Organizations must seek to keep the Citrix Receiver versions updated for several reasons: Therefore, the Citrix administration team must ensure that the endpoint devices Citrix end users are using have Receiver installed.Īt the same time, since an organization can have thousands of endpoints, it is essential that there is uniformity in Citrix Receiver installation across these endpoints.
Watch Webinar: 7 Secrets to Becoming a Citrix Hero » Why is it Important to Keep Citrix Receiver Updated?Ĭitrix Receiver is a must-have software on client devices so they can connect to Citrix sessions. The HDX protocol provides a high-definition experience of published applications and desktops to users.
The ICA protocol sends keyboard and mouse input to the remote server and receives screenshot updates on the client device.Receiver works with the HDX protocol built on top of the ICA protocol. Using Citrix StoreFront in conjunction with Receiver, organizations can provide users with self-service access to their applications and desktops – all with a common user interface, regardless of the endpoint device hardware, OS or form factor.Ĭitrix Receiver allows users to connect virtualized applications and desktops from their digital endpoints.
Citrix Receiver is supported on various client platforms and form factors, including Windows, Windows Mobile, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, HTML5, Linux, Google Chromebook, thin clients, zero clients, Raspberry Pi and embedded operating systems. If time allows, I will try to add new clients, also the ones for other OS, and critical information.What is Citrix Receiver and how can it Help with Version Usage ReportingĬitrix Receiver (now renamed as Citrix Workspace app) is client software that is bundled with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and allows client devices to connect to various virtualization services offered by Citrix.
Want to deploy Citrix Receiver 3.2? Bad luck! Citrix has removed the download and related webpages regarding deployment have been taken offline.Īny feedback, additions are welcome.
Which means that by the time the Citrix admins want or need to upgrade their client, older stable version are simply not downloadable anymore from the site. Then again, the RDP client only has had a handful releases, seems to be rock-stable and works nicely in all these situations? Maybe time to borrow those Microsoft developers for a while?Īnother issue I try to deal with here is the lack of information.Ĭitrix officially only supports the latest version, ánd the one but last release. And those clients need to cover numerous situations (badly written applications, OS upgrades, hotfixes, updates or service packs, single, dual or very large screens, and a client release should preferably work for all customers worldwide. In Citrix’ defense, one must know that their clients run on many, many different platforms. The attitude “Download it, see if it works, good luck!” is a huge gap in Citrix’ service towards all customers.Īn experienced Citrix consultant told me recently that these client deployments have been causing so many headaches in his latest projects, he had to decide to exclude the deployment of the Citrix client from the project scope! The XenApp farm is built, or migrated, but any possible upgrade for the Citrix Client on the corporate desktops is not done by the consultants: “ Let the customer desktop support team deal with this mess!”
Personally, I demand Free Citrix Support for anyone having problems with the installation of the client. Almost every version includes new features, which cause new problems, while the admins just want to have the same client with all bugs fixed. Citrix developers should also clearly separate bugfixes with new features. I won’t go into the details of the most common issues that arise, but we can safely state that Citrix doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to releasing new Citrix Clients.Ĭitrix can and SHOULD improve a lot on some weaker points: uniformity, proper communication on the implemented changes, clear version information, improved installation automatisation and decreased complexity. More often than not, the Citrix Client upgrade is not the favorite project of a Citrix administrator. Keeping the Citrix client versions up-to-date is important to create a stable Citrix Farm. These are the LATEST Citrix Receiver 4 versions: (more details see in table at the bottom of the page)ĭownload Citrix Receiver 4.10 (14.10.1.22)ĭownload Citrix Receiver 4.2 (14.2.100.14)ĭownload Citrix Receiver 4.1 (14.1.200.13)ĭownload Citrix Receiver 4.1 (14.1.100.12)Īll older Citrix Receiver versions see in the big table BELOW (wait for table to load)