As IT teams have shifted focus toward -as-a-service solutions to realize the benefits of increased agility, reduced maintenance, and faster deployment, so has Citrix! Delivering desktops as a service is one of the best ways for IT to provide secure access for flexible work, keeping users productive in or out of the office. That’s why we’re so excited about our launch of Citrix DaaS, our cloud service-based offering that modernizes your VDI deployment.

Why Desktops as a Service or DaaS?

If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s to be prepared for every scenario. In addition to the initiatives that IT teams have taken on, like IT modernization and strengthening security, the need for technologies that are ready for anything is front and center.

Citrix DaaS offers the Citrix technology you know and love, with the added flexibility of the cloud. Citrix DaaS allows teams to embrace hybrid work models and is built to keep businesses running smoothly, even in the face of uncertainty. If you are looking for a solution that simplifies management, keeps your environments secure, and lets you scale workloads up or down as needed, Citrix DaaS gives you all of that, and more.

How the New Citrix DaaS Offerings Are Different

Our new Citrix DaaS offerings are focused on two categories, with hybrid multi-cloud and hyperscaler-specific editions. Hybrid cloud is where most of our Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service customers find themselves today — taking advantage of our scalable, always-up-to-date service offerings, while running app and desktop workloads in a hybrid mix of on-premises datacenters and cloud-hosted capacity across one or more of the major public cloud providers. These accounts will seamlessly be transitioned to the new Citrix DaaS packages and receive new functionality as part of their existing subscription.

Citrix now also offers unique DaaS offerings targeted for both Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. For customers who want to leverage their existing cloud provider relationship, Citrix now makes it easier than ever to buy, deploy, and manage cloud-hosted desktops and apps. Available in the respective cloud marketplaces, these purpose-built DaaS offerings play to the unique strengths of each provider, offering scalability and cost savings while delivering the best user experience.

What This Means for On-Prem Customers

IT leaders in even the most highly regulated industries have been ramping up cloud discussions over the past few years. For some organizations, though, hosting Citrix environments fully on-premises or in cloud infrastructure as a service, is still their preferred deployment. We’ve got your back — the Virtual Apps and Desktops product line is here to stay, and for fully IT managed deployments, we’ve just launched the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2203 LTSR. This release includes a path for public cloud hosting, so customers have even more flexibility to deploy traditional on-prem Virtual Apps and Desktops solution where you prefer.

Want to learn more? Join us on Wednesday, April 27, at 10 a.m. ET for our Making the Transition from VDI to DaaS webinar where you can ask questions about DaaS, Hybrid Rights, and more!