies are not being recognized. RAS PowerShell: New: The RAS PowerShell API can now be used by RAS administrators who do not have root permissions. New Commands: Send-RASSupportRequest - Sends an email to Parallels RAS support with logs and other information attached or saves the logs and info as a zip file in a specified location. Add-PubRDSAppServerAttr - Adds the server attributes for a 'Published RDS Application'. Set-PubRDSAppServerAttr - Updates the server attributes of a 'Published RDS Application'. Remove-PubRDSAppServerAttr - Removes the server attributes of a 'Published RDS Application'. New-RASNotificationEvent - Adds a new RAS Notification event. Set-RASNotificationEvent - Updates a RAS Notification event. Get-RASNotificationEvent - Retrieve details of RAS Notification events. Remove-RASNotificationEvent - Removes a RAS Notification event. New-RASNotificationResource - Adds a new RAS Notification resource. Set-RASNotificationResource - updates a RAS Notification resource. Get-RASNotificationResource - Retrieve details of RAS Notification resources. Remove-RASNotificationResource - Remove a RAS Notification resource. Get-RASNotification - Retrieve details of RAS Notifications (events + resources). Remove-RASNotification - Removes a RAS Notifications. Get-RASNotificationDefaults - Retrieve details of RAS Notifications defaults. Set-RASNotificationDefaults - Updates RAS Notifications defaults. New-RASNotificationScript - Add a new RAS Notification script. Get-RASNotificationScript - Retrieve details of RAS Notification scripts. Set-RASNotificationScript - Update a RAS Notification script. Remove-RASNotificationScript - Remove a RAS Notification script. New-VDIPool - Add a new VDI Pool. Get-VDIPool - Retrieve details of VDI Pools. Set-VDIPool - Updates a VDI Pool. Remove-VDIPool - Remove a VDI Pool. Add-VDIPoolMember - Add a new VDI Pool member. Remove-VDIPoolMember - Remove a VDI Pool member. Invoke-VDIProcessCmd - Sends an VDI process command (Cmds: Kill). Improved Commands: The default -ErrorAction parameter was changed to 'Continue' (before it was considered as 'Stop'). A number of parameters have been renamed to match members in the returned objects. Old parameters are kept as aliases. Set-RASAgentLogLevel - Support arbitrary duration when setting log level (For: Verbose and Extended). New-RDSScheduleDisable - Ability to add "MessageTitle" for RDS Scheduler Notifications. Set-RDSScheduleDisable - Ability to update "MessageTitle" for RDS Scheduler Notifications. New-RDSScheduleReboot - Ability to add "MessageTitle" for RDS Scheduler Notifications. Set-RDSScheduleReboot - Ability to update "MessageTitle" for RDS Scheduler Notifications. Set-PubDefaultSettings - Ability to enable/disable 'StartMaximized' option (new option). Set-PubRDSApp - Ability to enable/disable 'StartMaximized' option (new option). Invoke-VDITemplateCmd - A new command 'CreateGuests' was added to create new template guests. Set-2FASetting - Ability to set TOTP settings (new option). Set-GW - Ability to enable/disable 'EnableHSTS' option. Invoke-PAPromoteToMaster - Ability to pass PAUsername and PAPassword. Set-PubRDSApp - Ability to set Target, StartIn and Parameters per server. RASPrintingSettings - Ability to update "PrinterRetention" for Universal Printing. New-RASSession - Ability to connect to a secondary PA for PAPromotion reasons using the Force parameter. Set-RDSDefaultSettings - Ability to add the AutoPreferredPA in the RDS Default Settings. New-RDSGroup and Set-RDSGroup Added Agent Settings and ability to inherit them from default Agent Settings. Added Printer Settings and ability to inherit them from default Printer Settings. Added UPD Settings and ability to inherit them from default UPD Settings. Added Desktop Access Settings and ability to inherit them from default Desktop Access Settings. Add-RDSGroupMember and Remove-RDSGroupMember - Ability to add and remove RDS by IDs. Get-RDSGroupMember - Ability to retrieve RDS by RDSGroup ID. Get-SiteStatus - Ability to get Site Status by Site ID. Set-VDIGuest Added VDI Action Settings and ability to inherit them from default VDI Action Settings (replaced DisconnectMode, ConnectionTimeout, OnDisconnectTimeout, EndSessionTimeout). Added VDI Security Settings and ability to inherit them from default VDI Security Settings. Set-VDIGuestDefaultSettings Added Default VDI Action Settings (SessionResetTimeoutSec SessionResetTimeout SessionAction PerformAction PerformActionAfterSec). Added Default VDI Security Settings ( IsUsersGrantedRDPermissions GroupType). Set-VDITemplate Added VDI Action Settings and ability to inherit them from default VDI Action Settings. Added VDI Security Settings and ability to inherit them from default VDI Security Settings. Invoke-VDITemplateCmd - Ability to create a number of guest VMs from a specific template. Dropped Commands / Parameters Set-RASAuthSetting - Removed the "Require Credentials" option for the product. Set-VDISettings - Removed "EnableServerGuests" option and its always enabled. RAS REST API: New: REST Api as part of the Parallels RAS Web Admin Service Session Log on and Log off License Activate, Deactivate, Retrieve Information Site List, Create, Get, Update, Delete List Status, Get Status PA List, Create, Get, Update, Delete List Status, Get Status Update Priority and Promote GW List, Create, Get, Update, Delete Upload a Certificate and Private Key file List Status, Get Status RDS List, Create, Get, Update, Delete List Status, Get Status List process by Site ID, by Server ID and by Server & Session, Get process List Session Status by Server, Get Session Status RDSDefaultSettings Get, Update RDSGroups List, Create, Get, Update, Delete List Members, Add Member, Delete Member PubRDSApps List, Create, Get, Update, Delete Add and Delete Client, GW, IP, MAC and User filters Create, Update and Delete File Extensions Create, Update and Delete Server Attribute PubRDSDesktops List, Create, Get, Update, Delete Add and Delete Client, GW, IP, MAC and User filters PubFolders List, Create, Get, Update, Delete Add and Delete Client, GW, IP, MAC and User filters PubItemOSFilter Update Client OS filter PubItems List, Get, Delete Update and Download Icon PubDefaultSettings Get, Update Settings Apply Export, Import WebService Version RAS Web Console: New: Help desk Web Console --------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.3 (20746) - 10 April 2019 Server: Fixed: Universal printing from many users at the same time might result in printing jobs not processed. Fixed: "Parameter is not valid" exception is sometimes thrown when printing. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.3 (20743) - 26 March 2019 Server: Fixed: Sometimes duplicate session is created on VDI desktop opening ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.3 (20739) - 27 February 2019 Server: New: Ability to read RAS session variables for remote desktop sessions. New: VDI: Support for Scale Computing HC3 hypervisor. Improved: Delayed and slow data transfer during drag and drop when a network path is not accessible by a server application. Improved: Allow a 2nd Level Authentication filter to use a non-standard MAC address from devices with such an address. Fixed: Clone requests from an RDSH group fail if the VDI agent is not connected to the master PA. Fixed: Policies - Primary connection name not being saved. Fixed: Printer spooler crashing in some cases on an RDSH host. Fixed: A PDF document would print with empty pages in some cases. Fixed: VDI session connection details are not updated after a reconnection from a different client. Fixed: Single sign-on would not work for the RAS Console in some cases. HTML5 Gateway: New: Added policies support for URL redirection. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.2 (20594) - 21 January 2019 Server: Fixed: Problems with Dualshield authentication due to support for multiple domains ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.2 (20589) - 07 December 2018 Server: Improved: Second level authentication - Dualshield provider now can be used with a multi domain environment. Improved: Modified the High cipher strength string to achieve an A rating on SSL Labs. Improved: Optimised drag & drop data transfer for specific applications. Fixed: Moving an RDSH server from one site to another might result in the agent not being verified. Fixed: When using round robin load balancing method, servers might not load balance connections correctly. Fixed: Some fonts might be printed incorrectly in NextGen application. Fixed: Printed page might be scaled incorrectly. Fixed: Computer object might be removed from Active Directory on guest's recreation. Fixed: RDP session is shown for a while in RAS console after the session's logoff. Fixed: IP address might become empty for a running guest in RAS console. Fixed: In case of logon storm several users might be connected to the same VDI guest. HTML5 Gateway: Fixed: Possible incorrect number of days for password expiration prompt. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.1.3 (20460) - 16 October 2018 Server: Fixed: Applications in folders were not showing to the end user. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.1.2 (20458) - 13 October 2018 Server: Fixed: Possible crash in Publishing Agent when using multiple sites ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.1.1 (20454) - 11 October 2018 Server: Fixed: Installer not unregistering components during uninstallation causing upgrade failures ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.1 (20451) - 08 October 2018 Server: New: Added support of VMware ESXi 6.7 and VMware vCenter 6.7 New: Added delegation of session management to custom administrators for specified themes New: Added new counter "RAS Client connections" to Secure Client Gateway counters New: Added command line tool to add a root administration account Fixed: Client password policy is not applied under certain conditions Fixed: Scanning redirection on Win2003 does not work under certain conditions Fixed: RAS Agents statuses are not always correct Fixed: Sometimes guest VM is no longer provided to clients if there was an attempt of direct connection Fixed: User may connect to a guest VM with a disconnected session of another user Fixed: VDI agent may crash on a clone creation on Hyper-V 2008r2 Updated: EULA Improved: Scanning redirection over TWAIN HTML5 Gateway: Fixed: Audio redirection ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.0 (20278) - 09 Aug 2018 Server: Fixed: Sessions manager might report old sessions. Fixed: Full clone guest agent update may fail to power on a guest VM. Fixed: Template update fails with "Guest agent didn't respond" error. Fixed: After deployment a forwarding gateway is has Not Verified. Fixed: First launch of an App-V application may fail. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.5.0 (20263) - 11 July 2018 Server: New: Console authentication Added support for RAS Single Sign-On. Improved the authentication logon and connections configuration windows. Ability to add domain administrators as root admin accounts on new installations. Automatic logon if a single farm is configured. Ability to auto logoff RAS Console administration session after a set idle time. New: Improved notification system Create multiple notifications of the same type. Notification grace period. Trigger notification can be set to be triggered when value is below or above a threshold. Configurable notification intervals. Send emails to non RAS administrators. Run scripts when notification is triggered. Added additional information to the notification emails. New: Client policies Split policies into granular blocks for greater flexibility. The policies can now also be applied based on of the client operating system. New settings: Client options: Force PC keyboard Display: Acceleration Mode Browser: Open application in new tab Local devices and resources: Allow file transfer commands Open application in (tab / new window): HTML5 only New: Licensing and Publishing agent Added support for maximum number of concurrent users limit when using SPLA license key. Ability to auto promote secondary Publishing agent to master. Ability to set a Publishing agent to run in stand-by mode. New: Security & Authentication Radius Allow "Forward the first password to Windows authentication provider" for non challenged requests. New Radius sub types: Azure MFA, Duo, FortiAuthenticator, and TekRadius. Added support of Elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman (ECDH) ciphers to RAS secure proxy gateway. Ability to set the expiry date for self signed certificates created in RAS Console. Support for FIPS 140-2 compliance added to RAS secure proxy gateway. Optimized blocking of unwanted tunneling sessions in the gateway. New: Themes enhancement Introduced support for white labelling of Parallels Client (Windows). HTML5: support logos of different sizes. HTML5: ability to hide Parallels Client download link. HTML5: ability to override post logon message. New: RDSH Groups and auto provisioning of RDSH from a template An RDSH group can now make use of a VDI template to auto provision servers depending on the need. An RSDH server can only reside in to a single RDSH group. New: VDI Improvements VDI Host agent is now installed together with Publishing agent. VDI Host agent can now manage multiple VDI hosts. Retain guest VM MAC address on recreation. VM Guest counter is now unique per template rather than a global value. Ability to specify a number of guests to be cloned once after template creation. Enhanced clone preparation stability. Improved VDI sessions information and management. Ability to retrieve guest VM logs from RAS Console. Updated VDI appliance OS to TurnKey Linux 14.2 (Debian Linux 8 (Jessie)) Deprecated support of Windows XP and Windows Vista. New: Improved RAS Console UX improvements: Improved representation of performance metrics in the Farm \ Site view. Added Disk access counters in Site view. Ability to update a set of agents during a RAS administration session. RDSH UPD settings The Designer has been relocated under the Site category. Ability to import and export Published applications filtering by MAC address. Ability to import and export Farm Audit Settings processes. New publishing device OS filtering. Validation of property sheet is triggered only when the OK button is clicked. Client version column in the Client manager category now display additional information to distinguish portable version of the client. Suppress "Applying Settings window" for admins with view permissions only. Ability to configure HTTP proxy settings from the Administration category. Ability to replicate application target information across all servers and sites. New: Ability to revert settings changes. New: Share universal printer driver instance for same printer type. New: Ability to browse and publish existing App-V applications available on RDS hosts. New: Added system performance counters to RAS secure proxy gateway, RAS publishing agents and RAS RDSH agent. Improved: Shell detection for grouping applications. Improved: Reduced the size of RAS appliances. HTML5 Gateway: Redesigned user interface. Added support for the following policies: "Remote audio recording", "Prohibit change password", "Redirect URLs/MAILTO to the client device", "Keyboard Mode", "Allow file transfer command", "Allow clipboard redirection". New: Drag & Drop will upload files to the remote server. New: Ability to launch applications in a separate browser tab. Improved: CredSSP protocol updated to mitigate against CVE-2018-0886. Improved: Session persistence is now based on cookies. Improved: Shortcut keys for desktop session rearranged. RAS PowerShell: New Commands: Invoke-RDSProcessCmd- Sends an RDS Process command (Cmds: Kill). Invoke-RDSSessionCmd - Sends RDS session commands. Invoke-PAPromoteToMaster - Promote to Master of a RAS Publishing Agent server. Set-PAPriority - Change priority of a RAS Publishing Agent server. Invoke-VDISessionCmd - Sends VDI session commands. Invoke-VDITemplateCmd - Invokes a VDI template command (Cmds: EnterMaintenance, ExitMaintenance, RecreateGuests). Add-PubAppFileExt - Adds a file extension for the specified published application. Remove-PubAppFileExt - Removes a file extension for the specified published application. Set-PubAppFileExt - Modifies the file extensions of the specified published App. Copy-PubItem - Copies/duplicates a Published item. Move-PubItem - Moves a Published item. Invoke-PubItemCmd - Invokes a Published item command (Cmds: SortFolder). Set-PubItemClientOSFilter - Modifies the filter of type 'Client OS' for the specified published resource. Get-PubItemIcon - Retrieves a published icon and save it to a file path Get-RASPrintingSettings - Retrieves the Parallels RAS Universal Printing settings. Set-RASPrintingSettings - Update RAS Universal Printing settings. Get-RASScanningSettings - Retrieves the Parallels RAS Universal Scanning settings. Set-RASScanningSettings - Update RAS Universal Scanning settings. Add-RASPrintingAutoInstallFont - Adds an Auto install font to Parallels RAS Universal Printing settings. Remove-RASPrintingAutoInstallFont - Removes an Auto install font from Parallels RAS Universal Printing settings. Get-LicenseDetails - Retrieves Parallels RAS license details. Invoke-ClearRASAgentLogs - Removes the Log file of one or more RAS Agents. Invoke-RetrieveRASAgentLogs - Retrieve the Log files of one or more RAS Agents. Set-RASAgentLogLevel - Updates the Log Level of one or more RAS Agents. New-RASFarm - Creates a new RAS Farm setup on the specified server Remove-RASFarm - Removes a RAS Farm currently connected to. Get-RASSystemSettings - Get the RAS system settings Set-RASSystemSettings - Updates the RAS system settings Improved Commands: Set-RDS - Added new parameters. Set-RDSDefaultSettings - Added new parameters. Set-GW - Added new parameters. Set-PA - Added new parameters. Set-PubFolder - Can pass '.ico' for -icon param. Set-PubRDSApp - Added new parameters & can pass '.ico' for -icon param. Set-PubRDSDesktop - Can pass '.ico' for -icon param. Set-PubVDIApp - Can pass '.ico' for -icon param. Set-PubVDIDesktop - Can pass '.ico' for -icon param. New-PubFolder - Added new parameters & can pass '.ico' for -icon param. New-PubRDSApp - Added new parameters & can pass '.ico' for -icon param. New-PubRDSDesktop - Added new parameters & can pass '.ico' for -icon param. New-PubVDIApp - Added new parameters & can pass '.ico' for -icon param. New-PubVDIDesktop - Added new parameters & can pass '.ico' for -icon param. Set-2FASetting - Added new parameters. Set-RASSessionSetting - Added new parameters. New-VDITemplate - Added functionality to convert a VM into a template (previously was required to be a VDIGuest). Set-RASFarmSettings - Added new parameters. New-RDSGroup - Added RDSH template parameters. Set-RDSGroup - Added RDSH template parameters. Add-RDSGroupMember - Added check that can only add standalone RDS servers (not from template). Remove-RDSGroupMember - Added check that can only remove standalone RDS servers (not from template). Set-RASLBSettings - Fixed Load Balancing method type, was bool and now enum with proper values. Add-PubItemUserFilter - Accepts an SID of the user/group account to add for the filter. Remove-PubItemUserFilter - Accepts an SID of the user/group account to remove from the filter. New-RASSession - added connection retries . Fixed Commands: Invoke-ExportSettings - Fix export with UNC path. Invoke-ImportSettings - Fix import with UNC path. Get-InvitationEmailSettings - Renamed command (Before was: Get-RASInvitationSettings). Set-InvitationEmailSettings - Renamed command (Before was: Set-RASInvitationSettings). Send-InvitationEmail - Renamed command (Before was: Invoke-SendRASInvitation). Send-TestEmail - Renamed command (Before was: Invoke-TestMailboxSettings). Known issues: Core Excluded fonts might still be embedded in print job. RDSH Groups and auto provisioning of RDSH from a template The agent status of a newly added RDSH host might be shown as "non verified". Scheduled server group reboot does not include servers created from a RDSH template. VDI Upgrade of VDI template might fail with error 'Guest agent didn't respond'. Log message [E 06/00000039/TXXXX/PXXXX] dd-mm-yy hh:mm:ss - Failed to get persistent guest id for XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX in host X, might shown in the log. Log can be ignored. Guest VMs listing might fail on vCenter 6.5.0. URL/email redirection does not work. Console might hang on attempt to remove "failed to create" guest if AD is inaccessible. Scheduled tasks to disable VDI hosts are ignored. RAS Gateway A Gateways set in forwarding mode might result in a "non verified" state. Setting the gateway to the normal mode and back to the forwarding mode from RAS Console running on the gateway can fix the problem. App-V Applications might fail to start if launched for the first time. Wait a few seconds and retrying to lunch the application solves the problem. PowerShell Using New-VDITemplate with option -FolderNamePath will not generate VMs in the desired folder. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.3 (19419) - 15 May 2018 Server: New: Added support for ECDHE key exchange algorithms. New: Added Radius support to forward to AD without challenge. Fixed: Setting of Cached Session Timeout value in Russian and Chinese Simplified. Fixed: Dialog to update of RAS Agents was not being shown. Fixed: Dialog to update of RAS Agents was including VDI Guests that do not have an agent installed. Fixed: RAS offline activation. Fixed: Forward requests to HTTP Server was being changed on upgrading. Fixed: Session idle timeout was not being calculated correctly. Fixed: Published items performance degrades over time when use RAS Gateway SSL connection mode. Fixed: Printer Preferences dialog is shown on printing when policy "Use client preferences for all printers" is used. Fixed: Some advanced printing settings (some DPI settings, customer paper sizes) are not shown via Server Preferences in printing preferences. Fixed: Printer preferences dialog sometimes is opened behind opened remote application window making the application window irresponsive. HTML5 Gateway: New: Made security fixes to incorporate CredSSP encryption oracle remediation updates as described in CVE-2018-0886. Improved: Redirecting user to logon screen when page is refreshed. Fixed: Changing of domain password. Fixed: Session disconnects when downloading a file with Japanese characters in the filename. RAS PowerShell: New: Invoke-ExportSettings: Added support for UNC paths. Fixed Commands: Get-GWStatus was returning the wrong cipher string. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.2 (19306) - 13 Apr 2018 Server: Fixed: Improper handling of empty MAC address on a secondary Publishing Agent. Error in database Execute: 19. Fixed: Crash of Publishing Agent after an upgrade to build 16.2.19300 in some cases. Fixed: RAS Console suggests to update all virtual machines on a VDI host, even the VMs without RAS Guest Agent installed. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.2 (19300) - 09 Apr 2018 Server: Fixed: Agents statuses in RAS Console may be out of sync. Fixed: Attempt to delete VDI guests twice on VMware vCenter. Fixed: RAS Agents are not verified after upgrade. Fixed: Session idle time and length is shown incorrectly in RAS Console. Fixed: Possible crash of RAS Console when switching sites. Fixed: Printers might fail to redirect after upgrade. Fixed: Failed to install RemotePC agent on Windows XP. Fixed: RDSH Agent becomes not verified after server reboot. Fixed: Invalid RDS role state is shown in RAS Console. Fixed: Controller might crash on settings reloading. Fixed: Snapshot is not deleted after removal of VDI template on VMware vCenter. Fixed: Printers might not be redirected to a RDSH server running Windows Server 2008. Fixed: Pre-created VDI guests might not be deployed in advance. Fixed: Failed to launch RAS installation using HTTP link. Fixed: Printing preferences dialog might not appear if old version of Publishing agent is used. Fixed: Failed to change a password if username contains a custom UPN suffix. Fixed: Failed to connect to KVM if special characters are used in a password. Fixed: Database execution errors might appear in logs. HTML5 Gateway: Fixed: Application listing area might halt after opening a few links in Firefox. RAS PowerShell: Fixed: Do not allow to reactivate a trial license. Affected commands: nvoke-LicenseActivate Fixed: Gateway status might be invalid after restart of Publishing Agent. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.1 (19170) - 05 Mar 2018 Fixed: Universal printer driver is not upgraded. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.1 (19168) - 22 Feb 2018 Fixed: Printers not being redirected Fixed: Intermittent RDSH Agent hanging when connecting to Publishing Agent. Fixed: Intermittent RAS Console crashing when changing sites. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.1 (19160) - 05 Feb 2018 New: Added option to forward first OTP from Radius to Windows authentication provider. Improved: Added 5 minutes to current time to newly created schedules. Fixed: Agents states might be shown as "Not verified" after performing an upgrade. Fixed: RDSH pending schedule is lost if you reboot the machine or RAS RDSH service. Fixed: Possible client disconnections if gateway settings are changed. Fixed: Wyse wnos folder not deleted when upgrading RAS. Fixed: Possible lock which causes a denail of service on the Gateway service. Fixed: Turbo.net applications might fail to launch. Fixed: VDI guests list is not shown if VDI host system locale is set to Chinese. Fixed: Guest computer account might not be removed from Organizational Unit on VDI guest removal. Fixed: Fail to create VDI guests if Organizational Unit is changed in VDI Template properties. Fixed: Name of connected user might not be shown for VDI guest. Fixed: Parallels Client might fail to connect to VDI guest running Windows 10. HTML5 Gateway: Improved: No client detection if running on Chrome OS. Fixed: URLs redirected to local browser may not work. RAS PowerShell: New: Added support for Radius "Forward the first OTP from Radius to Windows authentication provider" option. Affected commands: Set-2FASetting Get-2FASetting ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.0 (19048) - 18 Jan 2018 Server: Fixed: Possible PA service blocking when resolving processes inheritance. Fixed: Free resources taken by abnormal terminal clients. Fixed: Possible lock on Proxy gateway when using RDP UDP tunnelling. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.0 (19043) - 21 Dec 2017 Fixed: Parallels RAS Console may crash when switching between sites. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.2.0 (19039) - 30 Nov 2017 New: Support for drag and drop of files from local desktop to a remote application (Windows and Mac clients only. Some applications may not be supported in this release). New: Integration with Indeed-Id Enterprise Single Sign-On. Improved: Agents status reporting while establishing a connection to the publishing agents. Improved: Appearance of the Reporting page when multiple reports are opened. Improved: Error message when Remote PC connection is already used by another user. Fixed: UPD status reported in Console might be incorrect. Fixed: Various problems with Universal printing. Fixed. VDI sessions might not be shown from some of the VDI hosts. Fixed: VDI guests might hang in the Preparing state. Fixed: VDI guest might be provided to several users. Fixed: Failed to connect to VDI guest with an error "A specific machine was not found". HTML5 Gateway: New: Support for microphone redirection. Improved: Support for German keyboard. Improved: Support for 2nd level authentication challenge codes. Fixed: File transfer blocks session when Internet Explorer is used. Fixed: Input events might be sent multiple times after session restarts. Fixed: Application filtering using Gateway IP. Fixed: Second level authentication exclusion using Gateway IP. Fixed: Second level authentication - no dialog to enter challenge OTP. Known Issues: VDI guest based on Windows 10 build 1703 may not accept client connections. This issue will be fixed in the next update. RAS PowerShell: Fixed: Component status not returning needs update. Affected commands: Get-RASAgent Get-RDSStatus Get-GWStatus Get-PAStatus Get-SiteStatus Get-VDIHostStatus Fixed: Disabled RDS agent from the configuration are shown as 'Not Verified'. Affected commands: Get-RDSStatus Fixed: Delete 'Windows Device Group List' when deleting a Site which was causing adding a new site to fail. Affected commands: New-Site Remove-Site ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.1.0 (18915) - 30 Oct 2017 Server: New: The ability to organize Remote PCs and manage them as pools. New: Integration with RAS Performance Monitor New: The ability to enable/disable the file transfer capability (new settings in RD Session Host, VDI Host, Remote PC and HTML5 GW properties). New: Added policy setting to enable/disable the file transfer capability. New: The ability to to enable/disable the clipboard redirection capability when using Parallels HTML5 Client (a new setting in the HTML5 GW properties). New: Effective access window now allows exporting information to a CSV file. New: In places where host name can be entered, the ability to open the Browse for Computer dialog. New: Added a notification when system cannot authenticate users because domain controller is not reachable. New: Child processes identified with the parent published application in the Processes window. New: The ability to change order of footer URLs in the Theme properties. New: Reintroduced the ability to install RAS Proxy Gateway on 32-bit OSes. New: The ability to start a remote control session from the Processes window. New: The ability to lock a device from the client manager category. New: The ability to configure firewall and remote access setting when pushing a VDI guest agent. New: The ability to encrypt connections with GOST algorithm. New: The ability to apply a certificate in PFX format to RAS Proxy Gateway. New: Support for Citrix XenServer 7.2 hypervisor. The ability to view running sessions from VDI hosts. New: The ability to execute remote operations within running sessions from VDI hosts. New: The ability to customize the structure of directories of a user profile disk. Improved: RAS Console: Improved UI of many pages. The Administration category has been restructured Improved: RAS Console: Streamlined the process of applying settings. Improved: Error reporting when a user is not allowed to access a HTML5 gateway Theme. Fixed: User accounts have been added to the "Remote Desktop users" group even though option is not enabled. Fixed: Radius retries settings not saved. Fixed: WIA not working due to not detecting Desktop Experience on non-English OSes. Fixed: Possible Publishing Agent service termination if there are network errors in a multi PA site. Fixed: Possible crash when uploading a file with zero size. Fixed: PC agent / VDI guest agent does not close session when a published application is closed. Fixed: RDSH scheduler fails if a schedule is created in the past. Fixed: Application run mode is not used when starting published applications. Fixed: RAS Console may fail to list VDI guests occasionally. Fixed: Failed to connect to VDI guest with an error "A specific machine was not found". HTML5 Gateway: Improved: Performance when listing applications and desktop. Fixed: Authentication failed if password contains some non latin characters. Fixed: Pressing space key might scroll down the desktop. Fixed: RDP Session hangs when trying to download file from Internet explorer. Fixed: Applications may be listed in the wrong folder. RAS PowerShell ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.0.1 (18458) - 07 Sep 2017 Server: Improved: Publishing agents status when installing or uninstalling an agent. Improved: Second level authentication OTP is asked if user moves from a gateway which does not require OTP to a gateway which requires it. Improved: Remote application may not appear on the client side. Improved: Universal Printing from Internet Explorer. Improved: RDSH agent deployment. Improved: Performance and stability of the Client Manager. Fixed: Published Application run mode not working. Fixed: RAS Console locking while retrieving agent states in a multi-site environment. Fixed: Crash if preferred PA is deleted but still referenced by an other agent. Fixed: "Running processes" and "Session manager" filtering not working if multiple filters are used. Fixed: VDI information not properly synched between PAs. Fixed: Disabled PA still receives information from other PAs. Fixed: Predefined application list not being provided from standalone RAS Console. Fixed: "Sign in to Parallels My Account" displayed multiple times. Fixed: Guest listing after VDI host agent restart. Fixed: Pre-created guests creation in multiple-PA environment. Fixed: Nutanix guest deletion. Fixed: Issues with cloning KVM templates. Fixed: Publishing of VDI applications via specific guest. Fixed: Issues with override guest RDP port. Fixed: Issues with guest recreate and domain joining. HTML5 Gateway: Improved: Support Japanese input on when using Parallels HTML5 Client via Internet Explorer. Improved: Performance when listing a long list of published applications. RAS PowerShell: New Commands: Get-RASTurboSetting Set-RASTurboSetting Added Parameters Set-GW -WebRequestsURL ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.0.0 (18342) - 10 Aug 2017 Server: Fixed: When installing RDSH agent, RDSH role fails to be added. Fixed: Published application might disappear when the state changed multiple times Fixed: Default theme was not created for secondary sites during upgrades. Fixed: RDSH agent might switch to the disabled state. Fixed: Check for update feature was not working properly. Fixed: High CPU usage when printing via "legacy" mobile clients. Fixed: Print jobs might not get spooled from redirected universal printers. RAS PowerShell: Fixed: New-VDIGuest pushing of Guest Agent fails if VM is not started. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 16.0.0 (18328) - 10 July 2017 Server: New: Application publishing introduces support for Turbo.net containerized applications. New: Quick Keypads: keyboard shortcut templates for quick access to menu commands from mobile clients. New: VDI: Support for Nutanix Acropolis and KVM hypervisors. New: VDI: Support for Citrix XenServer 7.0 hypervisor. New: VDI: Support for linked clones (VMware, KVM, Hyper-V). New: VDI: Test VDI Template Wizard - allows to validate a VDI template before usage. New: VDI: Ability to recreate existing guest VMs with same names for linked clones. New: VDI: Ability to send messages or log off sessions from the VDI Template Guest VM list window. New: VDI: RASPrep, a faster alternative to SysPrep. New: RAS Console can now be installed on any Windows computer and connect remotely to different farms. New: RAS Console can be deployed without the need of elevated privileges. New: RAS Console: Support for custom client filtering instead of browsing for exiting client devices. New: RAS Console: Ability to search in the Settings audit category. New: RAS Console: Ability to view what is published from an RDSH or RDSH group. New: RAS Console: Ability to view effective access for published items for a user with specific device and connecting through a particular gateway. New: RAS Console: Ability to view running sessions from a selected RDSH. New: RAS Console: Support of AD groups for Administration accounts. New: RAS Console: Redesigned UI of the Site and Remote Desktop Session Host categories. New: RAS Console: Redesigned UI of the Gateway properties window. Added an option to forward requests to a Web server. Also added the ability to specify a default URL for HTML5 access. New: RAS Console: Ability to see on which servers a published item is running and by which users. New: Ability to mark a published folder to be used for administrative purposes only (i.e. not visible on the application listing on the client). New: Ability to specify an overlay icon for a published application icon. New: Ability to restrict access to full RDP desktop if only applications are published to a user. New: Policies: A setting to control for clipboard redirection. New: Policy to redirect connections from one gateway to another gateway within the same farm or to a gateway from a different farm. New: Ability to add users to Remote Desktop Users group when deploying RAS Agent from the RAS Console. New: Desktop experience is automatically enabled when the RDSH agent is installed. New: Helpdesk email option for mobile device clients. New: Sending alerts when a Publishing agent state changes. New: Ability to rename RADIUS OTP connection type name. New: Ability to automatically log off clients from the RAS farm if no sessions are running. New: Device Manager settings allow administrator to disable USB storage devices. New: Device Manager can now lock a device remotely. New: Ability to assign preferred publishing agent to a RSDH agent, VDI agent, PC agent and Secure proxy gateway. New: Automatically enable "Touch mode" for Office 2013/2016 applications used on iOS and Android devices. Improved: Help desk administration accounts cannot apply settings to the farm. Improved: Installer: Prohibits installation of server components on operating systems other than Windows Server. Improved: VDI and PC connections make use of all available PAs. Improved: Server states are now the actual running state as seen by the publishing agents. Improved: RAS VDI stack received numerous stability and performance improvements. Improved: RAS Gateway is now a 64 bit application. Improved: Device Manager received numerous stability and performance improvements. Improved: VDI guest sessions require VDI guest agent to be installed is now mandatory. HTML5 Gateway: New: Themes - allow to customize appearance of Parallels HTML5 Client to match your company branding. New: File transfer: upload/download files to/from the server hosting a remote session. New: Support for Network Level Authentication (NLA). New: Support for high resolution icons. New: Ability to automatically log off clients from the RAS farm if no sessions are running. Improved: Second level OTP entry fields use password asterisks. RAS PowerShell New Commands: Invoke-LicenseDeactivation Get-RASFarmSettings, Set-RASFarmSettings Get-RASLBSettings, Set-RASLBSettings New-VDIHost, Get-VDIHost, Set-VDIHost, Remove-VDIHost Get-VM, Start-VM, Stop-VM, Suspend-VM, Restart-VM New-VDIGuest, Get-VDIGuest, Set-VDIGuest, Remove-VDIGuest Get-VDIGuestDefaultSettings, Set-VDIGuestDefaultSettings New-VDIPool, Get-VDIPool, Set-VDIPool, Remove-VDIPool, Add-VDIPoolMember, Remove-VDIPoolMember New-PubVDIDesktop, Get-PubVDIDesktop, Set-PubVDIDesktop, Remove-PubVDIDesktop New-PubVDIApp, Get-PubVDIApp, Set-PubVDIApp, Remove-PubVDIApp New-VDITemplate, Get-VDITemplate, Set-VDITemplate, Remove-VDITemplate Get-VDITemplateSettings, Set-VDITemplateSettings Add- VDITemplateLicenseKey, Remove-VDITemplateLicenseKey Get-VDIPersistentGuest, Set-VDIPersistentGuest Get-VDISettings, Set-VDISettings New-RASAdminAccount, Get-RASAdminAccount, Set-RASAdminAccount, Remove-RASAdminAccount Get-RASMailboxSettings, Set-RASMailboxSettings, Invoke-TestMailboxSettings Get-RASLoadBalancing, Set-RASLoadBalancing New-PA, Get-PA, Set-PA, Remove-PA ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.5.3 (16284) - 02 May 2017 Server: Improved: Improved support for Unicode characters in PowerShell cmdlets. Improved: Enforcing firewall rules if Terminal Server agent is installed from "Check Agent" task. Improved: Session Management: Remote control support on Windows 2016. Improved: Target verifier for application with %ProgramW6432% set in the target. Improved: Improved memory handling, logs and stability. Fixed: PowerShell - Import / Export methods. Fixed: PowerShell - Gateway Cipher string when selecting cipher string to high value. Fixed: Running application from Wyse Thin-clients could crash the shell. Fixed: The Publishing agent service could crash if it is closed while data is being synchronized. Fixed: Universal printer with non latin characters username might result is printers not being redirected or jobs not processed. Fixed: Device Manager search using client build number does not work if build number is greater than 9999. Fixed: RAS Installer localization for Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional or Korean. Fixed: View and Language menus disabled after sending a support request. Fixed: Invalid upgrade insurance date shown if upgrade insurance not available. Fixed: Disconnected Session State might shown Idle state. Fixed: SID based filtering do not work when using Wyse thin clients. Fixed: Unable to manage client (shadow, reboot, replace desktop) if client is connected over HALB. Fixed: Smart card support for Gemalto IDPrime.NET. Fixed: Sessions are not reconnecting if RemoteApps are enabled. Fixed: RemoteApps might be ignored in a multiple PA environment. Fixed: Terminal Server Scheduler date cannot be changed from properties. Fixed: Published UNC folder that is not assigned to any file type on the server results in an invalid window. Fixed: Some application may result in invalid windows placement on the remote server. Fixed: Hyper-V virtual guests created from template might use the same virtual HD. Fixed: Invalid session information when using a multiple PA environment. HTML5 Gateway: Fixed: Possible double prompt for second level authentication. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.5.2 (16138) - 09 Mar 2017 Server: New: PowerShell API v1.0 for deploying and configuring RAS components. New: The Session Manager shows additional information. New: Running processes window is now modeless and sizeable, contains session control actions, shows published application ID & name, and accept searches with OR arguments. New: VDI Support for VMWare vSphere 6.5. New: Support for high DPI sessions for both desktops and published applications. Improved: Clicking Enter or Esq keys no longer closes RAS Console. Improved: Updated the list of pre-defined published applications in the Publishing Wizard. Improved: Added confirmation prompts when deleting objects from RAS Console. Improved: Added current User Profile Disk status in the UPD configuration window. Improved: Ability to add devices from various sources when creating client filters. Improved: Deployment of published applications that require UAC. Improved: Various improvements and fixes to the Device manager. Improved: Improved Agents pushing mechanism. Fixed: When using round robin load balancing mode a server with a non verified agent could be used. Fixed: Correct auto install fonts by automatically cleaning cached information if required. Fixed: Various printing related problems. Fixed: Adding a second VDI host failed to work. Fixed: Changing advanced VDI guest settings renders guest unusable. HTML5 Gateway: New: Allows access from a mobile device web browser without need to install a mobile client. New: Added keyboard layout for PC Keyboard mode. New: Support for Japanese keyboard. Improved: Improved video streaming, audio playback and support for RemoteFX when using client-less feature. Fixed: Failed to launch application using UPN Suffix instead of domain name. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.5.1 (15688) - 15 Feb 2017 Server: Fixed: Possible crash when using VDI with Log level set to 6. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.5.1 (15686) - 27 Jan 2017 Server: Fixed: OTP is asked multiple times on each application startup when using Web portal or HTML5 Gateway with installed Parallels Client. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.5.1 (15685) - 23 Jan 2017 Server: Fixed: Unnecessary disconnects from PA to VDI agent which caused the agent to block. Fixed: HTML5 Timezone redirection not working. Fixed: Exporting the settings did not include the icons data. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.5.1 (15679) - 19 Dec 2016 Server: New: User Profile Disk feature includes an option not to change the server current UPD settings. New: Publishing Agent has an option to change the IP on which it communicates with other Publishing Agents. New: Email alerts now include RAS version and build number. Improved: If connection between Publishing Agents is dropped, services are able to re-establish connection and re-synch information. Improved: Releasing a managed devices restores previous settings. Improved: "Show unmanageable devices" does not require a console restart to work. Improved: Stability improvements to Universal Printing. Improved: Various shell improvements when switch between mobile and desktop devices. Fixed: Possible crash in VDI guest agent when it fails to connect to VDI Host agent. Fixed: Corrected information about the total number of active session in the information category. Fixed: Japanese invitation email subject not read correctly by some mail clients. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.5.0 (15569) - 11 Nov 2016 Server: New: Multiple active Publishing Agents architecture: allows better load distribution, increased system performance, faster failover and session connections. New: Added support for User Profile Disks. New: Universal Printer can now use the client machine name rather than the user name in the printer name rules. New: Configure Universal Printing and Universal Scanning compression level. New: Client Manager allows the administrator to disable Print Screen key. New: Changed the Client Manager to manage devices separately for each site, allowing different administrators to manage each site's devices. New: Added process information to the Terminal Server session management view. New: Support for wildcards when adding MAC addresses filters on published items. New: Enabling of HTML5 gateway without the gateway to have SSL enabled for SSL offloading setups. New: Support for high resolution icons in published applications. New: Support for KMS licenses when using RAS VDI templates. New: RAS guest VMs cloned from a template are added to a configured Active Directory OU. New: Deprecated support for workgroups in RAS VDI templates. New: Added a new administrator permission role to manage devices. New: Changed the default cipher strength to high. New: Added email notifications for licensing events. New: Grace period when concurrent users exceed the limit increased to 30 days. New: Added support for Windows Server 2016. New: Upgraded to OpenSSL v1.0.2. Improved: Running applications published from %ProgramFiles% for 32 and 64 bit. Improved: Licensing information. Improved: Logging of RAS components with an easier to use solution and additional log files. Improved: Email notification generated by system events. Improved: Various performance, stability and usability improvements. HTML5 Gateway: New: Ability to define a policy to launch applications using the installed Parallels Client or fallback to Parallels HTML5 Client. New: Support for embedding the Parallels HTML5 Client in other web pages. New: Added description to published items as a tooltip. New: Grouping of similar items on the taskbar. New: Saving of favorite applications per user per farm. New: Automatic redirection from http to https. New: Added logging. New: Change domain password. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.0.5 (3864) Hotfix 5 - 19th Sep 2016 Server: New: Universal Printing — support for redirecting default pages with custom page sizes. New: Ability to detect that RDP is enabled via GPO. Improved: Deletion of extra pre-created guests. Improved: Universal Printing — compatibility with Dell 3330dn Laser Printer. Improved: Universal Printing — compatibility with EPSON-TM T88V Printer. Improved: VDI connections to guests that are already connected. Improved: Added support for unicode names in invitation emails. Fixed: Universal Printing — redirected printers were exposed to other users too. Fixed: Universal Printing: freezing when sending multiple RAW print jobs. Fixed: Universal Printing: redirection was failing after an RDP reconnection. Fixed: When deleting multiple VDI templates at once, not all of the guests cloned from the associated templates were deleted. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.0.4 (3839) Hotfix 4 - 27th Jun 2016 Server: New: Support for SPLA licensing. New: Configure application for which WIA and Shell hooks are disabled. New: Added option to disable session monitoring. New: Generate wildcard Certificate Signing Request directly from console. New: Publishing session reset timeout for terminal server sessions. Improved: Error message when maximum number of powered on guests is reached. Improved: Parallels Licensing improved encoding for non latin characters. Improved: Assure that processes are closed before replacing them during installation. Improved: Upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1t. Improved: Session Information retrieval will not block the TS Agent from responding to the PA. Improved: Various speed optimisations such as accessing data files and distributing licenses. Fixed: TS Agent may disconnect if the computer load is high. Fixed: Starting logging on Publishing Agent was not enabling it on Redundancy service. Fixed: Reference to old redundancy service not removed after upgrade. Fixed: Wrong link in the VDI host properties page. Fixed: Takeover of Gateway does not work if gateway is not installed. Fixed: Publishing drag & drop feature does not work on "Drop files here" text and image. Fixed: Gateway service removed if upgrading from v14 secondary site via pushing. Fixed: Shadowing a Windows 2012 R2 Server from a Windows 2008 R2 Server. Fixed: Takeover of Publishing Agent configured on a different farm. Fixed: Parallels account registration not accepting non latin characters. Fixed: Cleaned temporary files used by Universal printing. Fixed: Invalid password check for Parallels account. HTML5 Gateway: New: Kiosk mode support. New: Provide demo account credentials to mobile clients download page. Improved: Clipboard formatting in Parallels HTML5 Client. Improved: Time zone redirection. Improved: Logging state kept after gateway is restarted. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.0.3 (3803) Hotfix 3 - 11th Apr 2016 Server: New: Universal Printing - Support for Generic / Text printers. New: Support for SMTP servers which negotiate security settings (e.g. Office365 Exchange account). New: Support for proxy connection to Parallels licensing server. Improved: Upgraded OpenSSL to v1.0.1s. Improved: Font used for published applications name in the Web Client. Improved: Installation might give warning that process is still in use. Improved: Removed warning message when agent is disabled when applying settings. Improved: Reporting settings can be tested without applying settings. Improved: Credentials automatically filled in the sign-in window after registering with Parallels account. Fixed: Universal Printing - Failing to printing multiple pages from Microsoft Publisher. Fixed: Universal Printing - Orientation problems when printing from Mac and Linux. Fixed: Universal Printing - Print Job error shown multiple times when connection is reconnected. Fixed: Session Management from backup PA or secondary site. Fixed: Re-activated expired server still prompt 'Server License expired' until services are restarted. Fixed: Windows 10 Guests VMS IP running on Hyper-V identified as 255.255.255.255. Fixed: Pushing of PC/TS/VDI guest agents validates if another agent is already present. Fixed: Notification settings reset to zero when applying settings. Fixed: Site information not shown in from a backup PA or secondary sites. Fixed: Session manager not working from backup PA or secondary sites. Fixed: Possible crash when starting a new session due to environment variables. Fixed: Upgrading from version 10.6 to 15.0 did not migrate the settings. Fixed: Possible crash when upgrading from version 11 to 15 using a multi site environment. Fixed: Shadow border shown on the wrong monitor while dragging on moving windows in a multiple monitor environment. HTML5 Gateway: Improved: Title of the web browser page is now "Parallels HTML5 Client". Improved: Error messages have more information Improved: Font used in the application listing page. Improved: Language selection window alignment. Improved: HTML5 Gateway performance improvement when multiple windows created. Fixed: Time zone redirection for Russia. Fixed: Universal Printing - Redirection when connecting to VDI desktop. Fixed: Idle authentication windows would not work after 60 seconds. Fixed: Connection fails if the gateway is bond to specific IP. ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.0.0 (3777) Hotfix 2 - 10th Mar 2016 Server: Fixed: High memory utilisation by the Parallels Secure Proxy Gateway corrected. Fixed: Corrected Registry key for Applications to be forced to use EMF print jobs format ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.0.0 (3748) Release - 11th Feb 2016 Server: Improved: Error codes related to Licensing server Fixed: Broken Wyse Thin Client broker support Fixed: Identification of Windows 10 running on VMWare 6 or higher ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 15.0.0 (3742) Release - 26th Jan 2016 Server: Added: Smartcard Authentication Added: Publishing of Web Apps (URL) Added: Publishing of File Folders (UNC) Added: New category "Start" in the RAS Console with startup wizards for New Terminal Servers Wizard New Publish Applications Wizard New Invite User Added: RDS role automatic configuration when installing TS agent Added: Rebooting of Terminal Servers Added: Terminal Server session management Added: Universal printer filtering Added: New Publishing Type Web Link Network Folder Added: Verification of published application servers' targets on Terminal Servers Added: Support of Windows 10 in VDI stack Added: Administrators chat with audit Added: New Terminal Servers scheduler Added: Automatic adding of self signed SSL certificate to RAS Secure Client Gateway Improved: Changing firewall rules when pushing agents Improved: Restructured Start menu shortcuts Improved: Publishing wizard Improved: Initial update procedure of RAS agents Improved: OpenSSL v1.0.1p Improved: The RAS Console usability Better space usage by removing toolbar & some controls in the main console Renamed "Backup Servers" to "Publishing Agents" Revamped Invitation email Improved Sending of invitation by supporting multiple device targets More prominent warning to Apply Settings when needed Added Client Policies description New images and overall UI update Improved: Licensing monitoring PC connections Improved: UI for remote pushing of components Improved: Publishing Wizard Fixed: Auto install fonts Fixed: Windows client shadowing through RAS proxy gateway HTML5Gateway: Added: Support for remote PC applications Added: Copy/Paste support for published applications Added: Sound support for Firefox browser Improved: Complete redesign of UI ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 14.1.0 (3476) Hotfix 5 - 11th Nov 2015 Server: Improved: Terminal Server Agent stability when Printer Spooler is not responding Improved: If Remote Apps feature is enabled on a 2003 server, the option is now ignored Improved: Page Orientation reset for Ricoh PCL 5 Drivers Improved: Redirection of printers with specfic hardware margins failed to redirect VDI: Added: Support for evaluation versions of MS Hyper-V Windows Host HTML5 GW: Improved: Sound quality Fixed: Improved Security ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 14.1.0 (3447) Hotfix 4 - 27th Aug 2015 Server: Added: Windows 10 Detection Fixed: Possible crash in RAS Management while loading settings Fixed: Upgrade problem from v11.x to v14.x VDI: Fixed: Launching of VDIs from Guests without a VDI Guest Agent HTML5 GW: Added: Support for Unicode usernames Added: Support for backspace in 'keyboard compatibility mode' Fixed: Possible application listing hanging Fixed: Mouse pointer on Chrome 44 ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 14.1.0 (3437) Release - 5th Aug 2015 Server: Fixed: RAS Console not responding after setting are applied Imporved: Updating display values of licensed users ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 14.1.0 (3432) Release - 7th July 2015 Server: Improved: Japanese Internationalisation Improved: Ordering of publishing applications Fixed: URL redirection Fixed: Guest Agent update during Console startup VDI: Added: Support for Citrix XenServer 6.5 Added: Support for VMware ESXi 6.0 Added: Support for VMware vCenter 6.0 Client Manager: Improved: Management of Large number of devices HTML5 GW: Fixed: Display of Farm names with special Characters ---------------------------------------------------- RAS Version 14.1.0 (3371) Release - 27th May 2015 Server: Added: Support for new Languages: Italian Spanish Russian Japanese Portuguese French Added: Parallels Customer Experience Program Added: RDP over UDP support for Forwarding Gateways Changed: Console context sensitive help links to online manual Changed: Re branded to "Parallels 2X" Improved: Performance when redirecting printers and scanners Improved: Universal Printer redirection with non standard page dimensions Improved: Performance in client manger Fixed: Backing up Publishing Agent's log file. Client Manager: Added: Kiosk mode in Device manger HTML5 GW: Added: Support for new Languages: Italian Spanish Russian Japanese Portuguese French Improved: Clipboard window when in full-screen. Fixed: Clipboard redirectoin for unicode text ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 14.0.0 (3247) Release - 28th Apr 2015 Server: Improved: Agent memory usage Fixed: Peak licence tracking for non published desktops ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 14.0.0 (3214) Release - 6th Mar 2015 Server: Fixed: Universal printing with fonts in GDI Comments ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 14.0.0 (3211) Release - 3rd Mar 2015 Server: Fixed: Automatic Font Installation Fixed: Guest Agent listing Fixed: Upgrading of TWAIN driver ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 14.0.0 (3196) Release - 23th Feb 2015 Server: Added: Support for upgrading of a pushed 2X Publishing Agent from the MSI setup Added: Session timeout in the information tab Fixed: Power options in client manager Fixed: Pushing of settings for 2X Forwarding Gateways Fixed: Backward compatibility with old 2X RDP Clients (Win v6.0 and 2XOS v6.2) ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 14.0.0 (3129) Release - 11th Feb 2015 Server: Added: Support for 2X Reporting Engine Added: Support for 2X Network Load balancer (High Availability) Added: Support for RDP UDP Tunneling for gateway modes connections Added: Support for Auto client enrolment through E-Mail Added: Support for TWAIN redirection Added: Support for IPv6 Added: Settings's "Owner" and "Last user who changed" in the 2X Console Added: Support for NetBIOS credentials Added: Support for Minimum TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2 in 2X Proxy Gateway Added: Support for SSL connection between 2X Forwarding Gateway and 2X Gateway Added: Support for MS Remote App Added: Support for importing of TS, TS Groups and Applications on different sites Added: Default button for VDI persistence time setting Added: Adding of Installed applications can be added to the selected published folder Improved: 2X Universal Printing with multiple print jobs Improved: Closing of virtual keyboard Client Manager: Added: Support for Groups Added: 2X Start button and menu in desktop replacement mode Added: Advanced Firewall settings (not for XP) Improved: Shadowing to work through firewalls Improved: Enviorments when only SSL port is enabled Removed: Support for 2X OS HTML5: Added: Support for 2X Universal Printing Added: Support for favorite apps Added: Support for URL Redirection Added: Internationalisation: German Italian French Russian Spanish Fixed: Keyboard handling ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 12.0.0 (2892) Release - 6th Mar 2015 Server: Added: Support for 200 Virtual guests per VDI Improved: Settings reloading by 2X Publishing Agent Imporoved: Automatic Font Install Fixed: Universal printing when document contains fonts as comments ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 12.0.0 (2555) Release - 19th Dec 2014 Server: Fixed: Licensing when loadbalancing RDP connections ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 12.0.0 (2392) Release - 18th Nov 2014 Server: Added: Minimum Support for TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2 Fixed: Licensing on Gateway disconnect ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 12.0.0 (2193) Release - 29th Sep 2014 Server: Imporved: System performace Fixed: Limit User To One Session Per Desktop ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 12.0.0 (2154) Release - 26th Aug 2014 Server: Improved: Cached Session Timeout default value Fixed: Licensing count Fixed: Support of Windows 8.1 as a VDI Template HTML5 Gateway: Fixed: RDP Connections dropping due to Chrome update 36.0.1985.143 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X RAS Version 12.0.0 (2136) Release - 4th Aug 2014 Server: Added: Client Manager for Windows Operating Systems Added: Added cache session timeout Added: Support for SMTP with multiple extensions Changed: Product name to 2X Remote Application Server Improved: 2X Universal Printing - Speed for concurrent print jobs Improved: Mail and URL Redirection for Windows 2012 Removed: Support for old VDI technologies: VMware ESX/i 3.5 Parallels Virtuozzo Parallels BareMetal VirtualBox Client Manager: Added: Support for management of Windows Client Operating Systems Power management Shadowing of device desktop Shell replacement for all Windows Client Operating Systems Firewall inbound port settings for all Windows Client Operating Systems Added: Device Information for all devices HTML5 Gateway: Improved: Audio on slow network Improved: Application icons in listing Fixed: Opening of extra application from disconnected sessions ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.1.0 (2075) - 30th June 2014 Server: Added: Option to disable Microsoft RD Connection Broker on TS Agents Improved: Upgrading of multiple agents Improved: URL & Mail Redirection Improved: Security, updated to OpenSSL v1.0.1h Fixed: Un-installing agents remotely HTML5 Gateway: Improved: Sound redirect ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.1.0 (2026) - 26th May 2014 Server: Added: Grace period to licensing and added more information about current license usage Added: Support for Brazilian Portuguese Added: Security Layer and RDP Authentication in the Thin Client RDP Defaults settings and Num lock boot in Hardware settings for Thin Clients devices Added: Allow administrator to decide which agents are upgraded. Added: New setting to keep track of only managed devices. Improved: Printing speed by adding caching of Embedded fonts for EMF format Improved: Allow same Virtual IPs to be configured on multiple gateways Improved: Logoff will clear the any session information Improved: Mail & URL Redirection Improved: Security, updated to OpenSSL v1.0.1g Improved: VDI Connections by connecting to the cached FQDN name Improved: Retrieving of Guest IP on CitrixXEN VDI Improved: Remote Installation of 2X Services HTML5 Gateway: Added: Support for Safari 7+ with 2X HTML5 Gateway Added: HTML5 RDP Sound redirection on Chrome and Opera Improved: HTML5 Second level authentication Fixed: Published desktops unwanted scrolling when using 2X HTML5 Gateway Fixed: HTML5 Authentication when credentials were not saved VDI: Added: Support for HyperV on Windows 2012R2 Added: Support for HyperV Cluster on Windows 2012R2 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.0.0 (1933) - 11th April 2014 Server: Improved: Security, updated to OpenSSL v1.0.1g Fixed: Booting of multiple Thin Clients Fixed: Displaying of client rules in proper order ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.0.0 (1905) - 17th March 2014 Server: Added: Reintroduced SMB, PRO and ENT Licensing models Improved: Auto remove VDI Persistence time-out range was increased and added "Never" option Fixed: License count in SaaS mode Fixed: Load balancing of published applications Fixed: Disabling of all logging Fixed: Application filtering when using multiple sites or backup servers Fixed: Updating of URL Black list Fixed: Order of client policies Fixed: Backup servers not loading settings when pushed (until settings are changed) Fixed: HTML5 Default Connection when then '2X Secure Client Gateway Port' is changed Fixed: WYSE Connections with OTP ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.0.0 (1855) - 20th January 2014 Server: Added: Support for unicode characters in HTML5 Gateway's Clipboard Added: Support for case insensitive detection for HTML5 Gateway's page requests Improved: Closing of SaaS reports after an activation Fixed: Order of the published apps displayed on clients Fixed: license count when accessing Cloud Portal through an NAT Fixed: Closing of SaaS reports after activating VDI: Added: Support for Citrix XenServer 6.2 SP1 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.0.0 (1848) - 16th December 2013 Server: Added: Auditing of Administrator's sessions Improved: HTML5 Gateway URL case insensitivity Improved: Licensing when using 2X Cloud Portal Fixed: Experience options not being used in 2X Published desktops Fixed: Launching of Applications or Desktop on a PC or VDIs from Wyse OS VDI: Added: Support for XenServer 6.2 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.0.0 (1832) - 25th November 2013 Server: Added: Support for LoadBalancer License Keys Improved: Upgrading of proxy settings from previous versions Fixed: Gateway settings not being reloaded VDI: Added: Support for vCenter 5.5.0 Added: Support for VMWare ESXi 5.5.0 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.0.0 (1830) - 20th November 2013 Server: Improved: Speed of launching of VDI Connections Improved: Default HTML5 connection when Gateway is bound on a specific IP Improved: Gateway connection with Publishing Agent Improved: Retaining of user license when a VDI Connection is still active Fixed: Installation of Universal printer when installing agents from MSI setup Fixed: Distribution of SSL Certificates to remote gateways Fixed: Importing of settings when importing exported settings from a different farm Fixed: Loading of license details after an activation ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 11.0.0 (1821) - 1st Novermber 2013 Server: Added: Sites, a farm can now have multiple sites and each site can contain a number of 2X Backup Servers, 2X Secure Client Gateways, Terminal Servers and VIDs Added: Administration Roles, each of which can be set with different roles Added: Settings auditing Added: Configuration errors in device information Added: Backup servers and sites in batch upgrading of 2X Services Improvement: Start-up speed of the 2X Publishing Agent. Improvement: 2X Management Console user interface by replacing buttons with task menus Improved: Client Manager for 2XOS Fixed: Fonts in 2X Universal printing when printing to BMP, Fixed: Global Logging state when not using English UI Fixed: Booting of thin clients from a Unicode path Fixed: 2X Universal printers when used from Linux clients Fixed: Printing to universal printers with Unicode symbols in name VDI: Added: Add Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.6.0 (1555) - 18th November 2013 Server: Improved: Connection handling between the Publishing Agent and the VDI Agent Improved: Preperation of VDI Connections when guest name is configured in the settings VDI Agent: Improved: Connection handling between the VDI Agent and the Guest Agent Imporved: VDI connection timeouts Fixed: VDI published desktop failed to publish When the guest agent is not installed and the guest tools ip was not being updated Guest Agent: Improved: Connection handling between the Guest Agent and the VDI Agent ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.6.0 (1544) - 8th October 2013 Server: Fixed: WYSE TC not passing domain when entered in domain field Added: 2ndlevel auth for WYSE Thin Clients. Password should be passed as OTP+WINPASS Fixed: Slow universal printing to EMF on 64 bit platforms VDI Provider: Fixed: Deadlock on processing HyperV notifications and agent is shutting down Improved: States handling when VMs are started, stopped, or suspended Improved: Increase remote VDS timeout to allow enough time for HyperV cluster authentication to complete ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.6.0 (1469) - 15th July 2013 Server: Added: Gateway connection optimisation that can be configured on specific IPs Added: Option to wait until all Universal Printers are redirected before application is launched Added: Category Management to Client Policies Added: Native support for DualShield 2nd Level authentication Added: Criteria settings for client polices,using Gateway IP and client Mac address Added: User Filters/Policies entries using Secure identifier Added: User Filters/Policies entries conversion from WinNT or LDAP to Secure identifier Added: Support for Hyper-V 2012 Failover Cluster. Added: Support for application publishing on Windows 8.1 Added: Support for Username Only option in the radius server settings Added: Redirection of POS Devices in Client Polices Added: Check for hotfix KB2580360 when using HyperV Cluster 2008 R2 Modification: Printing and Scanning client polices are relocated under Connection properties Improved: Printer Redirection Speed when using "2X Universal Printer" pattern Improved: Generic performance when cloning on Hyper-V Improved: Wyse Broker to make use of new authentication system. Improved Appliance to report that it needs to be initialized when replacing an older appliance. Fixed: Paper orientation when Printed document is converted to PDF Fixed: SSL/TLS Certificate creation to allow user to enter a-z, A-Z, 0-9, the following symbols ' "" ( ) + , - . / : ? and space Fixed: Wyse Broker to accept special characters Fixed: Unsupported icon formats on non windows clients Fixed: Hyper HyperV 2012/2008 R2 on not English systems. ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.6.0 (1457) - 1st July 2013 General: Updated: Code signing certificate to expires in 2015 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.5.0 (1368) - 08th Feb 2013 Server: Added: Thin Client Additional Boot Parameters: "Video Rescan" and "Ignore Monitor EDID data" Added: RDP, VMWare and VNC connectivity to Client Manager Added: Thin Client Browser Configuration and Kiosk mode Added: Thin Client Additional Boot Parameters Added: Advanced Client Manager Search window Added: Error reporting when synchronising with redundant servers Fixed: 2X Universal Printing on Windows 2012 Fixed: Forced display settings in 2X OS Managed devices Fixed: Wyse Broker to support non alphanumeric characters in usernames and passwords Fixed: Cloning on VCenter due to incorrect destination folder Fixed: Published application filtering on Groups when using LDAP and when AD's primary group is not default. VDI: Added: Support for vCenter 5.1.0 Added: Support for VMWare ESXi 5.1.0 which includes WIndows 8 guest support. Added: Support for Citrix Xen 6.1 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.5.0 (1327) - 21st Oct 2012 Server: Fixed: Intermittent Splwow64 process crash when closing an application which used any 2X universal printer. ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.5.0 (1314) - 25st Aug 2012 Client Manager: Added: Apply license to device without a license Added: Connection Mode for Thin Clients in RDP Defaults page Server: Improved: Error messages are sent in the language the client is set to Fixed: Launching of PC and VDI Desktop from WYSE OS Fixed: Banner Error when synchronisation with gateways ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.5.0 (1308) - 31st Aug 2012 New Features in 10.5 Server: Added: Generate SSL certificate request in gateway settings. Added: URL redirection Blacklist. Added: Remote client commands. Added: Radius Server 2nd Level Authentication Added: Mobile Auto keyboard popup closure Added: Client Manager Added: Thin Client Scheduler VDI Agent: Added: Support for Hyper-V Failover Clustering. Improved: Performance when obtaining guest information and authenticating. Universal Printing: Added: Support for print jobs in RAW format. Fixes and Improvements: Server: Added: SysprepReadyNotif.exe in 2X Guest Agent installation. Improved: Upgrading of Guest agents on templates Fixed: Pre-Created Guests were not being paused if apply was pressed while they are being created. Fixed: Published Items Listing Filtering for iOS platforms. Fixed: Desktop Work Area not set properly for some resolutions. Fixed: Possible shell crash when applications are closing Fixed: Fallback to next template When creating a guest if the template maximum limited was reached Universal printing: Improved: Win2008 redirected Universal Printers are not shown to administrator/administrators group. Improved: Universal printers access rights settings according to MS recommendations on Win2008 Improved: Processes 2XPrinterRedirector.exe and 2XDevRedir.exe log to common AppData\TSAgentLog.txt file Improved: Redirection of universal printers if reconnection happens (e.g. network failure). Improved: Printer name uniqueness for redirected printers Fixed: MS Easy Print are excluded from printing renaming feature Fixed: Number of copies printed from MS Office apps depends from actual settings. Fixed: Clean job from spooler if document failed to print ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.1.0 (1263) - 11th May 2012 Server: Improved: SAAS License Report Improved: Published applications when reconnecting Improved: 2X Universal printing when running a single application through MS Rdp Client Improved: SMTP to avoid emails going into SPAM folders Improved: Pre Created Guest calculation Improved: Vista clones to join a specifiec workgroup when template is already joined to a domain Improved: guest deletion process Improved: Closing of 2XDevRedir.exe and 2XPrinterRedirector.exe gracefully Fixed: Gateways connect to the Master Publishing Agent, after a Slave Publishing Agent was promoted to Master Fixed: remote installation path on Japanese OSes Fixed: WYSE Thin client Broker Fixed: Windows Vista and above - guests created from 2X templates correct join a workgroup TS Agent: Improved: TS agent response time on check agent Improved: Cleaning of Universal printer drivers VDI Agent: Added: Support for VMware vSphere datacenters in a folder Added: Detection of a local vCenter 5.0 host Improved: Logging settings are used without the need of a restart --------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.1.0 (1239) - 01st Mar 2012 Server: Improved: Added Universal printing support for UNC paths Improved: Universal printer added redirection for printer's comment or location Fixed: TuxMonitor crashing when run as a limited user Fixed: Published desktops on Mac Client VDI Agent: Improved: Memory consumption when using HyperV. Improved: Check Agent response time. --------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.1.0 (1232) - 07th Feb 2012 Server: Fixed: Launching of published desktops on MAC Clients Added: Redirection of Comment and Location Fields in 2X Universal Printing --------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.1.0 (1227) - 26th Jan 2012 Server: Fixed: Possible crash in Memshell if "Default Printer settings enabled" Fixed: Enabling waking up of Remote PC when a connection is requested VDI Agent: Improved Connection time when connecting to guests running on Oracle Virtual Box ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.1.0 (1224) - 19th Jan 2012 Server: Added: 2X Universal Printer is preferred when setting default Printer Improved: 2X Universal Printing stability Improved: eG Agent Status and installation VDI Agent: Added: Support for Parallels Bare Metal 5 Appliance: Added: New appliance for Parallels Bare Metal 5 SDK ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.1.0 (1216) - 23th Dec 2011 Server: Improved: eG Agent Pushing process Fixed: Possible deathlock in 2X Universal Printing VDI Agent: Improved: HyperV cloning ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.1.0 (1204) - 30th Nov 2011 Server: Added: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure designer integrated into the 2X Console Added: Integration with EG Innovations Reporting Server Added: Support for vCenter 5.0.0 Added: Support for VMWare ESXi 5.0.0 Added: Support for Citrix Xen Server 6.0 Added: Pushing of Guest agent on Parallels Virtuzzo Containers Added: Automatic adding of ìUse Principal Nameî for Deepnet server 3.48. Added: Allow iOS, Android and Linux Client to the "Published Items Listing" Added: Option to allow/disable specific Deepnet authentication channels Improved: WakeOnLan packet Improved: Farm design page now supports keyboard navigation and status bar information Improved: Printing to PDF now supports proper page resolution and orientation Improved: Full Unicode support for VDI related Information Improved: upgrade notification text is set to red if license is not valid for an upgrade Fixed: Printing to universal printers with unicode symbols in printer names & user names File Uploader: Added: Support ì/notadminî command line argument ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1162) - 29th Sep 2011 Server: Improved Agent Checking ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1159) - 12th Sep 2011 Server: Improved check agent for TS, VDI and PC Improved upgrading of 2X Agents Added page number progress to tray notification during printing Server Setup: VDI Agent is not installed with the default installation, but is available through custom installation ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1155) - 26th Aug 2011 Server: Added Support for printer drivers that have paper bins in native languages. Improved Universal printing to ignore printers that do not define paper sizes Improved custom installation to register only required components ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1142) - 1st Aug 2011 Guest Agent Improved 2x UniversalPrinter PC Agent: Improved 2x UniversalPrinter ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1140) - 26th July2011 Server: Release Version Added support of published desktops or applications from guests operating systems running on various VDI platforms Published items can now be filtered using a MAC address. Added more information and control on VMs created from a 2X Template. Added Maintenance mode for 2X templates. Improved: VMs generated from templates now make use of the Locale and Timezone settings from the template itself. Improved: Distribution of VMs generated from templates. Improved: Deletion of templates and guests generated from that template. Please note that templates are deleted on apply settings. Added: Information about guests created from 2x template in the Information category. Added: Support for VMware vCenter with clusters Added: Support of VMware vCenter with disabled DRS. Improved 2x UniversalPrinter by allowing multiple printers to be simultaneously redirected from client to server. (Windows 2X Client v10 required) Improved 2x UniversalPrinter by redirecting the same client hardware capabilities on the remote virtual printer. (Windows 2X Client v10 required) Improvement: Upgraded 2X Appliances. Improvement: 2X Appliances Guest Agent are automatically prompted to be initialized before they are used. Added: VDI guest default settings, You can now change one setting which can effect all guests in use. Added: Query2X tool, command line tool to provide information about the system. Improvement: Support for specific options needed to boot particular thin clients. Improvement: Authentication speed when starting a published application. Improvement: Speed improvement when VDI Agent and Publishing Agent are initialized. Improvement: Guest state monitoring when changed outside of 2X system 2X Terminal Server Agent: Release Version VDI Agent: Release Version Added Support for Virtuozzo 4.5/6 2X GuestAgent: Release Version 2x PC Agent Release Version ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1132) Beta - 14th July 2011 Server: Improved 2X Universal printer Improved Session monitoring to log off sessions when no applications are running VDI Agent: Added Support for Virtuozzo 4.5/6 Improved Sysprep time zone for windows 7 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1123) Beta - 22th June 2011 Server: Improved: Conversion of templates to maintenance mode when the host machine is overloaded. Guest Agent: Improved: Guest created from a template will keep their current time zone after the Sysprep process. ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1122) Beta - 17th June 2011 Server: Improved: In 2X Universal printing, corrected supported option in settings dialog Improved: Universal Printer to remove printers when user disconnects or agent stops Improved: OpenSSL libraries to support Win2000 ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1119) Beta - 14th Jun 2011 Server: Improved: 2X Universal printing, redirecting default printer settings. Improved: Cloning process to pause precreated guests. VDI Agent: Improved: Support for clusters on Citrix XenServer ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1117) Beta - 3rd June 2011 Server: Improved: Deletion of guests, these are deleted when VDI agent conencts with the publishing agent, and when listed in the 2X Console these are marked for deletion VDI Agent: Improved: Folder listing on Citrix XenServer when no folders are configured Guest/ VDI Agent: Improved: Monitering of cloning process ---------------------------------------------------- 2X ApplicationServer XG Version 10.0.0 (1114) Beta - 27th May 2011 Server: Added support of published desktops or applications from guests operating systems running on various VDI platforms Published items can now be filtered using a MAC address. Added more information and control on VMs created from a 2X Template. Added Maintenance mode for 2X templates. Improved: VMs generated from templates now make use of the Locale and Timezone settings from the template itself. Improved: Distribution of VMs generated from templates. Improved: Deletion of templates and guests generated from that template. Please note that templates are deleted on apply settings. Added: Information about guests created from 2x template in the Information category. Added: Support for VMware vCenter with clusters Added: Support of VMware vCenter with disabled DRS. Improved 2x UniversalPrinter by allowing multiple printers to be simultaneously redirected from client to server. Improved 2x UniversalPrinter by redirecting the same client hardware capabilities on the remote virtual printer. Improvement: Upgraded 2X Appliances. Improvement: 2X Appliances Guest Agent are automatically prompted to be initialized before they are used. Added: VDI guest default settings, You can now change one setting which can effect all guests in use. Added: Query2X tool, command line tool to provide information about the system. Improvement: Support for specific options needed to boot particular thin clients. Improvement: Authentication speed when starting a published application. Improvement: Speed improvement when VDI Agent and Publishing Agent are initialized. Improvement: Guest state monitoring when changed outside of 2X system ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 9.0.0 (1091) - 25th May 2011 Server: Fixed Published application reconnection Windows 2008 R2 VDI Agent: Fixed pushing of Linux agent on a fresh 2x Appliance. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 9.0.0 (1083) - 14th Apr 2011 VDS Agent: Fixed: Listing non-empty Citrix Xen folders. Added support for Cloning Citrix Xen guest in root folder. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 9.0.0 (1082) - 07th Apr 2011 Windows Client: Improved Support for NT Domains ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 9.0.0 (1073) - 18th Mar 2011 VDI Agent; Hyper-V: Improved stability ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 9.0.0 (1071) - 17th Mar 2011 Server: Fixed: Universal printer upgrade issues from previous versions of v9. Improved: performance when 2X Client connects to a virtual guests and a 2x GuestAgent is installed on the VM. Improved: template creation by making use of a Wizard TS Agent: Fixed: Updating environment variables SESSIONAME and CLIENTNAME before launching applications VDI Agent; Improved System Preparation when a VM is cloned from a 2X template Hyper-V: Added Support to change directory where guests are created. Improved converting Guests to templates and cloning of guests. Improved support for Multiple IP addresses and how the mac address is obtained from the guest VM. ESX: Improved detection of ESX Free License. ESX Free License cannot be used with 2XVDS. Added support for template creation when ESX host has multiple datastores. Improved Cloned ESX guests not to have the same MAC address as template. File Uploader: Improved saving of settings ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 9.0.0 (1061) - 21th Feb 2011 Server Added support for Non RSA certificates Improved stability in universal printer. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 9.0.0 (1051) - 06th Feb 2011 Server Release Version 2X Templates (Supported VMware Server 2, VMware ESXi, VMware VCentre, Citrix XEN, Parallel 4) VDI Pool Management (replaces VDI Groups) Persistent Desktops Support for Parallels Server v4. Support for Wyse Thin clients using Wyse Desktop Broker Added 2X File Upload Utility Auto Install Fonts for terminal servers. 2nd Level Authentication now supports SafeNet/Aladdin software. 2X VirtualDesktopInfrastructureDesigner Farm Design Preview Improved speed on application listing Added searching, sorting and duplication of published items Support for "everyone" for the client policies Improved settings saving Support for VirtualBox v4.0.0 Added automatic enrolling of safenet users. This is only supported from Windows client. Improved Publishing Wizard Added Clear Cached Session IDs Added Proxy support for license activation. 2X Terminal Server Agent Release Version Added URL/Mail Redirection for desktop sessions 2X VDI Agent Release Version 2X GuestAgent Release Version Added Agent for VDI Guest Added 2X Universal Printing Added 2X Universal Scanning Added URL/Mail Redirection Added published application support 2x PC Agent Release Version Added Agent for Remote PC Added 2X Universal Printing Added 2X Universal Scanning Added URL/Mail Redirection Added published application support 2X Virtual Infrastucture Designer Release Version ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 9.0.0 (1000) Beta - 19th Oct 2010 VID: Beta Version ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (938) - 13th Dec 2010 Server Fixed Universal Printer issue when printing with multiple copies. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (930) - 20th Oct 2010 Server Improved compatibility with AppV ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (929) - 11th Oct 2010 Server: Release Version ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (924) - 27th Sep 2010 Server: Improved remote installation of the 2X Backup server when the 2X Proxy Gateway is not installed on the master. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (910) - 27th Aug 2010 Server: Improved Universal printer installation compatibility. Fixed MemshellHook crash. (Beta version only) ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (905) - 18th Aug 2010 Server: Universal printer driver updated. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (900) - 9th Aug 2010 Server: Updated Loadbalancer license to unlimited number of desktop connections. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (895) - 4th Aug 2010 Server: Improved tray icon handling Fixed keyboard switching for Windows 2003 32bit Improved handling for child popup windows Added Authentication and Display pages in client rules VDI Agent: Improved appliance connection. ---------------------------------------------------- ApplicationServer and VirtualDesktopServer Changelog VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (893) - 28th July 2010 Server: Improved 2X Universal Printer x64 support. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (892) - 26th July 2010 Server: Added translations. Universal printer installer natively compatible with Windows 7 / Windows 2008(R2). ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (890) - 26th July 2010 Server: PDF files on printing are generated only when it is really neccessary. Fixed compatability issues with 2008 R2. New version of PDF library. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (889) - 22nd July 2010 Server: Fixed gateway remote uninstall issues. Improved logging. New Feature: SSL Allow strong ciphers only. New feature: Option to disable DOS attack protection from 2X Secure Proxy Gateway. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (883) - 13th July 2010 Windows VDI Agent: Improved display of guest names from VMware Server. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (875) - 15th June 2010 Server: Fixed SMB Server Installation. Improved "Use all monitors for desktop sessions" when monitors are not in order. 2X Managment Console is kept on licensing page when license expires. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (870) - 31th May 2010 Server: Fixed Client connection log to show the peer's ip Fixed PXE booting issue when a network interface has an invalid ip/subnet 0.0.0.0 New feature: Listing policies (Which clients can list published items), Windows 2008/R2 Printer name renaming Adding or removing a backup publishing agents will update all gateways even those who are not using the default settings Fixed SMB gateway port error Added "2X Appliance" OS Type in remote installation of VDS Adding gw automatically when backup servers are added from "Find" button During Server installation ports used by other applications are detected. Changed licensing model for VDS Fixed compatibility issue with MSXML parser 6.0 Added full status information in Send Support Request Improved Logging for NPDF Improved session IP reconnection with Windows 2008 R2 Improved forwarding gateways when using SSL connections Added Linux VDI Agent 64bit remote installation Improved 2X Management Console UI on windows 7 Generate crash dumps on Windows 2008, when 2X Services crash. Dump files are placed in a folder called DumpFolder next to the executables. Saving 2X Console's size and placement Updating forwarding Gateway when referenced gateway's IP or port is changed. Added support for multi page scanning from feeder. Added new feature, to allow only one 2X Management Console running at one time. Fixed Deepnet gateway IP exclusions list(Multiple gateways, Linux, TCOS and MAC clients) Improved Twain redirection support Added toobar support for "more" button if not all icons fit on screen VDI Agents: Added support for VMware server on 64 Bit Linux ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (868) Beta - 28th May 2010 Server: Final Beta ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (865) Beta - 21th May 2010 Server: Added new feature, to allow only one 2X Management Console running at one time. Fixed Deepnet gateway IP exclusion list for: Linux, TCOS and MAC clients ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (861) Beta - 12th May 2010 Server Fixed Deepnet gateway IP exclusions list Saving 2X Console's size and placement Updating forwarding Gateway when referenced gateway's IP or port is changed. Added support for multipage scanning from feeder. Fixed "Published Item Listing" filtering for Web Portal and Java clients. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (860) Beta - 30th April 2010 Server Improved 2X Management Console UI on windows 7 Generate crash dumps on Windows 2008, when 2X Services crash. Dump files are placed in a folder called DumpFolder next to the executables. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (858) Beta - 27th April 2010 Server: Fixed compatability issue with MSXML parser 6.0 Added full status information in Send SUpport Request Improved Logging for NPDF Improved session IP reconnection with Windows 2008 R2 Improved forwarding gateways when using SSL connections Added Linux VDI Agent 64bit remote installation ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.1.0 (855) Beta - 15th April 2010 Server: Fixed Client connection log to show the peer's ip Fixed PXE booting issue when a network interface has an invalid ip/subnet 0.0.0.0 New feature: Listing policies (Which clients can list published items), Windows 2008/R2 Printer name renaming Adding or removing a backup publishing agents will update all gateways even those who are not using the default settings Fixed SMB gateway port error Added "2X Appliance" OS Type in remote installation of VDS Adding gw automatically when backup servers are added from "Find" button During Server installation we detect which Ports are in use by other applications Changed licensing model for VDS ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.0.0 (832) - 15th March 2010 Server: Fixed SSL connections with Forwarding Gateways. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.0.0 (827) - 01th March 2010 VDI Agents: Support for Citrix XEN Server 5.X ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.0.0 (824) - 15th Feb 2010 Server: Improved Twain redirection. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.0.0 (819) - 29th Jan 2010 Server: Management of multiple 2X Secure Client Gateways Twain Redirection Pushing of Client Settings from 2X Management Console PXE Booting of TCOS from 2X Secure Client Gateway Using OpenSSL 0.9.8k Release Version VDI Agents: Release Version ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.0.0 (811) Beta - 22th Jan 2010 Server: Further improvements in Management of multiple 2X Secure Client Gateways ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.0.0 (808) Beta - 15th Jan 2010 Server: Further improvements in Management of multiple 2X Secure Client Gateways ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.0.0 (804) Beta - 7th Jan 2010 Server: Improved Management of multiple 2X Secure Client Gateways Added Reconnect using client IP address only. ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 8.0.0 (803) Beta - 23rd Dec 2009 Server: Management of multiple 2X Secure Client Gateways Twain Redirection Pushing of Client Settings from 2X Management Console PXE Booting of TCOS from 2X Secure Client Gateway ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (768) - 18th Dec 2009 Server: Fixed User Delegation ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (764) - 11th Dec 2009 Server: Improved URL redirection to support HTTPS ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (763) - 10th Dec 2009 Server: Added Support for Outlook plugin "Mail Alert" Added Move/Sizing frame rect capability ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (753) - 25th Nov 2009 Server: Improved URL redirection Improved redundancy when computer name is changed ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (743) - 2nd Nov 2009 VDI Agents: Improved performance with ESX ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (741) - 30th Oct 2009 Server: Improved performance under heavy load ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (738) - 24th Oct 2009 Server: Gateway only installation - remove license check ignore any redundancy Improved Session Id caching ---------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (727) - 19th Oct 2009 Server: Fixed Free license issue --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (724) - 8th Oct 2009 Server: Reduced Black hole effect Release Version VDI Agents: Support for Virtual Box 3.0.6 Windows 32bit and 64 bit Improved memory management for VMware Server 2 and Hyper-V on Windows Release Version --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (720) Beta - 29th Sep 2009 Server: Added Remote Clear Debug log for TS / VDI Agents Improved LB to handle bursts of new connections Improved VDS User filtering --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (709) Beta - 27th Aug 2009 Server: Added Remote Debug Enabling for TS / VDI Agents Added Remote Debug Retrieval for TS / VDI Agents VDI Agents: Support for Virtual Box 3.0.4 Windows 32bit and 64 bit --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (704) Beta - 12th Aug 2009 Server: Improved URL/mail redirection with Office 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.3.0 (701) Beta - 05th Aug 2009 Server: 2X Proxy Gateway can be set to accept only SSL version 3 Connections Added errors sent to clients when logon fails, with more information Fixed EMF Universal Printing running on Windows 2000 VDI Agents: Support for Windows 2008 & Windows 7 as guests on VMware Infrastructure Support for Xen Server's resources monitor --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.2.0 (684) - 24th Jul 2009 Server: Disconnect Native RDP connections when no servers are available. --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.2.0 (682) Beta - 17th Jul 2009 Server: Improved Terminal Server Session limit control. VDI Agents: Support for VMware ESX 3.5 Support for VMware ESX 4.0 Support for VMware ESXi 4.0 Support for Virtual Box 3.0.0 Windows 32bit and 64 bit Support for Virtual Box 3.0.2 Windows 32bit and 64 bit Improved MS Virtual Server, Connecting with guest's IP address obtained from MS Virtual Machine Additions --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.1.0 (660) - 25th Jun 2009 Server: Improved compatibility with old clients when listing items VDI Agents: Improved guest state while starting, Stopping or pausing in ESXi --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.1.0 (659) - 19th Jun 2009 Server: Improved shell user response when activating applications. Added redirection support for "Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key". Added redirection support for "Mouse swap buttons". Added redirection support for "Mouse Wheel Scroll Lines". Added redirection support for "Keyboard Repeat Delay". Added redirection support for "Keyboard Repeat Rate". Fixed invalid configuration in SMB mode. Release Version VDI Agents: Addded support for: VMware Server 2.0.1 Linux 32 bit. Linux VDI Agent: Added watchdog process to restart agent if necessary Release Version Scripting: Beta Version --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.1.0 (656) Beta - 08th Jun 2009 Server: If a user with a single monitor reconnects to a session which was using multiple monitors maximized state was not set correctly. Added support for windows with Monochrome icons. Improved shell by adding support from Excel workbook on taskbar feature. VDI Agents: Citrix Xen 5.0.0 Linux 32 bit Appliance support. * Hyper V on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Hyper V on Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Support for Virtual Box 2.2.4 Windows 32bit and 64 bit Improved VMware ESX & VMware Server 2, Connecting with guest's IP address obtained from VMware tools * Appliance is a ready made guest OS with the VDI Agent already installed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.1.0 (652) Beta - 01th Jun 2009 Server: Deepnet Auth Import and Verify user accounts Deepnet "Use only for user with Deepnet account" mode Deepnet Exclusion rules (User/Group/IP/MAC/Gateway IP connection) 2nd Level Auth for sessions Added support for RDP printer renaming (Japanese version) Fixed potential crash in Japanese version of 2X Proxy Gateway service. Added action to take with current connected session is the WTS is disabled from a schedule rule. Option to configure reaction time of Slave when master dies (only from registry, requires 2X Publishing agent service restart) Option to view all guests for non RDP VDI technology providers (only from registry, requires 2X Publishing agent service restart) "Free key" and "Buy License" links from License Activation Dialog. Fixed Gateway-Controller connection cache. Support for license key with VDS-NP product ID. Add NP tag in case of NP keys in the license category page. Adding universal printer always using EMF format and not RAW (some applications might not behave correctly with RAW) VDI Agents: VMware ESXi 3.5.0 Appliance support.* VMware Server 2.x Windowns 32 bit. VMware Server 2.x Windowns 64 bit. Sun VirtualBox 2.2.x Windows 32 bit. Sun VirtualBox 2.2.x Windows 64 bit. Improved Stability of VirtualIron Agent Virtual Iron v4.2.x Linux 32 bit Appliance support. * Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0.0 Windows 2003 32 bit * Applicance is a ready made guest OS with the VDI Agent already installed. Scripting: New scripting interface (compatible with ASLB and VDS) --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.0.0 (638) - 15th Apr 2009 Server: Added Support for old 2X ApplicationServerClients to connect to VDS desktops. --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.0.0 (637) - 13th Apr 2009 Server: Support for XEN Support for KVM Support for QEMU Release Version --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.0.0 (633) - 06th Apr 2009 Server: Remote Service Installation of VDSAGent On Windows x64 Remote VDSAgent Installation on ESXi Support for VDS client connection when using NAT Support for Hyper-V in 64 bit --------------------------------------------------------------------- VirtualDesktopServer Version 7.0.0 (628) - 27th Mar 2009 Server: Support for HyperV. Support for ESX (i). Support for Virtual Iron. Support for VMware Server 2 on Linux Support for Parallels Server on Linux Support for PC connection with Wake On Lan support Various UI improvemnts Changed Farm Sheet Added Sorting button in List Views Resizable Dialogs Agent State Icons Description for Farm machines Added predefined application (Windows Explorer under 2008) Drag and Drop in publishing tree Improved Backup machine resolving Added Scheduling of Terminal Servers and Virtual Hosts Fix bug when importing settings emf fonts doubled Remote Service installation or 2XVDSAgent on Linux --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.2.0 (528) - 16th Feb 2009 Server: Fixed Issues with wizard in SMB mode. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.2.0 (527) - 09th Feb 2009 Server: Added tool for formatting Deepnet users to work with 2X. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.2.0 (520) - 29th Jan 2008 Server: Support for Spanish version Support for Italian version Optimization for printing with EMF fonts UPN Support --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.2.0 (512) - 18th Dec 2008 Server: Release Version --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.2.0 (509) Beta - 12th Dec 2008 Server: Fix enabled URL redirection for windows 2008 server --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.2.0 (504) Beta - 28th Nov 2008 Server: Deepnet support for second level or authentication, supporting: FlashID MobileID QuickID GridID SafeID SecureID (RSA) DigiPass (Vasco) Zero Administration for the following Secure Tokens: FlashID MobileID QuickID GridID Printing Support of different page layouts (size, orientation, etc..) in a singe job Reduced memory consumption on the client Font embedding in EMF printing EMF printing performance improvement Fixed possible crashes and memory leaks Filtering - Support for Group in Group (LDAP Mode filtering) Gateway - DOS attack protection Startup Wizard URL redirection support for Microsoft Office --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.1.0 (468) - 28th Aug 2008 Server: New RDP Printer renaming algorithm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.1.0 (467) - 21th Aug 2008 Server: Update of User Manual --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.1.0 (465) - 16th Jul 2008 Server: Release Version --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.1.0 (463) - 11th Jul 2008 Server: Update of English Manual --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.1.0 (461) - 8th Jul 2008 Server: Support for Taskbar balloons --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.1.0 (460) - 4th Jul 2008 Server: Load Balancing: Performance counters bug fix --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.1.0 (458) - 3rd Jul 2008 Server: Windows 2008 ready. Support for French Language. Product Activation over HTTP proxy. Security using MAC addresses Delegation 2X Log Viewer 2X Monitor Support for sorting and filtering in 2X Console Improved Console Status Page Improved TS Agent communication Improved associated file extensions startup Published Applications can be added to client's Start Folder Added support for concurrent licenses of published applications Renaming of redirected printers --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.0.0 (421) - 11th Mar 2008 Server: 2X Web Portal, enables "Always open file with 2X Client." Removed old License warning where not applicable. Fixes import settings and redundancy conflict. Fixed Printing error (F007) in Russian version. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.0.0 (419) - 19th Feb 2008 Server: Fixed GDIPlus DLL conflict Improved Opera support in web portal Improved web compatibility with Domain controllers and Win2000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.0.0 (410) - 8th Feb 2008 Server: Notification of old license key German Documentation --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.0.0 (409) - 31th Jan 2008 Server: Fixed File Extension supporting parameters. Web Service Support for IIS 7 Improved Loadbalancing Algorithm 64Bit Url Redirection Backup Server can take over Master, through command line argument -promote --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.0.0 (407) - 15th Jan 2008 Server: Improved 2X Web Access Setup --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 6.0.0 (404) - 7th Jan 2008 Server: New active Web Portal Support of multiple monitors Console (tool bar for quick actions) Publishing session timeout Load Balancing advanced settings (fine tune timeouts) Support more than 255 hosts Limit an application to be deployed only once by a user Published desktop can be set to use the available area Universal Printing to support EMF format (in progress) SMB version option to allow 2X client only to connect to terminal server. Improved Shell (all fixes in previous version) TLS/SSL SMTP support. URL/Mail Redirection (server to client), Please note URL/Mail redirection works for shell execute hook CPU Load Balancer Changes in Console as requested (tool bar icons) Universal Printing supports native BMP and EMF printing (no external software needed) Web About information Web portal can be installed on any port Printing compression Web New version Alerts Web automatic configuration Signing of Modules --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.1.0 (315) - 20th Dec 2007 Server: Fix for reconnection with disconnected sessions running non published applications --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.1.0 (314) - 28th Nov 2007 Server: Shell patch for CyrstalReports --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.1.0 (313) - 21th Nov 2007 Server: Improved Printer Installation (removed extra modules running when Univ prnter is disabled) Improved Printer PDF convertor Shell Improvement for WS_EX_APPWINDOW style Shell Improvement for GTalk Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.1.0 (311) - 25th Oct 2007 Server: Improved Shell Improved Silent Printer Installation --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.1.0 (310) - 20th Sept 2007 Server: Fixed problem with remote printer installation --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.1.0 (309) - 12th Sept 2007 Server: Fixed email notifications for long email addresses --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.1.0 (306) - 31th Aug 2007 Server: Solved ICA Connections RDP cookie support up to 127 characters Fixed log message when RDP connects Fixed RDP application session close normally when Universal printer is enabled Added logs when user tries to change the password from 2X Client --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.1.0 (303) - 24th Aug 2007 Server: Support for Unicode Paths, Usernames and passwords. Support for Japanese Language. Support for Russian Langauge. Improved Log Messages. Support for usernames longer than 21 characters. Support for NonProfit License Keys. Improved Universal Printing. Bug Fix - Modeless minimized widow were not shown. Improved speed when creating windows for misbehaving applications. Fixed Drag and Drop shortcuts for MS Office Applications. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.0.0 (274) - 18th June 2007 Server: Support for German version Universal Printing, Bug fixes (64bit installation) Resource Leak Fixed language notification Release resources is Universal printing in not enabled. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.0.0 (261) - 31th May 2007 Server: Removed Beta Limitations Improved Universal Printing --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.0.0 (253) - 10th May 2007 Server: Installation now supports SMB and Enterprise versions Improved Installation flow Fixed Import bug --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 5.0.0 (247) - 30th Apr 2007 Server: Automatic Redundancy Univeral Printing Native RDP and ICA Connection Rules New Licensing Model Disable Proxy GW main port Screen Server are disabled for published applications even if enabled through GPO More Information --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.3.0 (199) - 26th Feb 2007 Server: Fixed issue where MSN was set to busy mode. Fixed issue when viewing a Word document from Outlook 2007 in fullscreen mode. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.3.0 (197) - 15th Feb 2007 Server: Fixed Multiple Filtering groups bug Fixed issue when "use domain if specified is off" and user supplies a domain --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.3.0 (189) - 07th Feb 2007 Server: Adding a Terminal Server Agent does not require you to install anything on the machine. You are now able to install the Terminal Server Agent from the Managment Console. Agent State now shown in the Terminal Servers Page. Allow Authentication with the domain specified by the client. Support of UPN users. (user@domain) Client Gateway Forwarding Mode Client Gateway binds to a specific IP. Fallback HTTP Servers and Publishing Agents and forwarding gateways Publish Content Documents Improved filtering and authentication Support for 64bit machines --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.2.0 (165) - 07th Dec 2006 Launcher window is now resizable --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.2.0 (161) - 05th Dec 2006 Fixed Terminial Server Agent issue, from blocking in a non verified state. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.2.0 (159) - 29th Nov 2006 Added features in server: Added Support Request from 2X Console. 2X Console displays the appropriate pages according to installation type. Grouped 2X Client Gateway settings and 2X Publishing Agent settings in separate tabs. Merged Version and Software Update tabs. User filtering dialog initialised with User, Groups or User & Groups --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.1.0 (142) - 31th Oct 2006 Server: Addedd: On reconnection startup application is activated if already running. Improved: response time when applying settings. Addedd: Client Update. Addedd: Context sensitive help Addedd: Publish to web, creates destination folder and copies client msi, client xml and template images. Addedd: Username is case insensitive. Addedd: Improved Functionality for port 3389 redirection. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.1.0 (128) - 11th Oct 2006 Server: Fixed bug when starting the 2nd application which was not using the first RDP session. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.1.0 (126) - 10th Oct 2006 Server: Software Update. Support for SSL. Remote Browsing of applications and folders supports icons. Remote Browsing of applications and folders shows server information. Client MSI supports all parameters. Client Gateway supports Enable/Disable Citrix Gateway. Client Gateway supports Enable/Disable RDP Gateway. Support for Domain Local and Universal Groups in filtering Notification is sent if a 2X Terminal Server Agent disconnects from 2X Publishing Agent, with UI option. Advanced settings in Client. Keybaord Mode for desktops. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.1.0 (110) - 29th Sept 2006 Server: Remote Browsing of applications and folders using the agent. Controller detects if a terminal server dies abnormally. Application Server can now connect in Direct mode. Environment variables in Parameters options Notification is sent if a 2X Terminal Server Agent disconnects from 2X Publishing Agent (No UI to enable this feature). We will add the UI later on. Does not cache client password if not specified. Trusted Domains Improved Logging Support of redundant 2X Publishing Agents --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.1.0 (108) - 25th Sept 2006 Server: Fixed Agent running on non English Platforms --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server and Load Balancer Version 4.1.0 (107) - 19th Sept 2006 Server: Beta version --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server Version 3.7.0 - 1st Aug 2006 Server: Added 2X Proxy Gateway (tunnels all data through a single port) Added Modules Information tab in the server setup --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server Version 3.6.0 - Build 80 26th July 2006 Server: Fixed IP filtering Fixed argument passing in published application --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server Version 3.6.0 - 2nd June 2006 Server: Support of publishing application to Web. Support of applications on different servers. Import and Export of server settings. Prioritise Application List. Multiple Application remove. Desktops larger than 1600 X 1200 are switched to window mode. Caching of object types in user filtering. Logon dialog is hidden when server component is started. Fixed Group Permissions bug. Fixed Domain not saved in client bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server Version 3.5.1 - 15th May 2006 Server: Fixed User Permissions bug --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server Version 3.5.0 - 8th May 2006 Server: Backup Server New Protocol (faster and more features) When publishing an application, the name and startup folder are generated automatically after you browse for an application. Fixed logon machnism, hiding of application works for both a server which requires user credentials and for server which dont require user credentials Using client system colors for server applications (maybe we add an option to enable this). Using client system settings (border width, title bar size, title bar font, etc) for the server applications (maybe we add an option to enable this). Support of windows which are visible in the ALT+TAB window but not in the task bar. Support of windows which follow the taskbar (e.g. popup from msn, or gmail notifier) Readded support for msi parameters Added automatic support for smart cards (no UI to disable it) Improved Support for windows 98 Client start application using the name and not the fullpath. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server Version 3.4.0 - 30th March 2006 Server: Detecting of windows improved (rewritten). All windows should be sent to the client. The server now synchronizes the title text, small icon, and large icon with the client. Support of windows regions (Media Player Skins) Support of Tray Icons (no ballons) Client runs on Windows 98, possibly 95 and ME as well but not tested yet. Limit of Application Filename, Directory and Parameters fixed. Support of RDP port other than 3389. Added a message if user tries to select a .ico file for the icon which we do not support. Removed some memory and GDI leaks, we need long term tests Fixed encryption of user name (e.g. KAM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Application Server Version 3.3.0 - 16th March 2006 Server: broadcast not sent from server but sent from client when user wants to search for a server Detectinh Windows which have a hidden parent (logon dialogs, etc) Shutting down session only if there are no windows for 25 seconds Fixed Alt Tab switching to disabled windows Windows are activated when switched to them immediately Improved error messages Fixed bug when server names start with a numeric value (e.g. 4sellers) Support full screen windows (mspaint, view picture) Automatic disabling of screen saver Disabling terminal server window keys (Alt+pgUp, etc) Fixed memory leak in memshell.exe Support od DesktopWorkArea, if you change the DWA on the client (but moving or sizing the task bar) it is reflected on the server Improved drawing speed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------