1. Microsoft Desktop Virtualization
Microsoft Management Summit 2011
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Microsoft Desktop Virtualization
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July 2011
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2. Microsoft: The Vendor of Choice for Desktop Virtualization
Customers choose Microsoft over VMware for three key reasons:
Most Comprehensive
Set of Solutions
Deploy right DV solution for each user and use case – more cost effectively
Preserve and extend your existing IT investments
The Best User
Experience
Higher fidelity over any network, across more devices
Deliver the right applications to end users, where and when they need them
Microsoft’s Desktop Virtualization stack has three distinct advantages over VMware:
Most Comprehensive Set of Solutions: Microsoft offers virtualization solutions that span the user state, application, client-hosted OS, and server hosted OS layers.
This complete set of solutions allows customers to deploy the DV solution best matched for each and every user and use case. Since you don’t over invest in complex and expensive solutions like VDI for users better served by application or session virtualization, you can achieve maximum benefit much more cost effectively and with less technical complexity.
In addition, with Microsoft you can preserve and extend your existing IT investments – many customers already have Microsoft products that they can leverage to implement different DV solutions.
The Best User Experience: Ensuring users can access their desktops, applications, and data quickly and easily is critical to successful desktop virtualizations. Microsoft DV, in combination with partners like Citrix, has two important advantages in this area – it provides higher fidelity virtualized desktop experiences, to more devices than VMware’s offerings, and makes it easier for you to deliver the right applications to end users, where and when they need them.
Superior Manageability: IT administrators need to be able to easily manage desktop virtualization solutions. Only Microsoft’s portfolio allows you to leverage the industry- standard Systems Center to manage both your virtual and physical environments, with a single pane of glass. In addition, Microsoft’s application virtualization layer in particular has many unique features and capabilities that make application packaging, deployment, and management much easier than with VMware’s offerings.
The next few slides provide the details behind these points.
Superior
Manageability
Manage both virtual and physical environments with System Center
Simplify application packaging, deployment, and management 3

3. Deploy right solution for each user and use case
Most Comprehensive Set of Solutions
The Best User Experience
Deploy right solution for each user and use case
Superior Manageability
Use Case
Microsoft
VMware
Simplify application delivery & management & reduce conflicts
ThinApp: No app delivery or management capabilities
Microsoft App-V
Save storage space when delivering applications to server-hosted desktops
Microsoft App-V (shared cache)
Resolve OS-application compatibility issues
View/ Workstation/ACE: Complex & expensive alternatives
Microsoft MED-V
Let’s drill down on the first key advantage, the fact that Microsoft provides the most comprehensive set of DV solutions.
The first thing this allows you to do is to deploy the right solutions for each user and use case without overinvesting. VMware’s VDI-centric approach, by contrast, encourages customers to deploy the most complex and capital-intensive form of DV even when simpler, less costly solutions would do.
Let’s compare capabilities for primary DV use cases.
Make user data and settings available to users on any PC
Microsoft USV, including Folder Redirection and Roaming User Profiles, is provided as native functionality in the Windows OS. VMware requires Windows to implement any USV functionality. [Note: VMware acquired profile management capabilities from RTO in 2009 and has announced plans to integrate into View, but has not done so as of release Such capabilities would only support VDI scenarios, however, whereas Microsoft’s USV works for physical as well as virtual desktops.]
Simplify application delivery & management & reduce conflicts
Microsoft App-V includes leading application delivery, management, metering and reporting capabilities.
VMware offers ThinApp, however it is an incomplete solution that lacks simplified app packaging tools and app monitoring/management capabilities. Packaging requires command line parameters & manual edits to INI files, and it agentless model makes it harder to deploy and monitor apps.
Save storage space when delivering applications to server-hosted desktops
Microsoft App-V’s shared cache feature significantly reduces storage required in VDI and RDS Sessions. ThinApp doesn’t have a comparable capability.
Resolve OS-application conflicts
Microsoft provides MED-V to provide a client-hosted virtualization solution that addresses compatibility issues during OS upgrades. VMware provides only more complex and costly solutions such as ACE, Workstation, or full-scale VDI – which require their own deployment and management infrastructure and would be excessive for addressing what should be temporary OS-app compat issues.
Provide high density server-hosted desktops for task workers
Only Microsoft offers RDS Sessions as part of Windows Server 2008, a solution that is 2-5 times as scalable as VDI that can readily provide virtual desktops to workers that don’t need fully personalized and individualized virtual machines. VMware can only offer the more expensive and less scalable View product for such workers.
Deliver personalized server-hosted desktops to end users
Microsoft VDI, in combination with partners like Citrix, provides higher fidelity server-hosted desktops delivered over both LAN and WAN, to virtually any device (Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, WebOS, Unix, and Linux)
VMware’s View solution uses a protocol that was design for low latency LAN networks, and its user experience over WAN doesn’t compare. It also serves only Windows and iPad clients.
Provide high density server-hosted desktops for task workers
Windows Server 2008 RDS Sessions
View: Limitations over WAN
Microsoft VDI*
Deliver personalized server-hosted desktops to end users
* Microsoft partners with companies such as Citrix for high fidelity experience over WAN 4

4. Preserve and extend IT investments
Most Comprehensive Set of Solutions
The Best User Experience
Preserve and extend IT investments
Superior Manageability
If you have…
You already have…
USV via folder redirection and roaming profiles
App-V & MED-V included in optional MDOP Software Assurance benefit (additional $10/User/Year)
Ability to repurpose existing PCs as VDI thin clients with Windows Thin PC
User rights for access to virtual desktops
The key benefit of Microsoft’s comprehensive set of solutions is that it better enables customer to preserve and extend IT investments they’ve already made. This is because many powerful desktop virtualization technologies are included with other Microsoft products customers already use or own the rights to.
Almost every Microsoft customer relies on Windows for its client PC OS, which means they already can take advantage of the User State Virtualization features including folder redirection and roaming user profiles
Software Assurance customers receive:
Access to App-V and MED-V if they purchase the optional Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) SA benefit, which costs less than $10/user/year
Ability to repurpose existing PCs as VDI thin clients with the new Windows Thin PC. You don’t have to replace existing PCs and laptops with new thin client laptops, you can save money as part of your VDI deployment by locking them down as Thin PCs and still management them easily with System Center
SA customers also have user rights to access virtual desktops, with no separate licensing arrangement required
[Note: Subs should modify MDOP pricing]
Note that all of these benefits are available through other licensing options as well - the key point is that you don’t have to purchase anything separately if you already have SA. VMware would require you to pay an additional fee for ThinApp, for example, when you already have the rights to use App-V and MED-V.
The Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Data Center editions include Hyper-V server, which is the platform for both RDS Sessions and VDI solutions
Finally, if you are using System Center, your organization already owns and has the IT familiarity with the only tool that can manage both physical and virtual assets and environments
Platform for both RDS Sessions and Microsoft VDI*
Platform & IT skills to manage both your physical and virtual environments 5
* Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise & Data Center editions; Hyper –V Server

5. The Best User Experience
Most Comprehensive Set of Solutions
The Best User Experience
Superior Manageability
Capabilities
Microsoft
VMware
Higher fidelity over any network, across more devices
Deliver higher fidelity experience on LAN and WAN for server-hosted desktops1
Access server-hosted desktops across wider range of clients1
Deliver the right applications to end users
Virtualize wider range of applications (including 64 bit & fully featured Office 2010)2
The second key advantage of Microsoft’s DV stack is that it provides for the best end user experience. A poor user experience can derail a DV implementation, so choosing the vendor with the best user experience can help ensure your investment pays off.
First, Microsoft delivers higher fidelity UX over any network, across more devices
Microsoft with VDI partners such as Citrix provides higher fidelity desktops over both LAN and WAN. View desktops may not render as well over low bandwidth LAN and WAN since PCoIP was designed specifically for low latency networks.
VDI access across wider range of clients* - Unlike Microsoft when paired with Citrix XenDesktop, VMware View doesn’t support access from clients such as Mac, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and WebOS devices.
Deliver the right applications to end users
Virtualize wider range of applications - VMware doesn’t support packaging either 64 bit apps or a fully featured Office 2010 [features such as ThinApp virtualized Office disables key features such as: fast search; open, edit, save SharePoint -hosted virtualized Office files; Office search indexing support; redirect URLs to virtualized Outlook; and print to virtualized OneNote.]
With System Center 2012 self-service portal, you can put users in control and reduce IT deployment time by empowering users to access apps on demand.
With System Center 2012 deployment rules, IT admins can create rules that applications are delivered in the most optimal way for each user depending on their device and network capabilities (e.g., local installation, streaming through App-V, or via a presentation server).
App-V’s locally caching ensures convenient user access to streamed apps offline and over poor connections – ThinApp streamed apps cannot be used offline if the connection fails for some reason, and can take a longer time to launch over poor connections.
Empower users to access apps on demand through self-service portal3
Optimize app delivery across devices and networks3
User access to streamed apps offline and faster launch over poor connections2
1 Microsoft partners with companies such as Citrix for high fidelity experience over WAN and deployment to non-Windows devices.
2 Feature provided with App-V
3 Feature provided with System Center ConfigMgr 2012 6

6. Superior Manageability
Most Comprehensive Set of Solutions
The Best User Experience
Superior Manageability
Capabilities
Microsoft
VMware
Manage both virtual and physical environments with System Center
Deploy, manage, and monitor both physical and virtual applications and desktops
Integrated identity and security management across physical and virtual desktops
Simplify application packaging, deployment, and management
Speed packaging & enable even less-experienced packagers to sequence complex apps2
Optimize app delivery for user device type and network connection3
The third key advantage to Microsoft’s stack is superior manageability. The more you virtualize, the more complex your environment can become, and the more essential a comprehensive management system is to enabling a cost- effective, dynamic infrastructure.
Microsoft has invested a great deal to ensure you can monitor and manage your virtual applications and assets easily and through the same tool used to manage physical assets, the industry-standard System Center. With the Microsoft System Center suite, you get System Center Virtual Machine Manager, System Center Operations Manager, System Center Configuration Manager and System Center Data Protection Manager—all integrated and all for one price.
VMware provides much more limited management capabilities and requires you to use other vendors to manage virtualized applications as well as physical assets.
Microsoft allows you to manage all physical and virtual environments with industry-leading System Center.
System Center allows you to use a single tool to deploy, manage, and monitor both physical and virtual apps and desktops. VMware provides a separate management tool for VDI (View Manager) that only manages virtual desktops, and you must find another 3rd party solution to manage physical assets.
For application virtualization, you have a choice of using either App-V Management Center or System Center to monitor applications and ensure they are up-to-date. VMware’s ThinApp is an application packaging utility with no management capabilities built in.
Additional System Center provides integrated identify and security management across physical and virtual desktops
In addition, Microsoft’s portfolio provides tools that simplify application packaging, deployment, and management.
Microsoft’s App-V Package Accelerators, readily accessible from the packaging tool itself in the App-V Package Accelerator Galley (gallery.technet.microsoft.com), make it easy even for inexperienced app packagers to sequence complex apps. Packaging with ThinApp is more complicated and time consuming, requiring command line installation parameters and manual edits of INI files.
System Center Configuration Manager 2012’s deployment rules also enable IT admins to define an application for a user just once, and have it delivered to multiple devices in the right format (e.g., local installation, streaming through App-V, or via presentation server) optimized for the user’s device type and network connection. VMware lacks comparable robust application deployment management capabilities
Finally, App-V apps are easily monitored and updated once deployed using System Center. ThinApp “agentless” apps (which really contain an embedded agent) are deployed as standalone MSIs or executables, and are difficult to track & centrally manage once deployed. Upgrading ThinApp apps also requires repackaging or “relinking.”
Monitor applications once deployed4
1 Feature provided with System Center
2 Feature provided with App-V
3 Feature provided with System Center ConfigMgr 2012
4 Feature provided with System Center or App-V Management Suite 7

7. Microsoft delivers more at a lower cost
Microsoft provides more desktop virtualization options, with more robust capabilities, at a lower cost than VMware
Virtualization
Layers
Microsoft Desktop
Virtualization
VMware Desktop
Virtualization
Application
Virtualization
VMware ThinApp: Offers fewer capabilities with less competitive pricing. Starts at $6,050 USD for 50 client licenses and 1 year basic support.
App-V & MED-V included with MDOP†, <$10 per year with Software Assurance
App-V also available as part of VDI Suite (see below) and RDS CAL (for use with TS)
Client-Hosted
OS Virtualization for App-OS Compat
No comparable offering – Workstation & View far more costly or complex
Server-Hosted
OS Virtualization
VMware View Enterprise: higher 3-year cost than either Microsoft VDI Suite at $80 annually per user without application virtualization, integrated management, or session virtualization
VMware View Premier: even costlier over 3 years with addition of application virtualization at $133 annually per user
VDI Standard Suite*: $21 per device per year, includes application virtualization and integrated management
VDI Premium Suite*: $53 per device per year adds session virtualization to Standard suite
Microsoft’s desktop virtualization solutions deliver more at a lower cost.
Let’s look at each virtualization layer:
User State Virtualization: Microsoft includes User State Virtualization as native functionality with the Windows Operating System – For VMware, you have to use Windows for native USV functionality Note: VMware acquired profile management capabilities from RTO in 2009 and has announced plans to integrate into View, but has not done so as of release Such capabilities would only support VDI scenarios, however, whereas Microsoft’s USV works for physical as well as virtual desktops.]
Application Virtualization – MED-V is also included in the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) subscription available to Software Assurance customers for less than $10/user/year. Or, you can purchase App-V as part of the VDI Suite, which I’ll outline in a just minute. VMware’s ThinApp offers fewer capabilities and, in addition to the license cost, VMware requires you to purchase a support subscription, raising total cost to $6,050 for 50 client licenses.
Client Hosted OS Virtualization for App-OS Compat: MED-V is also included in the MDOP subscription available to Software Assurance customers for less than $10/user/year. VMware has no comparable offering – their primary solutions that could address this issue (View, ACE, and Workstation) are all overkill for this scenario, requiring their own hardware infrastructure to support deployment and management.
Server-Hosted OS Virtualization – Microsoft offers two ways to purchase server-hosted desktops:
VDI Standard Suite – has a lower average annual cost over 3 years than either VMware offering, and includes App-V and integrated management
VDI Premium Suite – adds session virtualization and still lower annual average cost than either VMware VDI license over 3 year period
† MDOP includes other valuable products, in addition to App-V and MED-V, at no extra cost : Asset Inventory Service (AIS), BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM), Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT), Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM).
*Microsoft VDI Standard and Premium Suites both provide more capabilities at a lower cost than either VMware View Enterprise or Premier. 8

8. Microsoft VDI Suites offer more at a lower cost
Microsoft VDI Standard Suite provides more value than either VMware View Enterprise or Premier. VMware has no offering that can compete with Microsoft VDI Premium Suite.
Integrated management is standard in Microsoft’s VDI suite but is not available in either VMware offering.
Session-based desktops are only provided by Microsoft and are available in the Microsoft VDI Premium Suite.
VDI Offering
The Premium Desktop
Virtualization Offering
VMware View Enterprise
Microsoft VDI Standard Suite
VMware View Premier
Microsoft VDI Premium Suite
Session-based Desktops
Integrated Management
Application Virtualization
Connection
Broker
Hypervisor (LM, Clustering, etc)
$133/ccu annual†
$80/ccu annual†
$53/device annual*
This chart shows you how Microsoft’s VDI suites compare to VMware. As you can see, for a much lower annual cost of $21/device/year (averaged over 3 years), you receive connection broker and Hypervisor license as with VMware’s Enterprise SKU. However, Microsoft’s cost also includes application virtualization and integrated management. You have to purchase the VMware View Premier SKU at an average annual cost of $133 over three years to receive application virtualization, and even then you don’t receive integrated management.
Microsoft’s VDI Premium suite, which adds Session-based desktops, retails for $53/year, still less than VMware’s lowest cost SKU. MS MS
$21/device annual*
Regardless of vendor, VDA licensing is required for non-SA devices
† Based on 3-year cost calculation per concurrent user (ccu). VMware® View Enterprise add-on license price $150 and 20% yearly maintenance ($30) averaged over 3 years (($ *$30 = $240)/3 = $80). VMware® View Premier add-on license price $250 per year and 20% yearly maintenance ($50) averaged over 3 years (($ *$50 = $400)/3 = $133). As per published VMware prices available at as of 08/04/2009 for purchases in the United States. Actual reseller prices may vary.
* Based on Microsoft estimated retail prices for purchases in the United States. Actual reseller prices may vary. 9

9. Microsoft-Citrix VDI delivers even more value
Microsoft-Citrix VDI provides superior functionality to VMware at a more reasonable cost.
VMware cannot offer the same rich experience across WAN as Microsoft-Citrix.
Integrated management is standard in Microsoft-Citrix VDI but is not available in either VMware offering.
Session-based desktops are only provided by Microsoft-Citrix and are available in the Microsoft VDI Premium Suite with Citrix XenDesktop.
VDI Offering
The Premium Desktop Virtualization Offering
VMware View Enterprise
Microsoft VDI Standard Suite and Citrix XenDesktop “VDI Edition”
VMware View Premier
Microsoft VDI Premium Suite/ Citrix XenDesktop Enterprise Deliver VMs and Sessions
Session-based Desktops
Profile Management
Single Image Management
Rich experience across WAN
Integrated Management
Application Virtualization
Connection
Broker
Hypervisor (LM, Clustering, etc)
$148*
$133†
$95/device annual*
(Enterprise)
Citrix
$80†
$63*
$133/ccu annual†
You can add Citrix XenDesktop for rich VDI across WAN for an additional $42/device/year. For a total of $63/device/year, you receive application virtualization, integrated management, rich experience across WAN, single image management, and profile management. Only VMware’s View Premier SKU, which cost an average of $133 per year over 3 years, includes Single Image Management and Application virtualization, and it still lacks the rich experience across WAN, integrated management, and profile management of the standard Microsoft+Citrix offering.
If you are deploying both RDS Sessions and VDI, the best value is Microsoft’s premium desktop virtualization offering, at $148/device/year – which delivers session-based desktop capabilities VMware simply can’t offer.
$42/device annual*
$80/ccu annual†
Citrix MS
$53/device annual* MS
$21/device annual*
Regardless of vendor, VDA licensing is required for non-SA devices
† Based on 3-year cost calculation per concurrent user (ccu). VMware® View Enterprise add-on license price $150 and 20% yearly maintenance ($30) averaged over 3 years (($ *$30 = $240)/3 = $80). VMware® View Premier add-on license price $250 per year and 20% yearly maintenance ($50) averaged over 3 years (($ *$50 = $400)/3 = $133). As per published VMware prices available at as of 08/04/2009 for purchases in the United States. Actual reseller prices may vary.
* Based on Microsoft and Citrix estimated retail prices for purchases in the United States. Actual reseller prices may vary. 10

10. With vSphere 5.0, you may pay more for VDI
Single Proc Machine
Quad Proc Machine
$40,250
4 cores / proc
16 VMs / core
1 GB RAM per VM
54 %
$15,996
$2,985
66%
vSphere 4.1
$995
vSphere 5.0
Standard
Enterprise
Enterprise Plus / Datacenter
Standard
Enterprise
Enterprise Plus / Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V
With Windows Server 2008 R2, you get similar features at 60-85% lower costs than vSphere 5.0
VMware pricing information from Vsphere Public Licensing Guide on 7/19/2011.
Windows Server 2008 pricing information taken from

11. Microsoft & VMware – Head to Head
On a product-by-product basis, Microsoft’s stack has important advantages relative to VMware.
VMware Products
ThinApp
VMware View
Microsoft Products
Data & User Settings
 Windows Folder Redirection
Windows Offline Files
 Windows Roaming User Profiles
Applications
Microsoft Application Virtualization
Microsoft RemoteApp
Even taken on a product by product basis, Microsoft’s solutions have important advantages
Only Microsoft allows you to virtualize data & user settings through Windows Folder Redirection, Offline Files, and Roaming User Profiles – VMware has no comparable capability.
Where VMware does compete is on application virtualization and server-hosted desktops, so let’s compare those briefly.
Operating System
Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Suites
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services Session Virtualization
Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization

12. Microsoft Application Virtualization
More robust, packaging capabilities, more comprehensive deployment & management, and better user experience
Capabilities
Microsoft
VMware
More Robust Packaging Capabilities
Easy, fast, and predictable packaging with Package Accelerators
Virtualize a wider range of apps, including fully featured Office 2010 & 64 bit apps
Most Comprehensive Deployment & Management
Powerful, flexible virtualized application management tools
Microsoft’s App-V provides more robust packaging capabilities, the more comprehensive deployment and management capabilities, and a better end user experience than VMware’s ThinApp.
More Robust Packaging Capabilities
Microsoft’s App-V Package Accelerators, readily accessible from the packaging tool itself, make it easy even for inexperienced app packagers to sequence complex apps. Packaging with ThinApp is more complicated and time consuming, requiring command line installation parameters and manual edits of INI files.
You can also virtualize a wider range of apps with App-V - VMware doesn’t support packaging 64 bit apps or a fully featured Office 2010 [features such as ThinApp virtualized Office 2010 disables key features such as: fast search; open, edit, save SharePoint -hosted virtualized Office files; Office search indexing support; redirect URLs to virtualized Outlook; and print to virtualized OneNote.]
Most Comprehensive Deployment & Management
Powerful, flexible virtualized application management tools - App-V apps can be managed with either App-V Management Center or System Center. VMware provides no management tools with ThinApp.
In addition, App-V allows IT to monitor and manage virtual apps to ensure users have up-to-date and compliant applications once deployed. With ThinApp’s “agentless” model, apps are deployed as standalone MSIs or executables, and are difficult to track & centrally manage once deployed. As executable files, ThinApp applications can be readily installed by users on unauthorized devices, making licensing compliance a headache.
Best User Experience
With System Center 2012 deployment rules, IT admins can define rules that ensure applications are delivered in the most optimal way for each user depending on their device and connection speed (e.g., local installation, streaming through App-V, or via a presentation server). ThinApp does not provide capabilities to optimize application delivery for devices or networks.
App-V’s locally caching ensures Convenient user access to streamed apps offline and over poor connections – ThinApp streamed apps can take a long time to start over lower bandwidth connections and cannot be used offline if the connection fails for some reason.
Monitor applications once deployed
Best User Experience
Optimized application delivery across devices and connection types*
Convenient user access to streamed apps offline and over poor connections
* Feature provided with ConfigMgr 2012 14

13. Microsoft Server-Hosted Virtual Desktops
Microsoft’s VDI & RDS technologies together have significant advantages over VMware’s VDI-only offering
Capabilities
Microsoft:
VDI & RDS Sessions
VMware: VDI
Highly personalized server-hosted desktops
VDI
Higher fidelity VDI experience across both LAN and WAN*
VDI
Access from broader range of client devices*
VDI
Higher ratio of users per server for reducing storage costs
RDS
Deliver centrally-hosted applications seamlessly to your desktop with RemoteApp
RDS
Microsoft’s approach to server-hosted desktops enables customer to deploy best of breed VDI with highly scalable Sessions virtualization and RDS Sessions, together or separately depending on their use cases. Microsoft’s technologies have distinct advantages over VMware’s VDI-only offering.
Both Microsoft and VMware can deliver highly personalized server-hosted desktops
However, Microsoft, together with partners like Citrix, provides a higher fidelity VDI experience across both LAN and WAN
A Microsoft and Citrix solution also enables access from a broader range of clients that VMware doesn’t support, including Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile, and Mac OS devices
For workers that don’t require highly personalized desktops, Microsoft’s RDS sessions enables a much higher ratio of users per server - 2-5x higher than VDI - reducing server and storage costs required for virtualization
RDS also allows you to centrally host applications and deliver them seamlessly to desktops with RemoteApp – VMware has no comparable capability
Microsoft’s App-V solution enables you to save even more space when virtualizing apps in VMs due to its shared cache feature – VMware has no shared cache functionality
Finally,
Microsoft allows you to leverage Windows Server which most customers already use - as the basis for both the RDS and VDI solutions
And all of Microsoft’s DV products fully integrate with System Center for management
Save even more storage space when virtualizing apps in VMs with shared caching
Both
Leverage Windows Server as platform for both VDI & sessions
Both
Unified management of physical, virtual and session-based desktops
Both
* Microsoft partners with companies such as Citrix for high fidelity experience over WAN and deployment to non-Windows devices. 15

14. Appendix

15. The problems with “agentless” claims
Reality
ThinApp delivers applications without an agent
ThinApp delivers an agent with every ThinApp package – but it doesn’t provide any management functionality.
Delivering “agentless” ThinApp applications gives end users greater flexibility
Providing an agent with every ThinApp package allows users to run apps on computers where they might not be intended to run and on which the apps might not be licensed.
App-V agents can be easily deployed via Group Policy or with the industry- leading System Center - which can also deliver and manage physical apps.
Deploying an App-V agent to a desktop is difficult
Sellers often claim that “agentless” application virtualization have distinct benefits, however such claims do not hold up well to close inspection:
One claim often made is that ThinApp delivers applications without an agent, but in reality ThinApp includes an agent in every ThinApp package. Unlike the App-V agent, however, this agent doesn’t provide any management functionality.
Another supposed benefit of the “agentless” approach if that it gives end users greater flexibility, but the reality is that putting the agent in the ThinApp package allows users to run apps on computers where they may not be intended to run, and on which the apps might not be licensed. This can create a compliance headache.
Agentless advocates imply that deploying an App-V agent to a desktop is difficult, when in reality App-V agents are as easy to deploy as any other application – it can be easily deployed via Group Policy or System Center. The App-V client can also be deployed with the Operating System image.
Some may claim that there is no benefit to having an agent on your client, but in fact the App-V agent enables admins to manage apps, ensure compliance, and easily delivery updates. All of these tasks are harder or impossible with VMware’s agentless approach.
There is no benefit to having an agent on your client
The App-V agent enables IT admins to manage apps, ensure licensing compliance and deliver updates. Without an agent it is much harder to track virtual applications, monitoring their use, and keep them up-to-date. 17

16. Microsoft’s VDI advantage
The secret is in understanding that desktops are not servers

17. Microsoft’s VDI Offering…
…even better with partners
Application Delivery
Management
Partner Technology
Reduce Application management costs
Reduced Application costs
Desktop Delivery
Extends the scale and flexibility of the Microsoft platform
Unified Management for virtual and physical infrastructure
Integrated Security and compliance features
Extend management to non-Microsoft environments, such as VMware
Citrix enhances the Microsoft VDI offering
Enhanced User Experience to any device on any network
Improved Scalability
Better VM management
Deliver rich, local-like Windows 7 experience
Deliver Sessions and VMs
Virtualization Platform
Robust and Efficient hypervisor
Improved VM density

18. Microsoft delivers the best user experience for VDI
local-like Windows experience
Virtualizes Server GPU, delivers a virtual GPU to each VM
Highly responsive desktops including Aero, Multimedia and 3D graphics on LAN
USB Peripherals and printing
Multimonitor support
Bidirectional audio for VOIP
Microphone
WebCam
Keyboard
Mouse
Smartcard
Reader
Thumbdrive
Printer
Monitor
Access from
New Devices
Full Motion
Video
Web
Meetings
Microsoft Offers RemoteFX as part of Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS. REmoteFX technology virtualizes the server GPUs, thereby offering graphics capability to the VDI desktops. This helps fully support multimedia, 3D graphics, and a full range of peripherals, even to devices with no local graphics processing capabiltiy such as zero clients. RemoteFX also extends USB support and bidirectional audio to the VDI desktops, thereby enhancing the user experience at the end point. Citrix HDX protocol makes this even more efficient and capable in WAN environments of constrained bandwidth. And Citrix Receiver lets users get to their Windows desktop from more than 30 client OSs, including Android, iOS and Mac, for the widest reach.
any device, any network
WAN Optimization – rich experience over high latency networks
Access Windows desktops from more than 30 client OSs, including iOS and Mac

19. Microsoft and Citrix technology reduce infrastructure requirements for VDI
Hyper-V: Reduces infrastructure Costs
Reduce memory requirements across VDI desktops by 40% with dynamic memory capability of Hyper-V
Reduce desktop image size using App-V to stream apps to the OS image
App-V shared cache allows VDI desktops to share storage across VMs
XenDesktop: Reduces SAN storage costs
Citrix XenDesktop can create dynamically provision user desktops from a single golden image
Fewer desktop images need to be stored

20. Application Virtualization benefits VDI too!
Application Virtualization in VDI
Benefits:
Lowers OS management costs
The OS becomes thinner and easier to deploy
Fewer images to maintain in the datacenter
Reduce SAN storage costs
App-V has benefits for virtualized desktops as well. Applications can be served to virtual desktops or RDS users, providing all the same benefits as for physical users. In addition, App-V can increase application compatibility for RDS users, and decrease the image size for virtual desktop users.
Operating System

21. Session Virtualization offers a VDI alternative
Single Server Desktop Shared via Multiple Sessions
Single Server Desktop
Operating System
Provides the same benefits as VDI
Centralized Management
Enhanced Security & Compliance
Improved Business Continuity
Greater Flexibility
Supports the same scenarios as VDI
External contractors
Bring Your Own PC
Task Workers
Endpoints
With session virtualization, many users log in to the same server. This has traditionally been through Terminal Services or Citrix technology. However, with Windows Server 2008, this has been greatly enhanced so that the user experiences much more of a full desktop that’s compatible with many more applications.
Session virtualization offers the highest density of users per server, letting you move desktops into the datacenter at the lowest cost.
User sees desktop and applications as though it were running locally

22. The Advantages of Session Virtualization over VDI
Single Server Desktop Shared via Multiple Sessions
Single Server Desktop
Operating System
Sessions offer the following advantages over VDI:
Higher scale - more sessions per server than VMs
Lower cost - Session virtualization technology is cheaper to acquire and operate than VMs
Easier management –mature technology with familiar management tools
Microsoft + Citrix offers you a choice:
Deploy Session based or VM based desktops using the same technology
Manage sessions and VM delivery from the same console
Deliver an excellent remote desktop experience for both Sessions and VDI.
Microsoft + Citrix can offer you a choice for desktop centralization!

23. The Advantages of VDI over Session Virtualization
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure “VDI” Full Client Desktops Run as Virtual Machines (VMs)
Individual Client VMs
Operating System
Benefits beyond Session Virtualization:
User admin rights
Greater application compatibility
But at additional cost:
Compared to session virtualization, needs more storage and servers for the same number of users.
Management of client OS for each user
Microsoft + Citrix offers you a choice:
Deploy Sessions or VMs using the same technology
Manage sessions and VM delivery from the same console
Deliver an excellent remote desktop experience for both Sessions and VDI.
Microsoft + Citrix can offer you a choice for desktop centralization!

24. Desktops—More Than Just a Workload
User satisfaction depends on all these working well!
Microphone
WebCam
Keyboard
Mouse
Smartcard
Reader
Thumbdrive
Printer
Monitor
Access from
New Devices
Full Motion
Video
Web
Meetings
Server virtualization made a lot of sense because you were taking machines that were already in the datacenter, and simply consolidating them. From the perspective of the users, nothing really changes.
Desktop, however, are not just “little servers”. When desktops move to the datacenter, it’s absolutely apparent to the end users. With VDI, they still have a local keyboard, monitor, and mouse, but those devices are now connected over a WAN or LAN to the datacenter. Other peripherals, such as WebCam, thumb drive, and microphone are now strung across the network as well. Users also need to print to the same printers at their local location.
To think of this in more concrete terms, think about the activities they do throughout the day. Some tasks, such as reading and working on documents, are easily supported by VDI. But when users need to attend Web meetings, communicate on Voice over IP (VoIP), or watch training videos, it is more challenging for VDI to provide a local-like experience.
Some users have even more demanding needs. Engineers may be used to high-end workstations where they can design and rotate 3D drawings of products in real-time. Graphic artists may be developing flash for Web sites, or working on promo videos. These users used to tax the capabilities of their local hardware, and remoting every bit of this from the corporate datacenter through the corporate LAN or WAN may simply not be feasible.
Any user will be dissatisfied if VDI makes their life harder – if things don’t work as well as they did before – if they now have problems that they never previously experienced.
Server Virtualization
had none of these concerns !

25. Today, your datacenters and network have certain capacity
WAN
Network
Today, users have their own local computer resources, and the datacenter is used primarily for server applications. The corporate network is needed by users to connect with the Internet and each-other, and to connected to datacenter server resources.

26. VDI puts added strain on your datacenter and network
In order to provide an experience similar to physical desktops, the datacenter may require significant upgrades. Servers and storage will be needed, and possibly power and cooling.
Protocols need to be designed with WANs in mind
WAN
Network
Network may need to be updated to handle display remoting and peripherals.
But VDI necessitates a number of changes. VDI absolutely requires new servers in the datacenter to host user desktops. These desktops also have storage requirements that now must be added to the datacenter. Increases in storage and servers will have an effect on power and cooling requirements in the datacenter.
It’s also certain that more information will be traveling over the corporate network. This often requires network upgrades. Finally some users are connected through a WAN or 3G connection. Carefully planning is required to determine their bandwidth requirements and ensure that the WAN can accommodate them.
Done right, VDI can offer new great benefits to users such as anywhere access (even from devices such as the iPad), better availability, higher Internet speeds, and more. But if any of these turn out to be weak links in the VDI chain, the users will suffer from a degraded experience, and they will not prefer virtual desktops over physical ones.
Your VDI technology should provide best in class server density, VM management and network optimization

27. High praise from brianmadden.com:
TechReady12
9/13/2018
High praise from brianmadden.com:
I do think that, looking at memory management from a VDI perspective, Hyper-V fits the bill just as well as ESX does, if not better.
Is Hyper-V Dynamic Memory any good for VDI? Definitely! I love it.
Making the most of Dynamic Memory can really be worth your while. In fact Microsoft has seen improvements of up to 40% (!) in density for VDI workloads.
But don’t take our word for it. Industry analysis agree that Hyper-V is the best hypervisor to host Windows guests. And some analysts agree that organizations should strongly consider RDS first, and VDI second.
With VMware it's also easier to oversubscribe the physical memory of the host (note how I didn't use the word overcommit!) and I think that's a risk in most current VDI deployments. No matter how you slice it or dice it, when RAM is oversubscribed it introduces a higher probability of paging. This in return means a huge increase in IOPS. I guess it should go without saying that this is something you should avoid at all costs in VDI environments.
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