Director Version Matrix - Install or Upgrade compatibility of Director with Delivery Controller, VDA

Director Version Matrix - Install or Upgrade compatibility of Director with Delivery Controller, VDA

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Description

Important: All new features of Director will be available and work as expected only in combination with the required minimum versions of the Delivery Controller (DC) and the VDA listed below.

Note: This article is applicable to XenApp 6.5 and later, XenDesktop 7 and later.

Director VersionFeaturesDependency
(Min Version required)		 
Edition
 
1906Session Auto ReconnectDC 7 1906 and VDA 1906All
Session startup durationDC 7 1906 and VDA 1903All
Desktop probingDC 7 1906 and Citrix Probe Agent 1903Premium
7.9 and laterCitrix Profile Management Duration in Profile LoadVDA 1903All 
1811Profile loadDC 7 1811 and VDA 1811All
Hypervisor Alerts MonitoringDC 7 1811Premium
Application probingDC 7 1811 and Probe Agent 1811Premium
Microsoft RDS license healthDC 7 1811 and VDA 7.16All
Key RTOP Data displayDC 7 1811 and VDA 1808Premium
   
1808Export of Filters dataDC 7 1808 and VDA 1808All
Interactive Session drill downDC 7 1808 and VDA 1808
GPO drill downDC 7 1808 and VDA 1808
Machine historical data available using OData APIDC 7 1808
    
    
7.18Application probingDC 7.18Platinum
Built-in alert policies
Health Assistant linkNoneAll
Interactive Session drill-down
    
 7.17PIV smart card authenticationNoneAll
 7.16Application AnalyticsDC 7.16 || VDA 7.15All
OData API V.4DC 7.16All
Shadow Linux VDA usersVDA 7.16All
Domain local group supportNoneAll
Machine console accessDC 7.16All
   
 7.15Application Failure MonitoringDC 7.15 || VDA 7.15All
    
7.14Application-centric troubleshootingDC 7.13 || VDA 7.13All
Disk MonitoringDC 7.14 || VDA 7.14All
GPU MonitoringDC 7.14 || VDA 7.14All
  
7.13Application-centric troubleshootingDC 7.13 || VDA 7.13Platinum
Transport protocol on Session Details panelDC 7.x || VDA 7.13All
  
7.12User-friendly Connection and Machine failure descriptionsDC 7.12 || VDA 7.xAll
Increased historical data availability in Enterprise editionEnterprise
Custom ReportingPlatinum
Automate Director notifications with SNMP trapsPlatinum
  
7.11Resource utilization reportingDC 7.11 || VDA 7.11All
Alerting extended for CPU, Memory and ICA RTT conditionsDC 7.11 || VDA 7.11Platinum
Export report improvementsDC 7.11 || VDA 7.xAll
Automate Director notifications with Citrix OctobluDC 7.11 || VDA 7.xPlatinum
Integration with NetScaler MASDC 7.11 || VDA 7.x
MAS version 11.1 Build 49.16		Platinum
  
7.9Logon Duration Breakdown DC 7.9 || VDA 7.xAll
 
7.7Proactive monitoring and alertingDC 7.7 || VDA 7.xPlatinum
SCOM integrationDC 7.7 || VDA 7.x || SCOM 2012 R2 || PowerShell 3.0 or later*Platinum
Windows Authentication IntegrationDC 7.x || VDA 7.xAll
Desktop and Server OS UsageDC 7.7 || VDA 7.xPlatinum

* Director and SCOM server must have the same PowerShell version

Upgrade sequence – XenApp and XenDesktop Components

Illustration of the upgrade sequence is as below. To upgrade all the installed components, run the installer on all the machines containing respective components.
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Note: Once DC is updated successfully, the Studio will prompt you to upgrade the Site. Complete this step for the new features to be available in Director.

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