Micro Focus Desktop Containers 22.6 Readme

August 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 22.6

Micro Focus Desktop Containers 22.6 includes the following updates:

1.1 Micro Focus Desktop Containers - Application Streaming Server

This release includes several major performance and features enhancements:

  • New! Federation Sources tab provides a single location to configuration federating Hubs. Federation sources can then be referenced during workspace or repository import, simplifying setup and assuring consistent synchronization across subdomains.

  • New "Toast" Notification Display Type allows notifications to display as a toast message on the Portal dashboard.

  • Application launch performance reports are now available on the Reports area. Performance reports provide detailed performance metrics that can help identify and resolve performance issues.

  • Other new features include:

    • Support for both single- tenant and multi-tenant OneDrive application registrations

    • Support for the Filr storage provider in the Files view

    • New Pre-Cache repository setting caches repositories on application servers immediately, providing a faster first launch experience

  • Other improvements include:

    • T: Drive now resumes incomplete file uploads the next time the user connects to a session

    • Temporary files no longer show in the Portal file browser

    • Improved usability of the workspace and channel Add Permissions dialogs

    • Improved validation on the URL handlers page

    • Reduced Turbo Server installer size by moving the embedded SQL database to a separate download

    • Reduced Turbo Server log file size

    • Connecting the same storage provider multiple times now shows an error message

    • Creating storage provider integrations with the same name now shows an error message

    • Improved detection and renewal of expired cloud storage access tokens

    • Improved various visuals and text

  • This update includes fixes for the following issues:

    • OpenID Connect SSO login could fail if the account did not contain an email claim

    • A redirect loop could occur if an SSL domain URL was configured to a load balancer that pointed to a non-SSL web service root

    • Session handoff incorrectly created a second application window in certain circumstances

    • Scrollbars were incorrectly displayed in the HTML5 client for certain browser zooms and DPI scaling settings

    • User search by full name was failing to return results

    • Changing the date range on a paginated table could result in no results being displayed

    • The Turbo service was incorrectly restarting when changing application server tags

    • Workspace URL handlers were not copied during workspace replication

    • Custom workspace link icons were incorrectly counted towards the API rate limit

    • Domain server graphs rendered incorrectly for certain data sets

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

This update includes the following improvements and fixes:

  • The Turbo VM is updated to version 22.6.5

  • Windows 11 compatibility fixes

  • Fix crash when navigating sorted columns in the filesystem / registry editor

  • Fix intermittent hang when completing a Setup Capture

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.