Citrix XenDesktop

The Best Way to Deliver Windows Desktops

Citrix XenDesktop™, a member of the Citrix Delivery Center product family, is a complete desktop virtualization solution that makes desktop delivery simple, secure and cost-effective. It is the best way to quickly deliver Windows desktops to office workers in any location, over any network.

Traditional desktop deployments can be costly to manage, support and secure on distributed endpoint PCs. Desktop IT Operations are forced to repeat numerous, manual tasks to keep up with the latest patches and updates, and upgrades and refreshes to maintain desktop performance.

Meanwhile, business initiatives, like globalization, branch office expansion, regulatory compliance and workforce continuity, demand that IT be able to deliver secure desktops quickly to anywhere.

Citrix XenDesktop™ makes it easy to respond to these business demands by centralizing Windows desktops in the datacenter, and providing a high-speed delivery protocol. With a comprehensive set of built-in technologies, XenDesktop eliminates many of the complexities involved in trying to assemble, operate and scale a desktop virtualization solution.

• Best user experience
• Simplified IT management
• Cost-effective scalability

Instant On and Always Available
A virtualized desktop is completely independent of the access device, running on ultra-reliable servers in the data center. Unlike a traditional PC, a virtualized PC is available to run whenever the user requests access. Users can get their personalized desktop from any access device or desktop appliance anywhere. Citrix Instant On technology enables users to quickly log on and begin working, ensuring immediate productivity.

Best Performance
XenDesktop uses Citrix SpeedScreen™ technology to provide responsive desktop performance, even with lots of graphics and over low bandwidth or high latency networks. The difference is immediately noticeable, with up to twice the performance of other technologies. This ensures that users get the same performance that they expect from a traditional PC.

Centralized Management
IT must manage, support, and secure traditional desktop deployments on distributed endpoints. This involves repeating numerous manual tasks in order to keep up with the latest patches and maintain desktop performance.  XenDesktop enables IT to host multiple desktops in the data center, thereby consolidating and centralizing desktops for simpler management. Using XenDesktop, administrator can centrally configure user desktop settings, desktop permissions and provide desktop support.

New Desktops in Minutes
Using XenDesktop’s pooling and provisioning tools, new users can be up and running in minutes. As organizations expand with new users, new locations, and new business relationships, IT is burdened with a burgeoning number of images to support. With Citrx XenDesktop new personalized virtual desktops can be created in minutes using a single image. This enables IT to easily manage many virtual desktops from a single image and instantly provision or roll-back virtual desktops single click.

Save up to over 90% in storage costs by maintaining a single desktop images. Slash support costs and extend desktop refresh cycle via centralized desktop delivery.