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5 ways and Desktops beats VMware Horizon

From greater flexibility to better Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops provides choice and flexibility for the ever-changing landscape of today’s security, explore the one true IT infrastructure. IT teams can deliver Citrix workloads complete solution. that fit their organization’s technology strategy, which includes public clouds such as Azure with Virtual workforce platforms are growing in number. Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), Amazon Web Services Data bandwidth is also growing, as are bring-your- (AWS), and Cloud Platform (GCP), as well as any own-device (BYOD) solutions. With this mobile freedom on-premises , including Citrix Hypervisor™, comes the need for more protection and security in Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, and VMware vSphere. a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution. It’s a challenge, to be sure. But Citrix Virtual Apps and Our Citrix Ready® Program contains hundreds of Desktops™ is the one true standalone product that solutions from leading vendors that have been tested can comprehensively meet all your needs now and for compatibility and interoperability with Citrix Virtual in the future. Apps and Desktops to further extend and enhance deployments and meet business objectives. How does Citrix stack up against the competition? This includes optimization for Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Find out. Consider five ways Citrix Virtual Apps and Cisco Jabber, Skype for Business, and Avaya one-X. Desktops measures up next to VMware Horizon.

1. Management and choice

Hundreds of tested and compatible solutions. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops empowers your workforce to securely access Windows and Linux applications and desktops from anywhere, on any device. Citrix | 5 ways Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops beats VMware Horizon 2

How does VMware compare?

Feature Citrix VMware

Choice of any cloud platform and hypervisor Yes -

Extensive partner ecosystem Yes -

Workspace environment management tools to optimize Yes - resources for user workloads

Robust application and image management Yes Limited

2. Onboarding

No curve balls, just consumer-grade simplicity. Because it’s intuitive and familiar to users, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops makes training come easy. Access is available via single sign-on. Personal settings are easily customizable. And user-friendly features make onboarding seamless.

• A full-fidelity Windows experience on any device • Simple and consistent user experience across multiple platforms • A robust driverless printing solution • Support for Chrome OS–based devices • Web-based self-service password reset • Pass-through of local device information and settings • Automated configuration and selection of the best connection path

Ninety-one of the Fortune 100 companies rely on Microsoft Teams to network and interact virtually. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops offers the Microsoft-preferred way to optimize Microsoft Teams in a virtual environment.

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Web and Windows Server Virtual Linux apps Remote Saas Apps Apps and Desktops Desktops and Desktops PC Access Citrix | 5 ways Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops beats VMware Horizon 3

3. User experience As conditions change during the lifecycle of a session, HDX technology adjusts automatically to maintain Empower people to do their best work. optimal performance, even under challenging network conditions. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops delivers the best- possible user experience, even over challenging Administrators have full control over user experience networks and requiring the least amount of network with intuitive policies, while self-service access to bandwidth. Network conditions have no effect on resources empowers user self-sufficiency. Citrix has video playback quality or file transfer speeds, so the most comprehensive solution for optimized unified workers spend less time waiting and more time communications in virtualized environments. being more productive. And when users move from one device to another, Citrix HDX™ user experience technology delights with they can continue their session seamlessly and with rich graphics (including 3D professional graphics), no change to the quality of the experience. broad peripheral support, and superior interactivity.

How does VMware compare?

Feature Citrix VMware

Remote protocol with an HD experience over any connection Yes Limited

Optimization for unified communication solutions Yes Limited (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Skype for Business)

Consistent user experience on any device Yes Limited

Supported optimization tools for the best user experience Yes -

Fast file transfers with new adaptive transport technology Yes -

4. Future-forward infrastructure Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops allows you to adapt as change occurs. When a spike in demand requires more Citrix grows and adapts with you. workstations, it is easy to set up additional PCs. Perhaps your company staffs up seasonally, or your university’s Where VMware Horizon locks you in, Citrix Virtual Apps computer lab fills up during midterms, or maybe a and Desktops integrates with other products easily, situation requires everyone to work off-site temporarily. so you can preserve the and It is also easy to decredential users when contracts end investments you have already made. With Citrix, it or if you need to scale down. is possible to break free from the proprietary costs imposed by VMware with its platform, because you can Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops offers support for scale up, scale down, or change applications without VMware products, allowing you to migrate away from changing your entire infrastructure from the ground up. the feature gaps in VMware Horizon and toward the comprehensive solutions that Citrix provides. Citrix | 5 ways Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops beats VMware Horizon 4

5. Security You may have thought a VPN was the solution to remote access. But consider the floodgates you open when Your servers, data, and users are more protected workers connect to your server via an all-access VPN. than ever. Virtualizing applications with Citrix Virtual Apps and Consider all the sensitive data and documents that live Desktops limits your server’s exposure and allows a in your workers’ computers: financial application data, zero trust framework, which individualizes access based intellectual property, source code, chat logs, and HR on request, unlike a VPN. Your data is kept secure in forms, to name a few. the data center where it belongs, and the right level of contextual access is provided based on user, location, An increasingly mobile and distributed workforce— and other factors. New app protection policies provide including offshore, telecommuting, BYOD, and additional protection from malicious key logger and contract—adds to the challenge of protecting your screen capture malware. Meanwhile, comprehensive organization’s data while also keeping your users monitoring, including screen recording, helps achieve productive and plugged in to the resources they proper compliance. need to work.

How does VMware compare?

Feature Citrix VMware

End-to-end fully secure perimeter for next-gen user Yes Limited and IP protection

Single enterprise-ready access point for all services Yes Limited

Advanced compliance and monitoring tools Yes -

Fine-grained context-aware policy controls Yes -

“Based on our experience with the two platforms, it was easy for us to say that Citrix offered a virtual desktop solution that could replace what we were doing with VMware Horizon View. On the other hand, we could not say that VMware offered a virtual apps solution that could replace what we were doing with Citrix Apps.”

– Lisa Pratt, The University of Vermont Medical Center Citrix | 5 ways Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops beats VMware Horizon 5

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