1. So you missed Citrix Synergy 2015…
Al Solorzano
#TheAlSolorzano
Principal Architect
Agile360/Entisys

2. Agenda Citrix XenApp 6.5 and 7.6 Updates and more
Linux VDA for Citrix XenDesktop Tech Preview
Citrix XenServer 6.5 SP1 Update
Citrix NetScaler 11
Citrix WorkSpace Cloud
Citrix User Groups
Walking the Exhibit Hall Floor
RES IT Store
NVIDIA GRID
???

4. XenApp 6.5 End of Life Extended
- **On May 12, 2015, Citrix lengthened the XenApp 6.5 Mainstream Maintenance period Extended Maintenance periods by changing the EOM and EOL milestone dates. For customers that remain current in the Software Maintenance or Subscription Advantage and Technical Support programs, the longer term dates are applicable.

5. Release Date: ??? (Before end of Q2 2015)
New feature packs
Citrix XenApp 6.5 FP3 Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 FP 2
Release Date: ??? (Before end of Q2 2015)

6. XenApp 6.5 FP3 Extended end of life
Integrate multiple versions side by side (i.e. StoreFront/Director)
Storage Performance
Enhanced Profile Management
Director "Help Desk" and Troublehsooting
Enhanced Lync support
Receiver .Next
StoreFront 3 (XenApp 5, 6/6.5, XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6)

7. XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6 FP2 Framehawk integration
Linux Desktop and app publishing (coming soon)
TouchID support (Apple only)
Enhanced Lync support
Receiver .Next
StoreFront 3 (XenApp 5, 6/6.5, XenApp/XenDesktop 7.6)
20% more server scalability with 30% better bandwidth usage

8. Linux VDA
64-bit ‘Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6’ (RHEL) Workstation and Server edition
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and Server 11 Service Pack 3
CentOS 6.6 (unofficial)
Hosted Desktops and eventually Hosted Applications (Coming soon?)
Linux thinwire - Expect limited features when released (such as HDX 3D Pro might enabled/might not/might be tech preview – Not documented yet)

9. FrameHawk
High latency/Packet Loss networks (tested with up to 50% packet loss with no visual difference to user)
USB 3.0 Support
Flash/Windows Media redirection enhancements
HTML5 Video redirection
Lync enhancements
Google for videos on “citrix framehawk demo”

10. StoreFront 3.0/Receiver .Next Tech Preview
Customization via GUI
Tech Preview is available now
Final release will occur with Feature Pack Releases
Featured app groups.
Color scheme customization with Custom logo.

11. StoreFront 3.0/Receiver .Next Tech Preview
StoreFront 3.0 Tech preview; This version represents a refresh of the initial StoreFront 2.7 Tech Preview released in March. You’ll need StoreFront 3.0 in order to try the new Receivers described below.
Tech Previews for the following desktop Receivers that work in conjunction with the StoreFront 3.0
Receiver for Windows 4.3
Receiver for Mac 12.0
Receiver for Linux 13.2
Tech Previews for the following web Receivers
Receiver for HTML5 1.7 (included with StoreFront)
Receiver for Chrome 1.7

12. Migration Tool : Project Serenity
- Still in beta

13. Miscellaneous Citrix AppDisk Melio Acquisition in January 2015
Install applications onto virtual disk, map to user/desktop/server
Alternative to streaming technologies
Melio Acquisition in January 2015
Enables WorkSpace Pods from HP
Virtual SAN technology

14. Citrix NetScaler 11

15. Software Virtual Appliances High Performance Appliances
Citrix NetScaler ADC
Virtual
Run Anywhere
Physical
Price-Performance
Platform
Multi-Tenant
VPX
MPX
SDX
Software Virtual Appliances
Software-based virtual ADC appliance
XenServer, ESX, Hyper-V
Full ADC features up to 3 Gbps
High Performance Appliances
500 Mbps – 120 Gbps
Advanced ADC
Fastest SSL Offload
Pay-As-You-Grow
1U and 2U
ADC Consolidation
Multi-tenant ADC platform
Consolidate up to 80 ADCs with holistic management
Full ADC isolation and line- rate performance

16. Maximum Tenants per Platform
NetScaler Platforms and Models
PayGrow
All platforms can be license upgraded across their supported ranges.
120 Gbps
MPX/SDX
22040 to 22120
40Gbps – 120Gbps
560k (2k) SSL TPS
80 Instances
NEBS Available
50 Gbps
MPX/SDX
20Gbps – 50Gbps
33K – 98K SSL TPS
40 Instances
MPX/SDX
15Gbps – 42Gbps
23k – 69k SSL TPS
20 Instances
NEBS
Available
30 Gbps
MPX
FIPS
3Gbps – 15Gbps
MPX/SDX
8005 & 8015
5-Gbps – 15 Gbps
6.5K – 11K SSL TPS
5 Instances
Performance (HTTP)
10 Gbps
5 Gbps
MPX
500Mbps-5 Gbps
1.5K – 2K SSL TPS
Single-tenant
VPX
10Mbps –
3Gbps
1 Gbps
Multi-tenant Capable
FIPS Platforms 1 5 20 40 80
Maximum Tenants per Platform

17. Newest Models MPX 25160T / MPX 25100T MPX/SDX 24150 & MPX/SDX 24100
32x10G SFP+
System throughput - 100Gbps to 160Gbps
SSL transactions/sec (2K) – 1400 to 2000 (High Performance/Limited SSL)
MPX/SDX & MPX/SDX 24100
24X10GE SFP+ and 12XGE SFP (fiber or copper)
System throughput - 100Gbps to 150Gbps
SSL transactions/sec (2K) – 100, ,000
SDX only - 40 to 80 Instances

18. NetScaler 11 Release Date: ???
Access Gateway becomes Unified Gateway
Smart Access 2.0
Fully customizable landing pages (per vserver)
Clientless VPN with support for Sharepoint and OWA
Support for CGN/CGNAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation)
Clustering of up to 32 NS appliances now supported with ECMP routing
Admin partitions functions as a stand alone NS Application Deliver Controller
N-factor authentication (risk based authentication)
TLS 1.2 support on all platforms, MPX, SDX, VPX - Finally!
Release Date: ???
Wasn’t part of keynote, but was in a few sessions
Unified Gateway – you can expect a single authentication for Access Gateway and AAA features allowing for access to XenApp/XenDesktop sessions, cloud apps with AAA and XenMobile
Smart Access 2.0 will be allowing Citrix policies to be applied at the NetScaler via enabling or disabling virtual channels at the NetScaler rather than at the Citrix Studio console.
N-factor authentication – Challenge users for additonal authentication based on risk, Risk levels like authenticating from an unknown location, using a new laptop, etc.
TLS 1.2
Internal Entisys/Agile360 Write Up by John Meek Thanks John!

19. Citrix XenMobile 10.0

20. Citrix XenMobile Secure mobile web browser with WorxWeb
Secure document sharing, sync and editing with ShareFile
Secure , calendar and contacts with WorxMail
Geo-Fencing
Remote Wipe (Selective or Full)
Identify/Take action on Jailbroken or Rooted devices
Cloud based or on premise infrastructure

21. Citrix XenMobile 10.0 Released in Q1 2015 Unified infrastructure
Manage MDM and MAM from one console with one virtual server
Easier scalability/high availability configuration
New unified XenMobile console for simplified administration
XenMobile 10 MDM upgrade tool
Updated Worx Suite and new WorxTasks
WorxMail, WorxWeb, WorxNotes, WorxEdit, WorxDesktop)
GoToAssist for mobile device support (Note screen sharing – Samsung Android only)
Apps and server updates are separate – App updates are no longer tied to server updates.
Unified infrastructure. Mobile device management (MDM) and mobile app management (MAM) are unified within one server infrastructure.
Enhanced support for app authentication. Helps to secure encryption between devices and the internal network, between the internal network and the XenMobile server, and for XenMobile console connections.
RSA Adaptive Authentication
Support for FIPS advanced encryption

22. Citrix XenMobile SaaS Minimum of 99 Users for XM MDM/App Edition
Highly available, globally redundant infrastructure
Multi-tenancy with secure, dedicated instances
No data corruption if one instance goes down
No separate fee for dedicated instances
Monitoring, analytics and reporting for real-time troubleshooting and optimization application servers
Hosted in facilities with a percent availability SLA
Service availability 24 hours per day, 7 days per week except for scheduled maintenance
Hosting facilities certified under SAS70 Type I & II and ISO27001
Daily backups for one month, plus monthly backups for a minimum of 24 months
Automated and manual disaster recovery
24/7/365 incident response
Minimum of 99 Users for XM MDM/App Edition
Minimum of 300 users for XM Enterprise Edition

23. Citrix XenServer 6.5 SP1
Yes it is hard keeping track of when to use Capital Letters in the middle of words like XenDesktop and NetScaler and when to use an X to spell WorxHome and when not to use an X like Workspace.

24. Citrix XenServer 6.5 SP 1 XenCenter Management
Docker containter enablement
Increased scalability to 1000 VMs/Host
CoreOS and Windows 10 (Tech Preview) Enablement
Graphics Support
Intel GVT-d GPU Pass-Through for Windows VMs
nVIDIA GRID GPU Pass-Through for Linux VMs
nVIDIA vGPU Configuration via UI
XenCenter Management
In-Memory Read-Cache Usage visibility
Supplement Pack installs via XenCenter Update
Already available as of May 11
Check HCL and Readme before upgrading!!!
Linux GRID passthrough??? So if is supported in hypervisor I would expect Linux VDA to make it official support for HDX 3D

25. Citrix Workspace Suite
Yes it is hard keeping track of when to use Capital Letters in the middle of words like XenDesktop and NetScaler and when to use an X to spell WorxHome and when not to use an X like Workspace.

26. Trade-Up Program PER USER!!!!! 2 for 1 1 for 1
PER USER!!!!!
XenMobile and ShareFile can’t be concurrent
2 for 1
Trade-Up ALL XenApp/XenDesktop CCU licenses receive 2 new Citrix WorkSpace Suite user licenses
Up to 70% off
1 for 1
Trade-Up ALL XenApp/XenDesktop/ShareFile Enterprise User/Device licenses receive 1 new Citrix WorkSpace Suite user licenses

27. Other Programs Trade-Up PLUS
Perform Trade-UP and get 10% off additional users
Trade-Up MAX
Perform Trade-UP and get 35% ALL users in your organization
Must total 2500 licenses or more
“Help is on the Horizon”
50% off Citrix Workspace Suite licenses who trade in their Vmware View or Horizon licenses
Blackberry customers
25% off Citrix Workspace Suite licenses who migrate from Blackberry

28. Citrix Workspace Cloud

29. Control Center
Cloud Desktops
Cloud Apps
Mobile Services
Data Fabric
Delivery Network
Service Insights
Workspace Concierge
Service Automation
A cloud-based platform for partners and customers to design, build & deliver mobile workspaces
Workspace
Cloud

31. Gunnar Berger
Formerly of gartner
Blue managed by performed by client or purple performed by Workspace Cloud.

32. StoreFront could be in either location…
Blue managed by customer or purple managed by Workspace Cloud.

33. Trials are available at https://workspace.cloud.com/
Blueprints
Publish - pre-designed workspace
Design - designing a workspace
Architect - deploy pre-configured blueprints or create your own
Trials are available at
Cost???
Workflow to build and administer services… kinda of confusing since conceptually they are trying to simplify but I doubt this will be included with a standard deployment… if it is per month cost, what happens if you turn it off?

34. Citrix CloudBridge WAN Virtualization
While Citrix did announce some newer HW models for CloudBridge, I’m going to foucs on WAN Virtualization since it is the most interesting.

35. WAN Virtualization
CloudBridge virtual WAN solution allows enterprises to create one logical WAN network by bonding together multiple network services and optimizing the use of each path

36. Benefits Sub-second failover and failback No wasted bandwidth
High-priority applications perform well after failover
Dramatically lower costs for expanding capacity
Simplified, end-to-end management and monitoring
Failover and Survivability – CloudBridge Virtual WAN appliances tag packets with sequence numbers, and also with information about the packets to follow. This allows destination appliances to detect path outages after just two or three missing packets. Information about the outages is immediately shared with all other appliances. Because these appliances have visibility into all of the WAN links, they can immediately reroute traffic onto the next-best available paths.

37. Citrix User Groups

38. Citrix User Groups
Local user groups run by a local volunteer leader and encompass a city, state, region or vertical
No fees or dues

39. Citrix Workspace Hub & Octoblu

40. Octoblu is a company Citrix acqyured to deliver on their internet of things vision. It is open source machine to machine instant messaging platform used for discovery, control and management.
Example from the video had a sample work situation.
They discussed how the 1st five minutes of every meeting is hunting down all the attendees, so using OctoBlu they created a workflow to identify all users invitied but not in attendance, then notify them with an or text message.
That same workflow could leverage iBeacons and Amazon Echo to enable office interactions such as identifying the display in the meeting room you just entered, the ability to push your desktop to that displayor to interact with the Audio/Visiual via voice commands…
So the workspace Hub transforms any PC display or conference room TV / projector into an intelligent Workspace, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Direct, Dial bluetooth 4.0 and iBeacon support. It also has support for USB and RJ 45 connections.
Check out the video for more information

41. Walking the Exhibit Hall
Last year highlights
NVIDIA GRID
ObservIT – Session Recording for admins and users
HP MoonShot
Nutanix – hyperconverged infrastructure and VDI Assurance

42. NVIDIA GRID Update NVIDIA K1 and K2

43. Target Audience : Remoting High End Graphics
Engineers/Designers/Architects
3D graphics applications such Siemens NX, AutoDesk products, etc.
Drive down costs of desktops
Mobility
Protect intellectual property
Specialized Application Users
GIS
Video and Photo editing
MathWorks, specialized simulations
Flash based apps, Powerpoint, Google Earth, Office 2013, low end CAD applications that can take advantage of a GPU

44. NVIDIA GRID Cards – K1 and K2
vGPU now supported on VMware vSphere 6 Hypervisor
So what did NVIDIA actually do? They developed 2 server cards known as the K1 and K2 cards. I’ve included the URL for the GRID certified servers list above. You need really need to follow that exactly and I would highly recommend you buy the servers with the cards rather than adding them later. Depending on the server vendor, there may be specific nuances such adapter cards, additional power or specific motherboards to enable these cards. As you can see from the screen, the K1 card is the lower end with lots of density and the K2 is the higher end model but for less users. Some servers can have 2 or even 3 of these cards but that is vendor and server model specific so check the GRID Certified Server list. Notice the K in the abbreviation. It stands for Kepler which is the codename for the GPUs in these cards.

45. GPU Profile Latest User Guide for NVIDIA GRID Manager
<Al> So while you have the option to perform a Pass-Thru (1 VM to 1 GPU) mapping, but that will only get you 4 users per K1 or 2 users per K2. While this is the best performance, not everyone needs the same specs… so in comes vGPU or GPU sharing.
What you see on the screen is the vGPU math based on the vGPU profile. The GPU card is the first column. The number of GPUs on that card is next. Virtual GPU column is the card profile name.
The profiles start with K1 or K2 based on the card. Then the higher the number, the more memory and resolution you can get, but the less desktops per GPU. The lower the number the more desktops you can get, but that equals less RAM and lower resolution. So you have to perform trade off between density and performance.
The q is for Quadro which are the application certified profiles. These profiles undergo the same tests as the physical Quadro cards and there is a list of applications that are certified.
Good Note: If there is no contention, a user will receive full access to all the GPU CUDA Cores on that GPU. Once there is contention the access to the GPU will be throttled appropriately.
Latest User Guide for NVIDIA GRID Manager

46. RES IT Store
self-service IT portal where users can interact with IT without delay
(“iTunes” experience for all things IT)
Provisioning a user all the things they need to start on day 1 (laptop, cell phone, , parking, etc.) usually takes a lot of time and multiple manual steps resulting in wasted hours. What if that could be automated? And what happens when the user leaves, how long does it take to correctly deprovision the user from all the resources they started their job with and have accumulated over the years. What if there was a repository of all things provisioned allowing simpler deprovisioning?
What if you could take the top 3 three help desk support calls each year and reduce them by 80% by allowing users to request applications, administrator access, install applications, perform self service password reset, or remediate an issue automatically all without IT being involved? That is the power of RES IT Store.

48. Atlantis HyperScale
DANE???

49. Questions?