Citrix XenDesktop 5 Technical Overview

Citrix XenDesktop 5Technical Overview

Jerry Shea Senior Virtualization Engineer

Empower users with teleworking programs

Increase mobility and security while reducing costs

Enable branch expansion, offshoring

and M&A

Leverage the latest mobile devices

• Limited workplace flexibility• Security restricts mobility and devices• Moves, adds, changes take days• Constant refresh with limited gains

Traditional Desktops

Complex.Inflexible.

Hard to Secure.

• Enable virtual workstyles• Leverage the latest mobile devices• Rapidly adapt to business change• Transform desktop computing

Go Virtual Simpler.Faster.Secure.

XenDesktopTransform Windows desktop computing into an

on-demand service for any user on any device

How can we help you go virtual faster?

“…easier to deploy and integrate”

“…simpler to manage and support”

“…extend to all the latest devices”

“…deliver a great user experience”

Make virtual desktops…

What’s New: XenDesktop 5

Simpler, faster, more powerfulHDX user experienceBeyond VDI with XenClientOpen, scalable, proven

10

Desktop Studio – Designed for IT Admins

minutes to install

clicks to configure

seconds to add a new user

NOTE: The video showing this installation had to be removed from the slide deck to fit on the VirtG server.

Contact Citrix/Jerry Shea for the complete video, or watch the entire video of this session from the Deep Dive Day videos (which are hosted elsewhere). When available, links to these videos will be posted on the Deep Dive Day page at www.virtg.com.

hypervisor

storage

A

Master VM

Master Image

A A A A A A A

identitydiff disk

• 3 clicks to update desktop images• Simple rollout policies

• Update on user logoff• Notify user then restart in n minutes• Update immediately

• Rapid rollback• Revert to a previous image instantly

Simplified desktop maintenance with Desktop Studio

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• Fast resolution• Resolve issues for 1 as easily as 1,000

• Single, comprehensive view• Instant overview• Diagnostics• Monitoring

Desktop Director – Designed for Help Desk

Desktop Director – how it works• Accessible from any browser• Users created in Desktop Studio• No database – queries VDA, Controller, and Host live• No historical data (EdgeSight)• Default deployment on Controller but can be deployed on

any IIS server

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What’s New: XenDesktop 5

Simpler, faster, more powerfulHDX user experienceBeyond VDI with XenClientOpen, scalable, proven

New Windows clientNew Mac clientNew Web InterfaceImproved webcam performance Intelligent QoSNew print driver solution

do whatever, whenever, wherever

“show me”

“empower me”

“alert me”

snack dine create

diskless PCssmartphones home & office PCsnetbooks thin clients laptopstablets

…on any device

• iPhone• Android• Blackberry

• iPad• Windows Embedded• Linux

• Windows • Mac OS X

If possible,render on endpoint

Fallback, render on server

Inspect Network

2

InspectEndpoint

3

Inspect Server

1

Optimize using HDX Broadcast

Server Side Rendering• Supports all video formats and players • Configurable compression

(up to 30 fps, default 24 fps) • Dynamic frame rate capping (WAN)• High Definition audio in XD4

Client Side Rendering• Reduced server load• Reduced network traffic• Best user experience

keyboard &

mouseprinting

videokeyboard

& mouse

Adaptive Orchestration and Intelligent QoS

Webcam Video Compression

• Windows 12.0 client or later • Webcam supporting

DirectShow• <200ms latency

300 - 600kbps

800-1000 kbps

• Automatically discover and create printer connections in real-time

• Use 90% less bandwidth requirements

High speed printing from anywhere

What’s New: XenDesktop 5

Simpler, faster, more powerfulHDX user experienceBeyond VDI with XenClientOpen, scalable, proven

Go Virtual for All Usersmobile remote office-based contractor task-based

User Categorization

• university lab• training center

• finance• operations• marketing• administration

• offshore workers• outsourcing• contractors• branch offices• teleworkers

• sales• executives• field service

• factory workerretail clerk

• bank teller• credit card call

center

Temporary Users Knowledge WorkersExternal Contractors Road WarriorsTask Workers

Understanding FlexCast

Hosted Shared Hosted VDI Streamed VHD Local VM Apps

• Secure• Best TCO• Terminal Services

• Secure• Personal• VMs or Blades

• Secure• Runs Locally• Provisioning

Services

• Secure• Mobile• Synchronization

Services

• Secure• Single instance

App Management

XenClient and Synchronizer – how it works

hypervisorhardware

personal corporate control

access control policy

PROFILE

OS

APPS

initial downloadsubsequent

ΔsyncAPPS

DESKTOP OS

USER PROFILE

What’s New: XenDesktop 5

Simpler, faster, more powerfulHDX user experienceBeyond VDI with XenClientOpen, scalable, proven

• All admin actions use published PowerShell commands - only• Your scripts can do anything you can do in Desktop Studio• Configure a new site entirely through PowerShell• Console displays full log of all PowerShell commands performed

• Displaced• DSMAINT• DSCHECK• And friends…

Designed for Automation

Site-based deployment

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

• SQL Mirror• SQL Cluster• HA VM

Increased Scale / ResilienceBefore:

Desktop Group Hypervisor Pool

After:

Desktop Group Hypervisor Pool

Hypervisor Pool

Hypervisor Pool

Desktop Group

Desktop Group

XX

X

Increased Scale / ResilienceBefore:

After:

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

Hypervisor Pool

Hypervisor Pool

Hypervisor Pool

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

Hypervisor Pool

Hypervisor Pool

Hypervisor PoolX

zone datacollector

Increased Scale / Resilience

Before:

After:

Web Interface

Web Interface

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

zone datacollector

site

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

Delivery Controller

• No specialist Controller• No zone data collector