v-Alliance Solution Overview

With Symon Perriman & Corey Hynes

v-Alliance Solution Overview

Microsoft & Citrix Partnership

User State & Application Virtualization

Server Hosted Session Desktops

Microsoft & Citrix History

1989 - 1993 | Citrix licenses OS/2 source code from Microsoft

1995 | Citrix licenses & ships multi-user version of Windows NT 4 (became Terminal Server

2000 – 2003 | Citrix sells MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, connected to Windows Server

2006 | Extended Partnership Announced

2008 | Extended Partnership for Desktop & Server Virtualization

2009 | Extends Desktop Virtualization Partnership

Citrix & Microsoft

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20+ Years of Business Success

Citrix & Microsoft

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Market Leader for DesktopsHypervisor optimized for VDI (40% higher VM density)End to End User-centric management of physical and virtual assets, in the cloud or on premises

Market Leader for Virtual DesktopsBest user experience with HDXBeyond VDI… all virtual desktop and app models in one productWindows desktops and apps on PCs, Macs, iPads, smartphones

User State Virtualization

Application Virtualization

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Why Microsoft and Citrix for Desktop Virtualization?

User State VirtualizationAccess Personal data from any authorized, connected PC

ITInfrastructure and storage requirements

Ease of implementation

Manageability and support overhead

Business agility and continuity

UserFlexibility of access (online and offline)

Performance (first logon, slow connections)

Seamless and consistent experience

Number of redirected folders

Roaming User Profiles separate data from the OS

Folder Redirection keeps the profile size small

Citrix Profile Manager adds auto-consolidation, profile optimization and streaming to Windows Roaming

User settings and data – either together or separately – are dynamically available on any authorized device.

Store Personal Data on the Server

Access from any connected PC

Personal settings for virtual desktop and applications

Application Virtualization

IT

Application and OS migrations

App Compatibility and Testing

Roaming and Free Seating

Business agility and continuity

Bandwidth

User

Offline access

Installation of/self-service applications

Performance

Personalization of application settings

Application access by unmanaged device

Most complete on-demand solution to any end-point: hosted, streamedApplication compatibility with consistent experience across endpointsOnly solution for SharePoint and Office 2010

Packaging & isolation of Windows appls

Management of mixed physical and virtual environments from a single ‘pane of glass’

On-demand application delivery solution

Lightweight, universal software client Self-service 'storefront' for enterprise apps

Best of breed technologies combined provide comprehensive solution – App-V for packaging and isolation, XenApp for on-demand application delivery

System Center provides integrated management of traditional, virtualized and centralized apps

Dynamic application infrastructure enables application delivery on

demand to any end point

Dynamic application delivery on demand to any end point

Server Hosted Session Desktops

Personalized desktops hosted in datacenter

IT

Investments in server, management, storage, and network infrastructure

Unified, centralized management of physical and virtual environments

User/VM Density

Business continuity

User

Flexibility of access

User Experience (personalization, graphics)

Performance & Scalability is best in class (over LAN, WAN)

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): Another way to deliver the Windows Server desktop

Windows desktop and session deliveryon-demandIntegrated Management with SC, Application; Virtualization and RDS CALDesktop Virtualization platform (hypervisor)Full-fidelity UX over LAN and WAN

Lightweight, universal software client Self-service 'storefront' for enterprise apps

Best in class technologies combined to provide most comprehensive and most Cost Effective solutionMost scalable with Hyper-V and SessionsBetter User Experience Single Management Console for physical and virtual assets

Access desktop, applications, data on any device, anywhere Best user experience on LAN or WANIntegrated desktop management

‘Best of Breed’ / Comprehensive VDI Stack

Profile management, storage optimization and other tools for Hyper-V

On-Demand App Delivery that builds on Microsoft App-V

Virtual desktop & app delivery architecture

Dynamic desktop delivery reduces cost of VDIRich Remote user experience

High definition experience over both LAN and WAN

Hypervisor for high scalability & reliability

RemoteFX for rich end 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 & session delivery

Universal software client & storefront

Citrix XenDesktop extends the Microsoft VDI suites

User State & Application Virtualization: Good for Every

Desktop

Right Virtualization Technology for the JobOne Size Doesn’t Fit All! User Segmentation is KEY!

VDI & Session Virtualization: Good for every Customer, not every Desktop

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Centralized Desktop Management Security & Compliance

Task Workers Bring Your Own PC

Personal space on a corporate laptop

VDI for high personalization/isolation, RDS sessions for high user density

Offshore contractors Device Proliferation

Development,test or demo

Mobile Workforce

Application Compatibility

VDI

VDI, or Session Virtualization

Client Hosted Virtual

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XenDesktop

Transform Windows desktop computing into an on-demand service for any user on any device

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Conclusion

Microsoft & Citrix Partnership

User State & Application Virtualization

Server Hosted Session Desktops

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