Desktop Virtualization. The back-end

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Desktop Virtualization

The back-end …

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Will desktop

virtualization really fit every user?

Cost?

Scalability?

User Experience?

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Mobile users

Task workers Remote

workers Office

workers Guest

workers

Beyond VDI with FlexCast

Hosted VDI Streamed

VHD

Hosted Shared Local

VM

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• university lab

• training center

• finance

• operations

• marketing

• administration

• offshore workers

• outsourcing

• contractors

• branch offices

• teleworkers

• sales

• executives

• field service

• factory worker retail clerk

• bank teller

• credit card call center

Temporary Users Knowledge Workers

External Contractors Road Warriors

Task Workers

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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

DaaS Vdi SaaS

v.1

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Understanding FlexCast

Hosted Shared Hosted VDI Local VM Apps

• Secure

• Best TCO

• Secure

• Personal

• VMs or Blades

• Secure

• Mobile

• Secure

DaaS Vdi SaaS

v.1

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Deliver Windows apps as an on-demand service

Low Cost I Self-service I Secure

XenApp

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• Any Windows app

• Self-service enterprise app store

• Hosted or streamed app delivery

• Granular access control

XenApp

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• 230,000 Customers

• Penetration less than 15%

• 11M licences current on SA

• 3M licenses with expired SA

XenApp

The best way to deliver

Windows applications

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Access Windows, web or SaaS apps

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Analysis of XenApp implementations Benefits over 3 year period

• TCO savings from $890K to $6.5M

• ROI of 232% to 392%

• Payback period from 7 to 13 months

Reduce application management cost by 50%

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• Universal client for IT services

• Simple, fast, self-service install

• Software always up-to-date

• PCs, Macs, laptops, netbooks, thin clients, & smartphones

Deliver apps to any user, device and location

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Ensure a high definition experience

• Optimize and accelerate application performance over any network

• Deliver advanced multimedia

performance regardless of device

• Enable seamless access to local resources and peripheral devices

• Leverage computing capacity of

devices to optimize user experience

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• Control which apps can be accessed by specific users and dynamically change

based on device, location and profile settings

• Monitor and record user activity to meet regulatory compliance and security audits

• Understand performance trends and

bottlenecks and system usage/user habits

Enable maximum IT control

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• Protect data by centrally storing in the datacenter, not on user devices

• Allow only authorized users to connect to applications and data

• Centrally encrypt and enforce password policies

• Monitor, analyze and log user interaction with applications

Ensure security and eliminate business risk

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IT as a strategic enabler of the business

• Transition IT from a cost center to a business center

• Respond faster to business needs

• Cut IT costs across the board

• Increase employee productivity and job satisfaction

• Safeguard intellectual property

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And meets user needs

• Work from anywhere

• Access any app from any device

• High performance connectivity

• Better than installed experience

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Understanding FlexCast

• Secure

• Best TCO

• Secure

• Personal

• VMs or Blades

• Secure

• Mobile

• Secure

DaaS Vdi SaaS

v.1

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XenDesktop 5

The Power of Desktop

Virtualization

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• 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.

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• Enable virtual workstyles

• Leverage the latest mobile devices

• Rapidly adapt to business change

• Transform desktop computing

Go Virtual

Simpler.

Faster.

Secure.

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High definition branch user experience with low desktop TCO

Deliver a high-definition desktop experience to the branch user

• Accelerate print traffic

• Accelerate file transfers

• Accelerate application access

• High-definition video experience

• Accelerate desktop logon times

Reduce desktop delivery network costs

• Free up network bandwidth by reducing desktop bandwidth consumption

• Support more XenDesktop branch users with existing WAN bandwidth

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Direct copies of the master VM. Changes are not persisted. (Random / Static) Permanently assigned to individual users. Changes are persisted.

VM’s that were previously created.

Desktops hosted on dedicated blade servers

vDisk imaged from a master target device with PVS

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Single Image Management

Created by XenDesktop

Power

Control Best for:

Pooled - Random    Lowest cost VDI option

Pooled - Static    Lower cost with improved app compatibility

Streamed    Streaming to physical and virtual

Dedicated   Lowered storage cost for individual VM’s

Existing  Managing existing VM’s

Physical  Blade PC’s

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Catalogs and Assignments

Catalog Description Assignment

Pooled-Random or

Pooled-Static

• VMs created using XD Image mgmt system Shared

or

Private

• Disk-reset on reboot

• Broker starts/stops VMs Dedicated

(aka Thin Cloned)

• VMs created using XD Image mgmt system Private

• Disk not reset on reboot

• Broker starts/stops VMs Existing

(aka Power Managed)

• VMs have already been created and PVS is not being used. Private

• XD does not reset disk.

• Broker starts/stops VMs Physical

(aka Unmanaged)

• Physical machines without PVS are being used. Private

• XD does not reset disk.

• Broker does not start/stop VMs Streamed

(aka PVS)

• VMs or physical machines are being used with PVS. Shared

• PVS resets disk.

• Broker does not start/stop VMs

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XenDesktop: Open Architecture

Hosted on

XenServer

Hosted on

ESX, vSphere

Hosted on

Hyper-V

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If possible, render on endpoint

Fallback, render on server

Inspect Network

2

Inspect Endpoint

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

keyboar d &

mouse

printing video keyboard

& mouse

Adaptive Orchestration and Intelligent QoS

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“show me”

“empower me”

“alert me”

snack dine create

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diskless PCs

smartphones tablets netbooks thin clients laptops home & office PCs

…on any device

• iPhone

• Android

• Blackberry

• iPad

• Windows Embedded

• Linux

• Windows

• Mac OS X

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Understanding FlexCast

• Secure

• Best TCO

• Secure

• Personal

• VMs or Blades

• Secure

• Mobile

• Secure

DaaS Vdi SaaS

v.1

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XenClient

Virtual Desktop to go

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Local OS

(Client OS)

Managed with FlexCast XenApp provided apps

(streamed and hosted)

User personalization Endpoint Device

Local VM-based

desktops (Offline)

My Life _{My Work}

APPS USER PROFILE

OS

XenClient

Bridging “My Work” & “My Life”

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XenDesktop easy solution

IT wants all the central management and security benefits of VDI for laptop users, but

“Offline VDI” is complex, slow and impractical.

Corporate owned laptops

XenClient™

Bare metal hypervisor jointly developed with Intel and supported by major laptop vendors

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Synchronizer

Encrypted and secured

Personal VM

XenClient Business VM

Hardware

Secure bare metal hypervisor Multiple VMs

In the event of loss or failure

User changes automatically backed up Users environment can

be restored to any XenClient device

Data Settings

Applications OS

Business VM

Data Settings

Applications OS

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XenDesktop

Synchronizer

XenClient

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• Type 1 hypervisor: High performance because it runs on bare metal

• Built on 64-bit open source Xen technology

• Runs multiple virtual desktops simultaneously

• Completely secure isolation for each VM

• Hardware independent VMs

• Service VM Architecture for extensibility

XenClient technology

Compatible laptop &

desktop hardware

What is XenClient technology?

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Type 1 Hypervisor (XenClient)

Types of client hypervisor architectures

Hardware

Type-1 Hypervisor

Corporate Image Personal Image

Hardware Personal Image Type-2 Hypervisor

Corporate Image

Type 2 Hypervisor

(Traditional VMM)

• Better Security and Isolation

• Bare Metal Performance

• Less Isolation and Security

• Easier to Retrofit

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Delivering Local VM Desktops with FlexCast Technology

Local Virtual Desktop Platform Synchronizer for

XenClient Secure Bidirectional Transport

• High performance bare-metal hypervisor

• Securely run multiple images

• Hardware independent

• Simplified OS management

• Deploy desktops from datacenter

• Only sends delta updates

• Secure single port communication

• Backup changes to datacenter

• Single image management

• Flexible policy controls

• Disaster recovery to hosted virtual desktops

Backup Deploy

XenClient™

XenClient™ with Citrix Receiver™ XenDesktop

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Component Requirements

CPU

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7

Graphics

Intel integrated graphics GMA 4500, Intel® HD Graphics

Memory

4 GB of RAM recommended

Disk space

160 GB (SATA in AHCI mode)

Management Intel vPro (recommended)

Intel Technology Intel VT-x enabled Intel VT-d enabled

Intel TPM and TXT disabled