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Citrix XenApp on Microsoft AzureAndrew Schmidt

#TechTuesday2016

© 2015 Citrix.

Remote

Access

Connecting

people to

remote apps

Separating

physical from

logical

Virtual

Computing

The Citrix Journey to Mobile Workspaces

© 2016 Citrix | Confidential

Apps

Traditional app and desktop management

DataDevices

Tightly coupled

apps and data

managed on device

IT forced to

manage and

secure devices

Apps


Virtualization delivers workforce mobility

Deliver apps and

desktops as an on-

demand service

Secures data for

anywhere access

Eliminate / Reduce

device support / Support

BYO

DataDevices

Apps

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Desktops and Apps as-a-Service

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Your Mobile Workspace from one button

Content Management System

Mobile Campus App

3D and Graphic Apps

Windows Apps

Business Information System


One touch access to your virtual apps and desktops


Remote

Access

Connecting

people to

remote apps

Separating

physical from

logical

Transforming

workplace

& workforce

Virtual

Computing

MobileWorkspaces

The Citrix Journey to Mobile Workspaces

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Mobile WorkspacesSecurely unite apps,

data and services on any device

over any network or cloud

Citrix is the leader in

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Empower people to

work when, where and

how they choose

Mobile

Workspaces

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About people, not devices

With mobile workstyles, people are more productive,

collaborative and creative

Work Better

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…an environment where "the

end user gets the experience

they want and IT gets the

control that they want"Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO

People-centric IT

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VDI Can Be A Great ToolTo Virtualize Your Current IT Problems

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The Cloud Can Be A Great ToolTo Move Your Current IT Problems

Somewhere Else

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Cloud

Scalability

Business Continuity/

Disaster Recovery

Testing and

Development

Focus on your Core

Business

Cloud

Economics

Business Drivers to the Cloud

© 2015 Citrix | Confidential – Content in this presentation is under NDA.

Azure: The Ideal Enterprise-Grade Public Cloud

with the Microsoft Trust Factor

100+ Datacenters Worldwide

2x AWS and 6x Google

Number of Offered Regions

SLA uptime: 99.95%

One of the Top Three

Networks in the World

Operational

Announced

Source: Citrix Solutions on Microsoft Azure presentation, 2015

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Citrix + Microsoft Strategic Partnership

First and only to

enable Win10 VDI in

Azure public cloud

First and only to offer

optimized Skype for

Business experience

Azure-first solutions

and day 1 support for

Windows Server 2016

NetScaler & XenMobile

integrations with

Microsoft EMS

Fastest way to

deliver Windows

apps from Azure

NEW! NEW!

Host Server 2016 Workloads

Workload Provisioning on Azure Resource Manager

Deliver New Universal Apps to Any Device

Host XenApp and XenDesktop Infrastructure

Accelerate App Migration with AppDNA

Microsoft Azure Citrix XenDesktop

The Best Way to Deliver Windows 10 Desktops from the Cloud

XenDesktop for

Windows 10 on Azure

Azure

Marketplace

Accelerate Windows 10 migrations

Eliminate VDI complexity

Scalable Reliable ExperienceFlexible

New! XenDesktop for Windows 10 service

XenDesktop for

Windows 10 on Azure

• Citrix Cloud is hosted on Azure

• New XenDesktop service manages,

monitors and provisions Windows 10

Enterprise CBB virtual desktops on Azure

• Customers under Windows EA/SA

• Windows 10 Enterprise CBB per user

license

• Customer brings Windows 10 Enterprise

CBB license

• Customer brings Azure subscription

• Customer pays for IaaS consumption for

Windows 10 Enterprise CBB virtual

desktops

Sold through

Azure Marketplace

Customer managed

Azure subscription

Customer’s Azure Subscription

Citrix Cloud

Customer Subscription

Citrix CloudXenDesktop for

Windows 10 on Azure

Server

VDAs

Server

VDAs

Windows

10Server

VDAs

Server

VDAs

Windows

10

XenDesktop for Windows 10 on Azure

Customer also pays

for IaaS consumption

Operated by Citrix

Citrix Synergy 5/23/2016

BriForum Microsoft Windows 10 CCB on Azure

New XenDesktop service for Windows 10 on Azure

Limited Preview(MSFT initiated)

7/5/2016

New XenDesktop for Windows 10 on Azure service

LaunchQ4 2016

Synergy AnnouncementCitrix VDI Service

5/23/2016

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecCY 2016 Q4

Fast Simple

Azure RemoteApp Citrix XenApp

Next Generation Service for Remoting Apps

XenApp Express

Azure

Marketplace

The fastest, simplest way to

access apps from the cloud

FlexibleScalable

New! XenApp Express service

XenApp Express

• Citrix Cloud is hosted on Azure

• New XenApp Express simplifies the

delivery of Windows Apps from Azure

• Customer brings Windows Server

Images with Apps installed or chooses

Citrix prepared images

• Customer Brings RDS CALs or buy RDS

SALs

• Customer brings Azure subscription

• Customer pays for IaaS consumption

• (App Workloads and Storage)

Windows Servers

Sold through

Azure Marketplace

Customer managed

Azure subscription

Customer’s Azure Subscription

Citrix Cloud

Customer Subscription

Citrix CloudXenApp Express

XenApp Express

Customer also pays

for IaaS consumption

Operated by Citrix

Server

VDAs

Server

VDAs

Windows

AppsServer

VDAs

Server

VDAs

Windows

Apps

XenApp ExpressPublic Tech Preview

Azure RemoteAppDeprecation

Public announce 8/12/2016

Azure RemoteAppEnd of Sale10/1/2016

Azure RemoteAppEnd of Life8/31/2017

Ignite XenApp Express

Demo 9/26/2016

XenApp ExpressXenApp Express availability & tools to aid

Azure RemoteApp to XenApp Express migration

MS/CTXS

Virtual

Event8/23/2016

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug SepCY 2016 Q4 CY 2017

Citrix Cloud XenApp and XenDesktop on Azure

SimpleFlexible Cost & Time Savings

$ $

$

$

$

Deployment On-Premises Cloud Azure ONLY Azure ONLY

Citrix Infrastructure

Customer IT Managed by Citrix Citrix Citrix

Workloads Managed by IT Managed by IT Managed by Citrix Managed by Citrix

Model Single Tenant Single or Multi-Tenant Multi-Tenant Multi-Tenant

Licensing Perpetual Subscription Subscription Subscription

FutureAvailable Today

for

XenApp and XenDesktop

Azure


management on-premises

Virtual app and desktops workloads

on-premises and Azure

Managed by IT

XenApp and XenDesktop cloud

service on Azure, managed by Citrix


on Azure, managed by IT

Azure


management on Azure


on Azure

Managed by IT

Citrix Cloud

Azure


Secure

Browser

service

Lifecycle

Management

AppDNA

ExpressIoT

Automation

3rd Party

Services

Hybrid Cloud | Private Cloud | Any Public Cloud | Any Hypervisor

XenApp and

XenDesktop

service

XenMobile

serviceShareFile

NetScaler

Gateway

Service

The Only Platform Uniting All Citrix ServicesCloud-based delivery fabric to unite and deploy all Workspace technologies

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Citrix and Azure: Better Together

• Focus on your core business imperatives

• Infinite and elastic capacity on demand

• Cost-efficient cloud economics

• Global availability and reliability

Running Citrix-based solutions on Azure provides:

NV6 NV12 NV24

Cores 6Intel E5-2690v3

12 Intel E5-2690v3

24Intel E5-2690v3

GPU

1 x M60 GPU

(1/2 Physical

Card)

2 x M60 GPU

(1 Physical

Card)

4 x M60 GPU

(2 Physical

Cards)

Memory 56 GB 112 GB 224 GB

Disk ~380 GB SSD ~680 GB SSD ~1.5 TB SSD

GPU Enabled VMs coming to

Azure!

Run as a single large VDI

instance or as a session host

server

Target: Knowledge workers

Multi-user Windows Server 2016 & 2012R2 VMs

GPU sharing via NVIDIA Quadro driver

XenApp 7.11

on Azure N-Series

Target: 3D graphics professionals / designers

Single-user Windows 10 CBB VMs

Multi-monitor NVENC H.264 hardware encoding

XenDesktop 7.11

HDX 3D Pro on Azure N-Series


Deliver the mobile workspace securely, effectively and efficiently over any network


Bandwidth Demands Are Increasing

Source: Cisco Visual Networking Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2013 - 2018

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

PB/Month 17,774 20,898 23,738 26,361 29305

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

Corporate WAN TrafficEmail and VoIP

Web Applications

Guest WiFi

Video-Based Content

“Cat Videos”

Corporate WAN traffic to grow at 15% per year through 2018


Connectivity Isn’t Always On

Source: Gartner (July 2013)

AccessType

Typical Availability

Downtime Per Month

Consumer-grade DSL 98% 15 Hours

Business DSL 99% 7 Hours

Metro Ethernet 99.5% 4 Hours

MPLS Leased Line 99.9% 1 Hour

Standard MPLS SLAs contribute ~1 hour to downtime per branch

Verizon outage map 7:40 PM EDT 7/25/2016http://downdetector.com/status/verizon/map/

http://downdetector.com/status/verizon/map/


What If You Had More Than One Connection?

NetScaler SD-WAN allows you to seamlessly combine multiple services:

• MPLS 99.90%

• MPLS + MPLS 99.999+%


What If You Had More Than One Connection?

NetScaler SD-WAN allows you to seamlessly combine multiple services:

• MPLS 99.90%

• MPLS + Business DSL 99.99%

• Business DSL + Cable 99.95%

Yeah, but what about when a backhoe cuts a cable or a truck takes out a phone pole?

• MPLS + Bus. DSL + Mobile 99.999+%


What is special about our approach?

Packet granularity for diagnostic

information and path selection

• True Bonding

• Sub-second adaptation

• Optimal link selection based on

unidirectional link characteristics

Internet

MPLS

4G LTE / Satellite

Link Characteristics

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