Desktop Virtualisation Ready For The Future

Citrix XenDesktop 4
Ready for the future!
Martijn Bosschaart
Channel Systems Engineer
martijn.bosschaart@eu.citrix.com

Tightly Coupled & Locally Installed
Traditional Management Tools & Processes
User
1. Procedure
8. Retire
Profile
Deploy
2. Image
7. Back-up
Apps
Desktop OS
3. Secure
6. Maintain
Hardware
4. Deploy
5. Monitor

Complex.
Inflexible.
Costly.

Moves, adds, changes take days
Manage apps & OS on every device
Ad-hoc data recovery & security
Limited virtual workstyles
Expensive hardware refresh

Redefine the Desktop
Device + OS + Apps + Profile

Traditional Management Tools & Processes
Centralized single instance images
User
1. Procedure
8. Retire
User Profile
Profile
2. Image
7. Back-up
Apps
Apps
Desktop OS
Desktop OS
3. Secure
6. Maintain
Hardware
4. Deploy
5. Monitor

Virtualized & Isolated End-point Components
User
User Profile
Profile Virtualization
Profile
On-demand assembly & delivery
Apps
App Virtualization
Apps
Desktop OS
Desktop Virtualization
Desktop OS
Client

Desktops & Apps as aDevice
Desktops & Apps as aService

Open a branch office
Start an offshore project
On-board a new employee
Move a dept from building A to Z
Add, delete & update apps
Apply security patches
Implement ‘BYOC’

Simple.
Fast.
Easy.

XenDesktop 4
Over 70 new features and enhancements

Key New Features and Enhancements

HDX™ user experience
FlexCast™ delivery technology
On-demand apps by XenApp™
Provisioning services

XenDesktop 4

Rich multimedia
Real-time collaboration
USB plug-n-play
3D graphics applications
Best network performance
Branch office optimization

user experience
90% less bandwidth

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HDX at the Device
HDX in the Data Center
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HDX on theNetwork
Citrix HDX Technology Leverages the Entire Delivery System

New XenDesktop 4 HDX enhancements
Flash multimedia and applications
3D Graphics – CAD/CAM, GIS
Webcams and VoIP
Branch office WAN optimization

High-definition user experience
Order of magnitude increase in server scalability
Order of magnitude reduction in network bandwidth requirements
New HDX MediaStream for Flash: Benefits

Client-side rendering and content fetching
Initially for LAN-connected users (≤30 ms round-trip latency)
Windows PCs, WinXPe endpoints
Internet Explorer 7 & 8
Animations, HD videos, Flex apps
Access to local webcam, headset/microphone
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Closer look: HDX MediaStream for Flash

HDX MediaStream for Flash Architecture in XenDesktop
Client Device
XenDesktop
virtual desktop
End Result
Thinwire virtual channel
ICA Client 11.2
Internet Explorer
ActiveX
ICA
Flash Player
HDX Flash virtual channel
HDX Flash Service
Client side Flash player gets Flash content from the HDX virtual channel

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1
InspectEndpoint
Inspect Server
Fallback:
Server-side rendering in the datacenter
If possible,Render on the endpoint device
Optimize using HDX Broadcast
2
Inspect Network
HDX MediaStream with Adaptive Orchestration

Server-side rendering - Foundation for multimedia delivery
Additional enhancements to HDX MediaStream
New XenDesktop 4 enhancements
Up to 30 fps
Dynamic frame rate capping (for WAN delivery)
Configurable compression
Supports all video formats and players

Demo Time!
HDX Mediastream

Webcam support
Enhanced audio quality for VoIP
HDX RealTime Enhancements

Broad Softphone Support
Avaya One-X Communicator 1.0.0.57
Avaya R5/R6
Cisco IP Communicator 2.1.3
Skype 3.8.0.188, and 4.0.0.216
Office Communicator 2.0.6362.0
The above have been tested but others should work as well

Excellent sound quality
Lower bandwidth consumption
High Definition setting for music (~96 Kbps)
Optimized-for-Speech setting (~17 Kbps)
Low bandwidth setting for dialup (~11 Kbps)
HDX RealTime - New audio codecs

Advanced multi-monitor configurations
Dictation devices
Specialized keyboards
HDX Plug-n-Play

Improved application compatibility
Improved user control via Desktop Viewer toolbar
Supports different sizes, resolutions and orientations
Special configurations including U, L, T, Reverse L and Inverse T
Windows endpoints
HDX Plug-n-Play Multi-Monitor Support

Enhanced USB Support

Security dongles
Graphics tablets
Bloomberg keyboard with audio
3D Mice

Webcams
Headsets
Microphones
Scanners

Feature set support for
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7

Backward compatible withDDC 3.0
Requires Win32 endpoint device

HDX Plug-n-Play: Enhanced Smartcard Support

Demo Time!
HDX Plug and Play

Desktop Virtualization for High-end Graphics Users
HDX 3D for Professional Graphics
All engineering data and intellectual property is centrally stored and secured
Only solution that addresses remote workers on the WAN
10X better performance on the LAN compared to PCoIP

HDX 3D – Extends XenDesktop Infrastructure
Desktop Delivery Controller
Host Infrastructure with Virtual Desktops
User Settings
Gateway
Apps
OS
Windows Endpoint Device with Online Plug-in
Dedicated Blade PC
Dedicated Blade PC
Dedicated Blade PC
GPU

Demo Time!
HDX 3D for professional graphics

Any user any device
Any type of virtual desktop
One centrally managed solution

Citrix XenDesktop 4 – FlexCast™ delivery technologyHosted desktop delivery models
400-500 users per server
hosted shared desktop
USER PROFILE
50-60 VMs per server
APPS
OS
VM
VM
VM
VM
1 user per Blade PC
Blade PC
Blade PC

Citrix XenDesktop 4 – FlexCast™ delivery technologyLocal desktop delivery models
Local Streamed Desktops(online)
USER PROFILE
APPS
OS
Virtual Apps to Installed Desktops(online and offline)

Local VM-based desktops (Offline)
FlexCast™ delivery technology – Future Capability
USER PROFILE
USER PROFILE
Synchronization
My Life
My Work
APPS
APPS
OS
OS
XenClient™

Bare metal performance
Multiple concurrent VMs
Secure partitioned
Online & Offline access

On-demand apps by XenApp™

App virtualization – online and offline
Proven, enterprise scalability
Granular access control
App delivery to physical & virtual desktops
Self-service enterprise app store

Any device, anytime, anywhere

Universal client for IT service delivery
Works on PCs, Macs, laptops, netbooks, thin clients, & smartphones
Simple, fast, self-service install

Citrix Receiver and Plug-ins
Online Plug-in v11.2

Receiver for Windows
Receiver for Mac (parity with Windows)
Receiver for Linux
Receiver for Java

Windows XP (32 & 64 bit)
Vista (32 & 64 bit)
Windows 7 (32 & 64 bit)
Virtual Desktop Agent Support

Open Architecture

Any hypervisor
Any storage platform
Any endpoint device
Integrates with Microsoft infrastructure

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Open Architecture
Hosted on ESX, vSphere
Hosted on Hyper-V
Hosted on XenServer

XenDesktop High Level Architecture

Provisioning Server
Target Device or VM 3
Single instance management
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NetworkStorage
On reboot, a “clean” image is streamed down to the target devices.
A single vDisk is streamed to many target devices.
Any session changes are not written back to the base vDisk.

Desktop Delivery Controller 4.0
VDA 4.0 for WinXP, Vista and Windows 7 (32 & 64-bit)
Web Interface 5.2
Provisioning Server 5.1
XenServer 5.5
License Server 11.6.1
Citrix online plug-in v 11.2
Citrix XenApp 5 FP 2 (Enterprise / Platinum)
XenDesktop 4Bundled Infrastructure

Putting it all together….

Disk
Interface
O/S
Applications
The traditional Windows Desktop
The Dynamic Windows Desktop
Hardware
Brokering
Application Virtualization
Hypervisor
Disk virtualization

DataCenter side virtualization
Hypervisor
Disk virtualization

User viewpoint
App installed in image
Brokering
Apps streamed (client side virtualized)
SAP
HDX
App published (server side virtualized)
Application Virtualization

Thank you!
martijn.bosschaart@eu.citrix.com