Citrix XenApp 6.5What's New

Deliver Windows apps as an on-demand service

Low Cost I Self-service I Secure

XenApp

• The de facto standard for on-demand app delivery to any desktop

• Work from anywhere on any device from PC to Mac, tablet to smartphone

• Hi-def experience for rich multi-media applications over any network

• Simplified management experience for administrators and help-desk

Announcing XenApp 6.5

Anywhere access from over 1 Billion devices

Turbo-charged multi-media experience over the WAN

Screaming fast app launch

Single point of control for all apps

Cost effective private desktop clouds

What’s new in XenApp 6.5

XenApp 6.5

New Receiver for Windows,

Mac & Linux

Tablet & Smartphone support

• iPhone/iPad

• Android

• BlackBerry/Rim Playbook

• Windows Mobile

• Chrome OS

• HP WebOS

Desktop Director

Dynamic Data Center Provisioning

HDX policy templates

XenApp Migration Tool

Enhanced Power and Capacity

Management

Next Gen XenApp Connector for SCCM

Instant App Access

Streamed App Acceleration

HDX MediaStream for Flash v2

Multi Stream ICA

Built-In Printing Optimization

Enhanced Desktop Experience

HDX Plug n Play Multi Audio

Key features

Access from over 1 Billion Devices

Desktops and apps from any device

Citrix Receiver

• Over a billion devices now served!

• Extreme multi-tasking

• 3X faster performance

• Advanced Linux device support

Desktops & Apps as aService

Making the industry-leading user experience even better

Virtual Desktops

Instant app access and streamed app accelerator

Screaming fast app launch

• Prelaunch XenAppSessions for instant access to hosted apps

• Cache streamed apps in shared VHD for instant startups

Better than local experience with Instant app accessScreaming fast app launch

•Session Pre-Launch

•Session Linger

•Fast Re-connect

•Support for WAN-connected users–Protocol abstraction for high latency tolerance

for Flash videos (target 300ms RTL)

•Linux device support –Client-side rendering

•URL whitelist option

•Intelligent fallback to server-side rendering

HDX MediaStream Flash Redirection “Generation 2”

XenDesktop &

Hosted Shared (XenApp)

ICA

HTTP

ICA 14 Virtual Streams

Multi-stream ICA (Granular QoS)

ICA Real Time

ICA Interactive

ICA Bulk

ICA Background

HTTP

Session-based desktops get personal

Enhanced Desktop Experience

• Cost & management benefits of Hosted Shared Desktops

• Look and feel of an updated Windows desktop

• Windows Media Player

• High-resolution wallpapers

• Greater User Personalization

• Advances in HDX Plug-n-Play reduce print data and increase performance

• Create new printer sessions in seconds

• Use 10% of current bandwidth requirements

Built-in Printing OptimizationHigh speed printing from anywhere

• Needs to be installed on a Windows Server 2008 32-bit (not on XenApp)

• Available for XenApp 6.5 and XenDesktop 5.5 using Policies

• Dramatically reduces the amount of native printer drivers

• Using network printer like localprinter (EMF connecting)

Citrix Universal Print ServerMakes printing more easy

HDX Plug-n-Play Multi-Audio Support

• Multiple speakers supported

• Multiple microphones supported

• Opens up more options in call center scenarios

Proven enterprise class scalability and management

Granular enterprise support for desktops and apps

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• Unified view of apps and

desktops

• End-user details empower

the help desk

• Includes HDX Monitor

Desktop Director 2.0

Dynamic Data Center Provisioning

• Allows for creation of “worker” and “controller” roles

• Requires less data synchronization

• Add or remove XenApp servers “on the fly”

• Ideal for creating private clouds

Scale up deployments in record time

PrivateCloud

Easier Management for the Enterprise

• XenApp Connector for SCCM

• Power and Capacity Management

• HDX Policy Templates

• XenApp Migration Center