Foundation for Windows as a Service With FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA)
FlexCast Delivery Technology Simplified approaches to deployment flexibility Central Management Application & Desktop Delivery Personalization Access Policies Image Management Central Execution Local Execution Hosted VDI HDX 3D Pro, Dedicated or pooled desktop virtual machines Physical PCs Physical workstations or Remote PC access technology Hosted Shared Windows Server session-based desktop or apps Local Hypervisor Type 1 Hypervisor for PCs and Laptops with XenClient Synchronizer FlexCast Management XenClient 2
Today: Separation of Owners & Roles Different Desktops & Apps Architectures Receiver Web Interface Delivery Services Console EdgeSight Console PCM Console PVS Console Citrix Studio IMA XenApp Controller Power & Capacity Mgmt Delivery Controller IMA DB WMI CBP DB Server OS Workers PVS Provisioning Services VDA Desktop OS Workers XenApp 6.5 Farm (IMA) XenDesktop 5.6 FP1 Site (FMA)
XenDesktop 7: Unified Service Delivery Team FlexCast Management Architecture Receiver Storefront / Receiver for Web Provisioning Console Citrix Studio Citrix Director Provisioning Services Delivery Controller MCS DB VDA Server OS Workers VDA Desktop OS Workers
FMA Brings Delivery & Management Flexibility XenApp Server (Controller & Delivery) XenApp Server (Controller & Delivery) Applications & XenApp DesktopServer (Controller & Delivery) Applications & Desktop WS08R2 Applications & Desktop WS08R2 WS08R2 Delivery Agent Applications & Desktop WS08R2 Delivery Controller Delivery Agent Applications & Desktop WS12 Delivery Agent Applications & Desktop Win8 XenApp IMA XenDesktop FMA
FlexCast Management Architecture Three key takeaways: 1. Reduces cost for delivering apps and desktop 2. Delivers IT agility and management flexibility 3. Enables scalability & cloud
Mobile Desktop 7 Simple Secure
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Simplified Installation Integrated installation of: - Delivery Controller - Citrix Studio - Citrix Director - License Server - StoreFront - Profile Manager - Personal vdisk
Configuration Testing: Minimizes Config/Setup Errors At completion of: Full deployment Creating a host, catalog, delivery group Joining a site and more
Citrix Studio Management console for: ᵒ delegated admin & config, logging, ᵒ apps & desktop publishing, ᵒ user/computer policies, ᵒ licensing, StoreFront, ᵒ and more Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows Server 2012 MMC snap-in
Delegated Administration: Granular administration using Roles & Scopes Roles Scopes Full admin Host admins Delivery Group admin Catalog Read-only Help desk admin Custom admin Delivery Groups Machine Catalog Host Connection Application
Configuration Logging: Two-Tiers - high-level & detail tasks High-level logging summary, plus detailed resulting tasks Integrates with Director/ historic trending for root cause analysis Powerful search feature Reports available in HTML or CSV formats
Application & Desktop: Delivery made simple & scalable Deliver apps and desktops from servers and desktop OS es Machine Creation Services for server and desktop OS workloads Publish 10 s of apps at once Integrated App-V 5 support
Citrix Director: Troubleshooting and Monitoring Today Unified Console Single pane of glass XenDesktop 7 Help Desk only Real- Mme troubleshoomng Help Desk TroubleshooMng Monitoring Day 2 OperaMons Site health End- to- end visibility Auto- baselining specific to customer environment Historical analymcs Performance Management Advanced AnalyMcs Deep network analysis Capacity management
Citrix Director: Real-time Assessment
Citrix Director: Contextual troubleshooting
Citrix Director: Logon performance Know how logon duramon is affecmng end users
Citrix Director: Load Evaluation Trends Application server load and impact on users
Citrix Director: Complete 360-view with network analysis ICA deep packet analysis Latency and bandwidth effects Application and desktop usage Platinum Edition
HDX goes Mobile Optimized for a mobile world Designed for 3G/4G networks Tablet and Smartphone codec acceleration Smooth, native touch experience Industry leading H.264-based deep compression algorithm: ü 2X increase in frame rate* ü Half the bandwidth* ü Up to 10x reduction in bit rate when playing HD videos over a low speed connection *As compared to previous industry leading HDX implementations
Integrated PC Remote Access Automated remote access assignment of users to corporate PCs Secure, remote access to corporate PCs New integrated catalog management New hardware accelerated H.264 compression
HDX Seamless Local Apps Seamless integration of local Windows apps Great for apps that need or benefit from local resources ü Citrix Receiver for nested apps ü DVD burners ü Non-secure web browsers ü Cloud-based video collaboration App running locally, or from Receiver Integrated into virtual desktop Optimized for HDFaces TM Platinum Edition
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