It’s no surprise that IT teams have been incredibly busy during the first half of the year. Implementing business continuity plans has been the name of the game, and IT admins have pulled off some incredible feats. We’ve heard stories of admins spinning up thousands of desktops overnight, sending their entire workforce home with thin clients, and making sure employees can remote into their existing workstations.
The importance of IT has never been greater, and Citrix has been working tirelessly to enable our customers and to support them through every new challenge thrown their way. With the launch of the 2006 current release and a slew of new capabilities emerging in the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops cloud service, we’re excited to keep innovating so you can adapt to change, deal with new work scenarios, and keep your business running smoothly.
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2006
We’re excited to announce the release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 7 2006 release! This current release continues to build out our on-prem virtualization offering with user experience and security enhancements. You’ll find the complete list of technical enhancements on our product documentation page. Some highlights include:
- License Server Changes: We have been making a number of improvements with the Citrix License Server and have consolidated license management into the Citrix License Manger (CLM). Check out this blog post to see our progress with on-prem and how we are making it easier than ever to view your usage and make the move toward the cloud.
- Enlightened Data Transport MTU Discovery for Windows: Enlightened Data Transport (EDT) has been the driving force behind improving the performance of ICA sessions over high latency networks. We are excited to introduce MTU Discovery capabilities to EDT that automatically determine and set the appropriate MTU for each session for optimal delivery and performance.
- Session Recording web player URL Capabilities: We are continuing to expand on the capabilities within the Session Recording web player. This release introduces a frequently requested feature enabling admins to share and view recorded sessions through a secure URL.
- Citrix Workspace app Enhancements: Some highlights this quarter include improvements to Citrix Analytics features on the Workspace app for Windows, pairing and connection status for the X1 Mouse on Workspace app for iOS, and experimental Microsoft Teams optimization on the Workspace app for Linux.
Citrix Remote PC Access Updates
Citrix Remote PC Access has continued to gain momentum as more people than ever work remotely. A great capability for users to remote into physical workstations back in the office, Remote PC Access is included in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced and Premium editions on-prem. We have also added the capability to be an entitlement of Citrix Virtual Desktops service and Citrix Virtual Desktops Essentials.
To continue to evolve the solution and support users, we have extended the Remote PC Access capability to deliver Linux desktops in addition to Windows desktops. Take a look at what these changes could mean for you in this blog post.
Free 60-Day Citrix Analytics Trial with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
We are now offering a free, 60-day trial of Citrix Analytics for Performance and Security. Regardless of whether you run Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on-prem or in the cloud, you can leverage this trial by quickly onboarding your workloads as an analytics data source. Citrix Analytics has proved to be a vital tool in monitoring unusual behaviors, security threats, user productivity, and more. Analytics also enables admins to set automatic actions to terminate a session or start recording a session if unusual behavior is detected. These trials can be accessed through the Citrix Analytics tile on Citrix Cloud to get started today.
Now Available: Concurrent Licensing for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Service
To bring additional flexibility to our Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops customers, we are now offering concurrent user (CCU) licensing for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops cloud service. This licensing addition is exciting news for organizations looking to run more workloads in the cloud. It is important to pick the licensing model that works best for your environment, so take a deeper dive into this change and licensing basics in this blog post.
Web Studio Preview
We know that efficient management of your Citrix infrastructure is a top priority for admins. That’s why we are introducing a new look and feel to our Studio console for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service customers. This new, web-based console is the first step in revamping the management experience of your virtualization environment. Citrix Cloud admins can find this preview in the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops tile in Citrix Cloud, under the Manage tab. Check it out today, and share your thoughts and questions!
The past few months have been full of work to add new features, enhancements, and capabilities, but we aren’t stopping now. Embrace these new changes by downloading the latest release of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops or by contacting Citrix Sales to find out how you can get even more out of the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service. Continue to be an IT hero by taking advantages of these updates today!
