citrix desktop master class – what’s new in xenapp/xendesktop 7.11 - sept 2016
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21/22 September 2016
Lee Bushen – EMEA Tech Readiness
Patrick Irwin – EMEA Sales Readiness
Desktop Master Class 2016XenApp/XenDesktop 7.11
Patrick Irwin Lee Bushen
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XenApp & XenDesktop 7.11
Now Shipping!
Pronounced “Seven-Eleven”
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Agenda
Introduction
Microsoft Alignment Features
User Experience Features
Management Enhancements
XenApp and XenDesktop 7.11
Norskale!
Competition!
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Virtual Desktop Agents
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Microsoft Alignment
Management User Experience
&
Windows Server 2016Azure Resource Manager
Extended App-V IntegrationSCVMM Support for AppDisks
Historical Resource UtilizationUser Profile Improvements
Self-Service Password Reset
Context-aware DeliveryContent PublishingLinux Applications
Improved Advanced GraphicsExpanded USB Device Support
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Day 1 support for Windows Server 2016Apps, desktops, and infrastructure
Requires Desktop Experience version– Available on the Long Term Service Branch
(LTSB)
2016 Apps and Desktops– 7.11 Server VDA
2016 Infrastructure– Controller– Studio– Director– StoreFront– Provisioning Services– Federated Authentication (FAS)– Hyper-V through SCVMM 2016 (With DDA!)– License Server (new release)– SCOM Management Packs (new release)– AppDNA (new release)– Session Recording (new release)
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App-V Isolation (Connection) Group Support
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App-V Isolation Group SupportUser Group 1 User Group 2 User Group 3 User Group 4
Office Yes Yes Yes Yes
ShareFile Outlook Plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes
GoToMeeting Outlook Plugin
Yes Yes
Finance Excel Plugin Yes Yes
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Delivery Group 1 Delivery Group 2 Delivery Group 3 Delivery Group 4Office Yes Yes Yes Yes
ShareFile Outlook Plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes
GoToMeeting Outlook Plugin
Yes Yes
Finance Excel Plugin Yes Yes
App-V Isolation Group Support
Office. ShareFile and
Finance Plugin
Office, ShareFile and GoToMeeting
Plugin
Office, ShareFile,
GoToMeeting and Finance
Plugin
Office & ShareFile
Plugin
Option 1- create 4 App-V Sequences
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Delivery Group 1 Delivery Group 2 Delivery Group 3 Delivery Group 4Office Yes Yes Yes Yes
ShareFile Outlook Plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes
GoToMeeting Outlook Plugin
Yes Yes
Finance Excel Plugin Yes Yes
App-V Isolation Group Support
Isolation Group 1 Isolation Group 2 Isolation Group 4
Office ShareFile Plugin
Finance Excel Plugin
Isolation Group 3
GoToMeeting Plugin
Option 2:- 4 App-V Sequences- 4 Isolation Groups
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App-V Isolation Group SupportScenario with automatic/explicit designations
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Delivery Group 1 Delivery Group 2 Delivery Group 3 Delivery Group 4Office Yes Yes Yes Yes
ShareFile Outlook Plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes
GoToMeeting Outlook Plugin
Yes Yes
Finance Excel Plugin Yes Yes
App-V Isolation Group Support
Isolation Group 1
Explicit Automatic Explicit ExplicitOption 3:- 4 App-V Sequences- 1 Isolation Group- Assignment via
Automatic or Explicit Office ShareFile Plugin
Finance Excel Plugin
GoToMeeting Plugin
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Hyper-V Enhancements
+Citrix AppDisk
AppDisks now supported on Hyper-V GPU Pass-Through on Hyper-V 2016 using DDA
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/09/14/citrix-xendesktop-nvidia-grid/
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7.11 supports HDX 3D Pro on Hyper-V!Conceptual diagram of GPU pass-through Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)
NVIDIA GRID
Windows Server 2012 R2 or 2016 Win 8 Win 10Win 7
DDA in Hyper-V 2016
Users or Sessions
VMs
Hypervisor
4 physical GPU on 1 GRID card
Also coming soon: GPU pass-through support for Azure N-series VMs
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Embracing the latest Azure platformVM provisioning with Machine Creation Services (MCS) on Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
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– Deliver Universal Apps seamlessly without the need for a desktop session
– Universal Apps are published through the app publishing wizard in Citrix Studio
Deliver new Universal Apps to any devicePublishing Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Apps on Server 2016 and Windows 10
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Citrix Director enhancements
Resource Utilization Reporting Additional Alert Conditions Large Scale Export
Platinum
https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/08/10/citrix-director-features-by-edition-and-version/
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Profile Management enhancements
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Simplified management for dedicated VDI
Provisioning full clones with Machine Creation Services
Base VM Image Dedicated Machine Catalog with Independent
Disks
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• Allows users to easily unlock their accounts or reset their password
• Fully integrated with StoreFront for a seamless experience
Web-based self-service password resetSave time and money by keeping users productive
Platinum
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Telemetry features
Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
Call Home
License Management Service (LMS)
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Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)
What?
• Collects anonymous usage data from customers
• Absolutely no customer-identifiable data
• Can be turned off at any time
• ON by default (no tick box) doesn’t start working for 7 days
• Data Collected– Config Data – CPU/Memory config, OS, Hypervisor– Performance – How responsive our UI tasks are,
frequency of unexpected events
Why?
• Gives customers a “vote” on product features
• Enables product and support teams to make data-driven decisions
• Removes “sick environment” bias
Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)Product improvement by collecting anonymous configuration and usage data
• http://more.citrix.com/XD-CEIP• http://more.citrix.com/XD-INSTALLER
Product / Component Default Initial configuration done by Do I need to be logged in?
Can Citrix identify me?
Scheduled
AppDNA Configure AppDNA Environment No No Yes, changeable via AppDNA Settings
Citrix License ServerSince 11.12.1 Build 14100
LS Installation UI only(Not available in XD Installer)
No No Yes, changeable via PowerShell(Set-LicCEIPOption)
Citrix Receiver for WindowsSince 4.4
Receiver Installation No No Yes, changeable via Advanced Preferences>Data Collection
Delivery ControllerSince 7.6
OnSince 7.9
• No data sent before 7 days• Settings inherited at upgrade
No No Yes, changeable via Studio Configuration> Product Support tab
MetainstallerSince 7.11
Check box is checked to send data by default
Installer main UI• Information submitted at end of installation
No No No
Provisioning ServicesSince 7.9
On • No data sent before 7 days• Settings inherited at upgrade
No No Yes, changeable via Farm Properties> Options tab
Session Recording TechnologySince 7.6 FP2
SRT Installation No No Yes, changeable via Server Properties> CEIP tab
Universal Print ServerSince 7.6 FP3
OnSince 7.9
• No data sent before 7 days No No Yes, changeable via RegistryHKLM:\Software\Citrix\Universal Print Server\CEIPEnabledSet value to 0
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Call Home ProgramWhat?
• Diagnostic data periodically uploaded to Citrix
• Data is held using your MyCitrix login
• Not anonymous - same data uploaded if you logged a support call
• Can be turned off at any time
• Call Home enabled at install or afterwards
• Data Collected– system and product configuration, performance, error logs,
WMI info, processes running
Why?• Gives customers proactive support even before
events occur
• Quicker problem resolution
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Demo of Call Home
Call HomePeriodic health check by collecting and analyzing diagnostic data and proactively notifying admins about issues.
• http://more.citrix.com/XD-CALLHOME
Product / Component Initial Configuration done by
Do I need to be logged in?
Can Citrix identify me?
Manual Scheduled
Citrix License ServerSince 11.12.1 Build 14100
LS Installation UI only(Not available in XD Installer)
No Uses serial number
Yes Yes, on service start(after 5 minutes)
Yes, changeable via PowerShell(Set-LicCEIPOption)
Delivery ControllerSince 7.9
Installation UI> Turns on scheduled Call Home
Yes Yes Yes, via PowerShellStart-CitrixCallHomeUpload
Yes, changeable via PowerShell(Enable-CitrixCallHome / Disable-CitrixCallHome)
Provisioning ServicesSince 7.11
PVS Console> Report a Problem
Yes Yes Yes, via report a problem
No
StoreFrontSince 7.8
Installation UI> Turns on scheduled Call Home
Yes Yes Yes, via PowerShellStart-CitrixCallHomeUpload
Yes, changeable via PowerShell(Enable-CitrixCallHome / Disable-CitrixCallHome)
Virtual Delivery AgentSince 7.6 FP3
Installation UI> Turns on scheduled Call Home
Yes Yes Yes, via PowerShellStart-CitrixCallHomeUpload
Yes, changeable via PowerShell(Enable-CitrixCallHome / Disable-CitrixCallHome)
XenServerSince 7.0
XenCenter Console (XC)> Tools, Health Check
Yes Yes Yes, via XC Console Yes, changeable via XC Console
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License Management Service (LMS)
What?• Sends license usage to CIS
• Covers 3 common use cases– Duplication of licenses outside a Disaster
Recovery (DR) environment – Use of legacy licenses for new product
versions – Use of rescinded licenses
• Can be turned off at any time
• ON by default (no tick box) doesn’t start working for 7 days
Why?
• Helps customers stay compliant
• Does NOT trigger any Citrix audits, purely informational
License Management Service (LMS)Verifying license usage patterns for some key use cases by using License server telemetry data.
Product / Component Initial configuration done by
Do I need to be logged in?
Can Citrix identify me?
Manual Scheduled
Citrix License ServerSince 11.14
Installation -> “on by default’No data sent before 7 days
No Yes Yes, on service start(after 5 minutes)
Yes, changeable via command line Tool(ctx_license_management_service.exe)
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North America User
Zone Preference
AppX Data
AppXWin10 Browser App
User Profile
Win10 Browser App
User Profile/Shares
Nor
th A
mer
ica
Zone
Eur
ope
Zone
Gateway Gateway
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North America User
Zone Preferences
AppX Data
AppXWin10 Browser App
User Profile
Win10 Browser App
User Profile/Shares
Nor
th A
mer
ica
Zone
Eur
ope
Zone
Gateway Gateway
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Zone Preferences
Selecting the preferred zone
Application Home
User Home
User Location
Eva
luat
ion
Flow
For apps with backend data requirements, regardless of user
For apps with backend data requirements, based of user
For apps with no backend data requirements
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Zone Preferences
Selecting the preferred session
App Home
User Home
User Location
Pick preferred
zone
Preferred zone
Non-preferred
zone
Reconnect
New session
Reconnect
Session roam
New Session
1
2
3
4
5
2
1
Def
ault
No
Fallb
ack
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• Publish document files and web URLs through the PowerShell SDK
• Once published, content items are managed through Citrix Studio
Content publishingOffer documents and URLs through StoreFront
https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2013/08/21/xd-tipster-changing-delivery-group-icons-revisited-xd7/
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HDX enhancements
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Policy: Use Video Codec for Compression
Adaptive Display v2
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Adaptive Display v2Selective use of H.264 in
detected transient regionsH.264 (Green) is among the best software encoders for video and 3D graphics today – great quality.
Higher CPU cost and less ‘snappy’ than JPEG
JPEG (Red) is most efficient for office workloads – low CPU and highest compatibility.
Higher bandwidth cost with video, than H.264
Overlay lossless text (Blue) to avoid blur
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Hardware Video Encoding with NVIDIA NVENC
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/09/14/citrix-xendesktop-nvidia-grid/
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Preliminary data: HDX 3D Pro acceleration in 7.11Compare XenDesktop 7.11 with Thinwire off-loading to NVIDIA GRID GPU, vs CPU encoding in XenDesktop 7.8
Up to 20% increase in server CPU scalability; peak up to 36%
16VMs running across 4 GPUs, at 4 VMs per GPU (GRID Profile: M60-2Q)Source: NVIDIA GRID Technical Marketing
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Up to 20% increase in server Memory scalability
16VMs running across 4 GPUs, at 4 VMs per GPU (GRID Profile: M60-2Q)Source: NVIDIA GRID Technical Marketing
Compare XenDesktop 7.11 with Thinwire off-loading to NVIDIA GRID GPU, vs CPU encoding in XenDesktop 7.8
Preliminary data: HDX 3D Pro acceleration in 7.11
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Higher FPS at no cost of network bandwidth scalability
16VMs running across 4 GPUs, at 4 VMs per GPU (GRID Profile: M60-2Q)Source: NVIDIA GRID Technical Marketing
Compare XenDesktop 7.11 with Thinwire off-loading to NVIDIA GRID GPU, vs CPU encoding in XenDesktop 7.8
Preliminary data: HDX 3D Pro acceleration in 7.11
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Demo of Adaptive Display v2
http://bit.ly/adaptivev2
Follow along:
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Additional releases
Linux VDA 1.4App publishing (non-seamless)
Anonymous sessionsUSB redirection
Policy managementNVIDIA vGPU Support
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Unified app/desktopcloud-enabled platform (FMA)
1st GPU support
PVS write cache
Hybrid cloudprovisioning
Skype for Mac/Win/Linux
Acquire Framehawk
Prelaunch, linger, anon logonNext Gen ThinwireHDX Framehawk GAFaster SmartCard logonFIPS & Common CriteriaClipboard policiesX1 MouseSession recordingWatermarking (Labs)Jailbreak detectionLinux GA and 2.0Windows 10 support Day 1Supportability toolsAutomated migration serviceDesktopPlayer (Mac/Win)Multi-geo managementHorizon migration serviceAdvanced alertingWorkspace Cloud GABrowser Apps Service (Labs)AppDNA Express (Labs)
2013 2014 2015
Download TodayFederated AuthenticationMCS I/O OptimizationsIntel Iris Pro GraphicsNutanix MCS provisioningEnhanced Director reportingAdvanced printing capabilitiesSecure BrowserLong Term Service ReleaseStoreFront 3.5AppDiskAppDNA for App DiskApp-V IntegrationEnhanced App PublishingSession Recording for VDIFramehawk & HDX 3D Pro
2016
Windows Server 2016Azure Resource ManagerZone PreferenceApp-V Isolation GroupsContent publishingLinux applications
7.11
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Julie CassagneProduct Consultant - WEM
Agostinho TavaresSenior Sales Engineer - WEM
Workspace Environment Manager
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September 2016 :
Norskale is now part of
Citrix
2012 Creation of Norskale
2013First customer >20K users
2014 >100K users in productionMore than 100 customers
2015 >250K users in productionFirst customer >80.000 usersMore than 200 customersConsiderable R&D investments
2016
History
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Workspace Environment ManagementCitrix acquires Norskale
User Profile ManagementDeliver the best possible workspace performance, desktop
logon and application response times for every user
Resource ManagementIntelligently adjust the way applications utilize systems resources such as RAM, CPU and Input/Output (IOps)
Up to70%Improvements in server scalability
& best responsiveness of the apps
Up to 80%Improvements in user logon times
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System Resources Optimizations
• Analyzing end user behavior in real time
• Allocating the right level of resources (CPU/RAM/IOPS) • CPU / IOPS : live intelligent allocation according to what
the user is doing• RAM : recalculate automatically the amount of RAM
needed by each process
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User Environment Management
• Speeding up workspace access for end users
• Contextualizing easily Windows users environment
• Simplifying & industrializing administration
• Managing UPM profiles
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Architecture
WEM Synchronization SQL Transaction
WEMBroker
SQL Server
WEMAdmin Console
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Workspace Environment Management will be available for Enterprise & Platinum customers under Software Maintenance.
Workspace Environment Management will be supported for the following versions :
Licensing & Support
Citrix Product Series Versions SupportedXenApp 6.5 (64-bit), 7.xXenDesktop 7.x
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Microsoft Alignment
Management User Experience
&
Windows Server 2016Azure Resource Manager
Extended App-V IntegrationSCVMM Support for AppDisks
Historical Resource UtilizationUser Profile Improvements
Self-Service Password Reset
Context-aware DeliveryContent PublishingLinux Applications
Improved Advanced GraphicsExpanded USB Device Support
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What Hyper-V technology allows us to support GPUs on Virtual Desktops?
Competition – Amazon Echo!!
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