Microsoft & Citrix: Better Together – A System Center Story

Danny Newport / Derek MoirCitrix

WCL326

BYOD

Is this your BYO strategy?

Or is this?

BYODevice

Very Capable Windows®

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Consumer Devices Enter Corporate IT

How is the Enterprise world changing ?• New generation of app-centric devices emerged• Employee-liable device use increasing• Co-mingled business/personal data• Devices driven by consumer choice• Primary use-case driven by apps

Enterprise IT needs have not changed• Distribution of corporate apps• Security/policy compliance of corporate data• Management of corporate assets

By 2014, 90% of organizations will support corporate applications on personal devices

Gartner’s Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2011

“That’s great; this stuff is really good but how do I manage it & what does it mean for my support people;

do I have to retrain them?”

What if there were a single pane of glass for management of Citrix apps and desktops?

XenApp ConnectorExtending the World of Windows using SCCM

Traditional Windows End-Points

Office Users

Plus Connector

BYODRoad Warriors/Work from Anywhere

What does the Connector do for you?

Reuse: Leverage all existing infrastructure investments in XenApp and SCCM.

Unify: Single pane of glass (SCCM Console) to manage all application deployments – XenApp, MSI, AppV, mobile etc.

Highly available: Connector gracefully orchestrates software distribution on XenApp servers, so no downtime for users.

Deliver: Deliver any app to any user coming from any device via Receiver.

What’s new in SCCM 2012From systems centric to user centric

“How can I get App X to User Y?”

What’s new in 2012New concepts in SCCM 2012 that matter to Citrix

User-centric administration

Role-based access

Retirement

SupersedenceDependency Requirements

Application Catalog

SCCM Console

SCCM Agent extensible

Wunderbar

x64 only

User-device affinity

Smartphone support

Automatic Deployment RulesIdle Policy Mode

Site Mode

Site-site communication with SQL Replication

User and device collections

Deployment Types

Updated DP role

software

File system

Registry Key

Script

OS

Active Directory OU

Assembly/DLL

OS LanguageD

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Applic

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Adobe Reader

XenApp

App-V

MSI

Mobile.CAB

if then deliver

to using

>40 GBPrimary device

hardware

Laptop vs Desktop# of CPUs

Tablet or not

X64 vs x32

Disk space

How much RAM?

Tony

< 512MB

&

Deployment Types

321

How does the admin use Thor?Deployment in 3 easy steps

Create Application

Create MSI DT Create AppV DT

or

Create XenAppDT

and

Create Deployment 1: Targeting User Collections

Create Deployment 2: Targeting XenApp Server Collection

Subscription modelsCitrix Receiver vs SCCM Software Catalog

vs

Citrix Receiver Self-Service (previously Dazzle)

Microsoft SCCM Software Catalog

SCCM Admin

Managed Computer

Citrix ReceiverSCCM App Catalog

SCCM Console

App

DT1 DT2 DT3

= Also make available in Citrix Receiver

Unmanaged Device (like an iPad)

Citrix Receiver

Subscription modelsReconciling the two models

Streamlining Physical and Virtual Desktop Management

XenDesktop 5.6 and Configuration Manager 2012

Unique machine IDs for shared image virtual desktops

New virtual desktop attributes

ConfigMgr policies based on virtual desktop attributes

Unique Machine IDs for Shared Image Desktops

Shared image (pooled) virtual desktops register uniquely with ConfigMgr

Machine IDs persist across VM reboots

Provides accurate inventory info for shared image desktops

New Virtual Desktop Attributes

CCM_DesktopMachine

• Properties:• Host Identifier• Is Assigned to User• Is Machine Changes Persisted• Is Virtual• Partner

Citrix_VirtualDesktopInfo

• Properties:• Broker Site Name• Desktop Catalog Name• Desktop Group Name• Is Assigned• Is Virtual Machine• OS Changes Persist• Persistent Data Location• Personal vDisk Drive Letter

demo

SCCM 2012 XenApp Connector

Project Thor | Tech Preview

https://www.citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadId=2321545&productId=186&c1=sot1349740

What’s next for Citrix?

XenDesktop & XenApp .Next

Closer alignment between XenApp & XenDesktopFewer consoles; simpler to deploy & manageWindows 8 & Server 2012 supportLeveraging & extending RDS 2012 capability

Project Avalon

Transform any Windows application or desktop into a cloud service delivered across any network, to any deviceHighly optimized and tuned integration of XenDesktop and CloudStack™ that enables multi-tenant deployment across multiple locations and multiple clouds

Project Avalon

demo

Windows 8 VDI

Citrix Receiver gets Metro-fied

demo

Metro Receiver

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