Azure and Citrix Deliver Scalable and Secure Virtual Workspaces

Azure and Citrix have joined forces to deliver scalable and secure virtual workspaces. This powerful combination enables businesses to provide their employees with seamless access to applications and data from anywhere.

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a key component of this solution, allowing users to access virtualized applications and desktops from any device. With Azure as the backend, users can enjoy a highly scalable and secure experience.

By leveraging Azure's global infrastructure, businesses can deploy Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to meet the needs of their growing workforce. This means that users can access their virtual workspaces from anywhere, at any time.

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) integrates with Citrix to provide single sign-on (SSO) capabilities. This eliminates the need for users to remember multiple passwords and reduces the risk of password-related security issues.

Citrix is a leader in virtualization and cloud computing, and its technology is a key component of many Azure deployments.

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops can be managed through Azure, allowing for a single pane of glass for IT administrators to manage their entire infrastructure.

This integration enables IT teams to easily deploy and manage Citrix environments on Azure, reducing complexity and improving scalability.

Citrix Workspace provides a unified workspace for users, allowing them to access all their applications and data from a single location.

By integrating Citrix Workspace with Azure Active Directory, organizations can simplify user authentication and access to their applications and data.

Citrix has a long history of working with Microsoft, dating back to the early days of Windows.

Citrix supports Virtual Apps and Desktop services on Azure VMware Solution, making it a great option for large organizations to virtualize their desktop environments.

This service allows users to connect to apps and desktop experiences from any device, and it's now available on Azure through a VMware solution.

You can "lift and shift your vSphere based Citrix workloads to Azure VMware Solution" for operational consistency, which is a big advantage.

Azure now has a great range of Desktop-as-a-Service options, including Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI.

You can train highly complex machine learning models by using one or more of the new VMs, and link up to eight of them for a huge amount of computing power.

The RAM available to the virtual machine has increased to 1,900 GB per VM, which is impressive.

Azure is now part of four supercomputers on the TOP 500 list, taking spots 26 to 29.

The new VM is available on Azure, but be aware that pricing might be an issue, with the 40 GB version costing around $25,000 USD per month.

Migrating to Azure can be a game-changer for your business. You can manage existing on-premises Citrix deployments alongside new Windows Virtual Desktop VMs in Azure, making it easy to make the most of your existing datacenter investments.

With Citrix Cloud and Azure, you can deploy a hybrid cloud mix of technologies or go all-in with a fully cloud-hosted deployment, giving you the flexibility to choose what works best for you. This approach can help you realize savings of up to $98 per-user per-year compared to other standalone management, performance, or monitoring add-ons.

Deploying traditional software on-premises can be complex and time-consuming, but with Citrix Cloud services on Microsoft Azure, you can vastly reduce the costs and delay associated with deployment. This streamlined process allows you to quickly serve your internal line-of-business customers.

By migrating Citrix workloads to Azure, you can save up to 30-50% on operational costs over three years. This significant reduction in costs can have a major impact on your bottom line.

With Citrix and Azure, you can deliver secure workspace experiences without manually running updates and patches. Your environment stays secure and up to date with the latest feature updates and security enhancements.

The Citrix real-time policy engine adapts to changing access conditions, including location, identity, device, and threats, automatically applying adaptive security and performance settings on-premises and in Azure.

By leveraging Citrix Cloud with Windows Virtual Desktop, you can unlock up to 70% savings over three years compared to a legacy, on-premises Citrix and Microsoft deployment.

Having a secure workspace experience is crucial, and Citrix makes it happen by automatically keeping your key infrastructure components up to date.

This means no more spending hours installing feature updates, security enhancements, and performance optimizations. Your end users always get the best experience, and your environment stays secure without manual updates and patches.

The Citrix real-time policy engine adapts to changing access conditions, including location, identity, device, and threats. This ensures that your security and performance settings are automatically applied on-premises and in Azure.

Maximizing ROI is crucial for any business looking to stay ahead of the curve. With dynamic workload management tools, you can balance on-premises and cloud deployments to optimize operating expenses.

By leveraging Citrix Cloud with Windows Virtual Desktop, you can unlock up to 70% savings over three years compared to a legacy, on-premises Citrix and Microsoft deployment. This means more money in your pocket to invest in other areas of your business.

Bursting to the cloud from on-premises when needed allows you to maximize the utilization of your current datacenter investments. This approach also keeps your CFO off your back, as you're not overspending on unnecessary infrastructure.

Optimizing Microsoft Teams and Office 365 can take collaboration to the next level. Smart Scale features, like those offered by Citrix, enable users to dynamically scale the number of powered-on machines through workload demands or manual scheduling.

By migrating to the cloud, you can extend cost savings to your infrastructure. Instead of building and maintaining your own on-premise data center, you only pay a monthly fee for network, compute, and storage resources.