CITRIX OVERVIEW - GAIN DEEPER INSIGHTS INTO THE FULL RANGE OF CAPABILITIES WITHIN CITRIX VIRTUAL APPS AND DESKTOPS - PART TWO.

06 Sep

OAS, the premier Citrix solutions provider in Southern Africa, has developed a three-part series detailing the capabilities of Citrix products and services. Each part includes a concise explanation of features, along with links to videos and comprehensive information, providing an in-depth understanding of the extensive capabilities within Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.

Linux VDA

The Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) facilitates the use of Linux virtual applications and desktops from any location, on any device equipped with the Citrix Workspace app. It allows for the provision of virtual applications and desktops from supported Linux distributions to end users.

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix Linux VDA

macOS VDA

The Citrix VDA for macOS enables remote access to physical macOS devices. It encompasses all principal functionalities and essential components of HDX, while integrating smoothly with the DaaS management plane.

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix VDA for macOS

Machine Creation Service (MCS)

Citrix Machine Creation Services is a component of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops solution that is coupled within the Delivery Controller. Using application programming interfaces (APIs) from the underlying hypervisor or cloud provider.

Citrix Features Explained: MCS Image Management

Monitoring

Citrix DaaS offers a centralized console for monitoring the cloud, troubleshooting, and executing support tasks within your Citrix DaaS environment. The Citrix Monitor features a troubleshooting dashboard that enables real-time failure detection, user issue reporting, and detailed views of sessions or applications linked to those users.

Citrix Features Explained: Monitoring Citrix DaaS

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix Director Unified Search

MSIX App Attach

MSIX represents Microsoft's most recent packaging format, and Citrix DaaS has the capability to deliver MSIX packaged applications to endpoints, akin to traditional published applications. MSIX applications diminish the necessity for local installations, thereby preserving the integrity of golden images.

Citrix Features Explained: Publishing Applications with MSIX app attach with Citrix DaaS

Non-Domain Joined Desktops

Numerous organizations require support for non-domain joined solutions in which the virtual machine accessed via Citrix is not managed by Active Directory. Citrix DaaS and Citrix Gateway service can facilitate this with support for non-domain joined Virtual Delivery Agents (VDA).

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix DaaS Non-Domain Joined Desktops

Policies

Citrix connections may exhibit unexpected behavior due to differences in the Citrix policies set up for end-user sessions. Administrators can utilize Citrix Policy Modeling to emulate a user session, verifying that the appropriate Citrix policies are enforced for each session.

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix Policy Modeling

Policies

Citrix connections can sometimes respond differently than expected because of variations in the Citrix policies configured for your end-user sessions. Using the Citrix Policy Modeling capability, administrators can simulate a user session to ensure the correct Citrix policies are applied to each session.

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix Policy Modeling

Profile Management

Profile Management is intended as a profile solution for Citrix Virtual Apps servers, virtual desktops created with Citrix Virtual Desktops, and physical desktops.

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix App Access Control

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix Replicate User Store

Citrix Features Explained - Citrix Profile Management UWP App Roaming

Citrix Provisioning

Citrix Provisioning is a streaming technology that delivers an operating system image, complete with applications, patches, updates, and other configuration details, to both virtual and physical machines. It centralizes the management of virtual machines and helps to lower the operational and storage expenses of a virtualized desktop environment.

Citrix Features Explained: Rapid Desktop Deployment with Citrix DaaS

Citrix Features Explained: Rapid Desktop Re-deployment with Citrix DaaS

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix Provisioning catalogs in Citrix DaaS

Secure Private Access

Citrix Secure Private Access is a cloud-delivered Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution that delivers adaptive access to IT-sanctioned applications deployed on-prem or in the cloud. Secure Private Access provides access only at the application layer, thereby preventing network-level attacks, does not require backhauling, thereby providing a much better end-user experience, and provides IT with a set of security controls offering employees with a choice to access IT-sanctioned applications on any device, regardless of it being managed or BYO.

Citrix Features Explained: End User Experience with Citrix Secure Private Access

Citrix Features Explained: Adaptive Access with Citrix Secure Private Access

Citrix Features Explained: Adaptive Authentication for DaaS, SaaS, and Web Apps

Citrix Features Explained: Private Client/Server App Access with Citrix Secure Private Access

Citrix Features Explained: Private Web App Access with Citrix Secure Private Access

Citrix Features Explained: Public SaaS App Access with Citrix Secure Private Access

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix Device Posture Service

Citrix Features Explained: Enterprise Browser Restrictions

Citrix Features Explained: Keylogger Protection with Citrix Secure Private Access

Citrix Features Explained: Screen Sharing Protection with Citrix Secure Private Access

Citrix Features Explained: Mobile Web Viewer for Citrix Workspace App

Citrix Features Explained: Citrix Enterprise Browser with Citrix Secure Private Access