Deliver secure virtual apps and desktops

Provide secure remote access to employees while cutting IT costs.

Only Citrix provides a complete virtual app and desktop solution to meet all your needs from a single, easy-to-deploy platform. Give employees the freedom to work from anywhere while cutting IT costs. Deliver Windows, Linux, web, and SaaS applications or full virtual desktops to workers on any device, anywhere.

XenApp and XenDesktop 7.11

Expand on the security, user experience and flexibile management features you need.

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Explore some of the key use cases for XenApp and XenDesktop

Additional use cases  

Design and manufacturing companies are embracing a new approach to IT. Instead of installing CAD applications on costly high-end workstations, they are moving desktops, apps and data to the datacenter and cloud providers, where they can be securely accessed on-demand by users anywhere. Apps and desktops run centrally on either virtual or physical machines freeing people to work on any device they choose—even a tablet. Network optimizations ensure an experience that looks, feels and acts like a traditional high-end PC no matter what the access type.

The most complete and effective virtualization solution for 3D apps comes from Citrix, the longtime leader in virtualization and mobile workstyles. Accessible on any device, the solution provides compression and graphics acceleration technologies to optimize professional 3D graphics apps over low-bandwidth, high-latency networks. Designed for seamless integration and proven in demanding production environments, the Citrix solution combines high performance with simplicity and manageability unmatched by point solutions or piecemeal strategies.

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Organizations are embracing the use of Google Chromebooks in the enterprise. But while the Google Chrome computing platform is ideal for accessing Google Apps, SaaS, and other cloud-based services, it poses a challenge for those who depend on Microsoft Windows applications for business. IT must give people a way to access Windows apps in the Chrome environment without sacrificing the seamless simplicity of the Chrome platform.

Citrix and Google have partnered to eliminate the separation between cloud-based apps and business-critical Windows applications on Chromebooks. With XenApp and XenDesktop, you can launch centrally hosted enterprise applications alongside Google Apps, SaaS, and other cloud services within the same Chrome environment, without the need to launch one or more virtual Windows desktops.

Power Chromebooks with business-critical apps

Citrix DesktopPlayer extends the benefits of XenDesktop to BYO and corporate laptop users, enabling them to run Windows virtual desktops on Windows or Mac devices whether they are online, offline, or over a slow and intermittent network connection. The type 2 client hypervisor features centralized management capabilities, including zero-touch provisioning, one-to-many patching, and role-based policy management for comprehensive IT control.

DesktopPlayer for Windows and Mac secures virtual computers and reduces the risk of data loss for on-the-go laptop users with features such as time-based lockout, expiration, and remote wipe policies. With these capabilities, sensitive information within the virtual desktop stays safe—even if the device is lost or stolen.

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XenApp vs. XenDesktop—which one do I need?

XenApp is an application virtualization solution that helps you optimize productivity with universal access to virtual apps, desktops, and data from any device. XenDesktop carries all the same functionality as XenApp, plus the option to implement a scalable VDI solution. Compare below to see which product best suits your business needs.

  XenApp XenDesktop
HDX technology for optimized user experience    
Published Windows, Linux, web, and SaaS applications    
Single management console for apps and desktops    
Centralized security in the data center    
FIPS and Common Criteria certified    
Single image provisioning technology    
VDI desktops    
Remote PC access    
Offline client virtualization for disconnected user requirements    

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Why XenApp and XenDesktop

Forrester Research names Citrix a leader in VDI.

XenApp and XenDesktop are Common Criteria certified to meet the highest security standards.

By centralizing our data systems using Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop, we’ve eliminated redundant infrastructure and introduced cost savings, while also making it easier for employees to submit data at the project location in real time.

David Banger
CIO
John Holland Group

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Making cloud simpler,
business faster

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Our strategic partnerships

Microsoft and Citrix have 230,000 shared customers and tens of millions of users who rely on our solutions every day.  For example, Microsoft engineers worked closely with Citrix to develop the HDX RealTime Optimization Pack for Skype for Business—the only Microsoft-endorsed solution on the market.

Citrix and Google have been working together since Chromebooks first reached the market in 2011.  Chrome devices with XenApp and XenDesktop allows organizations to provision, centrally manage, and deliver enterprise apps and data with the highest security over any network.

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