Citrix AppDNA v7.6Management OverviewNovember 2, 2015

Kerry Dirks

Product Overview• History• Benefits• Licensing• Features• Deployment Options• Administration

Process Overview• Setup• Import• Analysis• Reporting• Remediation

Summary Q&A

Agenda

Overview

2000: Camwood (U.K.) began as SI company specializing in Application Migration and Portfolio Management

2004: Application compatibility management tool built with the name “AppTitude”

2011: Citrix acquired and renamed the product “AppDNA”

History

Improves overall management of your application portfolio Keeping it simple

• Model application outcomes to determine the best plan of action • Discover application issues with sophisticated testing • Automate remediation and packaging• Manage the evolution of future migrations and virtualization projects

Accelerating deployment and make better implementation decisions• Discover the effect of application issues and proposed implementations on users, workgroups and

devices to make informed decisions about their environment

Industry Statistics (Results may vary)• Typically delivers between 300 – 500% ROI• Analysis accuracy of 95%

Benefits

Overview

Reference

Overview

Trial / Evaluation – Full functionality of Enterprise edition– Unlimited application compatibility testing and effort modeling– Identify remediation details of 5 MSI & 5 Web applications for 30 days

Standard– Windows Desktop Migrations, Windows Server Migrations,

64-bit testing and Web Application Testing

Enterprise (Standard +)– Application Virtualization– Server Based Computing– Production Manager for automated application packaging

Notes No restrictions on the number of users

Reference

Licensing

Overview

References: 2012, 2014

Licensing Editions

Standard Enterprise & Evaluation

OverviewFeaturesEnable enterprises to discover, model, automate and manage applications for faster application migration, easier application virtualization and streamlined application management.

• Applications• Operating Systems• Users and Devices

Modeling

• Algorithms• Heuristics• Findings and Remediations

Discovery

Short-Term(Tactical)

Long-Term(Strategic)

• Testing• Remediation• Packaging

Automation

• Application Portfolios• Applications, Service Packs and UpgradesManagement

#1 Single Machine

#2 Client/Server

#3 Dedicated Database Server

Overview

Deployment Options

Users – Import from Active Directory– Add users manually

Roles– Users (limited permissions)– Administrators (full permissions)

Sites– Each site is an AppDNA database and is assigned a license– Database #1 (desktop apps); Database #2 (web apps); etc.

• Provides for isolated testing, analysis and reporting

Overview

Reference

SQLDatabase

#1

SQLDatabase

#2

(aka; Site)

(aka; Site)

ClientApp

WebApp

AppDNA Server

Admin

User

Administration

AppDNAdatabase

Reference

Setup Imports Analysis Reports Remediation

Report Settings

- Module Management

- Algorithm Settings

- Complexity Thresholds

- Cost Variables

Web Application

Desktop Application

OS Image

GPO Algorithms

Journal Entries

External Data

AD and Configuration

- Web Standards- Global vs. IE

- Managed Libraries- Script- Javascript

- Web References- IE Settings

- 32-bit- Mixed Content

- Lessons Learned- Best Practices- Application Portfolio- Continuous Improvement

Process

Overview

SetupSetup

Reference

Module Management

Setup

Desktop Compatibility

Server Compatibility

Setup

Reference

Module Management Virtualization

Web Application Compatibility

Setup

Algorithm Groups

SetupSetup

Algorithms

Setup

Reference

Complexity Thresholds

SetupSetup

Reference

Setup

Effort Calculations

ImportsImports

#1 - Import Source Files

Reference

ImportsImports

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#2 - Import Managed Applications

ImportsImports

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#3 - Import Discovered Applications

Lakeside

ImportsImports

#4 - Import Captured Files

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ImportsImports

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Import Web Applications

ImportsImports

Analysis

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Analysis

#2

#1

ComplianceTen (10) key areas for evaluating web application compatibility with Internet Explorer.

Analysis – IEx Browser

(11)

(9)

(6)

(5)

(8)

(14)

(3)

(52)

(2)

(3)

Reference

ComplianceSeven (7) key areas for evaluating web application compatibility with Firefox.

Analysis – Firefox Browser

(1)

(3)

(2)

(11)

(51)

(3)

(11)

Issues AnalysisIdentify findings and best actions for upgrading applications from Windows XP to 8.1

Analysis – Operating Systems

Legacy Images Target Images

Issues AnalysisIdentify findings and best actions for upgrading applications from Windows XP/7 to 8.1

Analysis – Operating Systems

Legacy Images Target Images

Reports

ReportsSummary of ViewsAnalysis results are presented in report views, such as the Overview Summary, Application Actions, Issue View and Action View.

• Provides overview summary and effort estimationsEstate View (Trial Only)Effort Calculator

• Provides a high-level view of the application portfolioOverview Summary

• Provides summary of the issues found in the selected applications

ApplicationIssues

• Provides list of applications with status before and after remediation actions

ApplicationActions

• Identifies the application related issues and steps available for remediation.

Issue View &Remediation Issues

• Identifies the application related actions and steps available for remediation.

Action View &Remediation Actions

Reports

Compatibility Indicators

Reference

• Likely to work as is• Continue with User Acceptance Testing (UAT)Green• Has known issues• May fail or have impaired functionality• Where necessary re-develop prior to re-packagingAmber• Likely or known to fail.• Re-develop or obtain upgrade from ISVRed

Reports

Reference

Estate View (Trial Only)

Reports

Reports

Effort Calculator (Trial, Standard & Enterprise)

Effort CalculatorFormula for projecting overall effort.

Apps Findings ActionsActionEffort

AppComplexity

ProjectVariables

ProjectEffort

Moving from current state to remediated state.

Reports

G

GG R

R G

A R G

AR G

Reports

Reports – Application Issues

Reports – Application Actions

Reports – Issues View

Reports – Issues View (Details Section)

Reference

Remediation

Apply Group Policies to force compatibility mode– Browser Level, Application Level, Department Level

Manage (Centralized) Libraries– jQuery, Script, JavaScript, etc.

Web References– Manage source internally versus access externally

Web Standards– Conform to global standards ( http://www.w3.org/standards/ )

IE Settings– Set client browser to 32-bit as default– Disable mixed content (ie; secure & non-secure content)

Collaboration– Share Lessons Learned and Best Practices

Application Portfolio– Build knowledgebase of application metadata

Application Life Cycle– Incorporate pro-active compliance measures into your change management process

Remediations

AppDNA Provides … A few default modules/images (OS, Servers, Browsers)

* may import your business specific images/builds as well Licensing options (3) Deployment options (3) Administration options (Administrators, Users) Configurable (ie; Algorithms, Thresholds and Effort Calculations) Multiple methods for retrieving application source details Multiple scenarios for verifying application impacts across OS, GPO, Server,

Browsers Variety of reports available Ability to export data to excel for further visualization and insights Confidence that your application migration or desktop transformation project is

good to go !

Summary

Questions?

Thank you!