Citrix Workflow Studio™ is an infrastructure process automation platform that enables you to transform your datacenter into a dynamic delivery center. It natively supports Citrix products including XenApp™, XenDesktop™, XenServer™ and NetScaler™. Built on top of Windows® PowerShell™ and Windows Workflow Foundation, Workflow Studio provides an easy-to-use, graphical interface for workflow composition that virtually eliminates scripting. Workflow Studio acts as the glue across the IT infrastructure allowing administrators to easily tie technology components together via workflows.

The key benefits provided by Workflow Studio are:

• Graphically create workflows without writing scripts.
• Activate, schedule, and monitor workflow processes from a unified central dashboard.
• Mechanize repetitive configuration tasks.
• Integrate infrastructure components across the Citrix Delivery Center™.
• Extend / integrate application processes that span multiple products.
• Access a rich set of resources through direct integration with the Citrix Developer Network.

The orchestration of technology components into a seamless, integrated delivery system provides a dynamic infrastructure that can respond to changes in user demand or other external factors. By doing so, IT organizations realize the cost savings, support staff efficiencies and improved user experience necessary to drive competitive advantage and deliver business value. Some of the key use cases are:

1. Power management – Reduce power consumption in the datacenter.
2. User provisioning – Automate the process of provisioning users.
3. Dynamic resource allocation – Detect changes in user traffic patterns and automatically re-configure server resources for on-demand access.
4. Disaster recovery – Automate failover and recovery procedures.
5. Product automation – Automate repetitive tasks and ensure best practices are followed.

Download a pre-configured appliance to try Workflow Studio for 30 days. Current customers can download the software and begin creating your dynamic delivery center today: