Podcasts about citrix virtual apps

In Episode 178, the Citrix Session team dives into the latest on-premises release—Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2503. Join Bill Sutton, Geremy Meyers, and Todd Smith as they break down the top new features, including auto-scale insights, a redesigned Web Studio, enhanced storage load balancing, dynamic display rendering with Build-to-Lossless, and expanded integration of UberAgent with Director. Whether you're an admin optimizing cloud costs or an IT leader tracking app usage, this update brings serious power to your Citrix toolkit.

Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) is one of the two image management technologies available in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS.  Historically PVS has been used to deliver Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop workloads (VDA's) to servers and virtual machines from a single image over the network.  However, it can also be used without CVAD/DaaS as a standalone product, physically streaming the OS disk to an endpoint device. These endpoint devices can be “dummy terminals” with no hard drives at all, zero/thin clients, high-end compute and graphics devices, and everything in between.  This can include additional use cases for Security and locations with devices without hard drives. In this episode we discuss the history of PVS and some of its applicable use cases.  We also cover some technical aspects of PVS and the benefits enabled by the roll-forward and roll-back of images.  Host:  Bill SuttonCo-Host:  Geremy MyersCo-Host:  Todd Smith

XenServer has been a part of the Citrix family since the acquisition of XenSource in 2007.  It is a solid player in the virtualization market particularly for running Citrix workloads.  With purpose built features for improving the performance of virtual desktops such as Intellicache, Read Caching, PVS-Accelerator, and GPU virtualization many organizations leverage XenServer to host and deliver their Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS workloads.Citrix recently announced that XenServer 8 is now included with their new subscription options:  Citrix for Private Cloud, Citrix Universal Hybrid Multi-Cloud, and Citrix Platform License.  In this episode we discuss XenServer generally as well as these new offerings and how they can be leveraged by customers. Host:  Bill SuttonCo-host:  Andy WhitesideCo-host:  Geremy Myers

If you're ready to leverage the new LTSR but are still working on your upgrade plan, don't worry. We have quite a few resources available to help you have a successful upgrade including our plan, upgrade, succeed blog series, the latest Citrix Master Class, an FAQ blog for answers to your most pressing LTSR questions from the Citrix Master Class, and our tech paper on parallel migration. We are also incredibly excited to announce that the Citrix Workspace app 2402 LTSR for Windows is now generally available! This Citrix Workspace app LTSR for Windows includes an extended 3 years of support to help ease your client update processes.Moving fully to the cloud isn't for everyone, and we know that. That's why we've continued to invest in our on-premises solutions so you can leverage cloud capabilities on premises too. The Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2402 LTSR includes several years' worth of features to take advantage of. Some of these features were previously only offered in the cloud, and a plethora of on-premises features have been added since the release of the last LTSR in March of 2022. Additionally, customers on our current release (CR) track can leverage this release as a regular update within their environments. So let's take a closer look at what the 2402 LTSR can do for you.Host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy Meyers

I've said this before, and I'll say it again – if you are on the Citrix Long Term Service Release (LTSR) track, you've most likely been missing out on a lot of great features. But I get it; there are many valid reasons for choosing this path, including extended support. The good news is that Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2402 LTSR is now available, and you can now take advantage of all the great features and enhancements made available over the last couple of years.This post is focused exclusively on our high-definition experience (HDX) capabilities. More specifically, the key HDX features and enhancements that we've introduced since the last LTSR (2203) was released. If you are still using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 LTSR, you should also take a look at my other post that talks about key features released between Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1912 LTSR and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2203 LTSR.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill Sutton

Is there a better present than new features and a new Citrix release? Citrix continues to deliver on our commitment to hybrid environments quarter after quarter with releases for both Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and our Citrix cloud platform. We're excited to wrap up this holiday season with more releases to help improve your efficiency, security, and end user experience. With all that being said, we're thrilled to announce the general availability of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2311 to our customers! This release comes with site management improvements, SPA on-prem plug-in, new StoreFront UI, and more! As we promised at the beginning of the year with the launch of Destination: Hybrid, we have continued to deliver feature after feature to help drive parity between our on-premises and cloud platforms.Citrix has been focusing our innovation efforts over four main categories, and we are aligning our feature announcements along these four groups:Operational and IT EfficiencyWorkload and Device Flexibility Security and ComplianceEmployee Experience TechnologyLet's dive into the features and capabilities we have introduced in all four categories for this quarter across cloud and on premises!Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Monica Griesemer

Citrix is bringing new features to your apps and desktops quarter after quarter. And we are just getting started as we're rounding out the second half of the year. These past few months have come with improved security features, enhanced user experience technologies, and streamlined management capabilities. We continue to bring more features and capabilities across cloud and on-premises environments and are truly making hybrid the destination. That's why we are excited today that for on-premises organizations leveraging our Citrix Current Release, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2308 is now generally available! This release comes with enhanced reboot schedules, SQL server 2022 support, vertical load balancing improvements, and much more for on-premises. We have now also introduced a Trial Universal Subscription! You can find out all about the great benefits of Citrix Universal License here. With that said, it is important to note that this blog encapsulates the biggest updates from the last few months across both on-premises and DaaS. Citrix is innovating in four main categories, and we have sorted the new feature announcements into those four categories below:Operational and IT EfficiencyWorkload and Device Flexibility Security and ComplianceEmployee Experience TechnologyHost: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy MeyersCo-host: Todd SmithGuest: Monica Griesemer

Citrix is bringing new features to your apps and desktops quarter after quarter. And we are just getting started as we're rounding out the second half of the year. These past few months have come with improved security features, enhanced user experience technologies, and streamlined management capabilities. We continue to bring more features and capabilities across cloud and on-premises environments and are truly making hybrid the destination. That's why we are excited today that for on-premises organizations leveraging our Citrix Current Release, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2308 is now generally available! This release comes with enhanced reboot schedules, SQL server 2022 support, vertical load balancing improvements, and much more for on-premises. We have now also introduced a Trial Universal Subscription! You can find out all about the great benefits of Citrix Universal License here. With that said, it is important to note that this blog encapsulates the biggest updates from the last few months across both on-premises and DaaS. Citrix is innovating in four main categories, and we have sorted the new feature announcements into those four categories below:Operational and IT EfficiencyWorkload and Device Flexibility Security and ComplianceEmployee Experience TechnologyHost: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy MeyersCo-host: Todd SmithGuest: Monica Griesemer

As a Citrix administrator, one of your biggest fears may be having your Citrix environment unavailable for your end users to access their virtual apps and desktops. It is essential to have a resilient Citrix environment where your end users can access their resources in the face of unexpected events or failures. Join me as I discuss how Citrix provides resiliency to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS with Isaac Stasevich, Sr. Product Manager at Citrix.

We are excited to announce the availability of Citrix Autoscale for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) for on-premises customers. Our Autoscale power management solution enables customers to strike the right balance between delivering a great end-user experience and optimizing costs. Let's take a closer look at what this means for you. Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy Meyers

It's no secret that Citrix continues to innovate and deliver new capabilities to make your environments more flexible, increase deployment speed, and improve end user experiences. Citrix is also fully committed to meeting organizations where they are in their deployment journeys, and the Citrix Universal subscription is only our first step in this journey. With the move toward Citrix Universal subscription, we are not only adding features to our Citrix DaaS cloud service, but we are continuing to add features and capabilities to on-premises deployments.That's why we are excited to announce the release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2305! This IT-managed current release delivers new end user enhancements, security capabilities, and much more that we will discuss below.As we evolve and gain input from our customers, we are building more functionality inside of four major categories. We have broken out our feature updates into each of these groups: Operational and IT EfficiencyWorkload and Device Flexibility Security and ComplianceEmployee Experience TechnologyOur approach goes beyond the traditional cloud and on-prem categorizations, providing a comprehensive overview of the capabilities offered by the Citrix platform. Let's dive right into these developments!Host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy MeyersCo-host: Monica Griesmer Co-host: Todd Smith

It's no secret that Citrix continues to innovate and deliver new capabilities to make your environments more flexible, increase deployment speed, and improve end user experiences. Citrix is also fully committed to meeting organizations where they are in their deployment journeys, and the Citrix Universal subscription is only our first step in this journey. With the move toward Citrix Universal subscription, we are not only adding features to our Citrix DaaS cloud service, but we are continuing to add features and capabilities to on-premises deployments.That's why we are excited to announce the release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2305! This IT-managed current release delivers new end user enhancements, security capabilities, and much more that we will discuss below.As we evolve and gain input from our customers, we are building more functionality inside of four major categories. We have broken out our feature updates into each of these groups: Operational and IT EfficiencyWorkload and Device Flexibility Security and ComplianceEmployee Experience TechnologyOur approach goes beyond the traditional cloud and on-prem categorizations, providing a comprehensive overview of the capabilities offered by the Citrix platform. Let's dive right into these developments!Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy MeyersCo-host: Monica Griesmer 

It's no secret that Citrix continues to innovate and deliver new capabilities to make your environments more flexible, increase deployment speed, and improve end user experiences. Citrix is also fully committed to meeting organizations where they are in their deployment journeys, and the Citrix Universal subscription is only our first step in this journey. With the move toward Citrix Universal subscription, we are not only adding features to our Citrix DaaS cloud service, but we are continuing to add features and capabilities to on-premises deployments.That's why we are excited to announce the release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2305! This IT-managed current release delivers new end user enhancements, security capabilities, and much more that we will discuss below.As we evolve and gain input from our customers, we are building more functionality inside of four major categories. We have broken out our feature updates into each of these groups: Operational and IT EfficiencyWorkload and Device Flexibility Security and ComplianceEmployee Experience TechnologyOur approach goes beyond the traditional cloud and on-prem categorizations, providing a comprehensive overview of the capabilities offered by the Citrix platform. Let's dive right into these developments!Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy MeyersCo-host: Monica Griesmer 

It's no secret that Citrix continues to innovate and deliver new capabilities to make your environments more flexible, increase deployment speed, and improve end user experiences. Citrix is also fully committed to meeting organizations where they are in their deployment journeys, and the Citrix Universal subscription is only our first step in this journey. With the move toward Citrix Universal subscription, we are not only adding features to our Citrix DaaS cloud service, but we are continuing to add features and capabilities to on-premises deployments.That's why we are excited to announce the release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2305! This IT-managed current release delivers new end user enhancements, security capabilities, and much more that we will discuss below.As we evolve and gain input from our customers, we are building more functionality inside of four major categories. We have broken out our feature updates into each of these groups: Operational and IT EfficiencyWorkload and Device Flexibility Security and ComplianceEmployee Experience TechnologyOur approach goes beyond the traditional cloud and on-prem categorizations, providing a comprehensive overview of the capabilities offered by the Citrix platform. Let's dive right into these developments!Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy Meyers

If you haven't picked up on the trend yet, let me just reinforce that Citrix is working overtime in 2023 to help you go all-in on your hybrid multi-cloud strategy. As we announced earlier this year, we're significantly investing in features and solutions that provide you with the choice and flexibility to develop your environment how you want it, where you want it, and to integrate with solutions you want.To that end, we know that many of you are leveraging or considering leveraging Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) hybrid multi-cloud software to simplify IT operations, move to the cloud faster, and lower your on-premises cost of operations. We are excited to announce official support for running Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure.The Citrix plugin for NC2 on Azure is available today for early access, and is currently compatible with Citrix Machine Creation Services (MCS). Compatibility with Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) is expected prior to general availability later this year.While Nutanix NC2 on Azure was previously a Citrix-Ready validated solution, by providing official Citrix support, we're ensuring customers can move forward with their hybrid multi-cloud deployment plans, and be confident that they'll have a great support experience if they run into any issues along the way.Azure support for NC2 comes as a significant extension to previously announced support for Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS – a capability shown to help you burst 2,000 Citrix Desktops to AWS in under two hours as opposed to days or weeks!Host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy MeyersCo-host: Todd Smith

It has only been a month since Citrix announced our strategy to support “Hybrid as the Destination”, an initiative to develop features both for on-prem and cloud customers, and already we are pleased to announce that Web Studio is now generally available for all Citrix customers! Regardless of the deployment scenarios, our customers now share the same modernized admin experience when using both Citrix DaaS and/or Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) on-prem deployments.Host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy MeyersCo-host: Todd Smith

Apps are proliferating and they are everywhere. Admins are tasked with packaging, delivering, managing, and securing those apps, whether they're locally installed on laptops or mobile devices, delivered through the web or SaaS, or accessed through VDI, DaaS, or published apps environments. Multiple versions of enterprise apps may be deployed in the data center, while more modern apps may be delivered across multiple clouds. Many organizations utilize VDI, DaaS, and published app environments to securely host and deliver virtual apps, including legacy apps tied to the data center. While VDI, DaaS, and published app deployments have aided the way IT admins can securely deliver apps to end users at scale, there are common challenges in published app environments like Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly XenApp). For example, IT typically deploys groups of servers into farms, silos, or delivery groups to host their published apps for users. These servers are architected to scale to the peak usage of the apps being hosted. And when users don't use apps, these server resources sit idle and are wasted. Server optimization is the whole point of virtualization. These farms are expensive and require IT time to be managed. Also, IT admins must manage the copies of apps on each farm and independently manage OS updates on each host, leading to inefficiencies as app and server counts increase. Running antiquated and inefficient app environments can lead to inflated costs, app-lifecycle management challenges, and incompatibility of apps.  Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Philip Sellers

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In the evolving world of hybrid work, Citrix is focused on delivering technologies that support organizations with streamlined maintenance and enhanced security, while ensuring users stay productive with high-performing access to corporate resources. Whether you decide to adopt on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or modernize your infrastructure with desktop as a service (DaaS), Citrix solutions can support your business however you choose to deploy.Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deliver new features and enhancements that make it easier than ever for organizations to create agile work environments with apps and desktops delivered securely anywhere, on any device.Please use the following links to help you quickly navigate between sections in this announcement:Now Available: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2209 Current ReleaseCitrix DaaS cloud partner updatesCitrix DaaS enhancementsWorkspace Environment Management (WEM) enhancementsHost: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonCo-Host: Todd SmithCo-Host: Geremy Meyers

In the evolving world of hybrid work, Citrix is focused on delivering technologies that support organizations with streamlined maintenance and enhanced security, while ensuring users stay productive with high-performing access to corporate resources. Whether you decide to adopt on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or modernize your infrastructure with desktop as a service (DaaS), Citrix solutions can support your business however you choose to deploy.Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deliver new features and enhancements that make it easier than ever for organizations to create agile work environments with apps and desktops delivered securely anywhere, on any device.Please use the following links to help you quickly navigate between sections in this announcement:Now Available: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2209 Current ReleaseCitrix DaaS cloud partner updatesCitrix DaaS enhancementsWorkspace Environment Management (WEM) enhancementsHost: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonCo-Host: Todd SmithCo-Host: Geremy Meyers

In the evolving world of hybrid work, Citrix is focused on delivering technologies that support organizations with streamlined maintenance and enhanced security, while ensuring users stay productive with high-performing access to corporate resources. Whether you decide to adopt on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or modernize your infrastructure with desktop as a service (DaaS), Citrix solutions can support your business however you choose to deploy.Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deliver new features and enhancements that make it easier than ever for organizations to create agile work environments with apps and desktops delivered securely anywhere, on any device.Please use the following links to help you quickly navigate between sections in this announcement:Now Available: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2209 Current ReleaseCitrix DaaS cloud partner updatesCitrix DaaS enhancementsWorkspace Environment Management (WEM) enhancementsHost: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonCo-Host: Todd Smith

In the evolving world of hybrid work, Citrix is focused on delivering technologies that support organizations with streamlined maintenance and enhanced security, while ensuring users stay productive with high-performing access to corporate resources. Whether you decide to adopt on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or modernize your infrastructure with desktop as a service (DaaS), Citrix solutions can support your business however you choose to deploy.Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deliver new features and enhancements that make it easier than ever for organizations to create agile work environments with apps and desktops delivered securely anywhere, on any device.Please use the following links to help you quickly navigate between sections in this announcement:Now Available: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2209 Current ReleaseCitrix DaaS cloud partner updatesCitrix DaaS enhancementsWorkspace Environment Management (WEM) enhancementsHost: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Todd Smith

In the evolving world of hybrid work, Citrix is focused on delivering technologies that support organizations with streamlined maintenance and enhanced security, while ensuring users stay productive with high-performing access to corporate resources. Whether you decide to adopt on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or modernize your infrastructure with desktop as a service (DaaS), Citrix solutions can support your business however you choose to deploy.Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops deliver new features and enhancements that make it easier than ever for organizations to create agile work environments with apps and desktops delivered securely anywhere, on any device.Please use the following links to help you quickly navigate between sections in this announcement:Now Available: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2209 Current ReleaseCitrix DaaS cloud partner updatesCitrix DaaS enhancementsWorkspace Environment Management (WEM) enhancementsHost: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy Meyers

Organizations that use Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop solutions must secure both their on-premises and cloud environments. Citrix virtual solutions provide flexibility for the workforce but can remain a prime target for attackers since infecting the environment extends their reach greatly. Attackers have demonstrated that they can evade security controls to compromise an internal system, using it as a beachhead to infiltrate the network and target critical or sensitive data and infrastructures, such as Active Directory and Citrix VDI. Organizations must look to new solutions to enhance their security and prevent attackers from remaining undetected within the network. Joesph Salazar from Attivo Networks, the award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection, and Rajkumar Repswal from Citrix to discuss how together organizations can protect against active directory attacks with Attivo's Citrix Ready® solution. We discuss how organizations can protect Citrix VDI endpoints against attackers successfully querying Active Directory and AD resources like privileged users, computer groups, and service accounts.

Mikhael Lindholm from Stratodesk and Nitin Sharma from Citrix discuss how to provide an endpoint experience beyond the infrastructure. We talk about the advantages of using Citrix workspace in a Linux environment. About Mikael Mikael is an EUC, VDI, and virtualization industry veteran that has a long story with different jobs within industry-leading companies. He started as a Citrix Instructor in the early 2000. Mikael has spent his professional life in the world of virtualization and cloud and today saves the world at Stratodesk Software one endpoint at a time. In his free time, he spends time with his family, enjoying the Swiss Alps, mostly by foot and occasionally with his motorbike. About Stratodesk Stratodesk is the leading global innovator in EUC management and OS software. Stratodesk partners with Citrix to bring a greater level of efficiency, convenience, and security to Citrix VDI endpoints and organizations. Stratodesk NoTouch, our management, and OS software for VDI endpoints, is ready to connect to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops in a matter of minutes. With the Citrix Ready Workspace Hub, Stratodesk can offer an all-in-one solution for your Citrix environment and combines PC repurposing for existing hardware. Stratodesk's cutting-edge, Linux-based solution, NoTouch OS, is impervious to common security threats running on x86 and Raspberry Pi endpoints. Stratodesk offers the perfect user experience for administrators and end-users via NoTouch Center – the most advanced and user-friendly endpoint management software. NoTouch Center is a browser-based solution, packed with enterprise-grade features and can be run on-premise or in the cloud, enabling Remote Workforce to access and manage virtual apps and cloud workspaces from anywhere, on any device." About Nitin Sharma Nitin Sharma is a leader in product and solutions marketing strategy at Citrix. He is responsible for designing and executing global companywide go-to-market strategies for digital workspace solutions. With a passion for solving business problems with technology solutions, he has held various solutions sales and marketing roles—targeting audiences at all levels: executive, line of business, and IT.  

There has been no shortage of updates in the world of Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. At the end of March, we delivered a What's New and Next in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops webinar and were joined by more people than ever to hear the latest updates and ask us tough questions. We appreciate the time and attention. We couldn't answer all your questions live, so we wanted to answer them here to benefit everyone.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy MeyersCo-host: Todd SmithGuest: Monica Griesemer

There has been no shortage of updates in the world of Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. At the end of March, we delivered a What's New and Next in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops webinar and were joined by more people than ever to hear the latest updates and ask us tough questions. We appreciate the time and attention. We couldn't answer all your questions live, so we wanted to answer them here to benefit everyone.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Todd SmithGuest: Monica Griesemer

There has been no shortage of updates in the world of Citrix DaaS and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. At the end of March, we delivered a What's New and Next in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops webinar and were joined by more people than ever to hear the latest updates and ask us tough questions. We appreciate the time and attention. We couldn't answer all your questions live, so we wanted to answer them here to benefit everyone.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Todd SmithCo-host: Geremy MeyersGuest: Monica Griesemer

Over the past decade there has been a lot of changes on how to deliver virtual apps and desktops to end users. From MetaFrame to XenApp to Virtual Apps and Desktops service, Citrix has provided a secure way of delivering remote solutions to end users. So what is managed DaaS? How does this differ from Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service? Citrix managed DaaS provides you with a quick and easy way to deliver virtual desktops to your end users that is fully managed by Citrix. This means that you can deploy virtual apps and desktops in minutes even if you don't have your own cloud tenant. In this episode of The Click-Down, we invite Steve Beals, Senior Technical Marketing Architect, to talk about managed DaaS. We discuss the differences between on prem solutions, Citrix DaaS, and managed DaaS. We talk about when you should each and the features and functionalities that Managed DaaS has.

Here at Citrix, we have been operating at full speed to start off 2022. That includes work on the much-anticipated Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Long Term Service Release (LTSR), targeted for later this quarter. We know this is a big opportunity for organizations who are on the LTSR track to get the features and updates added over the past two years.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Geremy Meyers

A lot has happened in the past two years. In December 2019, Citrix released its last LTSR, and now we are ready to release a new one. This new LTSR will roll out all the features and functionality updates from Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2003 through 2112, including great improvements, new OS support, and functionality. Our Long-Term Service Release, LTSR, is perfect for customers who want a predictable maintenance cadence and longer support model. Our LTSR has five years of mainstream support plus an additional five years of extended support, which can be purchased.In this episode of The Click-Down, we invite Devin Cain, Senior Sales Engineer, to talk about the upcoming LTSR release. We discuss the differences between LTSR, cloud release, and current release (CR) and when we recommend using each. We walk through some of the new features and functionality included as a part of this LTSR but weren't included in the 1912 release. Finally, we discuss what you need to do to prepare for the new LTSR coming out very soon.More information on our upcoming LTSR can be found here.

Last year had many of us wondering, what's next? Will we be able to travel home for the holidays? Meet our friends for happy hour? Cheer on our favorite football team in person?Here at Citrix, we've been focused on what's next for the future of work. Over the past year, the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops team has added new features and functionality to support you as you navigate this new digital landscape, implement hybrid-work initiatives, and keep your employees productive no matter what's ahead.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill Sutton

Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, and Citrix Systems, Inc. formed a strategic partnership to help you build a simple, secure, and performant infrastructure for a digital learning environment. From K-12 to research universities, running Citrix® Virtual Apps and Desktops on the Nutanix® Cloud Platform simplifies solutions, enhances security, and delivers excellent student and staff experience.There are 3 major benefits of building a Nutanix + Citrix technology stack at your institutions.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Jirah Cox

Organizations need employees to be productive, no matter where they're working from or what device they're working on. At the same time, they need to ensure secure access to corporate resources and that potential threats are managed to protect the organization. Adaptive access is a key pillar for implementing a zero trust network access framework.That's why we're pleased to announce a preview to support adaptive access to Citrix Workspace. With this preview, IT admins can enable adaptive access to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops accessed through Citrix Workspace based on network location, the public IP address from which a user tries to access Citrix Workspace.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonCo-Host: Ben Rogers

Citrix has provided secure remote access to end-users for decades. With HDX, Citrix delivers an unparalleled experience for access to virtual apps and desktops. HDX is a suite of proprietary technologies that delivers high-definition experiences to users of virtual apps and desktops. HDX includes technologies such as intelligent redirection, adaptive compression, and data de-duplication. In this episode of The Click-Down, we invite Rody Kossen, Senior Principal Quality Engineer, to discuss Citrix HDX. We discuss why HDX is so important and the different technologies that makeup HDX. Rody talks about how HDX improves the user experience for all virtual apps and desktop customers and not just those using 3D graphics. We also talk about the new enhancements made with the last Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop release of 2021. This is our last episode of the year so make sure to join us.Learn more below:Citrix HDX videosFollow us on Twitter, we would love to hear from you!Ana Ruiz: @mobileruizDan Feller: @djfeller

Organizations everywhere are accelerating their IT modernization, working to remove complexity and to increase flexibility and control. They're shifting infrastructure to hybrid environments, moving apps to the cloud, and consolidating access and app delivery and security solutions, all while looking to reduce costs.During our Citrix Launchpad: Cloud session, we covered groundbreaking advances in app delivery and security; innovations in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops; new ways we're adding value to the services of leading cloud providers; and work we're doing with partners to help organizations manage and simplify their hybrid multi-cloud journeys and with leading cloud providers to add value to their services.Here are highlights from the session and links where you can learn more.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host: Bill SuttonCo-host: Ben RogersGuest: Carisa Stringer 

One of my favorite things about being on the product marketing team is getting to tell the Citrix story, which is always evolving. With the steady stream of innovations, new features, and improved processes, it's a pleasure to tell organizations about the latest and greatest in all things VDI and DaaS and how they help solve real-world challenges.These past few months have not disappointed when it comes to new features and improvements. From the release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2109, to updates to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service, there is plenty to talk about. Let's take a closer look at everything that's new in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonCo-Host: Ben RogersGuest: Monica Griesemer

Citrix and Nutanix have enjoyed a long-standing partnership spanning over a decade. From the early days of Nutanix's pioneering work in the hyperconverged space, it was clear that their approach of consolidation and simplification aligned well to running Citrix VDI environments efficiently and at scale. Numerous customers around the globe trust their mission-critical workloads to Citrix and Nutanix every day — customers like JetBlue Airways, Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, educational institutions such as Coleg Gwent, and across other vertical industries including healthcare, legal and more.Today, Citrix Cloud services on Nutanix unlocks the possibility of true hybrid and multi-cloud use cases. It starts with Citrix Cloud as the management plane for the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service, Citrix Gateway service, insights with Citrix Analytics, and other services — all delivered on-demand across the GEOs. Nutanix provides the underlying hosting and orchestration fabrics for the workloads — whether on-premises with AHV or in a public cloud like Azure or AWS. The flexibility to shift workloads among public and private clouds, coupled with linear scalability, gives customers the predictability and confidence they need to succeed in this highly unpredictable economic climate.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill Sutton

We get it. You've been heads-down, holding down the IT fort over this past year making sure all the newly remote workers can access their apps and desktops. Maybe you've been managing Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for years (in fact, you might know it by its old name “XenApp”). And then somebody up the chain upgrades your subscription to Citrix Workspace Premium Plus.  So, now you're probably left wondering just what is that, and, more importantly, what do you do with it? Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonCo-Host: Ben Rogers

Back to school season is in full swing. The 2020 school year was especially hard on students and teachers alike.  In this episode we invite Todd Smith, Sr. Sales Engineering Manager, and educational evangelist, to talk to us about some of the challenges that schools faced in 2020 and what they did to adjust to remote learning. We talked about some of the top concerns as students returned to campus this fall and what schools did in order to be better equipped with remote or hybrid learning. Todd discusses the different Citrix solutions that helped with hybrid learning including Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Remote PC, Analytics, ZTNA, SASE, and Secure Internet Access. Finally, he gives us his take on where he sees the future of education.Although this episode is focused on education, the lessons learned and discussion can be applied to other industries as well.Citrix Education IT solutionsDaaS for Business Continuity Reference ArchitectureFollow us on Twitter, we would love to hear from you!Ana Ruiz: @mobileruizDan Feller: @djfeller

Visibility into endpoint metrics and new digital workspace experience management capabilities deliver critical insight to keep work from anywhere productive Liquidware has teamed up with IGEL and ServiceNow to provide unparalleled visibility and insight into end-user experience.Leading the Charge in Digital Workspace Management Monitoring the user experience of your virtual desktop environment, regardless if it is Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD), VMware Horizon, Amazon WorkSpaces, Nutanix Frame, etc., is critical to success these days. Knowing the complete end-to-end user experience should not be ignored as you don't want any blind spots for the entire connection path for end users. Liquidware is an IGEL Ready alliance partner and has enabled tight integration and a purpose-built agent called the “Connector ID” embedded within the IGEL Edge OS. To enable monitoring of IGEL OS client sessions, simply go into the Configuration section of the IGEL Edge OS or IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) server console and check the box to enable the Connector ID. Then you enter the hostname of the Stratusphere Hub virtual appliance and that's it, your user experience metrics will begin flowing into Stratusphere and it will allow for these metrics to be correlated with the virtual desktop sessions to get comprehensive end-to-end user experience metrics. Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Chris FeeneyGuest: Chris Walker

On this week's episode of the podcast I cover some of the info on the now official release of Windows Server 2022 as it becomes generally available, info on a major vulnerability in Cosmos DB, MSIX and MSIX App Attach Preview for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and much more! Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/episode-192-server-2022-generally-available-msix-for-citrix-google-arm-processor-coming-more/

When designing their environments, most admins have the challenge of finding the right balance between managing costs while still delivering a great user experience, especially when talking about cloud workloads. Citrix Autoscale, a feature of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service, provides a consistent, high-performance solution to proactively power manage your machines to balance costs and user experience.In this episode of The Click-Down, we invite Kevin Nardone, Director of Customer Success, and Nitin Mehta, Senior Product Manager, to talk about Autoscale. Kevin talks about what Autoscale is and what macro trends led to the creation and adoption of Autoscale. We talk about the difference between schedule-based and load-based settings and how Autoscale helps you burst to the cloud. Nitin talks about some of the new features of Autoscale that help with turning off machines. Finally, we discuss what insights Autoscale provides administrators to understand the cost-savings they have gained by using Autoscale.Learn more about Autoscale below:Autoscale technical briefAutoscale FAQsFollow us on Twitter, we would love to hear from you!Ana Ruiz: @mobileruizDan Feller: @djfeller

The modern workplace has changed dramatically since the COVID 19 pandemic, and organizations everywhere are adopting digital workspace solutions to ensure business productivity, continuity, agility, and security, all while lowering costs.Digital workspaces are not a new idea, but too often deployment and operational complexity have kept organizations from realizing the benefits these solutions offer. Fortunately, there are solutions that can help significantly reduce this complexity.Building a simple, secure, and performant digital workspace solution requires choosing the right technologies at every layer of the stack. In this seven-part blog series, we discuss how running Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Platform simplifies your solution, delivering an excellent user experience, improved productivity, greater business agility, lower risk, and higher ROI.Each installment of the series addresses a key aspect of a complete digital workspace solution. We discuss the traditional challenges that administrators face, and explain how a Citrix-on-Nutanix hybrid and multicloud solution helps you to avoid the pitfalls that have bedeviled admins for years, resulting in interminable delays, substandard performance, poor user experience, and excessive operational overhead and costs.Host: Harvey GreenCo-Host: Jirah CoxCo-Host: Jon Spallone

With the increased popularity of mobility, hybrid work, and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives, the IT risk profile has changed. At Citrix, we constantly strive to make our products even more secure. Whether it's providing security controls for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops administrators with offerings like app protection, or enhancing the architecture of our products, security has always been our guiding principle.Today, we are announcing a preview of an important architecture change to the way Citrix Workspace app for Windows handles ICA files during the launch of a virtual app or desktop. To reduce the attack surface, ICA files from Citrix Workspace app for Windows will now be stored in memory.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonGuest: Aayush Agarwal

As organizations around the globe look to implement permanent flexible work initiatives, Citrix continues to be dedicated to enabling a work-from-anywhere approach to help keep you connected and secure, no matter where you are or what device you're on.The latest version of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7, version 2106 current release, is now available. Combine that with the latest cloud enhancements from our Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service, and you've got innovation to bring the IT agility you need to adapt to change, deal with new work scenarios, and keep your business running smoothly.Let's look at what's new.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill Sutton Guest: Paul Carley

The modern workplace has changed dramatically with the COVID-19 pandemic, and organizations everywhere are adopting digital workspace solutions to ensure business productivity, continuity, agility, and security, all while lowering costs.Digital workspaces are not a new idea, but, too often, deployment and operational complexity have kept organizations from realizing the benefits they offer. Fortunately, there are solutions that can help to reduce this complexity significantly.Building a simple, secure, and performant digital workspace solution requires choosing the right technologies at every layer of the stack. In our seven-part blog series, we'll discuss how running Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on the Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Platform simplifies your solution, delivering an excellent user experience, improved productivity, greater business agility, lower risk, and higher ROI.Each installment of the series will address a key aspect of a complete digital workspace solution. We'll discuss the traditional challenges that administrators face and explain how a Citrix-on-Nutanix hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud solution helps you to avoid the pitfalls that have bedeviled admins for years, resulting in interminable delays, substandard performance, poor user experience, and excessive operational overhead and costs.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-host:  Bill Sutton

Organizations that use Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop solutions must secure both their on-premises and cloud environments. Citrix virtual solutions provide flexibility for the workforce but can remain a prime target for attackers since infecting the environment extends their reach greatly. Attackers have demonstrated that they can evade security controls to compromise an internal system, using it as a beachhead to infiltrate the network and target critical or sensitive data and infrastructures, such as Active Directory and Citrix VDI. Organizations must look to new solutions to enhance their security and prevent attackers from remaining undetected within the network. Joesph Salazar from Attivo Networks, the award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection, and Rajkumar Repswal from Citrix to discuss how together organizations can protect against active directory attacks with Attivo's Citrix Ready® solution. We discuss how organizations can protect Citrix VDI endpoints against attackers successfully querying Active Directory and AD resources like privileged users, computer groups, and service accounts.

Springtime is here (at least for us folks in the Northern Hemisphere). For many areas, it’s a time when landscapes start regrowth after the cold, harsh winter months. Trees regain their green leaves. Flowers begin blooming bright. Spring is also a time to do some tidying up — the house, the yard, the car. It’s also a great time to tidy up your IT environment and put a plan in place to keep it running its best. Citrix Analytics for Performance is the perfect tool to help do just that. It can help you to proactively optimizing any Citrix virtual app and desktop delivery infrastructure.Citrix Analytics for Performance enables admins to maximize the investment in their on-premises and/or cloud-based Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environments. It visually surfaces the answers to fundamental questions such as, “Which users are not experiencing excellent performance and why?” and “What is the true availability of the environment and why?” In a world with an increasingly distributed workforce, Citrix Analytics for Performance is uniquely positioned to provide organizations with the insights for success. Companies like Compeer Financial have realized substantial value with Citrix Analytics for Performance when they needed it most.Speaking of value, Citrix Analytics for Performance has a very active roadmap of innovative capabilities. In this blog post, I’ll dive into key capabilities we’ve released over the past few months, including use cases. They’re all very helpful in “tidying up” your environment and keeping it running its best.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonCo-Host: Ben RogersGuest: Allen Furmanski

Mikhael Lindholm from Stratodek joins Nitin Sharma from Citrix to discuss how to provide an endpoint experience beyond the infrastructure. We talk about the advantages of using Citrix workspace in a Linux environment. About Mikael Mikael is an EUC, VDI, and virtualization industry veteran that has a long story with different jobs within industry-leading companies. He started as a Citrix Instructor in the early 2000. Mikael has spent his professional life in the world of virtualization and cloud and today saves the world at Stratodesk Software one endpoint at a time. In his free time, he spends time with his family, enjoying the Swiss Alps, mostly by foot and occasionally with his motorbike. About Stratodesk Stratodesk is the leading global innovator in EUC management and OS software. Stratodesk partners with Citrix to bring a greater level of efficiency, convenience, and security to Citrix VDI endpoints and organizations. Stratodesk NoTouch, our management, and OS software for VDI endpoints, is ready to connect to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops in a matter of minutes. With the Citrix Ready Workspace Hub, Stratodesk can offer an all-in-one solution for your Citrix environment and combines PC repurposing for existing hardware. Stratodesk's cutting-edge, Linux-based solution, NoTouch OS, is impervious to common security threats running on x86 and Raspberry Pi endpoints. Stratodesk offers the perfect user experience for administrators and end-users via NoTouch Center – the most advanced and user-friendly endpoint management software. NoTouch Center is a browser-based solution, packed with enterprise-grade features and can be run on-premise or in the cloud, enabling Remote Workforce to access and manage virtual apps and cloud workspaces from anywhere, on any device." About Nitin Sharma Nitin Sharma is a leader in product and solutions marketing strategy at Citrix. He is responsible for designing and executing global companywide go-to-market strategies for digital workspace solutions. With a passion for solving business problems with technology solutions, he has held various solutions sales and marketing roles—targeting audiences at all levels: executive, line of business, and IT.  

We’re rolling into the new year right where we left off, continuing to release new features that help our customers adapt to business challenges and securely deploy a digital workspace with confidence, regardless of where they are on their cloud journey.We are happy to announce the rollout of our latest features and developments with the release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 version 2103. This release, along with our continual cloud service enhancements, will help you to deliver the IT agility you need for 2021 and beyond.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonGuest: Nitin Sharma

At Citrix, we’re dedicated to supporting the hybrid-cloud world. With the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service managing your on-premises workloads alongside cloud hosted apps and desktops, you can achieve IT flexibility and scaling that dramatically expands on traditional IT capabilities. Our partnership with Microsoft allows us to deliver an optimized experience with Windows Virtual Desktop, delivering new workloads quickly and efficiently from the Microsoft Azure cloud while delivering a better ROI compared to Windows Virtual Desktop standalone deployments.Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonGuest: Vishal Ganeriwala

These sessions discuss the following topics, blogs, and support article: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service features“Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service offerings provide simplified IT management and hybrid-cloud flexibility for virtual applications, VDI, and managed desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) deployments. Please refer to the sections below to learn which features are available across editions.For information specific on-premises releases, please see the on-premises editions matrix. For a comparison of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Premium service to the latest on-prem releases, please see the release feature matrix.”Host: Andy WhitesideCo-Host: Bill SuttonCo-Host: Trevor Mansell

Citrix Analytics for Performance enables administrators to track, aggregate, and visualize key performance indicators of their Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop environment. Citrix Analytics gathers data from different data sources to provide administrators with a cohesive view of their environment and provides prescriptive insights to remediate their environment proactively. Join us as we invite Vivek KR, Principal Product Manager, to how the end-user experience score is calculated, what failure insights Citrix Analytics provides, and which data sources it analyzes.Learn more about Citrix Analytics for Performance here: Citrix Analytics for Performance Demo videosHow to get startedFollow us on Twitter, we would love to hear from you!Ana Ruiz: @mobileruizDan Feller: @djfeller

End users can lose a lot time completing simple tasks due to context switching. They have to interact with multiple systems which equates to lost productivity. Citrix Microapps empower end-users to complete tasks within Citrix Workspace without having to log into different applications. Now, Citrix has added out-of-the box templates for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service, allowing end users to perform self-service actions without having to call support. Join us as we talk to Phil Wiffen, Technical Marketing manager, and Nathan Mote, Sr. Product Manager about the power of Citrix Microapps.Learn more about Citrix Microapps here:Citrix Microapps Demo videosHow to get started with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service microapp Follow us on Twitter, we would love to hear from you!Ana Ruiz: @mobileruizDan Feller: @djfeller

Imagine if there was a way to automate moving? All the time saved, could be used to do other things. The Citrix Automated Configuration Tool helps you migrate and export your configurations to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop Service. So if you were hesitating to make the move to cloud because you didn't have time to do it manually, now you have automation to help. Join us as we interview Thamara Trejos, Senior Customer Success Engineer, to find out everything you need to know about this tool.More information on the Automated Configuration Tool can be found here.Follow us on Twitter, we would love to hear from you!Ana Ruiz: @mobileruizDan Feller: @djfeller

I am happy to announce the publication of my new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Troubleshooting book, which is available for order on Amazon and Smashwords. The Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Troubleshooting book is now live in the Amazon Kindle store. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stefanoscloud/message

Old Vulnerbilities Don't Die https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Heartbleed+BlueKeep+and+other+vulnerabilities+that+didnt+disappear+just+because+we+dont+talk+about+them+anymore/26798/ Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Security Update https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX285059 Zoom Security Improvements https://blog.zoom.us/new-ways-to-combat-zoom-meeting-disruptions/ Firefox File Read Vulnerability Details https://medium.com/@kanytu/firefox-and-how-a-website-could-steal-all-of-your-cookies-581fe4648e8d