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1. Stephan Pfister
Fritz & Macziol (Schweiz) AG
Apps & Desktops as-a-Service
XenDesktop 7

2. Project Avalon
Quick Overview

3. Cloud is NOT a Place
It is not an organization. It is no longer the exception. It is the design center
Private
Cloud
Public
Cloud
• Enabling Desktop & Apps as a Service
requires:
ᵒ On-demand self-service
ᵒ Cloud-scale orchestration
ᵒ Global, multi-site management
ᵒ Multi-tenant isolation
ᵒ Rapid elasticity
ᵒ Measured services

4. Project Excalibur
XenDesktop 7
Simplicity
& Mobility
Automation
& Cloud
Project Avalon :
Windows as a Service
Project Merlin

5. Foundation for
Windows as a Service
With FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA)

6. 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
Hosted Shared
Windows Server
session-based desktop
or apps
Local Hypervisor
Type 1 Hypervisor for
PCs and Laptops with
XenClient
Synchronizer
FlexCast Management XenClient
Physical PCs
Physical workstations or
Remote PC access
technology

7. Delivery
Services
Console
XenApp 6.5 Farm
(IMA)
XenDesktop 5.6 FP1 Site
(FMA)
Citrix
Studio
Web Interface
Receiver
DB DB
IMA
IMA CBP
XenApp
Controller
Server OS
Workers
Desktop OS
Workers
Delivery
Controller
Power &
Capacity
Mgmt
Provisioning
ServicesPVS
WMI
PVS Console
PCM
Console
Today: Separation of Owners & Roles
Different Desktops & Apps Architectures
EdgeSight
Console
VDA
Provisioning Server
EdgeSight
AD Configuration Wizard
Desktop Delivery Controller Console
Web Interface Console
Policy
Console
GoToAssist
App Mgmt Console
License Management
Console
Desktop
Update
Manager
Setup Wizard

8. Citrix
Studio
Storefront / Receiver for Web
Receiver
DB
Server OS
Workers
Desktop OS
Workers
Deliver
Controller
Provisioning
Services
XenDesktop 7: Unified Service Delivery Team
FlexCast Management Architecture
VDA VDA

9. XenDesktop 7:
A Closer Look at
New Features & Benefits

10. Physical VDI
Hosted
Shared
Local
Heavy workloads,
Remote PC access
3D Workloads,
Personal Desktops
Scalable,
Affordable
Laptop
UsersXenApp 7 / XenDesktop 7 XenClient
XenDesktop 7 Infrastructure
Server 2008R2 / Server 2012

11. 11
XenDesktop 7

12. Simplified Installation
Integrated installation of:
- Delivery Controller
- Citrix Studio
- Citrix Director
- License Serer
- StoreFront
- Profile Manager
- Personal vDisk

13. Configuration Testing:
Minimizes Config/Setup Errors
At completion of:
• Full deployment
• Creating a host, catalog,
delivery group
• Joining a site
• …and more

14. 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

15. Delegated Administration:
Granular administration using Roles & Scopes
• Full admin
• Host admins
• Delivery Group admin
• Catalog
• Read-only
• Help desk admin
• Custom admin
Roles Scopes
• Delivery Groups
• Machine Catalog
• Host Connection
• Application

16. 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

17. Publishing Applications

19. Assigning published applications – Visibility Filter
Office 2013 Delivery Group (Assigned to Domain Users) Domain Users
Sales
Marketing
Operations
VDA1 VDA2
VDA3 VDA4

20. 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

21. Working with applications in Studio

22. App-V integration

23. App-V Settings in Citrix Studio

24. App-V Publishing in Citrix Studio

25. Citrix Director
Using Director with EdgeSight

26. Next generation Director
• Single pane of glass
ᵒ Instant “real-time” troubleshooting and
environment health metrics across sites
• Integration of EdgeSight features
ᵒ Performance management and network analysis
• Aggregation of logging information
ᵒ Pinpoints root cause of connection and machine
failures
• End user experience monitoring
ᵒ Logon analysis to pinpoint issues or delays
TM

27. Performance management
Health and capacity assurance
Historical trending
EdgeSight features
Network analysis
Identify bottlenecks due to the network in your
XenDesktop environment
Powered by NetScaler HDX Insight
TM

28. XenDesktop 7
Single Site
Director 2.1
Site A Site B Site C
Help Desk and Troubleshooting / Environment health
Director

29. EdgeSight Performance management
Director with EdgeSight
XenDesktop 7
Site A Site B Site C
Director
Historical Trends and Analytics
Managing and optimizing capacity
TM
TM
TM

30. EdgeSight Network analysis
Director with EdgeSight
XenDesktop 7
Site A Site B Site C
HDX Insight
Isolating and managing network performance
Network - Deep Packet Analysis
TM
TM

31. Citrix Director:
Real-time Assessment

32. Citrix Receiver HDX features
http://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/e
n_us/documents/products/citrix-receiver-
feature-matrix.pdf

33. Accelerating desktop transformation
•User experience
•Cost reduction
•Simplicity & supportability
Focus areas for HDX in XenDesktop 7

34. • Major improvementsin video quality and bandwidth efficiency
• Scalable,cost-effective 3D graphics
• Full HDX experienceon any device
• Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 desktops and apps
• Support for Microsoft’sLync 2013 VDI Plug-in
• Local App Access(reverse seamless)
HDX goals for XenDesktop 7

35. 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:
 2X increase in frame rate*
 Half the bandwidth*
 Up to 10x reduction in bit rate
when playing HD videos over a low
speed connection
*As compared to previous industry leading HDX implementations

36. HDX Seamless Local Apps
Seamless integration of local Windows apps
Great for apps that need or benefit
from local resources
 Citrix Receiver for nested apps
 DVD burners
 Non-secure web browsers
 Cloud-based video collaboration
App running
locally, or from
Receiver…
…Integrated
into virtual
desktop
Optimized for
HDFacesTM

37. OpenGL Software Accelerator
37
• New software rasterizer for OpenGL apps
• An alternative to the OpenGL 1.1 software rasterizer included with Windows
ᵒ Generally provides much faster rendering performance
ᵒ Leverages SSE4.1 and AVX
ᵒ Supports OpenGL 2.1
• Installs in the program folder of the OpenGL app
• App compatibility expected to be high but must be verified; Citrix cannot
guarantee compatibility with all OpenGL apps
• Targets apps and use cases where GPU hardware acceleration is not needed
or cannot be cost-justified but where the Microsoft OpenGL software
rasterizer is inadequate

38. Nvidia Grid Technology
• NEW OpenGL support
• NEW industry-first direct GPU
sharing for hosted shared apps
• NEW codec for remote performance
• XenServer vGPU support for VDI
ᵒ Public beta coming soon
• Dell, HP and IBM offering NVIDIA
GRID-based server, Citrix, Microsoft
and Vmware offering GRID-enabled
software

40. Lync client delivery from XD/XA/ViaB
•
ᵒ Windows, Linux x86, Mac
ᵒ Planned: Linux ARM via HDX SoC
•
ᵒ Windows, Linux x86, Mac, ThinOS*
ᵒ Planned: Linux ARM via HDX SoC
• New:
•
•

41. XenDesktop 7 Editions

42. New XenDesktop 7 Platform, New Editions
VDI App
Server-based Apps
and Desktops
Full FlexCastVDI only
Platinum
Full FlexCast
and Cloud-Ready
Enterprise
XenDesktop 7

43. XenDesktop App Edition &
XenApp 6.5 Feature Pack 2

44. XenDesktop Apps Edition
• Delivers server-hosted desktops and apps, and VM-
hosted apps from FMA architecture
• Enables use of Machine Creation Services (MCS) to
rapidly provisioning, deliver apps/desktops from Windows
Server 2012, leverage the latest HDX enhancements
• Works along side existing XenApp-IMA deployment
• Available to XenApp-Enterprise and Platinum customers:
ᵒ Use your existing XenApp licenses!
• Built for Cloud
App
Edition
Server-based Apps
and Desktops

45. XenApp 6.5 Feature Pack 2
Includes XenDesktop 7 Apps Edition!
Acceleration
OpenGL support for
stunning graphics
at lower cost
using GPU sharing
Performance
Up to 4X faster
downloads/uploads
* Mobile enabled by XenMobile, data powered by ShareFile
Experience
Unified app store for
desktops, apps, mobile and
data*
New support for audio and
video on mobile devices
Compatibility
Virtualize apps faster
with AppDNA**
Lync 2013
Optimization Pack
XenApp Connector SCCM 2012
Hyper-V 3 support
XenDesktop 7 Apps edition***
** Platinum only
*** Enterprise and Platinum only

46. Citrix additional components

47. Provisioning Services 7

48. Store Front Server

49. Universal Print Server

50. XenServer 6.2
• License Modell changed from server license to CPU based licensing
• Available as an open source download
• Supporting up to 500 vm’s and 3250 VCPUs per Host
• New feature clone on boot for MCS
• Much better monitoring possibilites than before
• No workload Balancing
• No VM Protection & Recovery
• No SCOM Integration. Web Self Service and XenConvert

51. XenClient Enterprise 5.0

52. XenMobile Enterprise

53. Work better. Live better.