Citrix XenApp 6.5 continues the integration with Microsoft® App-V, introduced in XenApp 6, delivering App-V virtualized applications to any user on any device anywhere. Through this integration, joint customers can extend the benefits of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack to reach a broader set of devices including lightly managed and non-Windows® endpoints across local or wide area networks. Our joint solution lowers the cost of delivering and maintaining Windows applications for all users in the enterprise.

Publish App-V packages directly from XenApp

Through our new App-V integration, Microsoft App-V packages can be published using the same workflows and wizards as all other applications managed through XenApp. Administrators can leverage native XenApp application virtualization and session virtualization configuration parameters and policies to make Microsoft App-V packages available for online and offline use.

Manage App-V client plug-in using Citrix Receiver

The Microsoft Application Virtualization Desktop Client can now be managed and delivered as a plug-in for Citrix Receiver . With XenApp, App-V packages can now be delivered to lightly managed endpoint scenarios, even if the endpoint is not a member of the Microsoft Active Directory domain. As a result, new App-V use cases and access scenarios are enabled, including the delivery of applications to a consultant or for companies with Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) initiatives.

Subscribe to App-V packages using Citrix Receiver

With Citrix Receiver, users gain self-service access to applications through an enterprise app storefront. Administrators can advertise App-V packages with all other XenApp published applications and services for easy, on-demand access by users.