Once you get your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service configured and rolled out, what do you do next? There are advanced features in this DaaS solution, beyond your basic set-up, that you can use to simplify management, control cloud consumption and associated costs, and strengthen security. Let’s take a look at just a few.
Simplify App and Desktop Management with Citrix Studio
So this one you may already know. Citrix Studio is the web-based console you use to manage and configure the virtual apps and desktops your users depend on. To help you get started, intuitive guided screens take you step-by-step through whatever you need to do, from initial site setup through machine provisioning and publishing, so you can easily:
- Publish apps to users that they can access from anywhere
- Provision hundreds of server or desktop machines from a master image
- Delegate administration without losing control
See how Citrix Studio enables you to configure your database and hypervisor details, create machines, define administrators, and more.
Keep Expenses Under Control with Citrix Autoscale
Are you looking to reduce capital and operational expenses, while delivering various cloud use cases? Of course you are — who isn’t. To do this, you need a management solution that can ensure you’re delivering resources as they’re needed. Use Citrix Autoscale — included in your service — to power-manage your machines, balance costs and improve user experience. With Citrix Autoscale, you can:
- Set primary and secondary zones, so, in a burst-to-the-cloud scenario, utilize on-prem resources until extra capacity is needed from the secondary cloud zone
- Visualize capacity utilization and associated cost savings and load trends to make sure your costs aren’t higher than expected
- Deliver various cloud use cases, identify usage trends, and convert those trends into rules that dynamically allocate or deallocate resources as needed
- Execute schedule-based scaling, load-based scaling — or a combination of both
Watch our two-minute video to see Autoscale in action. For more detailed insight, including how to configure, check out this tech brief.
Optimize Performance, Improve Server Scalability, Simplify Administration
Included with your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service, but sneakily hiding in another part of Citrix Cloud, Workspace Environment Management (WEM) is a flexible tool that intelligently optimizes resources for best performance, helping decrease logon times, improve system performance, and streamline the admin experience — all while providing users with the best possible experience.
WEM is just one of the many resources available with your Customer Success Services subscription you can take advantage of today to:
- Reduce resource consumption to lower your hardware or cloud spending
- Accelerate user logins
- Optimize workspace performance
- Enhance server scalability by up to 70 percent
Take a closer look at how WEM can add significant value to your Citrix deployments.
Strengthen Your Security Posture
When you need to resolve a technical problem or verify that data is being accessed securely, being able to see exactly how users are interacting with corporate resources can make all the difference. And, as your workforce becomes increasingly dispersed, you need to take every step possible to prevent data theft. Take a closer look at how enabling these two key features — already included in your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops toolbox — can help bolster your security.
Session Watermarking
Mark proprietary data as your own — and make the user’s identity part of the picture, as well. Adding identifying details makes stolen data easily traceable and is a powerful deterrent to unauthorized screenshots and photographs.
Session Recording
Record, play back, and archive user activity as needed. Powerful activity monitoring and insights help you trouble shoot issues faster — and ensure that employees, third-party contractors, and remote users aren’t undermining security or compliance.
How else can you get the most out of your Citrix solution?
- Review this infographic for a quick recap of all of the features you’re entitled to.
- Contact our Customer Success Management team to learn which features are best for your installation.
- Visit the Success Center to learn more about advanced features of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and how to configure them.
