Top tips for a successful desktop virtualization implementation with Citrix and Microsoft
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P o w e r i n g v i r t u a l w o r k s t y l e s & c l o u d s e r v i c e s
data | meet ings | suppor t | c l ients | desktops | apps | networks | servers | c louds
XenApp | XenDesktop | XenClientXenServer | CloudStack | CloudPortal
Receiver | ShareFileGoToMeeting | GoToMyPC | GoToManage
NetScaler Cloud Networking
MyData
MyDevices
MyLocation
MyApps
MyFriends
MyPrefs
My Life | My WorkPersonal Cloud
data apps
mobile workstyle
people
Seamless access to people, apps & data
fol low-me meeti ngs, data, apps & desktops
Share any file, instantly with anyone
And seamlessly across all your
devices
by Citrix
•Send, request & share files within Outlook
•Data from all your devices
•Desktop widget & sync tools
•File encryption – at rest and in transit
•Versioning & comment tracking
•File activity alerts & notifications
•Remote wipe & account locking
Amazing access to
desktops, apps, docs and IT services from any device
• 1000s of PCs and Macs
• 150 different smartphones
• 40 different tablets
• 10 different thin clients
• 1.5B+ devices supported
Citrix Receiver
•Access data from any source… on any device
•Open, view, edit, save and share any document
•Remote wipe built in
with Follow-Me Data
data apps
mobile workstyle
people
Private CloudAggregate & Deliver
Windows apps & desktops
Web & mobile apps
SaaS apps
Corporate & cloud data
UnifiedServiceBroker
Gateway services
XenAppXenDesktop
Web & SaaS
Data
Mobile
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Citrix CloudGateway
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smartphonetablet
thin client
XenApp / XenDesktop Session
New HDX Mobile Virtual Channels & SDK
3rd party Touch-friendly,
Location / Motion Aware, etc. Remote
App
Citrix Mobile App Server
Legacy Windows App
HDX Server Stack
• Multi-touch• Sensors ( GPS, Motion, Temperature, Light)• Bi-directional Video & Audio• Voice recognition & Text-to-speech
My Life | My Work
• Windows
• Web
• SaaS
• In-house
• HTML5
• Mobile
Wanna see it?
Windows as-a-Service
Flexible Workstyle Solutions
Personalized Windowsdevices
Optimize infrastructure for VDI
Cloud management for Windows devices
Work on the road
Work on your own device
Work on your phone
Unified management across devices
ANYWHERECONNECTION
PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE
INTELLIGENTINFRASTRUCTURE
Sounds great, but is VDI really a fit for
every user?
Cost? Scalability?
User Experience?
VDI is great for some users . . .
. . . But IT needs choice and flexibility to serve all of their users
VDI-in-a-Box
A One-Way VIEW on Desktop virtialization
All-in-one virtual desktop solution
All key features are built-in: Connection brokering Dynamic provisioning High-availability Load balancing On-demand scaling Citrix HDX user experience Linked clones
Access from virtually any device viaCitrix Receiver
Open architecture runs on the most popular hypervisors:• Citrix XenServer• Microsoft Hyper-V• VMware vSphere (ESXi)
DAS
VDI-in-a-Box
vdiMgr
Logical Shared Storage
User Management
Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Management
Template Management
High-Availability Grid Engine
Connection Broker
Load Balancer
Hypervisor
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VirtualDesktop
VirtualDesktop
VirtualDesktop
VirtualDesktop
XenDesktop
The Right Virtual Desktop for Every User
Any user any device
Any type of virtual desktop
One centrally managed solution
LOCAL PERSONAL SHARED
Knowledge WorkerLaptop Users Task Workers
On-Demand Apps
The Right Desktop for Every User
USER TYPESMobileusers
Taskworkers
On-Demand Apps
Desktop Virtualization is More Than Just VDI
Hosted Shared
500+ users per server
LocalVM
Runs locallyonline or offline
Hosted VDI
150+users per server
StreamedVHD
3000+users per server
Citrix FlexCast™ for desktops
Hosted VDI
StreamedVHD
Hosted Shared
LocalVM
USER TYPESMobileusers
Taskworkers
Windows Server 2008 R2:Desktop Centralization Choices
•Windows Server 2008 R2 Session Virtualization
•Windows 7 Desktop or Virtual Desktop (VDI)
Windows RDS has up to 5x the scalability over VDI
Citrix FlexCast™ for apps
Hosted VM
StreamedLocal
Hosted Shared
Best ROIIdeal for Line-of-Business
and Client-Server Apps
Full IsolationIdeal for Resource-Intensive
and Single-User Apps
Online or OfflineIdeal for Productivity Apps
Supports App-V
Why Microsoft and Citrix for Desktop Virtualization?Citrix and Microsoft
Market Leader for Desktops & Apps
More than 25 million licensed App-V seats.
Hyper-V optmized for desktop workload
End to End User-centric management of physical and virtual assets, in the cloud or on premises
Market Leader for Virtual Desktops
Best user experience with HDX
Beyond VDI… all virtual desktop and app models in one product
Windows desktops and apps on PCs, Macs, iPads, smartphones
User State Virtualization
Application Virtualization
Client Hosted
Inte
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SessionsServer Hosted
OS Virtualization
Citrix XenDesktop extends the Microsoft VDI suites‘Best of Breed’ Comprehensive VDI Stack
Profile management, storage optimization and other tools for
Hyper-V
On-Demand Application Delivery that builds on Microsoft App-V
Virtual desktop and application delivery architecture
Dynamic desktop delivery reduces cost of VDI
Rich Remote user experience
High definition experience over both LAN and WAN
Hypervisor for high scalability & reliability
Technology for high fidelity user experience
Technology for Session Delivery and VDI
Technology for Application Virtualization
Use rights for System Center components, restricted to the
VDI Scenario
On-Demand Windows desktop and session delivery
Universal software client and storefront
Self-Service
• Anytime, anywhere, any device
• PCs, Macs, laptops, tablets,thin clients, & smartphones
• Simple, fast, self-service install
Citrix Receiver
Full Integration with Microsoft App-V
•Stream App-V packages
•Publish directly from XenApp
•App-V plug-in for Citrix Receiver
•Full support in Citrix Self-Service
Citrix, App-V and SCCM - From Desktop to Datacenter
Accelerate App-V
Adoption
ReceiverApp-V Plug-in
XD XA
Centralize PC & App MgmtNext Generation User-Centric Computing
ManagedEnd Point
Un-managedEnd Point
Non-WindowsDevice
CitrixXenApp
ConfigMgr/ XenApp Connector
What's New in Citrix XenDesktop 5.5
HDX RealTime VoIP-over-ICA
– Improved Citrix Receiver for Windows performance when multi-tasking with real-time apps (‘Mach 3’ project)
– Client jitter buffer for smoother audio– Improved echo cancellation– Audio plug-n-play and audio device routing– Multi-stream ICA for full QoS support,
plus UDP/RTP for audio on XenDesktop (VDI) – DSCP and WMM packet tagging XenDesktop VDI &
Hosted Shared (XenApp)
Enhanced Webcam Support
•Webcam compression–Bandwidth consumption down to 300-600 Kbps
upstream with broad app compatibility (no longer limited to Microsoft OCS/Lync)
–Latency tolerant beyond 150ms RTL (trans-oceanic) on good quality WAN connections
•High-scalability value-add solution available from Citrix partner Avistar–Client-side media processing for Microsoft
Lync/OCS and Lotus Sametime implementations with high volume webcam usage
Pooled VDI
Desktop OS
Dedicated VDI
Desktop OS
Preferences
Apps
Data
Preferences
Apps
Data
Personal vDisk technology enables personalized virtual desktops & reduces the cost of storage
IT gets cost advantages of pooled VDI Users get personalization of dedicated VDI
Personal vDisk for each user enables departmental and user installed apps
Preferences
Apps
DataPreferences
Apps
DataPreferences
Apps
DataPreferences
Apps
Data
Early Access Available Today for all XenDesktop Editions
High-definition Experience for Remote and Branch Office Workers
•Significant enhancement for Windows desktops– Windows Apps launch two times faster– Windows 7 Aero display via 3X graphics performance – Real time voice and video improvements &
support for broad set of collaboration applications
•Delivering virtual desktops across the WAN– Double the number of users on existing WAN link– Flash redirection reaches 1000s of miles – Local scanning and printing 6X faster– Guaranteed Quality of Service prioritizes traffic
for the best user experience
T E C H N O L O G Y
More than 150 features in largest HDX release inCitrix 20 year history
Quality of Service
Accelerate
Optimize
Anytime, Anywhere Access on over 1 Billion devices with Citrix Receiver
•New Receivers for Windows, Mac OS Lion, Google Chrome and HP webOS tablets
•Next-generation design for coherent user interface across all devices
•Multi-touch, intuitive gestures for accessing data, applications and desktops
•User optimized experience across form-factors for apps and documents
• 3x more laptops supported representing more than 45M devices
• Brilliantly simply user experience for non-technical users
• Enterprise class management advancements for administrators including automation, setup, scalability, reporting and backup
XenClient 2 delivers personalized virtual desktops for mobile users
Desktop DirectorDesktop virtualization goes mainstream
• Designed for the help desk• Unifies Apps and Desktops• Now includes HDX Monitor
Wanna see it?
Will my applications run?
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•Market leader in speeding the migration of Windows & browser apps to new platformsPhysical to virtual transitions
OS and browser upgrades
Existing apps to new platforms
•Rapid Portfolio Analysis
•Intelligent remediation
•Automated app packaging
Desktop Transformation Model
Phased approach to transformation
Supporting tools, resources & programs
Broad industry partnerships
Simple, proven, industry-endorsed best practices, tools and services to ease your transition
Simplifies Desktop Management and accelerate Win7 deployments
Extend Endpoint Lifecycle
Reduces App Migration Costs by Minimizing app testing/integration
Deploys Desktops Overnight and accelerates Win7 Deployment
Reduces ongoing desktop and app TCO up to 50%
Provides deployment flexibility from desktop to datacenter
Microsoft and Citrix – Better Together