Your PC Alternative
Your App and Desktop Virtualization Option
Size of Workforce (# of Employees)
Workforce Yearly Growth Rate
Budget for Purchasing a New PC (per user)
IT effort to procure, image and deliver a new PC (hours/PC)
IT efforts to manage existing PCs (hours/year/physical PC)
Low-Cost HDX Ready Thin Clients Cost
Bring Your Own Device Program Client Cost
Starting Year of Assessment
Citrix App and Desktop Virtualization Solution
Edition
License Type
Advanced Fields
App and Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure
Citrix Subscription Advantage Cost
Citrix Premier Support Cost
Number of Users (Apps or Desktops) per Physial Server Host (RDS-based)
Cost of Rack Mount Server for VDI Desktops
Number of Virual Desktops per Physical Host (VDI)
Cost of Rack Mount Server for Infrastructure and Server-based Apps/Desktops
Number of Users per Infrastructure Module
Storage
Infrastructure VM Size (GB)
VDI Desktop Image Size (GB)
Shared Storage Cost per Desktop with PVD
Calculate Shared Storage Cost Based on IOPS and Capacity
Personal VDI Shared Storage per Desktop (GB)
IOPS per VDI Desktop (Medium Workload)
Cost of Shared Storage Device for 3 Years
Total IOPS per Shared Storage Shelf
Total Shared Storage Shelf Useable Capacity (GB)
Datacenter and Networking
Citrix Networking Appliance
Cost of 48 port Network Switch
Cost of Single Rack Unit (pdu, rack, cables)
Operational Costs/Efforts
Server Power Costs (cost/year/server)
PC Power Cost (cost/year/PC)
Thin Client Power Costs (cost/year/client)
One-Time Citrix Virtual Apps or Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Setup (hours)
One-Time Endpoint Setup (hours)
Hours to Manage Virtual App and Desktop Servers per Year
Hours to Manage a Single Thin Client per Year
Hours to Manage a Single BYO Device per Year
Office Space Cost per New Employee
Software Costs
Percentage of total workforce online at the same time more info
Number of Employees per PC (For scenarios where multiple shift workers share 1 PC) more info
Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services, one-user CAL with 3 Years SA
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Edition with 3 Year Software Assurance
Microsoft SQL Server License
Microsoft SQL Server Yearly SA
Hypervisor
Microsoft System Center 2012 Datacenter edition with SA
VMware vSphere Desktop edition