Tech Talk: What s New in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box?

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1 Important Webinar Audio The audio for this webinar is available over VoIP. Just select the Use Mic & Speakers opeon to listen to the webinar through your computers speakers. Tech Talk: What s New in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box? Nigel Simpson, Citrix October 25, 2012 The webinar will start at 3:00pm (BST) 4:00pm (CEST) To listen using your telephone select the Use Telephone opeon. For local numbers click the addieonal numbers link. You will need to use the Access Code and Audio PIN.

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4 Important Webinar Audio The audio for this webinar is available over VoIP. Just select the Use Mic & Speakers opeon to listen to the webinar through your computers speakers. Tech Talk: What s New in Citrix VDI-in-a-Box? Nigel Simpson, Citrix October 25, 2012 The webinar will start at 3:00pm (BST) 4:00pm (CEST) To listen using your telephone select the Use Telephone opeon. For local numbers click the addieonal numbers link. You will need to use the Access Code and Audio PIN.

5 VDI-in-a-Box basics

6 Virtualized desktops for less than $500 per user An affordable turnkey software appliance providing high-performance, high-definition personalized virtual desktops ᵒ All-in-one VDI runs on off-the-shelf servers ᵒ Simple to Deploy in less than an hour by Windows Admins ᵒ Simple to Use any time, anywhere, any device access ᵒ Simple to Manage single point-and-click web-based console ᵒ Simple to Scale on-demand, just add more off-the-shelf servers with 80 HA 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute Appears Single Point as a single of Management GRID entity

7 Eliminates 60% of the infrastructure Datacenter infrastructure Multiple components Many different IT skillsets Systems 2012 Citrix Confidential Integration Do Not Distribute Windows infrastructure Commodity servers Windows Admin All-in-one, built-in

8 VDI-in-a-Box Simple, Affordable All-in-one Virtual Desktop User Management Connection Broker Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Management Logical Shared Storage High-Availability Grid Engine VDI- in- a- Box vdimanager Hypervisor 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute 2012 Citrix #CitrixSynergy Virtual Desktop Template Management Load Balancer VDI- in- a- Box All key features are built-in: ü Connection brokering ü Dynamic provisioning ü High-availability ü Load balancing ü On-demand scaling ü Citrix HDX user experience ü Linked clones ü Personal and pooled desktops Open architecture supporting: Citrix XenServer Microsoft Hyper-V VMware vsphere (ESXi) Access from virtually any device via Citrix Receiver

9 Remote Task Worker vdimanager GoToAssist VDI-in-a-Box works with the Citrix Portfolio Included/built-in: vdimanager Full HDX stack VDI-in-a-Box XenServer User Profile Manager User Data Works with Receiver Profile Management XenServer Works with NetScaler/ Access Gateway XenApp GoToAssist ShareFile Local Knowledge Worker Active Directory (optional) Local Task Worker 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

10 What s new in VDI-in-a-Box 5.1

11 VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 Feature Focus Areas PersonalizaEon HA, Performance and Scalability Ease of Use, Flexibility and Compliance Expanded Support for Windows Personal desktops Grid- wide virtual IP AD failover Dual datastores OpEmizaEon for Google Earth Scaling to 2,000 desktops NetScaler cerefied Touchless DT Agent Fully specified computer names AD search MulEple virtual CPUs User and computer domains NTP Syslog format Windows 8 Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Gateway 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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13 Personal Virtual Desktops

14 Personal Virtual Desktops Pooled and Personal desktops that cost less than PCs Personal desktops ᵒ Golden image + Personal vdisk Enables full user personalization while leveraging a common golden image PVD contains User installed ApplicaEons User Data User Preferences PVD Personal virtual desktops Pooled desktops Golden image Pooled desktops Business Benefit Reduce management overhead by supporting personal and pooled desktops from a few golden images Eliminate 60% of image storage costs with personalized desktops that use single instance management Single Instance Management 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

15 User Groups Multiple images with separate images for tailored applications User User User User User User User User 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

16 VDI-in-a-Box 5.1 w/personal vdisk User Group Single image with tailored applications based on user need User User User User User User User User User Flexibility IT Efficiency 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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20 High Availability Performance Scalability

21 High Availability, Performance, and Scalability High Availability: ᵒ Grid-wide virtual IP address ᵒ Active Directory failover Performance: ᵒ Dual datastores ᵒ Optimization for Google Earth Scalability: ᵒ Certified for 2,000 desktops 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

22 Grid-wide virtual IP address End-to-end High-Availability without a load balancer ᵒ No need for Round Robin DNS or Layer 4 switch Access the grid via a single IP address Front end load balancing û Business Benefit Highly available connection to the grid from any endpoint without a load balancer With all three access methods (not just the Java client), the endpoint can connect to the grid using one single IP address Same IP address across physical server failures 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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24 Active Directory (AD) failover VDI-in-a-Box Grid Redundancy in AD servers Failover to next AD server on the list Business Benefit Extend high availability to work with your HA Active Directory û Primary Active Directory Server Redundant Active Directory Server 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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27 Dual datastores Reduce IOPS bottleneck Approach ᵒ Store golden images & personal desktops on SAS ᵒ Store pooled desktop instances on SSD Storage on a server SAS Drive holds the golden images & personal desktops SSD holds the desktop instances created from the golden images Business Benefit Increases density more desktops per server Improves I/O performance 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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31 Google Earth Optimization Better image quality with Google Earth application Used in Education vertical Business Benefit No GPU required on the server side to provide high-res graphics rendered in Google Earth 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute 31

32 Ease of Use Flexibility Compliance

33 Ease of Use, Flexibility, and Compliance Ease of Use and Flexibility ᵒ Touchless Desktop Agent ᵒ Fully specified computer names ᵒ Search AD for users and groups ᵒ Multiple virtual CPUs Compliance ᵒ Separate user and computer domains ᵒ NTP sync ᵒ VDI-in-a-Box logs in Syslog format 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

34 Simpler management with Touchless DTagent v5.0 ᵒ Install DTagent on all new golden images ᵒ Update DTagent on all existing golden images when updating to new VDI-in-a- Box ᵒ Desktop instances are auto updated With v5.1 ᵒ DTagent auto installed on golden images ᵒ DTagent auto updated on existing golden images when updating to new VDI-in-a-Box ᵒ Desktop instances are auto updated Business Benefit DTagent Reduction in management when creating images Reduction in maintenance when upgrading VDI-in-a-Box Easier to deploy and even easier to stay current with latest release Golden image 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

35 Fully specified computer names Prefix + Suffix Specify the complete name of virtual desktops Call me Brian Business Benefit Can run automation scripts and other software that require known computer names 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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37 Search Active Directory for users and groups Enter partial name of a user or a group vdimanager searches AD for matching names Business Benefit Quicker and easier to set up users and groups 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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39 Multiple virtual CPUs Specify number of virtual CPUs per virtual desktop At both image level and template level Business Benefit Support applications that run on multiple CPUs (e.g. Google Earth) 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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41 Separate User and Computer Domains Place users and the computer in different domains Business Benefit Enables strict security by placing users and computers in different Windows domains Helps companies achieve compliance with industry specific standards such as PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, Sarbanes- Oxley to name a few 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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43 Synchronize server times with NTP server Ensures all servers have the same time Business Benefit Consistent timestamp in logs 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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45 Logs in syslog format Consistently formatted logs in Syslog format Event logs Syslog manager Business Benefit Task logs All logs including audit logs are in syslog format, enabling 3 rd party analysis and reporting tools Audit logs 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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47 Windows Support

48 Support for Windows Windows 8 Desktops Windows Server 2008 R2 Desktops Remote Desktop Gateway Business Benefit Help customers stay up-to-date with Windows technologies Early access to Windows 8 Support for Win Server 2008 allows service providers to offer desktops as a service 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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50 Other Citrix Certifications HDX 5.6 FP1 Citrix Receivers NetScaler Access Gateway Citrix Profile Management 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

51 Summary of new features in v5.1 PVD Personal desktops for less than the cost of a PC Multiple Datastore support on Hyper-V and ESX Provisioning of Windows 8 / Windows 2008 R2 desktops Windows As A Service with VDI-in-a-Box Touch less agent installation Image Optimization, multiple vcpu support for all hypervisors in UI AD Failover GRID wide IP RDP Gateway support NTP Server Numerous UI improvements to make ViaB management even simpler 2012 Citrix Confidential Do Not Distribute

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