citrix desktop master class - unidesk app layering - feb 2017

15th/16th February 2017

Lee Bushen – EMEA Tech Readiness

Ian Jones – Unidesk Acquisition

Desktop Master ClassFebruary 2017

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App Layering with Unidesk

Start Time

Session Recording:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pas7qMqEVdk

Ian JonesLee Bushen

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Agenda

Introduction

How do I get and install Unidesk?

How do I manage my Apps?

How do I configure my first layers?

App Layering with Unidesk

Stuart MooreCloudhouse

Competition!

Ron OglesbyDirector – Advanced Tech.

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How does Unidesk solve your imaging issues?

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Imaging Headaches Dozens of images to manage for different combinations and platforms

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Layered Image

Elastic layers

Marketing Group

Doctors Group

User Layer (Beta)

Unidesk LayeringEach layer is independent and interchangeable

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Live Demo - Setting Up Unidesk

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What did we Demo?

Setting up the Layer Manager and importing your images

Setting up templates with general platform tools and common apps

Creating, assigning and using elastic layers

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Ron Oglesby

Director of Advanced

Technology, Citrix

What OS's is it supported on? Which Provisioning schemes, which Clouds?

How do we deal with App compatibility?

How does this compare to AppDisks & AppVolumes?

So what Apps don't work out of the box?

How would I deploy this in a multi-site environment?

How do I address Physical PC’s?

Do we have any customer references?

Where are we going from here?

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Stuart Moore Cloudhouse

Special Guest

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Cloudhouse ContainersDon’t let your apps hold your business back!

Stuart Moore, Head of Product, @stum00re

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What Is Putting Your Business At Risk?

• Lack of Compliance

• Security Vulnerabilities

• Unsupported software

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What Is Holding Your App Back?

• App depends on legacy OS / IE

• App wont run on Server OS

• Unable to upgrade app

• Lost application expertise

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Move All Your Apps To Modern Windows & Citrix

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Enabling Apps to Run on an Incompatible OS

• Package on OS compatible with App– E.g. Win 2003, XP

• Include runtime dependencies

• Redirections for incompatible OS– File, Registry, Env. Variables

• Add Desktop to Server Redirections– Runtimes, File, Network, Process

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Containers For IE 11: Deploy Legacy IE Apps in IE 11

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Deploying Cloudhouse Containers

• Automated Build– SCCM / LANDESK / GPOs / Scripts etc

• Machine Based Deployment– Available for all users– E.g XenApp / Unidesk

• User Based Deployment– Named user– E.g. VDI, Unidesk Elastic Layers

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Deploying to Servers & Desktops

Windows File Share Share

AAV & Config

1Application

C:$> \\share\Containers\Cloudhouse.Container.Deployment.exe –-deploydir “c:\program files”

2

Windows File & Registry System

Server, Desktop

AAV & Config

Application 3

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Publish Apps in XenApp Studio

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Container Creation Process

Create Snapshot Install App Create Diff Runtime

AnalysisFinalize

Container

Custom Redirections

Automated Container Creation

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Upgrade your business without changing your Apps

• Secure & compliant OS & IE

• Latest version of XenApp

• Consolidate VDI Apps to XenApp

• More productive users

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Next Steps

Watch “Cloudhouse Enables XP app on Server 2012 R2”http://www.cloudhouse.com/youtube-XP-demo

Download the Whitepaperhttp://www.cloudhouse.com/whitepaper•

Say Yes in the Poll

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Which legacy app did we deploy on Windows 2012R2 using

Cloudhouse?

Competition – Amazon Fire TV or Jabra Web Conferencing Speaker

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