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Take the hassle out of OS migration with app and desktop virtualization

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After your apps migrate, will they work?1 Today’s Challenge

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4 Ways to Ensure a Smooth Windows 10 MigrationMake This Your Easiest Upgrade EverMigrating your operating system (OS) company-wide can be a daunting task. As Windows 7 reaches its end-of-life in 2020, Gartner predicts 85% of enterprises will have started Windows 10 deployments by end of 2017, and by 2019, 100% of companies will have made the switch.1 From app migration to data security, virtualization can help ensure a smooth transition with this four-pronged approach.

Since Windows 10 launched, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies have enabled employees to upgrade their devices to the new operating system without IT oversight, removing IT’s ability to test app compatibility prior to OS migration.

Consider launching applications from a centralized data center running the compatible OS. This will:

Provide your IT team with time to test and update apps as needed

Estimated cost and complexity reductions related to application upgrades, migration and updates when using desktop virtualization.90%

Give employees the freedom to use the device of their choice

500M+ devices actively run Windows 10,

as of January 2016.2

Manage All Devices 3Today’s Challenge

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BYOD programs require an innovative approach to enterprise client management. Beyond simply delivering Windows 10 to employee-owned devices, IT teams must ensure device compatibility and security compliance.

Use unified endpoint management to coordinate updates and migration with ease. This allows your team to easily:

Deliver application upgrades across devices and manage them from a single console

Evaluate data availability on all devices

Ensure ongoing device compliance with company

security policies

Eliminate a step in your migration process—users can

continue to store and access files where they currently reside

Deliver a single solution to access all your data, increasing time-to-value and decreasing the costs of future migrations

Secure workflows for in-place collaboration, approvals, and

e-signature of online files

74% of organizations allow or

plan to allow BYOD programs.3

Managing Windows 10 Desktops2 Today’s Challenge

The SolutionWith the frequent updates Windows 10 demands, managing desktops across your organization will be an ongoing task–beyond the migration process.

Take advantage of managing all desktops from a central location. Desktop virtualization allows you to seamlessly:

Rollout updates to hundreds or thousands of desktops at once and easily manage them from a single admin console

Simplify ongoing management and maintenance by ensuring the entire business is on the same operating system

Secure Company Data 4Today’s Challenge

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Data loss during your migration is a huge concern. Finding and backing up information that will potentially be affected is time consuming.

Free your data from devices with the cloud. Using a secure cloud storage solution that connects to all the different places where users store files (e.g., network drives, cloud applications, file sharing services, and more) will:

Learn how Citrix can make migration to Windows 10 easier for your IT team at

http://now.citrix.com/windows10

Sources:1. Gartner, “Gartner Says Migration to Windows 10 Will Be the Fastest Yet,” Rob van der Meulen, Viveca Woods, November 23, 20152. “Windows 10 Now Active on Over 2 Million Devices,” 2016, Windows3. “Wearables, BYOD, and IoT,” 2015, Tech Pro Research


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Integrated delivery to Windows 10 devices Employees are upgrading their personal devices to Windows 10 at a record rate, and managing and performing a controlled OS migration is no longer in the hands of corporate IT. In addition, Windows 10 updates will operate on a much more frequent cadence—and they’ll be implemented by employees without security oversight if IT doesn’t get to them first. The right solution will centrally manage the way updates are distributed across environments, ensuring flexibility for employees and security for your business.

Fast, secure access to appsWhile IT departments have been moving toward web-based apps to shorten dev cycles and eliminate compatibility problems, building apps to specific browsers only introduces new problems. For starters, they can break from version to version. Some employees may also need multiple versions of the same browser to run certain apps, which is difficult to manage on one device. To avoid frustration, find a solution that reduces compatibility issues by allowing apps to run from the corporate infrastructure, not the endpoint.

of enterprises will have started Windows 10

deployments by end of 2017

85%

Finding a method to prevent the madness

You need to be ready to support a new era of user-driven OS migration with the release of Windows 10. Businesses that adopt an app and desktop virtualization strategy will see a much smoother transition, as well as user experience, flexibility, and security benefits. When choosing the right solution to help you migrate to Windows 10, look for one that offers the following:

Application compatibility analysisRemember previous OS migrations? When all applications had to be checked for compatibility by hand? That was time-consuming and expensive, given the amount of time and resources spent figuring out where the trouble with a single application began. This time around, make sure you have a solution that can analyze app compatibility across your preferred platforms, letting you know exactly where issues are located.


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A better way to migrate

Centralized, controlled delivery and easy upkeepBy centralizing the delivery of new Windows 10 virtual desktops to all employees, you can radically simplify the OS migration process as well as future maintenance and updates. At the same time, you can incorporate Windows 10 devices quickly to give employees the experience they want while maintaining full control over the migration process.

Immediate app access and increased flexibilityAs bring-your-own-device initiatives continue to gain popularity, employees will expect access to corporate assets, applications, and data on their new Windows 10 devices. With Citrix, apps run from the corporate infrastructure centralized in Azure instead of on the endpoint. This avoids compatibility issues and gives users flexibility while keeping the data on apps and desktops secure.

Ensure your OS migration doesn’t turn into an organizational headache. With virtualization, you can simplify the transition and reduce costs while minimizing disruptions for your users.

Ready to take the next step? Contact us today to find out more.

Embrace Windows 10 without the hassle and cost of previous migrations. Virtualization solutions from Citrix can help you to formulate a number of comprehensive security, cloud, and mobility strategies to maintain employee productivity and support—regardless of their chosen endpoint device or OS.

Virtualization also enables IT and employees to enjoy the benefits of: Accelerated app migration and advanced compatibility testing Citrix virtualization solutions can reduce the cost and complexity of application management by as much as 90 percent. By analyzing app compatibility with Windows 10, Citrix can quickly detect and direct you to any issues and create a fix to apply during installation. Plus, for apps that are compatible, Citrix can help decrease their migration time.

Estimated cost and complexity reductions related to application upgrades, migration

and updates when using desktop virtualization

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