delivering desktops and apps to the mobile device (ent223) | aws re:invent 2013
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(Presented by Citrix) As an IT infrastructure decision-maker and administrator, you need to meet the needs of your employees who want to use the latest mobile devices. Application architects and system admins learn how to use Citrix XenApp on AWS coupled with Citrix Receiver on the device to provide seamless access to applications and desktops, while maintaining optimal performance, reliability, security and affordability. Learn best practices through demonstrations and case studies. This session includes: -A deep dive into the XenApp on AWS Reference Architecture, including what’s available (e.g., AWS CloudFormation templates) to help architect your XenApp environment -A demonstration of Receiver on mobile devices providing access to desktops and apps served from XenApp on AWS -A demonstration of Citrix XenMobile, an Enterprise MDM solution running in AWS that enables you to configure, secure, provision, and support mobile devices such as KindleTRANSCRIPT
Delivering Desktops & Apps to the Mobile Device
Joe Vaccaro, Director Product Management, Citrix Ashish Gujarathi, Principal Architect, Citrix November 13, 2013
Agenda.
1. Cloud and Desktop Virtualization 2. Solutions available today 3. XenDesktop and AWS Integration 4. Needs beyond the desktop 5. XenMobile Cloud
New Desktop and App Economics Separating the delivery layers for efficient, scalable operation
Production roll-out
App Validation
User Acceptance
New Applications
Update/Patch New OS
Traditional Management model New Service-Based Delivery model
Cloud
Desktops & Apps
Management
Own Infrastructure
Citrix Desktop Virtualization Delivering the leading end user experience
4
Amazon Web Services
Amazon VPC
Enterprise Datacenter
Enterprise Network
CloudBridge
XA 6.5 XD 7
XA 6.5 XD 7
AG
Connector Licensing Connector
End-user
DMZ
StoreFront
AD
Deploy new XenDesktop sites to meet new needs Use case to flex for additional XenDesktop capacity
NetScaler
AWS Region
Customer VPC
XenApp Reference Architecture on AWS Available today at citrix.com/amazon
NetScaler CloudBridge
End-users
StoreFront AD
AZ1 AZ2
XA 6.5
NetScaler CloudBridge
StoreFront AD
XA 6.5
Inte
rnet
G
atew
ay
CloudFormation Templates Enable automated build out of the reference architecture Parameters":{, "InstanceType":{ "Description":”Type of EC2 instances to be used for worker server members”, "Default":"m1.large”, }, "StartingWorkerServers":{ "Description":"Enter the default number of XenApp worker servers to create”, ”Default":2, "Type":"Number”, "MinValue":"0”, "MaxValue":"5” }, "XenAppSnapShot":{ "Description":"The Id of the XenApp 6.5 installation media snapshot”, "Default":"snap-f277618d”, }, "VPCName":{ "Default":"XenApp VPC”, "Description":"The name of the Virtual Private Cloud”, }
Integrated XenDesktop provisioning on AWS Same Industry leading architecture, new infrastructure choices
Features: • Deploy inside a VPC to
any AWS region/AZ • Support published
apps/desktops and server VDI
• Select any AWS instance type to optimize for the app and desktop need
Demo Citrix Studio provisioning XenDesktop 7 app and desktop sessions to AWS
XenDesktop on AWS: Key Takeaways
1. Start today with XenApp 6.5 and XenDesktop 7 on AWS using the AWS CloudFormation templates
2. Extend your existing deployments to AWS with a unified end user experience and CloudBridge
3. Scale out your future app and desktop needs using XenDesktop integrated provisioning of instances, networks and storage, optimized for AWS usage
Workstyles need more than a desktop..
Mobile Value-on-Investment
Mobile Device Management
Sandboxed Mail and Web
Mobile App Security
Mobile Data Control
Mobile Network Control
SSO & Identity Management
Desktop & App Virtualization
Social & Web Collaboration
The Mobile Management Citrix: The Most Complete Mobile Portfolio Any app, any device, anywhere
Landscape
Device Management
Data Management
Secure Mail
Productivity and Collaboration
App
Man
agem
ent Business Apps
Am
azon
Web
Ser
vice
s
SaaS offering for managing
and securing apps, data, and devices XenMobile Cloud
The XenMobile Cloud Service Experience
XenMobile Cloud: Key Takeaways
1. Self-service management of devices and apps
2. Better than native experience for mail and web
3. ShareFile integration for secure content access
XenMobile Cloud
Customer Datacenter
File-Shares
DMZ
SharePoint
Exchange
Web Apps
Active Directory
XenApp XenDesktop
CloudBridge Connector
StorageZone Connector
Isolated network
Dedicated XenMobile Instances
Isolated VPC
XenMobile Cloud Deployment Architecture
IPsec Tunnel
ShareFile
Customer Datacenter
File-Shares
DMZ
SharePoint
Exchange
Web Apps
Active Directory
XenApp XenDesktop
CloudBridge Connector IPsec Tunnel
XenMobile Cloud
XenMobile Cloud Policy & App Refresh
Customer Datacenter
File-Shares
DMZ
SharePoint
Exchange
Web Apps
Active Directory
XenApp XenDesktop
CloudBridge Connector IPsec Tunnel
XenMobile Cloud
XenMobile Cloud Intranet Web & Mail Sync
Customer Datacenter
File-Shares
DMZ
SharePoint
Exchange
Web Apps
Active Directory
XenApp XenDesktop
StorageZone Connector
XenMobile Cloud
ShareFile
CloudBridge Connector IPsec Tunnel
XenMobile Cloud Document Access
Access Docs
XenMobile Cloud: Features
Availability
Security
Enterprise Integration
• Multiple Geos (Americas, EU, APAC) • Pro-active Health Monitoring & Recovery • Daily and Monthly backups for 24 months • Hosted in facilities with 99.95% uptime
• Isolated VPC and networks • Dedicated Instances • Multi-factor & Cert-based authentication • Mobile App data encrypted at rest and in motion
• SSO with on-premise Active Directory • Secure access to intranet mail and web-applications • Integration with on-prem XenApp/XenDesktop and PKI
Powered By AWS • Amazon EC2 • Amazon RDS • Amazon S3 • Amazon Route 53
• Amazon SES • AWS Identity and Access
Management (IAM) • Amazon VPC
• VPN (1H 2014)
Wrap Up and Questions Visit the Citrix booth for additional demos!
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