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Introducing XenDesktop White Paper

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IntroducingXenDesktop,built on the

Avalon platormCitrix XenDesktop transormsWindows apps and desktopsinto a secure, mobile service orany user, any device, anywhere.


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Citrix XenDesktop enables mobile workstyles by

empowering IT to deliver Windows desktops and

apps as mobile services. Users can sel-selectapps rom an easy-to-use store that is securely

accessible rom tablets, smartphones, PCs, Macs

and thin clients. Only XenDesktop delivers a native

touch-optimized experience with HDX high-denition

perormance over mobile networks. XenDesktop is

built on the new Avalon platorm that oers simple

management, ast deployment, support visibility, and

a cloud-ready architecture.

This whitepaper provides an overview o the capabilities and benets o

XenDesktop.

Windows apps and desktops anywhere delivered with XenDesktopdelivery technology

Users across the enterprise have varying perormance, personalization and

mobility requirements. Some require ofine mobility o laptops, others need

simplicity and standardization, while still others need a high-perormance, ully

personalized desktop, or simple access to a Windows app rom their iPad or

Android tablet. XenDesktop meets all these requirements in a single solution with

its unique delivery technology. With XenDesktop, IT can deliver every type o virtual

desktop or app, hosted or local, optimized to meet the perormance, securityand mobility requirements o each individual user while optimizing the cost o

deployment and ongoing management.

The right workspacecomplete virtual desktops or just the apps

Some users enjoy a ull desktop workspace with applications, data, shortcuts,

wallpaper, and multi-tasking windows available across big screens or even

multiple displays. However, this isnt what all users need all o that time. In many

cases, all they need is an app on their tablet or smartphone to quickly edit a le

or complete a task.

Choose the exibility and cost to suit your needs

There is no one-size-ts-all virtualization technology or desktop virtualization.

Depending on the needs o the user and goals o IT, a wide range otechnologies may be leveraged to get the customization and persistence some

users may need as well as the locked down highly managed environments

suitable or others. In either case, you never want to pay more or inrastructure

or ongoing management than you have to.


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Run in the cloud or take it to go

While the goal o many leveraging virtualization is to centrally manage and

host desktops and apps in the datacenter, there are cases where users must

be able to view and modiy documents or data when disconnected rom any

network. In these cases, Citrix XenDesktop permits administrators to stream and

synchronize an entire managed desktop OS down to a local computer leveraging

XenClient hypervisor technology where it may be secured as a complete

encrypted le system with powerul policy enorcement.

Seamless profle management and cloud-based older redirection

Critical to the scale and management o a virtual environment is to separate and

isolate user proles and data away rom the OS. Citrix XenDesktop contains a

powerul prole management tool that manages proles independently rom the

OS and delivers required prole data on-demand keeping login times lighting

ast. Citrix XenDesktop also uses real-time synchronization o user les rom

Citrix ShareFile, an on-premise or cloud-hosted cloud storage service that

keeps user les out o the VM once again speeding logins and saving valuable

storage resources.

Any device-native experience

Citrix XenDesktop leverages Citrix Receiver, a universal client built or virtually

any device including Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, ChromeOS, Blackberry

and or environments that desire a zero-install option, a clientless HTML5 web

Receiver. Receiver is simple to install and use on BYOD or corporate devices and

is designed to leverage the eatures o the native device including multi-touch,

scrolling native menus and pop-up controls, GPS and cameras.

Billions o devices

Now IT can let users choose the devices that are right or them and their work

style. Citrix Receiver works natively on the broadest range o desktops, laptops,

tablets and smartphones to ensure device investment protection without added

work or IT.

Easy to install and use

Receiver is available rom many popular app stores and is so easy to install that

users can do it themselves. Users simply enter their corporate email address

ater installation to automatically congure Citrix Receiver. Once complete,

workers simply login and choose their apps and access their docs.

Optimized or each device

Receiver is designed to leverage the unique native eatures o devices. Whether

leveraging multi-touch, GPS or camera o a tablet or recognizing local storage

or peripherals on a PC, each Receiver is built to get the most rom each device

rather than a one size ts all approach.

On the go productivity

Citrix Receiver is the go-to app or user on the go, or in the oce to get access

to Windows, Web, SaaS, mobile apps, and user data through integrated, secure

ShareFile support.


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Sel-service Citrix StoreFront

Driven by consumerization, orward thinking IT departments are turning to sel-

service with instant user gratication rather than serial ticket-based request and

ulll workfows o the past. XenDesktop includes a powerul Sel-service Windowsapp store delivered by Citrix StoreFront Services to provide a single, simple, and

consistent aggregation point or all IT user services. Users may subscribe to

applications, desktops, or data services rom any device and have access to those

same services, even when already in use, rom any other device or a seamless

and simple experience.

Sel-service simplicity

The rise o app stores or music, games, and consumer apps have trained

todays workorce to go nd what they need, when they need it. Citr ix StoreFront

allows IT to publish apps, desktops, and data services to the StoreFront where

users may search and subscribe to services. By allowing users to subscribe

to what they need, IT can better utilize and plan their spending on sotware

licensing. Consistent user experience across any device

Citrix StoreFront is the intelligence behind Receiver and the destination or users

to access their desktop, application, and data services. IT leverages StoreFront

with its seamless NetScaler Gateway integration and powerul endpoint analysis

and policy controls to provide a secure and consistent view o subscribed

services and the Enterprise App Store that users turn to when they need new

apps and services. Citrix StoreFront can also host a clientless, web-based

receiver perect or access rom locked down kiosks or contractor laptops where

Receiver may not be installed.

Persistent access to apps and desktops

Citrix StoreFront not only keeps track o what users have subscribed to, but it

also maintains connections with running apps so that users may move romdevice to device and immediately get back to the same stateand continue

right where they let o.

HDX goes mobile

XenDesktop delivers a superior high-denition user experience on any device,

over any network. With Citrix HDX, the experience rivals a local PC, even when

using multimedia, real-time voice and video collaboration, USB peripherals and 3D

graphics. Windows apps become mobile device optimized virtualized to support

touch gestures and other native device eatures. Integrated WAN optimization

capabilities boost network eciency and perormance even over challenging, high-

latency networks.

Crystal clear voice, video and multimediaHDX High denition user experience technology oers users the rich multimedia

experience they expect and optimized perormance or voice and video

collaboration technologies including Citrix GoToMeeting, Microsot Lync, and

Cisco Unied Communications. Whether redirecting voice and video trac

directly to endpoints or using deep compression techniques and network

prioritization, Citrix builds on 20 years o experience delivering the industrys

most powerul user experience


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Optimized or mobile networks and devices

Citrix is no stranger to conquering dicult network conditions. Now Citrix

HDX has been optimized to cope with the variability and packet loss o mobile

networks and to support the decompression o graphics and multimedia

with hardware acceleration on tablets and smartphones. More than graphics

perormance, however, HDX also includes a native interace control channel

allowing Windows Apps to be reactored or a touch experience while leveraging

device eatures such as multitouch gestures, native menu controls, camera and

GPS support.

Dynamic protocol technology or the best end user experience

For many types o voice, video, graphics, and multimedia, simply processing

and rendering the workload in the datacenter can be extremely compute and

bandwidth intensive. Instead o blindly running all elements o the virtual desktop

or app within the VM, Citrix HDX technology intelligently analyze the capabilities

o the servers, networks, and end points to determine the optimal method or

support. In some cases, video may be passed through directly to the end point

or maximum server density. In other cases voice and webcam data may be

processed locally and then direct-connected to another client, bypassing the

additional latency o the virtual desktop.

Maintain highest quality o service over any network

Given enough bandwidth and a low latency network connection any

virtualization protocol can look great, but many users will nd themselves

connecting rom distant oces, hotel rooms and soccer elds where bandwidth

is almost always in contention, packets lost, and latency varying. The Citrix

ICA protocol, the heart o HDX technology enables desktop and network

administrators to create ne-grained prioritization over network trac to get the

most rom available network resources and maintain the highest service levels.

Combined with Citrix CloudBridge, users may expect excellent perormance

over mobile broadband or remote oce networks spanning across continents.

3D proessional graphics support

Desktop and app virtualization isnt just or task workers or occasional use.

Even the most demanding proessional 3D graphics applications may be

virtualized and accessed rom remote oces, 3rd party contractors, and

even mobile tablets bringing enhanced security to intellectual property while

promoting better collaboration and real-time editing in the eld using a simple

tablet. Best o all, the enormous data les required to generate complex designs

all remain sae in the datacenter keeping all users in sync without complex and

costly data synchronization.

Cloud-ready, built on the Avalon platorm

IT organizations are under more pressure than ever to be relevant in supporting

and driving business objectives. Turning traditional IT organizations into internal

service providers demands fexible inrastructure and streamlined, automated

processes. XenDesktop has been redesigned rom the ground up to be ready

or cloud deployments implementing open APIs, and leveraging any virtual

inrastructure technology, storage inrastructure and complex network topologies.


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With numerous awards, industry-validated scalability and over 10,000 Citrix Ready

products, XenDesktop provides a powerul desktop computing inrastructure thats

simple to manage. Build, test and update services in seconds, and enable the help

desk to easily and quickly troubleshoot desktops rom anywhere with advanced

monitoring and diagnostic tools.

Any hypervisor Cloud ready

Citrix XenDesktop is built to leverage any virtual inrastructure or cloud

management platorm. Whether using the included XenServer, leveraging the

perormance and rising popularity o Microsot HyperV, or building on existing

VMware vSphere inrastructure, XenDesktop is built to be hypervisor, storage

and network agnostic. XenDesktop may also be deployed on popular Cloud

management platorms including Apache CloudStack or the CloudStack-based

Citrix CloudPlatorm or Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Secure by design

Citrix XenDesktop is built to be secure by design. Core in the products DNA

is the idea that all data remain in the datacenter unless it can be audited,controlled, and enorced by policy. Citrix helps protect critical data or thousands

o enterprises by controlling the Windows apps and desktops that use critical

data while allowing users to use those apps rom any device, on any network.

Maintain service levels with advanced monitoring and analytics

Centralizing Windows apps and desktops as-a-service can provide unparalleled

service levels or users leveraging the powerul monitoring and advanced

analytics o Citrix EdgeSight. The EdgeSight reports available rom within the

Citrix Director console provide historical trending and correlation necessary or

capacity planning and service level assurance. For the IT helpdesk and support

escalation teams, Citrix oers Citrix Director, a unique and powerul tool allowing

admins to search by user to quickly troubleshoot and solve issues wherever they

may be located.

Industrys largest ecosystem o 3 rd party products

Citrix Ready is an end-to-end partner program that showcases and

recommends third party products, solutions and services demonstrating

compatibility with Citrix XenDesktop. It allows solution architects to quickly

and easily nd over 10,000 3rd party products recommended by Citrix that are

trusted to enhance a Citrix-based solution.


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Windows apps and desktops anywhere

Feature Function Beneft

Application V irtualization and

Hosting (RDS)

Applications are insta lled

on or streamed to Windows

servers in the data center and

remotely displayed to users

desktops and devices.

Deliver any Windows app to

any device with high security;

only screen updates, mouse

clicks and keystrokes traverse

the network.

VM Hosted Apps (16 bit, 32

bit, or 64 bit Windows apps)

Applications are hosted on

virtual desktops running

Windows 7, XP, or Vista and

then remotely displayed to

users physical or virtual

desktops and devices.

Eases Windows OS transitions

and overcomes application

compatibility challenges.

App-V delivery or ofine apps Applications are published via

App-V, through XenDesktop

server-based workers direct

to end users.

Single place to package

and deliver applications

regardless o use case.

Hosted Shared Desktop

(RDS)

Multiple user sessions

sharing a single, locked-down

Windows Server environment

running in the datacenter and

accessing a core set o apps.

6-10X more desktops per

host as compared to VDI.

Provides locked down,

streamlined and standardized

environment with a core set

o applications. Designed

or task workers using low

intensity applications. Lowest

TCO model.

Local - Type 1 client

hypervisor (XenClient

Enterprise)

Create, image, and update

desktop images in the

datacenter, then deliver

them as a client-side VM

to a XenClient enabled PC

or laptop. Full ofine use

o a virtual desktop while

maintaining the advantages

o centralized, single-image management and

synchronizes updates with

the datacenter. Multiple

VMs can be run locally in

complete isolation.

Extends the benets o

centralized, single-instance

management to mobile

workers who need to use

their laptops ofine.

Pooled VDI Desktop Leverages a single desktop

OS image to create multiple

thin-provisioned or streamed

desktops. Optionally uses a

Personal vDisk to maintain

user application, prole and

data dierences that are not

part o the base image or a

persistent personal desktop

replacing the need or mostdedicated desktops.

Scalable, easy to manage

virtual desktop environment.

Allows admins and users

to install applications

not included in the base

image. Single image patch

management and 65%

less storage required as

compared to dedicated

desktops.

Dedicated VDI Desktop A single desktop virtual

machine per user running

on a host in the datacenter

allowing users to access

their own individual desktop

apps and data, and make

customizations through

any device.

Oers a persistent Windows

desktop experience with

maximum fexibility that can

be securely delivered over any

network to any device.


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Windows apps and desktops anywhere


Physical Desktop (Blades,

racked workstations)

Deploy a single desktop

image to workstations

and blade servers in the

datacenter to run graphics-

intensive 3D applications on

native OS.

Leverage benets o HDX 3D

Pro high perormance WAN

delivery o graphics intensive

applications that run best on

native OS.

Remote PC access to oce-

based PCs

Virtual Desktop Agent is

installed on a physical PC

inside the corporate network

and automatically provisioned

as a managed service

available to the authorized

mobile users on

any device.

Get anywhere access

desktop virtualization benets

instantly without the need

to migrate desktops to the

datacenter by leveraging

existing physical PCs with

secure, high-denition,

internally brokered

connections.

HDX Seamless Local Apps Permits Windows apps

local to the endpoint device to

be seamless used within

a virtual environment.

Eliminates double hops

when hosting apps separately

rom a virtual desktop. Also

enables apps that rely on

local hardware such as a DVD

burner - optimizes cloud-

based collaboration or apps

like GoToMeeting, or Skype.

Persistent, personalized VDI

desktops with single image

management (Personal vDisk

technology)

Maintain user-specic

application, prole and data

that are not associated with

base desktop image or a

persistent personal desktop.

Realize administrative

benets o centralized

image management

without restricting user

personalization.

Any device - native experience


Desktops / laptops Windows XP, Windows

Vista, Windows 7, Windows

8, MAC OSX. (See Receiver

download page)

Tablets iPad, Android, BlackBerry,

Microsot Windows 8 RT, and

Microsot Windows 8.

Thin clients Thin clients running Linux

or Microsot Windows

Embedded supported.

Smartphones Receiver or Android, IOS,

BlackBerry

Zero Client Zero client available rom

multiple vendors in the Citrix

Ready Program.

HDX optimized, System on

Chip-based thin clients

Available rom multiple vendors

in the Citrix Ready Program.


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Any device - native experience


Auto update service

(Merchandizing Server)

Service automatically delivers

the latest eatures and plug-

ins or Citrix Receiver.

Alleviates discrepancies in

Receiver plug-in and eature

versioning. Zero-touch

updates or users.

Client-less, web-based

Receiver (Hosted on Citrix

StoreFront)

Apps and desktops are

rendered on the StoreFront

server and displayed through

an HTML5-enabled

Web Browser.

Access corporate apps or

desktops rom PCs and

laptops that do not have the

capability to download a native

Receiver including public

PCs or locked down devices

owned by third parties.

HDX high-denition, mobile user experience


App Mobilization SDK (HDX

Touch SDK)

SDK allows IT organization

to create new mobile

applications and/or extend

custom enterprise applications

to take ull advantage o the

capabilities o any device

including GPS, sensors,

cameras and even buttons

within the virtualized apps.

Extend virtualized enterprise

applications to leverage local

smartphone and tablet device

capabilities.

Multimedia support Server or client-based

rendering o multimedia

content including Flash,

Windows Media, and AVI

multimedia playback over

connections with as much as

300 ms o latency.

Deliver rich multimedia

applications with like local

PC quality without increasing

bandwidth investments and

reducing server-side overhead.

Point to Point Unied

Communications support

Bi-directional audio and

video is delivered in real time,

directly between endpoints

to enable support or leading

unied communications

solutions rom Cisco,

Microsot, Avaya, and Citrix.

Deliver real time applications

with like local PC quality

without having to increase

bandwidth investments.

Lync 2010, 2013 Optimization Built-in optimized point

to point transer o voice

and video trac or latest

Microsot Lync versions.

Secure access o Lync on

non Windows based devices

with Citrix Receiver.

Client-side hardware

acceleration

H.264 standards-based super

codec eciently compressesserver-side rendered video

and graphics or hardware

decode on mobile devices.

double rames reates on

mobile devices while cuttingnetwork trac as compared

to sotware rendering.

Extends the battery lie o

mobile devices and laptops.


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Multicast Video Support HDX prov ides a single

streamed video instance

to be viewed rom multiple

clients simultaneously.

Permits a ew, hundreds, or

even thousands o users to

view video content that may

be rendered and transmitted

just one time saving

enormous bandwidth and

datacenter resources or live

video events, news channels,

training programs and other

content accessed my multiple

users at once.

Client Drive Mapping Enables olders such

as a users unique My

Documents and Desktop

olders to map to a secure

store in the data centerinstead o a local or other

remote store.

Secures corporate data by

preventing data rom being

saved to a local device or

other storage location.

Multi-monitor suppor t Connect and use several

monitors simultaneously.

Enables users to have their

desktops and applications

span across multiple monitors

and screen layouts.

Application Multi-Tasking Multi-tasking suppor t or

access to multiple apps at

the same time on PCs, Macs,

tablets and smartphones.

Allows users to run multiple

applications simultaneously

without constant opening and

closing o apps.

3D Graphics Business Apps

Support (HDX 3D Pro)

Optimizes the perormance

o graphics intensive 2D

and 3D applications by

leveraging both sotware and

CPU hardware renderingto assist with compression

and rendering o DirectX and

RemoteFX based apps.

Deliver rich graphical

applications without having

to increase bandwidth

investments.

3D Graphics Proessional

Applications Support (HDX

3D Pro)

HDX 3D Pro uses advanced

server-side GPU resources

or compression and

rendering o latest OpenGL

and DirectX proessional

graphics apps. GPU support

includes both dedicated user

and shared user workloads.

Enables technical workers and

power users to run proessional

graphics applications,

which typically require more

processing resources.

USB and Peripheral Support Enables simple and seamless

use o local resources,

including USB peripherals,

multiple monitors, USBheadsets, webcams,

smartphones, smartcards,

scanners, and printers.

Enable like local PC

experience or users with

broad array o peripheral types.

Network and local printing Univeral Print Driver and Print

Server technology replaces

the management o hundreds

or thousands o network and

local printers.

Simplies the management o

print drivers on the Citrix host.


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Touch Optimizations or

Smartphones and Tablets

Apps interact with device-

specic eatures like popup

keyboard when the user

touches into a text entry eld.

Auto scrolling ensures that

the text entry eld is visible to

the user and not covered up

by the on screen keyboard,

and auto zoom to make the

picker controls and list boxes

easier to use in Windows

apps.

Users are more productive

when they can interact with

their business apps in a

similar manner as other tools

on the device. No source

code changes to the apps are

required.

Tablet Optimized Desktop Provides enhanced Windows

desktop or tablets by

reormatting Windows UI so

Windows is touch riendly.

Improves productivity ease o

use o Windows on tablets.

Webcam Compress ion Leverages local webcam

driver and compresses beore

transmitting data through HDX.

Client-side webcam video

compression reduces

bandwidth requirements.

Secure, sel-service Citrix StoreFront


Roaming user reconnect

(Citrix StoreFront)

Allow users to maintain their

apps and desktops while

roaming between networks

and devices by leveraging

NetScaler Gateway.

Quickly reconnect to apps

across any device or speed

and convenience.

Sel Service Enterprise AppStore (Citrix StoreFront)

Oers a simple, singleplace or workers to access

Windows, web and SaaS

applications. XenMobile

licenses may be added or

Web and SaaS SSO.

Single point o access orusers and single point o

control or IT or Windows,

web, SaaS and mobile apps.

Follow Me Subscriptions

(Citrix StoreFront)

Citrix StoreFront delivers end

user fexibility to select their

own personalized Windows

apps on one device and

seamlessly gain single click

access to the same set o

apps on any device

Users only have to subscribe

to their apps and desktops

one time or all devices.


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Secure, sel-service Citrix StoreFront


Zero-touch client

conguration (Citrix

StoreFront and NetScaler

Gateway)

Leveraging Citrix StoreFront

and Netscaler Gateway, end

users simply download the

Receiver app, then enter

their work email address to

automatically congure client

and app store settings.

Users get up and running in

seconds without needing to

publish instructions or tie up

the help-desk.



Inrastructure Interoperability and Optimization

XenServer Hyper visor

(included)

Create highly scalable,

manageable and agilevirtual inrastructures with

Citrix XenServer.

Includes unique IntelliCache

capability to cache commonreads and writes to the

hypervisor host instead o

sending these commands

back to central storage or

reduced IOPS and storage

costs.

VMware Sphere, Microsot

Hyper-V (supported)

Supports Microsot and

VMware platorms.

Oers easy integration with

your existing virtualization

solution and the fexibility

to expand or change your

inrastructure at any time.

Cloud Management Platorm

Support

Abstracts the cloud

inrastructure o AWS and Citrix

CloudPlatorm into a single

service that can dynamicallyprovisiong workloads.

May manually congure

XenDesktop deployments

on Cloud Management to

abstract inrastructure romapp and desktop layer.

Dynamically expand by

leveraging external cloud

inrastructure.

Automated virtual machine

provisioning (MCS)

Includes options or

automated provisioning o

both desktop and server

virtual machines. Optimized

or both storage capacity and

I/O load.

Simplies deployment o

virtual apps and desktops

with single

image management.

Advanced Image

Management (PVS) or

Hosted-Shared (RDS)

Beyond image steaming,

Citrix Provisioning Services

includes advanced image

management eatures

including snapshotsand rollbacks.

Simplies management o

large deployments while

reducing the cost and

complexity o virtual storage.

Advanced Image

Management (PVS) or VM-

Hosted Apps

Beyond provisioning, Citrix

Provisioning Services


management eatures

including snapshots

and rollbacks.






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Inrastructure Interoperability and Optimization

Advanced Image

Management (PVS) or VDI

Beyond provisioning, Citrix

Provisioning Services


management eatures

including snapshots

and rollbacks.





On-demand older

synchronization with

ShareFile

Redirect user

MyDocuments older to

optional ShareFile cloud-

based storage or secure

mobility o users data. Users

may see their complete

My Documents directory

with olders and les in their

optional ShareFile account,

but data is only transported to

the virtual desktop as needed

to dramatically reduce

storage requirements or

synchronization and expedite

login time.

Deliver consistent access

to user data across devices,

while maintaining

data security.

Fast User Prole Loading

(User Prole Manager)

Streams user prole settings

on-demand rather than during

the logon. Administrators

can speciy rules or

downloading and caching

large prole components in

the background.

Reduces logon time and

accelerates application

access time while avoiding

prole conficts and optimizing

prole size by excluding

portions that result in

prole bloat.

Migration and Deployment Tools

Automated App Publishing Intelligent conguration

wizards guide admins

step by step through the

conguration process with

in-line error checking and

online help. Congure prole

management, personal

vDisk and StoreFront

services through intelligent

deployment wizards.

Reduces deployment

times by as much as 80%

by eliminating manual

conguration errors.

Automated P2V App

Migration or hosted apps

(Powered by AppDNA)

Leverages Citrix AppDNA

technology to assess and

remediate Windows apps

or deployment in a hosted

environment (Hosted-

Shared Only).

Saves 100s o man hours in

testing and remediating apps

or deployment, expedites

deployment and reduces

validation testing cycles.


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Monitoring and Management

Custom Delegated

Administration (Studio)

Set a scope o management

unctions against a dened

admin role or ne-grained

delegation and control.

Permits large IT departments

the ability to isolate the scope

and role o admin unctions by

administrator or compliance

and control.

Perormance Monitoring

Tool or hosted applications

(EdgeSight Perormance

Manager)

Citrix EdgeSight is a

perormance and availability

management solution that

captures user experience

data on users and resources

and provides tools to analyze

perormance trends or

proactive capacity planning

and deployment optimization.

Improve SLA perormance by

giving admins insight to user

and enviornment behavior

beore a problem is occurring.

User Experience Network

Monitoring (EdgeSight

Network Inspector)

Provides user experience

data supplied by NetScaler

Insight Manager integrated

into the EdgeSight console to

correlate user perormance

and identiy when network

issues are disrupting

perormance.

Quickly isolate networking

bottlenecks that may lead

to poor user experience

with long-term trending

data and analytics.

Web-based help desk and

troubleshooting tool (Director)

Desktop Director provides

a detailed and intuitive

overview o XenDesktop

environments. It enables

support and helpdesk teams

to quickly and seamlessly

perorm crucial support tasks

or their end users while atthe same time monitoring

and troubleshooting system

issues beore they become

system-critical.

Provides the help desk with

a single console to monitor,

troubleshoot and x virtual.

3rd Party Systems

Management Integration

XenDesktop SDK integrates

with your existing systems

management inrastructure,

so you can automate tasks,

alerts and reports.

Provides fexibility to leverage

the management tools

already in use.

Microsot System Center

Virtual Machine Manager

Support 2007, 2012*

Manage virtual machine

inrastructure including

XenServer.

A cost eective solution

certied to scale to 2000 VMs

per instance o SCVMM.

Microsot System Center

Conguration Managersupport 2007, 2012*

Manage pooled VDI images

and vDisk objects romSystem Center. SCCM 2007

supports only dedicated VDI

congurations.

Leverage policy enorcement

and reporting processes andtools provided in SCCM 2012.

*XenDesktop 5.6 and XenApp 6.5 only.


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Network Optimization

Advanced WAN Trac

prioritization (Powered by

CloudBridge VPX)

Delivered by Branch

Repeater, oers complete

visibility and control over

your WAN link by identiying

individual application trac

and enabling ne grained

priotitization.

Fine grain control over

application delivery as well as

prioritization control over ICA

and non-ICA trac to ensure

SLAs are met.

Branch Trac Caching

(Powered by CloudBridge

VPX)

Branch Repeater client

caching lets users share a

common cache beore it hits

the network.

Improves user experience

at branch locations while

increasing the number o

users and reducing overall

bandwidth.

Automated protocol tuning

(Powered by CloudBridgeVPX)

Tune WAN communications

or optimal perormancebased on real-time network

and trac conditions through

adaptive TCP fow control

and multi-level compression

techniques.

Avoid costly WAN expansion

by optimizing the connectionthrough protocol tuning.

Multi stream protocol Trac prioritization delivered

by splitting virtual desktop

trac into 5 dierent streams

real time interactive,

background, bulk and

RTP trac.

Allows IT to dene rules that

indicate which types o trac

receive highest priority.

Reliability, Availability, Scalability

Unied del ivery platorm Delivers up to 20K apps or

desktops per site managing

multiple versions o WindowsServer or Desktop OS with

common management.

Reduces management

cost and complexity over

multiple silos o deploymenttypes while streamlining OS

migrations as new OS version

workloads can be added

alongside previous versions.

Multi-site load balancing and

ailover

Provide or seamless and

intelligent multi-site load

balancing and ailover with

NetScaler Global Server load

balancing eatures.

Ensure users can always get

to their desktop (NetScaler

products sold-separately).

High Availability Provide multi-level protection

against ailures or high

availability and seamless

ailover. Proactively monitor

XD services and automatically

remove a ailure to perserveavailablity.

Integrated redundancy design

to comply with internal SLAs.

Power and Capacity

Management

Allows or creation o system

policies that manage server

power consumption and

make optimal use o server

capacity during peak and o-

peak hours.

Automatically brings

capacity online to maintain

perormance and user access

and retires capacity when no

longer needed.


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Corporate Headquarters

Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Silicon Valley Headquarters

Santa Clara, CA, USA

EMEA Headquarters

Schaffhausen, Switzerland

India Development Center

Bangalore, India

Online Division Headquarters

Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Pacifc Headquarters

Hong Kong, China

Latin America Headquarters

Coral Gables, FL, USA

UK Development Center

Chalfont, United Kingdom


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About Citr ix

Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is the cloud company that enables mobile workstylesempowering people to work and collaborate from anywhere, easily

and securely. With market-leading solutions for mobility, desktop virtualization, cloud networking, cloud platforms, collaboration and data sharing,

Citrix helps organizations achieve the speed and agility necessary to succeed in a mobile and dynamic world. Citrix products are in use at more

than 260,000 organizations and by over 100 million users globally. Annual revenue in 2012 was $2.59 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.

Copyright 2013 Citrix Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Citrix, XenDesktop, XenClient, XenServer, ShareFile, Citrix Receiver, NetScaler Gateway,

CloudBridge, EdgeSight, Citrix Ready, ICA and HDX are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in

the U.S. and other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.



Security

End Point Analysis based

access control

Provided by NetScaler

Gateway, determine the

appropriate level o access

to grant to users based on

their role, location, network

and device through pre-

congured policies. Includes

Netscaler Gateway client

access license. Netscaler

Gateway appliance priced

separately.

Granular security policy

enorcement.

Integrated SSL VPN A ull eatured SSL VPN

gives users access to any

application or network

resource. Includes NetscalerGateway client access

license. Netscaler Gateway

appliance priced separately.

Tight integration with

Receiver or seamless UI.

Trac Encryption High perormance,

standards-based encrypted

connectivity.

Maintain security o HDX

connection data in motion.

Central ized data control Manages data fow so that

only screen updates, mouse

clicks and keystrokesnot

datatraverse

the network.

Ensures that only authorized

users can connect to

XenDesktop.

Multi-actor authentication Secures desktop access

with tokens and smartcard

authentication solutions or

added layers o security.

Maximize the security o

company IP and customer/

patient records.