The word “simple” has never been more important than right now. The way we work has shifted, and giving users a familiar desktop experience that’s easy to deploy is critical. As users develop a new work routine, you need a solution to help them get their work done wherever they are, using resources you already have.
For many organizations, that has meant expanding a VPN deployment to enable users to work from home rapidly. While VPNs are easy to expand, there’s a mounting list of security concerns around them. That’s why Citrix is making it even easier for more businesses to leverage our Citrix Remote PC Access solution, both on-prem and as a cloud service. Let’s take a look at Remote PC Access and how you can leverage it as part of our Citrix virtualization services to deliver to your workforce secure, remote access to vital corporate resources.
What Is Remote PC Access?
Citrix Remote PC Access allows admins to give employees a full virtual desktop experience using their existing physical Windows or Linux PCs. Admins simply install a small client (VDA) on workers’ office PCs that grants access and allows users to securely remote into these machines from anywhere on virtually any device. This also gives IT centralized visibility and control. Remote PC Access does not require a VPN and can enable security measures like multi-factor authentication to keep confidential content secure.
Take a closer look at Remote PC Access and how to deploy it in this Tech Insight video.
Citrix is dedicated to offering innovative solutions to bring secure remote access to employees. As customers look to the cloud as the future for secure digital workspaces, Citrix is focused on bringing our key solutions to the cloud to meet those needs. This shift has also been true for Remote PC Access. That’s why we are excited to announce that we are now offering this capability to additional Citrix Virtual Desktops services, including Citrix Virtual Desktops Essentials and Citrix Virtual Desktops service.
What’s New with Remote PC Access?
If you’re looking to expand your presence in the cloud or for a way to take your first step to the cloud, the Remote PC Access capability within Citrix Virtual Desktops service may be a great place to start. With Citrix Virtual Desktops service, you can deliver Remote PC Access to physical desktops as well as to virtual desktop infrastructure located on-prem or in any public cloud. Offering this solution in Citrix Virtual Desktops service makes it easier than ever to get your users remoting into their physical office PCs and keeping them productive. Management is now also simple because you deploy this capability from the unified Citrix Cloud console. Citrix Virtual Desktops service is available for purchase from a Citrix seller with additional term and user-quantity discounts.
Remote PC Access is also now a part of Citrix Virtual Desktops Essentials. With Citrix Virtual Desktops Essentials service, you can deliver Remote PC Access to physical desktops on-prem as well as Azure hosted virtual desktops. This is a simplified, pay-as-you-go solution for organizations that want to quickly give access to office PCs by leveraging the Microsoft Azure cloud. Citrix Virtual Desktops Essentials is a month-to-month service option available today on Azure Marketplace.
What Does This Mean for Me?
Bringing this capability to the cloud and making it easier than ever to deploy goes beyond getting your remote workforce up and running quickly. This cost-effective solution gives IT the control to manage and monitor employee remote access to further enhance security by allowing for user insights and policy controls. The possibilities for Remote PC Access are endless. The functionality has been great for customers who run graphics-intensive workloads on their office PCs and want the flexibility to get those workloads on any device. Even if graphics-intensive users are moving within the office to meetings or are working 100 percent from home, they can still utilize the infrastructure back at their desks. Citrix HDX technologies keep your workforce going and deliver a seamless experience from anywhere, even over poor connections.
Take the step toward enabling your remote employees and leverage the hardware you already have with Remote PC Access. Already a Citrix customer? This capability is also included in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced/Premium and Citrix Workspace Premium Plus. Contact your Citrix sales representative today for more information.
