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22nd/23rd July 2015 Start Time Desktop Master Class XenApp/XenDesktop Feature Pack 2 Patrick Irwin Lee Bushen Slide deck and supporting materials: http://bit.ly/mc-fp2
Citrix Desktop Master Class - XenApp/XD Feature Pack 2
1. 22nd/23rd July 2015 Start Time Desktop Master Class
XenApp/XenDesktop Feature Pack 2 Patrick Irwin Lee Bushen Slide
deck and supporting materials: http://bit.ly/mc-fp2
2. 2015 Citrix. Overview of our XenApp Feature Packs XenApp 7.6
FP1 & FP2 XenApp 6.5 FP3 Windows 10 Whats supported? Demos! The
new StoreFront Publishing a Linux Desktop Getting great UX over a
really poor connection Competition! Agenda
3. 2015 Citrix. XenApp & XenDesktop 7.6 Feature Pack 1
Released in March Session Recording Enhanced XenServer 6.5
performance Optimization for Lync 2013 on Windows and Linux Common
Criteria and FIPS-120 certification Feature Pack 2 New! New
Receiver & StoreFront 3.0 Linux Virtual Desktops HDX with
Framehawk for amazing mobile performance Updated HDX RealTime
Optimization Pack Citrix X1 Mouse for unmatched Windows experience
on iOS Docs: http://docs.citrix.com/en-us/xenapp-and-
xendesktop/7-6/xad-whats-new.html
4. 2015 Citrix. StoreFront 3 - Simplified Navigation, Familiar
Experience Featured App Groups Simplifies application selection and
Traditional Folder View Restored functionality Corporate branding
Customized logos, colors
5. 2015 Citrix. Consistency Across Platforms Consistent look
and feel for all devices Common app selection aesthetic across form
factors Create branding once and deploy everywhere Centrally
managed store brand experience logos, colors, etc Admins dictate
changes to store look & feel Decouple Receivers from end user
app selection experience Customer-paced UI changes Mobile Tablet
Laptop/Desktop
6. 2015 Citrix. Receiver for Windows 4.3 High-performance
access to Windows apps and desktops Apps in Start Menu and as
Desktop Shortcuts Receiver Desktop Lock Fast Connect APIs including
Imprivata support Multi-Touch & Mobility VC for Windows And
more
7. 2015 Citrix. Receiver for HTML 5 and Chrome 1.7 New Ways to
Deliver Business-critical Windows Apps to Chromebooks File upload
and download Access to Google Drive Interoperability with HDX
Insight, CloudBridge & NetScaler Gateway Session Reliability
App switch toolbar Local PDF printing Kiosk mode
8. 2015 Citrix. An Overview Of The Receiver Updates Up to and
including FP2 Citrix X1 Mouse External Displays Touch Pad Mode
Multiple App Switcher Workspace Control Siri with iOS8 Screen
Sharing Fit to display Multi-touch External keyboard/mouse Session
Reliability Session Roaming Lync Optimization HDX Insight Session
Reliability SHA2 Smart Card to Storefront Desktop Composition Multi
Monitor for OS X Mandatory Apps Lync Optimization OSX 10.10
support
9. 2015 Citrix. New! Citrix X1 Mouse Only Citrix provides the
Citrix X1 Mouse to offer the complete Windows workspace experience
on Apple iPad and iOS devices. Delivering the best user experience
for Windows apps and desktops on any device. Citrix X1 Mouse
enables iPad and iPhone devices to be powerful business tools that
empower the mobile workforce.
13. 2015 Citrix. Windows 10 Deliver a VDI Windows 10 Desktop
2015 Tech Preview
14. 2015 Citrix. Windows 10 Endpoints - Citrix Receiver options
Win 32, Store version, Clientless HTML5 Receiver X1 Receiver for
Windows (Win 32) Desktop, thin client, x86 tablet Receiver for
HTML5 Clientless access mode Classic Receiver Receiver for Windows
Phone Available on Windows Store
15. 2015 Citrix. Receiver for Windows (Win 32) Most powerful
virtualization client on Windows 10 Full HDX capable 3D Graphics,
A/V conf, multimedia, devices, data User login, smartcard,
proximity card Fast connect API Desktop lock MS Lync support *
NetScaler and CloudBridge integration Receiver feature matrix:
https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/products-
solutions/citrix-receiver-feature-matrix.pdf * Tech Preview until
fully tested with Windows 10 GA
16. 2015 Citrix. Citrix Receiver Start Menu integration 2015
Citrix
17. 2015 Citrix. Receiver for HTML5 on Windows 10 HDX Engine
hosted on StoreFront Browser based clientless access IE, Edge,
Chrome, Firefox Use case Productivity Apps, audio-video playback
Benefits: Zero install, consistent user experience across platforms
Ease of maintenance
18. 2015 Citrix. Delivering desktops Windows 10 extending the
XenDesktop family Linux Virtual Desktop Windows 8.x Windows 7
Windows 10 (soonTM)
19. 2015 Citrix. XenDesktop Virtual Desktop Agent Tech Preview
Supporting Windows 10 Desktops Available to existing Citrix
customers with current SA/SWM Tech Preview Discussions forum to
launch alongside July 2015 Tech Preview Tech Preview:
http://blogs.citrix.com/2015/07/09/xendesktop-virtual-delivery-agent-technical-preview-for-windows-10
http://discussions.citrix.com/forum/1597-windows-10-tech-preview
22. 2015 Citrix. New Features in Version 1.8 June 2015
XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 FP2 and XenApp 6.5 FP3 Compatible with XenApp
6.x/7.x, XenDesktop 5.x/7.x Feature Description Support for Skype
for Business Interop with new Skype for Business client in Lync UI
mode and Skype for Business Server Mac support for Lync 2013 and
Skype for Business clients RealTime Media Engine (RTME) for Mac,
FaceTime camera support, USB phones (HID) Kerberos authentication
New authentication option for domain-joined devices (in addition to
client certificates and NTLM) [Tech Preview] Windows 10 support
Windows 10 compatible Connector and RTME
23. 2015 Citrix. Data Center User 1 User 2 VDA 1 VDA 2
Lync/Skype Server 1) Signalling over ICA 1) Signalling over ICA 3)
Audio-video over RTP 2) Session initiation via SIP What does the
Optimization Pack actually do? Offloading to the Endpoint. RT
Connector Media Engine Media Engine RT Connector
24. 2015 Citrix.
25. 2015 Citrix.
26. 2015 Citrix. Linux Virtual Desktop XenApp/XenDesktop 7.5
and 7.6 environments Hosted Shared desktop 2D Thinwire+ and H.264
mode SLED/SLES 11 SP3 (x64) RHEL Workstation/Server 6.6 (x64) Basic
Clipboard, Keyboard and Mouse EN on EN with tier 1 keyboard support
Management through Studio & Director
30. 2015 Citrix. Framehawk New virtual channel for broadband
wireless Mobile users of desktop virtualization often experience
sluggish performance on wireless and internet connections Spectral
interference is a common problem Framehawk targets broadband
network connections with packet loss, high latency, jitter and/or
congestion Framehawk technologies speed up interactivity over a
broad range of mobility scenarios
31. 2015 Citrix. HDX graphics modes for common scenarios Use
case Win 7 WS 2012[R2] WS 2008[R2] Task workers; Low-end thin
clients Legacy Compatibility (Thinwire Plus) Legacy Highly
graphical environments DCR* / TW-H.264 TW-H.264 TW-H.264 Broadband
wireless Framehawk Framehawk Framehawk *use DCR only on high
bandwidth connections
32. 2015 Citrix. Cache A LAN, WAN and (New) Mobile Network
Protocol Mobile networks High latency Packet loss Mobile protocol
Understands users intent Eliminate redundant commands (runaway
scrolling) Command Remoting Video Streaming Image Caching User
Intent Network Compression graphics commands standard libraries
(zlib) h.264 jpeg, bitmap scrolling, touching, navigating Render
Render Render Render Compress Display Render Render Transform
Intent Compress
33. 2015 Citrix. Display Mode Tool Use at your own risk!
http://bit.ly/displaystategui - What Display Mode am I in?
34. 2015 Citrix. We XenApp
35. 2015 Citrix. Giving our XenApp 6.5 customers MORE More
Value Feature Pack for XA6.5 More Flexibility Integrate multiple
versions side-by-side More Time XenApp 6.5 lifecycle extended
through 2017
36. 2015 Citrix. Feature Pack 3 for XenApp 6.5 StoreFront 3.0
and the new Receivers HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 1.8 Director
7.6.300 (hotfixes) Provisioning Services 7.6 AppDNA 7.6 XenServer
6.5 SP1 Universal Print Server 7.6 License Server 11.12.1 More
Value Feature Pack 3 for XenApp 6.5
37. 2015 Citrix. What do I need to get all this goodness??
38. 2015 Citrix. Feature Accessibility XenApp/XenDesktop 7 FP2
XenApp/XenDesktop (All Editions) HDX with Framehawk Receiver X1 and
StoreFront 3.0 XenApp/XenDesktop Enterprise Above plus HDX RealTime
Optimization Pack 1.8 Above plus Linux Virtual Desktop
XenApp/XenDesktop Platinum Above plus Session Recording Update
http://www.citrix.com/go/products/xendesktop/feature-matrix.html
39. 2015 Citrix. Feature Accessibility XenApp 6.5 FP3 All
versions of XenApp 6.5 XenServer 6.5, Service Pack 1 *except RAM
Cache which requires XA Plat. StoreFront 3.0 and new Desktop and
Web Receivers Director 7.6.300 Universal Print Server 7.6 Profile
Management 5.2.1 License Server 11.12.1 XenApp 6.5 Enterprise Above
Plus HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 1.8 Above Plus VM Hosted Apps
XenApp 6.5 Platinum Above Plus AppDNA 7.6 Above Plus Provisioning
Services 7.6 Plat (or VM hosted apps under Enterprise)
40. 2015 Citrix. Summary of Options XenApp/XD 7.6 FP2 New! New
Receiver & StoreFront 3.0 Linux Virtual Desktops HDX with
Framehawk for amazing mobile performance Updated HDX RealTime
Optimization Pack Citrix X1 Mouse for unmatched Windows experience
on iOS XenApp 6.5 FP3 StoreFront 3.0 and the new Receivers HDX
RealTime Optimization Pack 1.8 Director 7.6.300 (hotfixes)
Provisioning Services 7.6 AppDNA 7.6 XenServer 6.5 SP1 Universal
Print Server 7.6 License Server 11.12.1 New!
41. Other Stuff thats coming
42. 2015 Citrix. HDX Enhanced ThinWire Compatibility (Tech
Preview) What does it fix Brand new graphics engine that Uses up to
30% less bandwidth Offers up to a 20% increase in server
scalability. Real alternative to the H264 SuperCodec Lower powered
endpoint devices Older thin clients that do not support the
SuperCodec Low bandwidth networks used to deliver Office
applications
https://www.citrix.com/downloads/xendesktop/betas-and-tech-previews/thinwire.html
http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/10/22/whats-new-with-hdx-display-in-xendesktop-xenapp-7-x/