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The new version of Microsoft Teams (often referred to as “Teams 2.0”) has been the new standard since July 1, 2024.
For VDI environments, this means:
In short:
There is no way back.
If you’re a Citrix customer and thinking “next week…” right now — understandable. But starting April 15, 2026, file-based Citrix license files will no longer work. This is not a warning; it’s a hard shutdown date.
That means: if you haven’t migrated to LAS by then, you risk real outages (apps, desktops, or features depending on the component and version).
LAS is not a migration of your workloads to the cloud. Your site continues to run on-premises (DDCs, StoreFront, VDAs, etc.).
The only thing that changes is the activation and licensing mechanism.
After installing the January 2026 Microsoft security updates, Remote Assistance (msra.exe) no longer works on multiple Windows versions. This directly affects Citrix Director Shadowing, as the generated invite files can no longer be opened on patched systems.
The issue is caused by a security hardening related to CVE-2026-20824 – Windows Remote Assistance Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability. While the fix is technically correct from a security perspective, it currently breaks legitimate Remote Assistance workflows in enterprise environments.
Continue reading “Workaround after Remote Assistance Error”Current version is Workspace Environment Management 2206.
In the following I will give an insight into the menu items System Optimization, Policies & Profiles and Security.
These settings are used to reduce resource usage on the host. They are used to free up resources and make them available for other applications, thereby increasing the user density per host.
While the System Optimization settings are machine-based and apply to all user sessions of a machine, the Process Optimization under CPU Management is user-based.
That is, when a process triggers CPU Spike Protection in user A’s session, the event is recorded and limited for user A only. When user B starts the same process, the behavior of process optimization is determined only by process triggers in user B’s session.
Current version is Workspace Environment Management 2206.
