Citrix Desktop Master Class – What’s New in XenApp/XenDesktop 7.11 - Sept 2016

21/22 September 2016

Lee Bushen – EMEA Tech Readiness

Patrick Irwin – EMEA Sales Readiness

Desktop Master Class 2016XenApp/XenDesktop 7.11

Patrick Irwin Lee Bushen

XenApp & XenDesktop 7.11

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Pronounced “Seven-Eleven”

Agenda

Introduction

Microsoft Alignment Features

User Experience Features

Management Enhancements

XenApp and XenDesktop 7.11

Norskale!

Competition!

Virtual Desktop Agents

Microsoft Alignment

Management User Experience

Windows Server 2016Azure Resource Manager

Extended App-V IntegrationSCVMM Support for AppDisks

Historical Resource UtilizationUser Profile Improvements

Self-Service Password Reset

Context-aware DeliveryContent PublishingLinux Applications

Improved Advanced GraphicsExpanded USB Device Support

Day 1 support for Windows Server 2016Apps, desktops, and infrastructure

Requires Desktop Experience version– Available on the Long Term Service Branch

(LTSB)

2016 Apps and Desktops– 7.11 Server VDA

2016 Infrastructure– Controller– Studio– Director– StoreFront– Provisioning Services– Federated Authentication (FAS)– Hyper-V through SCVMM 2016 (With DDA!)– License Server (new release)– SCOM Management Packs (new release)– AppDNA (new release)– Session Recording (new release)

App-V Isolation (Connection) Group Support

App-V Isolation Group SupportUser Group 1 User Group 2 User Group 3 User Group 4

Office Yes Yes Yes Yes

ShareFile Outlook Plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes

GoToMeeting Outlook Plugin

Yes Yes

Finance Excel Plugin Yes Yes

Delivery Group 1 Delivery Group 2 Delivery Group 3 Delivery Group 4Office Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes

App-V Isolation Group Support

Office. ShareFile and

Finance Plugin

Office, ShareFile and GoToMeeting

Plugin

Office, ShareFile,

GoToMeeting and Finance

Plugin

Office & ShareFile

Plugin

Option 1- create 4 App-V Sequences

Yes Yes

Isolation Group 1 Isolation Group 2 Isolation Group 4

Office ShareFile Plugin

Finance Excel Plugin

Isolation Group 3

GoToMeeting Plugin

Option 2:- 4 App-V Sequences- 4 Isolation Groups

App-V Isolation Group SupportScenario with automatic/explicit designations

Yes Yes

Isolation Group 1

Explicit Automatic Explicit ExplicitOption 3:- 4 App-V Sequences- 1 Isolation Group- Assignment via

Automatic or Explicit Office ShareFile Plugin

Finance Excel Plugin

GoToMeeting Plugin

Hyper-V Enhancements

+Citrix AppDisk

AppDisks now supported on Hyper-V GPU Pass-Through on Hyper-V 2016 using DDA

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/09/14/citrix-xendesktop-nvidia-grid/

7.11 supports HDX 3D Pro on Hyper-V!Conceptual diagram of GPU pass-through Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Discrete Device Assignment (DDA)

NVIDIA GRID

Windows Server 2012 R2 or 2016 Win 8 Win 10Win 7

DDA in Hyper-V 2016

Users or Sessions

Hypervisor

4 physical GPU on 1 GRID card

Also coming soon: GPU pass-through support for Azure N-series VMs

Embracing the latest Azure platformVM provisioning with Machine Creation Services (MCS) on Azure Resource Manager (ARM)

– Deliver Universal Apps seamlessly without the need for a desktop session

– Universal Apps are published through the app publishing wizard in Citrix Studio

Deliver new Universal Apps to any devicePublishing Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Apps on Server 2016 and Windows 10

Citrix Director enhancements

Resource Utilization Reporting Additional Alert Conditions Large Scale Export

Platinum

https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/08/10/citrix-director-features-by-edition-and-version/

Profile Management enhancements

Simplified management for dedicated VDI

Provisioning full clones with Machine Creation Services

Base VM Image Dedicated Machine Catalog with Independent

• Allows users to easily unlock their accounts or reset their password

• Fully integrated with StoreFront for a seamless experience

Web-based self-service password resetSave time and money by keeping users productive

Platinum

Telemetry features

Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)

Call Home

License Management Service (LMS)

Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)

• Collects anonymous usage data from customers

• Absolutely no customer-identifiable data

• Can be turned off at any time

• ON by default (no tick box) doesn’t start working for 7 days

• Data Collected– Config Data – CPU/Memory config, OS, Hypervisor– Performance – How responsive our UI tasks are,

frequency of unexpected events

• Gives customers a “vote” on product features

• Enables product and support teams to make data-driven decisions

• Removes “sick environment” bias

Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)Product improvement by collecting anonymous configuration and usage data

• http://more.citrix.com/XD-CEIP• http://more.citrix.com/XD-INSTALLER

Product / Component Default Initial configuration done by Do I need to be logged in?

Can Citrix identify me?

Scheduled

AppDNA Configure AppDNA Environment No No Yes, changeable via AppDNA Settings

Citrix License ServerSince 11.12.1 Build 14100

LS Installation UI only(Not available in XD Installer)

No No Yes, changeable via PowerShell(Set-LicCEIPOption)

Citrix Receiver for WindowsSince 4.4

Receiver Installation No No Yes, changeable via Advanced Preferences>Data Collection

Delivery ControllerSince 7.6

OnSince 7.9

• No data sent before 7 days• Settings inherited at upgrade

No No Yes, changeable via Studio Configuration> Product Support tab

MetainstallerSince 7.11

Check box is checked to send data by default

Installer main UI• Information submitted at end of installation

No No No

Provisioning ServicesSince 7.9

On • No data sent before 7 days• Settings inherited at upgrade

No No Yes, changeable via Farm Properties> Options tab

Session Recording TechnologySince 7.6 FP2

SRT Installation No No Yes, changeable via Server Properties> CEIP tab

Universal Print ServerSince 7.6 FP3

OnSince 7.9

• No data sent before 7 days No No Yes, changeable via RegistryHKLM:\Software\Citrix\Universal Print Server\CEIPEnabledSet value to 0

Call Home ProgramWhat?

• Diagnostic data periodically uploaded to Citrix

• Data is held using your MyCitrix login

• Not anonymous - same data uploaded if you logged a support call

• Call Home enabled at install or afterwards

• Data Collected– system and product configuration, performance, error logs,

WMI info, processes running

Why?• Gives customers proactive support even before

events occur

• Quicker problem resolution

Demo of Call Home

Call HomePeriodic health check by collecting and analyzing diagnostic data and proactively notifying admins about issues.

• http://more.citrix.com/XD-CALLHOME

Product / Component Initial Configuration done by

Do I need to be logged in?

Manual Scheduled

Citrix License ServerSince 11.12.1 Build 14100

LS Installation UI only(Not available in XD Installer)

No Uses serial number

Yes Yes, on service start(after 5 minutes)

Yes, changeable via PowerShell(Set-LicCEIPOption)

Delivery ControllerSince 7.9

Installation UI> Turns on scheduled Call Home

Yes Yes Yes, via PowerShellStart-CitrixCallHomeUpload

Yes, changeable via PowerShell(Enable-CitrixCallHome / Disable-CitrixCallHome)

Provisioning ServicesSince 7.11

PVS Console> Report a Problem

Yes Yes Yes, via report a problem

StoreFrontSince 7.8

Virtual Delivery AgentSince 7.6 FP3

XenServerSince 7.0

XenCenter Console (XC)> Tools, Health Check

Yes Yes Yes, via XC Console Yes, changeable via XC Console

License Management Service (LMS)

What?• Sends license usage to CIS

• Covers 3 common use cases– Duplication of licenses outside a Disaster

Recovery (DR) environment – Use of legacy licenses for new product

versions – Use of rescinded licenses

• ON by default (no tick box) doesn’t start working for 7 days

• Helps customers stay compliant

• Does NOT trigger any Citrix audits, purely informational

License Management Service (LMS)Verifying license usage patterns for some key use cases by using License server telemetry data.

Product / Component Initial configuration done by

Do I need to be logged in?

Manual Scheduled

Citrix License ServerSince 11.14

Installation -> “on by default’No data sent before 7 days

No Yes Yes, on service start(after 5 minutes)

Yes, changeable via command line Tool(ctx_license_management_service.exe)

North America User

Zone Preference

AppX Data

AppXWin10 Browser App

User Profile

Win10 Browser App

User Profile/Shares

Gateway Gateway

North America User

Zone Preferences

AppX Data

AppXWin10 Browser App

User Profile

Win10 Browser App

User Profile/Shares

Gateway Gateway

Zone Preferences

Selecting the preferred zone

Application Home

User Home

User Location

For apps with backend data requirements, regardless of user

For apps with backend data requirements, based of user

For apps with no backend data requirements

Zone Preferences

Selecting the preferred session

App Home

User Home

User Location

Pick preferred

Preferred zone

Non-preferred

Reconnect

New session

Reconnect

Session roam

New Session

• Publish document files and web URLs through the PowerShell SDK

• Once published, content items are managed through Citrix Studio

Content publishingOffer documents and URLs through StoreFront

https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2013/08/21/xd-tipster-changing-delivery-group-icons-revisited-xd7/

HDX enhancements

Policy: Use Video Codec for Compression

Adaptive Display v2

Adaptive Display v2Selective use of H.264 in

detected transient regionsH.264 (Green) is among the best software encoders for video and 3D graphics today – great quality.

Higher CPU cost and less ‘snappy’ than JPEG

JPEG (Red) is most efficient for office workloads – low CPU and highest compatibility.

Higher bandwidth cost with video, than H.264

Overlay lossless text (Blue) to avoid blur

Hardware Video Encoding with NVIDIA NVENC

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/09/14/citrix-xendesktop-nvidia-grid/

Preliminary data: HDX 3D Pro acceleration in 7.11Compare XenDesktop 7.11 with Thinwire off-loading to NVIDIA GRID GPU, vs CPU encoding in XenDesktop 7.8

Up to 20% increase in server CPU scalability; peak up to 36%

16VMs running across 4 GPUs, at 4 VMs per GPU (GRID Profile: M60-2Q)Source: NVIDIA GRID Technical Marketing

Up to 20% increase in server Memory scalability

Compare XenDesktop 7.11 with Thinwire off-loading to NVIDIA GRID GPU, vs CPU encoding in XenDesktop 7.8

Preliminary data: HDX 3D Pro acceleration in 7.11

Higher FPS at no cost of network bandwidth scalability

Compare XenDesktop 7.11 with Thinwire off-loading to NVIDIA GRID GPU, vs CPU encoding in XenDesktop 7.8

Preliminary data: HDX 3D Pro acceleration in 7.11

Demo of Adaptive Display v2

http://bit.ly/adaptivev2

Follow along:

Additional releases

Linux VDA 1.4App publishing (non-seamless)

Anonymous sessionsUSB redirection

Policy managementNVIDIA vGPU Support

Unified app/desktopcloud-enabled platform (FMA)

1st GPU support

PVS write cache

Hybrid cloudprovisioning

Skype for Mac/Win/Linux

Acquire Framehawk

Prelaunch, linger, anon logonNext Gen ThinwireHDX Framehawk GAFaster SmartCard logonFIPS & Common CriteriaClipboard policiesX1 MouseSession recordingWatermarking (Labs)Jailbreak detectionLinux GA and 2.0Windows 10 support Day 1Supportability toolsAutomated migration serviceDesktopPlayer (Mac/Win)Multi-geo managementHorizon migration serviceAdvanced alertingWorkspace Cloud GABrowser Apps Service (Labs)AppDNA Express (Labs)

2013 2014 2015

Download TodayFederated AuthenticationMCS I/O OptimizationsIntel Iris Pro GraphicsNutanix MCS provisioningEnhanced Director reportingAdvanced printing capabilitiesSecure BrowserLong Term Service ReleaseStoreFront 3.5AppDiskAppDNA for App DiskApp-V IntegrationEnhanced App PublishingSession Recording for VDIFramehawk & HDX 3D Pro

Windows Server 2016Azure Resource ManagerZone PreferenceApp-V Isolation GroupsContent publishingLinux applications

Julie CassagneProduct Consultant - WEM

Agostinho TavaresSenior Sales Engineer - WEM

Workspace Environment Manager

September 2016 :

Norskale is now part of

Citrix

2012 Creation of Norskale

2013First customer >20K users

2014 >100K users in productionMore than 100 customers

2015 >250K users in productionFirst customer >80.000 usersMore than 200 customersConsiderable R&D investments

History

Workspace Environment ManagementCitrix acquires Norskale

User Profile ManagementDeliver the best possible workspace performance, desktop

logon and application response times for every user

Resource ManagementIntelligently adjust the way applications utilize systems resources such as RAM, CPU and Input/Output (IOps)

Up to70%Improvements in server scalability

& best responsiveness of the apps

Up to 80%Improvements in user logon times

System Resources Optimizations

• Analyzing end user behavior in real time

• Allocating the right level of resources (CPU/RAM/IOPS) • CPU / IOPS : live intelligent allocation according to what

the user is doing• RAM : recalculate automatically the amount of RAM

needed by each process

User Environment Management

• Speeding up workspace access for end users

• Contextualizing easily Windows users environment

• Simplifying & industrializing administration

• Managing UPM profiles

Architecture

WEM Synchronization SQL Transaction

WEMBroker

SQL Server

WEMAdmin Console

Workspace Environment Management will be available for Enterprise & Platinum customers under Software Maintenance.

Workspace Environment Management will be supported for the following versions :

Licensing & Support

Citrix Product Series Versions SupportedXenApp 6.5 (64-bit), 7.xXenDesktop 7.x

Microsoft Alignment

Management User Experience

Windows Server 2016Azure Resource Manager

Extended App-V IntegrationSCVMM Support for AppDisks

Historical Resource UtilizationUser Profile Improvements

Self-Service Password Reset

Context-aware DeliveryContent PublishingLinux Applications

Improved Advanced GraphicsExpanded USB Device Support

What Hyper-V technology allows us to support GPUs on Virtual Desktops?

Competition – Amazon Echo!!

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