Virtual Desktops made Simple

An introduction to VDI-in-a-Box

Agenda
Introductions Why VDI Citrix solution How it works Pricing Analyst / Customer Testimonials Demo

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Market Opportunity

IT organizations need to do more with less

Demands on IT growing

User demand for tablets and mobile devices Expensive 3-5 year desktop refresh cycles Expensive Windows upgrades (e.g. Windows 7) Expensive on-going maintenance

Funds in ever shorter supply

Repeated budget cuts Future budgets uncertain Changing priorities Fewer, less experienced IT

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Market Opportunity

PC management is streamlines management Desktop virtualization expensive and manual

Traditional PC Virtual Desktops

Acquisition Cost: ~$500 Maintenance/year: ~$2,000 Affordable 3-5X cost to manage Not secure Power: $125/Year/PC 20+ Hours outage/PC/Year
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Centralized, efficient management Any time, any device access Increased security Reduced downtime Business agility

Market Opportunity

Traditional Enterprise VDI Solution

Datacenter infrastructure Multiple components Many different IT skillsets Systems Integration

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Market Opportunity

Cost & Complexity are barriers to adoption

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Market Opportunity

A Different Approach is Needed

Want desktop virtualization, but often have different limits:
IT budgets Back-end infrastructure IT staff (resources and expertise)

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Introducing Citrix VDI-in-a-Box

Virtual Desktops Made Simple

VDI-in-a-Box 5.1
Personal virtual desktops for under $500 a user An affordable turnkey software solution providing high-performance, highdefinition virtual desktops

All-in-one VDI runs on off-the-shelf servers

Simple to Deploy in < hour by Windows Admins Simple to Use any time, anywhere, any device access Simple to Manage single point-and-click web-based console Simple to Scale on-demand, just add more servers

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Virtual Desktops Made Simple

Solution Components
Enterprise VDI
Lots of moving parts
Load balancers Connection brokers Management servers SAN Hi-speed interconnects Clustered SQL databases

VDI-in-a-Box
All-in-one software appliance
Runs on inexpensive off-the-shelf servers

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Virtual Desktops Made Simple

High Availability
Enterprise VDI
Custom built High Availability
Requires expensive shared storage SAN and high-speed interconnects

VDI-in-a-Box
Built-in High Availability
N + 1 model Uses inexpensive servers with local storage

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Virtual Desktops Made Simple

Scalability
Enterprise VDI
Re-architect to scale

VDI-in-a-Box
Built-in scalability
Just add another server Hot pluggable grid

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Virtual Desktops Made Simple

IT Skillset
Enterprise VDI
Requires virtualization and networking expertise

VDI-in-a-Box
Designed for Windows Admins

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Virtual Desktops Made Simple

VDI-in-a-Box Simple, Affordable All-in-one

Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop Virtual Desktop

VDI-in-a-Box
All key features are built-in: Connection brokering Dynamic provisioning High-availability Load balancing On-demand scaling Citrix HDX user experience Linked clones Personal and pooled desktops Open architecture supporting: Citrix XenServer Microsoft Hyper-V VMware vSphere (ESXi) Access from virtually any device via Citrix Receiver

User Management Connection Broker

Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Management Logical Shared Storage

Template Management Load Balancer

High-Availability Grid Engine

vdiManager VDI-in-a-Box
Hypervisor

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Virtual Desktops Made Simple

VDI-in-a-Box is easy to deploy and manage

Install Hypervisor Import VDI-in-a-Box Appliance
User Data Active Directory

Server

Import Image

with Hypervisor

+ VDI-in-a-Box Virtual Appliance

Configure Templates Assign User Accounts

READY!

Install additional Servers Point to 1st Server

READY!

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Virtual Desktops Made Simple

Instead of provides simplicity and VDI-in-a-Boxcomplexity and cost affordability

Easy All-in-One VDI Simple to install and manage Full HDX user experience Perfect for SMB, public sector, education and enterprise departmental customers

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Flexibility

Pooled and Personal virtual desktops

The best of both worlds:

Users get personalized desktops Windows desktop administrators manage a single master image While delivering a highly personalized end-user experience

PVD contains
User installed Applications User Data User Preferences
PVD

Personal virtual desktops

Saves time and money

Dramatically reduces recurring management overhead

Cuts storage costs up to 90% Obsoletes use/support of persistent desktops
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Pooled desktops

Pooled desktops Golden image

Even simpler for IT

Grid-wide virtual IP address to ensure end-to-end high availability Desktop agents automatically installed Windows admins can specify complete names to VDI desktops
call me Ishmael
DTagent

Golden image

Logs written in logs in syslog format

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Even better for users

Enhanced performance with dual datastores Higher Availability with Active Directory failover and Grid-wide virtual IP Google Earth optimization
VDI-in-a-Box Grid

Storage on a server

SAS Drive holds the golden images & personal desktops

SSD holds the desktop instances created from the golden images

Primary Active Directory Server

Redundant Active Directory Server

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Compatibility

Virtual Desktops Made Simple

Leverages the Citrix product portfolio

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