Micro Focus Desktop Containers 22.4 Readme

June 2022

The information in this Readme pertains to MFDC Application Streaming and Packaging that allows you to run applications in a hybrid workspace. Customizing applications to a virtual package and then delivering through application streaming on any platform with an HTML5 browser or even locally on a Windows OS device.

The following information is included in this Readme:

1.0 What’s New in Version 22.4

Micro Focus Desktop Containers 22.4 includes the following updates:

1.1 Micro Focus Desktop Containers - Application Streaming Server

This release includes several major performance and features enhancements:

  • New! File Associations can be added from the administration site to configure how users open or edit files from the file browser.

  • Other new features include:

    • New API Rate Limit setting allows administrators to configure the maximum number of API requests allowed per IP address per second.

    • New HTML5 client Remember Me option and an Authentication user settings page allow users to remember their login credentials when launching cloud applications.

    • New Read-Only Administrator workspace permission role grants read access to workspace administration APIs.

    • Active Sessions may now be viewed and managed from the application server dashboard.

    • The Portal Client Download Banner may now be disabled.

  • Other improvements include:

    • Improved Reports page load performance for large data sets.

    • Improved administration site performance while the Hub is loading.

    • Workspace Application Version and VM Version settings are now dropdowns.

    • Improved URI Validation and default scheme for various administration URI inputs.

    • Enabled the User Profile Cache by default.

    • Improved server logs with additional diagnostic information.

    • Improved various visuals and text.

  • This update includes fixes for the following issues:

    • The Portal server administration link was incorrect in certain domain configurations.

    • The Portal workspace channel dropdown was missing from the root Portal URL if exactly one workspace existed.

    • Reconnecting to an existing application session could fail when specifying server tag restrictions.

    • The HTML5 client file browser did not load correctly if the user logged in using certain Windows username formats.

    • Cloud application launches could fail to use a newly added application version under certain circumstances.

    • SSO logins for existing users could fail if the user identifier changed casing in the identity provider.

    • Configuring SAML 2.0 single sign-on authentication could fail under certain circumstances.

    • Some administration site tables were not sorting correctly.

1.2 Micro Focus Desktop Containers - Studio (Application Packaging Tool)

This update includes the following improvements:

  • The Turbo VM is updated to version 22.4.2

  • Executable static dependencies could be used prior to initialization

  • Update Capture default process exclusions

This update also includes fixes for the following issues:

  • Error copying files on Windows 11 preview (build 22581)

  • Incorrect default DLL load directory used for standalone executables with EXE Optimization enabled

  • Windows Virtual Keyboard (osk.exe) could not be launched in a container

  • Incorrect last write time for registry keys which are stored in the sandbox

  • Stubexe for csc.exe does not have a digital signature

  • Intermittent hang in PowerBI on slow hardware

  • Intermittent hang in Turbo Studio on slow hardware

  • Crash in PowerBI renderer processes

  • Crash in SolidEdge VoxelSolver process

  • Crash in Debugger when right-clicking on scroll bar in log viewer window

2.0 Product Documentation

The following sources provide information about Micro Focus Desktop Containers:

3.0 Understanding the Upgrade Requirements

  • All application configuration documents and application certificates created with ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x must be re-created in order for application streams to work with the Micro Focus Desktop Containers standalone components.

    To generate a new certificate and regenerate the configuration files:

    1. In the Advanced section of the Micro Focus Desktop Containers Studio, click the App Config button to regenerate the application stream configuration files.

    2. To generate a new site license certificate, click Advanced.

    3. In the Application Certificates dialog box, click Request Certificate.

    4. Specify the following information in the fields:

      • Organization: The organization name.

      • Unit: The user or unit name.

      • Allowed Portal Hosts: The allowed host names of the servers from which the application will stream.

    5. Click Request to request the site license certificate, then save the certificate to a desired location.

    6. Click the App Config button to regenerate the application stream configuration files again.

  • ZENworks Application Virtualization versions 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.x and Micro Focus Desktop Containers 12.x always run side by side on a device. The Micro Focus Desktop Containers 12.x installation does not change the ZENworks Application Virtualization 8.x, 9.x or 10.x and 11.x installations in any way. However, if you open a virtual application and save it in version 12.x, it should not be subsequently used with version 8.x, 9.x 10.x or 11.x.