Citrix Hotfixes Virtual Desktop Agent, Again

Sports 28 fixes just days after previous version was released.

Only 5 days after Citrix released XDE310VDA003, VDA004 was released. It fixes a total of 28 issues, many of which have plagued XenDesktop users. This recent trend of hot fixing is comforting and worrysome – so many issues with XenDesktop, but on the other hand, Citrix is fixing them relatively quickly.

Some fix examples:

Disconnecting from an RDP session can cause a Virtual Desktop Agent running on Windows XP to become unresponsive or to restart.

After installing Version 3.1 (Build 3231) of the virtual desktop agent on Windows XP, the Citrix Audio Service fails to start.

After installing Version 3.1 (Build 3231) of the virtual desktop agent, logon times might take in excess of one minute.

Attempts to register Virtual Desktop Agents in large Active Directory domains might time out. The issue occurs because Active Directory searches are conducted on FQDNs, which are not indexed. With this fix, searches are conducted using NameProperty to find the matching FQDNs.

Citrix Virtual Desktop Agent, Version 3.1.3242 (XDE310VDA004) can be found at the following location:

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX122445

Installation consists of running a .MSI and upgrading the previous version of the Virtual Desktop Agent.