Filename: XD710MISAWX64001.zip
For: Machine Identity Service Agent
Prerequisites: 64-bit edition of the Virtual Desktop Agent running on one of the following operating systems:

• Windows 7 SP1
• Windows 8.1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Windows 2012 R2

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Important Disclaimer - Limited Release Hotfix

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Testing of this release was targeted only at the affected functionality, and regression and stress testing were minimal. Introduce this release to a test environment for evaluation before deploying it to a production environment.

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Important Note(s)

• Citrix does not support installing this hotfix in an RDP or ICA session. This hotfix, as well as any other Virtual Desktop Agent component upgrades, must be installed in a console session.
• Caution! This release may require you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Known Installation/Uninstallation Issues

If you select "Close the applications and attempt to restart them" on the Files in Use page of the installation wizard of this hotfix, a message might appear, stating the following:
"Setup was unable to automatically close all requested applications. Please ensure that the applications holding files in use are closed before continuing with the installation."
If this happens, you can safely ignore the message and click OK to continue with the installation.

Where to Find Documentation

This document describes the issue(s) resolved by this release and includes installation instructions. For additional product information, including supported operating systems and system requirements, see Citrix eDocs, the Citrix Product Documentation Library.

Issue(s) Fixed in This Release

1. The Citrix Pvs for VMs Agent (PvsVmAgent) service might fail to start. The issue is observed while the VDA restarts and occurs after the VDA experiences a fatal exception, displaying a blue screen, during a write operation to the VDAState.ini file.

   [#LA4884]

2. When using XenDesktop 7.1 Machine Creation Service, Microsoft Office 2013 it is not automatically activated against the Key Management Service (KMS) server.

   [#LA5940]

Installing This Release

Notes:

• This version is packaged as a .zip file containing the replacement MachineIdentityServiceAgent_x64.msi and MachineManagementProvider_x64.msi files. For more information about deploying msi files, see Microsoft article 884016 or visit the Microsoft Web site and search on keyword msiexec.
• To install this version successfully, servers must not have registry modification restrictions in place.

To install this version:

1. Copy the file to a shared folder on the network.
2. Extract the compressed file and save the MachineIdentityServiceAgent_x64.msi and MachineManagementProvider_x64.msi files on the computer you want to update.
3. Run the .msi files.
4. Restart the computer if prompted to do so.

If it does not exist already, this will add a new entry, Machine Identity Service Agent and Machine Management WMI Provider, to the Add/Remove Programs list.