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Citrix DaaS
Formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops / XenDesktop & XenApp

Overview

What is Citrix DaaS?

Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or XenDesktop) is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and application virtualization solution from Citrix.

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Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops : an ideal virtual desktop and application experience

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 26, 2022
IncentivizedVetted Review
I'm working for a Citrix Platinum Solution Advisor (CSA) and Citrix Service Provider (CSP). We have used and resold Citrix Solutions for a long time (20 years+) and have deplo...
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Professional
Citrix DaaS10 years of experience

The fastest way to use your apps

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 25, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
The company has implemented Citrix Virtual Apps in order to guarantee remote access to selected software all over the group. The architecture is designed with a central server...
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Pietro Di Cino
Team Lead - Professional Services
Senior Controller
Valagro S.p.a.
Citrix DaaS10 years of experience

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 18, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Used as an alternative to normal VPN clients. Allows access to apps such as Excel if the local computer does not have it. Good to use if the local computer has bandwidth issue...
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Engineer
Citrix DaaS8 years of experience

Good virtual product, easy to use an manage.

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 18, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I use Citrix desktop for more than 7 years now, from previous company adopted all user PC using Citrix desktop to manage backend IT perspective to now in my current company us...
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Charlie Liu
Partner - Human Resources
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Universal Music Australia
Citrix DaaS4 years of experience

Cittrix Virtual Apps Review from an Internet Entrepreneur

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 13, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Citrix Virtual Apps helped us limit our costs significantly as we could now access remote devices and applications including managing the security of the devices remotely. It ...
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Verified user
Director
Citrix DaaS3 years of experience

Fully reccommend this Great Tool

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 13, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
In our company, we need Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops as a must since a lot of users work remotely and with this great tool, they are able to log in remotely to their deskt...
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Juljan Hebibasi
Analyst - Information Technology
IT Systems Analyst
Bencard Allergie GmbH
Citrix DaaS3 years of experience

Honest Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
July 12, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Citrix as our preferred VDI solution to provide managed desktop to end users. With CItrix you get a complete siolution from Citrix gateways to the Application publishin...
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Verified user
Consultant
Citrix DaaS5 years of experience

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Remote Work

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 12, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I used Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops at my previous company for remote work, or telecommuting when not going into the office in person. It addresses the problem of not havi...
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Verified user
Analyst
Citrix DaaS4 years of experience

Citrix - you got it all in one applications access

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 12, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using it for connecting to business applications, utilities and production servers. It is releasing the user from installation and maintenance of business applications....
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Verified user
Manager
Citrix DaaS3 years of experience

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops bring Virtual to the next level

Rating: 9 out of 10
July 12, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops allow both desktop and applications virtualization and centralize management. We use Citrix to run legacy applications and cut down on support...
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Mark Tran
Director - Customer Service
COO (Chief Operations Officer)
DBO
Citrix DaaS12 years of experience

Citrix Virtual Apps is great for users

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 11, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Citrix Virtual Apps as the hub for all online operations. It is our gateway to access all of our software, data, user applications, and shared drives. We rely heavily o...
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Debbie Archimbaud
Account Manager - Customer Service
Commercial Account Executive
USI Insurance Services
Citrix DaaS10 years of experience

XenDesktop thoughts found here

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 2, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use XenDesktop as a global solution for our company's users to access resources in several different regions. It allows our users to work closer to where their applications...
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Ben Tusa
Administrator - Information Technology
SR Systems Administrator
CSG International
Citrix DaaS1 year of experience

Let's move to virtual office with Citrix Virtual App

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 31, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
I have used Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Xenapp) in my organization to work remotely as a virtual office. It comes out to be an effective tool for a virtual office. You don't...
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Verified user
Engineer
Citrix DaaS2 years of experience

Best use case for Citrix Virtual Apps

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 24, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Citrix Virtual Apps is currently used globally, In the United States, England, France, Germany, Japan, India, Australia, and China. Citrix Virtual Apps provides secure remote ...
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David Melin
Engineer - Information Technology
Systems Architect
FTI Consulting
Citrix DaaS10 years of experience

Citrix for small business

Rating: 8 out of 10
July 7, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We've used Citrix Desktop since moving from microsoft terminal services 14 years ago. It's been a relatively solid and secure platform to allow the firm's attorneys to access ...
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Patti Henderson
Manager - Information Technology
IT Director
Givens Pursley
Citrix DaaS14 years of experience
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$375

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Product Details

What is Citrix DaaS?

To meet the needs of an increasingly flexible workforce, organizations are turning to desktop as aservice (DaaS) and VDI solutions to provide high-performing, adaptive workspaces. Citrix DaaS modernizes IT with a secure cloud solution to quickly deliver apps or desktops from any cloud or datacenter worldwide.

With Citrix DaaS, IT can seamlessly deploy and manage hybrid work environments to increase business agility and deliver an enhanced user experience at scale. Built-in Citrix high-definition HDX technologies increase productivity, providing real-time network and performance optimization for even the most demanding 3D, voice, or video applications. Enhanced security and policy controls protect sensitive data to securely deliver vital resources anywhere to any device.

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Citrix DaaS Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, or XenDesktop) is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and application virtualization solution from Citrix.

V2 Cloud, VMware Horizon, and Amazon WorkSpaces are common alternatives for Citrix DaaS.

Reviewers rate Implementation Rating highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Citrix DaaS are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, previously known as XenApp and XenDesktop, have been widely adopted by organizations for a variety of use cases. Users have found that this software provides seamless access to virtualized desktops and applications across multiple satellite locations, enabling teams to work collaboratively and efficiently. It has also been deployed in data centers, supporting various clients and applications including published desktops and development applications.

One of the key benefits of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is its ability to facilitate remote work. Many organizations have relied on this software to provide their employees with secure access to desktops and applications from anywhere, ensuring business continuity even in challenging circumstances such as during the Covid-19 pandemic. Call center agents, testing teams, and general remote workers have leveraged this solution to maintain a strong security posture while enjoying a good user experience. Contractors, consultants, and remote workers have also found secure remote access through Citrix Virtual Apps valuable for their specific needs.

Another noteworthy use case of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is its ability to provide remote desktop access to applications and servers, reducing infrastructure costs and eliminating the need for a dedicated data center. By giving users the flexibility to connect to business applications, utilities, and production servers remotely, the software streamlines IT operations while cutting down on maintenance efforts. Moreover, it has proven beneficial for organizations handling sensitive data or those seeking to provide offshore developers with secure access to internal company resources.

Overall, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops have addressed the diverse needs of businesses across industries. From ensuring seamless collaboration between distributed teams to enabling secure remote access to critical resources, this software has become an integral part of many organizations' IT infrastructure. Its ability to provide fast connections, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance productivity has made it a preferred solution for various use cases within enterprises globally.

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Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops : an ideal virtual desktop and application experience

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 26, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Reseller
Citrix DaaS
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I'm working for a Citrix Platinum Solution Advisor (CSA) and Citrix Service Provider (CSP). We have used and resold Citrix Solutions for a long time (20 years+) and have deployed it within many customers' infrastructures. Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops is used to publish and secure virtual desktop or server-based sessions to local and remote users, with advanced functionality like rich graphics and audio, and great user environment personalization.
Pros and Cons
  • Best performance on low bandwith or big latency.
  • Great user experience
  • Use it on any device, anywhere
  • Easy management
  • Secure platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops is best in class for offering a great user experience in VDI, server-based sessions, or published apps. Using additional GPU allows uses like rich video, 3D apps, and great modern uses (MS Teams, Office 365, Zoom, etc.). Citrix products are very well integrated (Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops used with Citrix ADC is the best way to secure access and monitor everything).

The fastest way to use your apps

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 25, 2022
PD
Pietro Di Cino
Senior Controller
Valagro S.p.a. (Chemicals, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
10 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The company has implemented Citrix Virtual Apps in order to guarantee remote access to selected software all over the group. The architecture is designed with a central server in the headquarter and remote apps distributed to the employees. The advantage of Citrix Virtual Apps is that every user receives only the apps that can use in coherence with his business role. During COVID-19 lockdown, the company has been ready in order to guarantee access for all the employees and the business continuity.
Pros and Cons
  • fast
  • easy to use (from end user perspective)
  • customization respect to business role
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited scenarios of use: 1) BI (Board) and consolidation (Talentia) software installed on headquarters' server and access distributed to controlled companies all around the world: no installation required into sister companies (located in 9 different countries) and a controlled environment where the company can access 2) SAP B1 is installed on every sister company (locally) and access is granted to headquarters controllers and administrative employees without direct server access Less appropriate: 1) no access to a specific server and no possibility to monitor system performance when a solution is released. 2) strong dependency on IT intervention that creates inefficiency and "internal war" in the case of data analyst or hybrid controller (i.e. Board developer) that have the needs of freedom in terms of access.

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 18, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
8 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Used as an alternative to normal VPN clients. Allows access to apps such as Excel if the local computer does not have it. Good to use if the local computer has bandwidth issues or crashes since the app runs in a cloud-hosted system. Also useful for Mac users if the program is only available for PC. Certainly, something to consider if a large variety of computers accessing systems such as a BYOD environment or one with many contractors.
Pros and Cons
  • Excel
  • Edge
  • Chrome
Likelihood to Recommend
Of course, requires an active internet connection. This is good for traveling users, for example, at an airport with intermittent connection. Alternative of not using Citrix desktop, but regular VPN, local Excel file, for example, could become corrupted or have sync issues. Allow user to continue to Excel session upon reconnection. However, does not allow offline use such as on airplanes without internet.

Good virtual product, easy to use an manage.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
July 18, 2022
CL
Charlie Liu
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Universal Music Australia (Music, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
4 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use Citrix desktop for more than 7 years now, from previous company adopted all user PC using Citrix desktop to manage backend IT perspective to now in my current company use it as some of the application + a few virtual desktops for someone who needs to get in the network with their own computer, Citrix has been trouble free easy to use solution for us.
Pros and Cons
  • Mobility, any where, any computer
  • easy to use
  • not much computer resource required
Likelihood to Recommend
for companies mixed with both PC and Mac environments, Citrix is the solution for running PC only environment. Saving on the laptop renewal cost, time to spinning up a new laptop takes no time. so for a company that doesn't have much IT support or ongoing cost, it's a great option for designer company need to provide heavy duty PC to users, Citrix laptop not that great.

Cittrix Virtual Apps Review from an Internet Entrepreneur

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 13, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix Virtual Apps helped us limit our costs significantly as we could now access remote devices and applications including managing the security of the devices remotely. It offered secure access to us. We did not have to build a data center of our own. Everything was on the cloud. It was very convenient and required minimum maintenance on our part. Rather than having a big network team and having to purchase various servers ourselves, We relied on Citrix Virtual Apps that provide us remote desktop access to various applications and servers. Thus it cut down on our infrastructure costs significantly while delivering efficient service as downtime was minimal.
Pros and Cons
  • Remote Desktop Connectivity which is secure.
  • We were able to manage everything centrally without having to update each system individually.
  • Quick security updates and patches are provided to Central Point regularly. Hence makes it very secure against any new threats.
  • It is very cost-effective as compared to building your own network and in-house network team to maintain the same.
  • It allows you access to your applications and servers on the move. Allows Mobility
Likelihood to Recommend
I feel if you are starting to use a Remote Desktop connection, Citrix Virtual Apps is a good option. It will help you understand the basics and give you a perspective and great experience to handle these applications. However, when you understand and get experience on the same, you sometimes feel the need to try other peer applications for better performance and to avoid any network issues if any. As Citrix Virtual Apps tend to be a bit slow and are liable to some performance issues over a period of time.

Fully reccommend this Great Tool

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 13, 2022
JH
Juljan Hebibasi
IT Systems Analyst
Bencard Allergie GmbH (Pharmaceuticals, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
3 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In our company, we need Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops as a must since a lot of users work remotely and with this great tool, they are able to log in remotely to their desktops and other applications too. Since our company grew fast in the last years we needed such tool to go ahead with our growth. The connection is secure and this was one of the requirements for the software purchase.
Pros and Cons
  • Give employees freedom to work from anywhere.
  • Management of VMs easy and reduces costs.
  • Versatile
  • Best performance and stability.
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are ideal for large companies and I don't think are worth it for small companies. This software helped us in IT to focus more on a pool of apps installed in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and not on individual users' issues. Allowed a lot of users to work outside the office as they were in the office.

Honest Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
July 12, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Citrix as our preferred VDI solution to provide managed desktop to end users. With CItrix you get a complete siolution from Citrix gateways to the Application publishing which makes it easier to manage rather than having seperate thirdpary products, which can be quite challenging to manage and update from time to time.
Pros and Cons
  • Virtual Apps
  • VDI Solution
  • Printing
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are secure and way better than using built-in Microsoft terminal services. I have used other products as well like VMware Horizon View and Hyper-V to provide VDI solutions to the end-user but they lack one thing or the other, whereas Citrix Apps and Desktops solutions cover almost everything as a complete VDI solution.

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Remote Work

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 12, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I used Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops at my previous company for remote work, or telecommuting when not going into the office in person. It addresses the problem of not having to commute to the office. Users of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are able to access nearly everything they would be able to if they were in the office as long as they have access to the internet.
Pros and Cons
  • Access to their work remotely.
  • Good customer support.
  • Easy to login to the system.
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are well suited for those who need access to their work remotely. The interface is easy to use, and you can log in quickly and easily. The desktop features are great and their customer service is helpful when you need it. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is less appropriate when the system can lag due to connectivity issues such as slow internet.

Citrix - you got it all in one applications access

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 12, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using it for connecting to business applications, utilities and production servers. It is releasing the user from installation and maintenance of business applications. From security point of view, it allows to centralize the access to production applications so the management of access/open ports become an easier task. From help desk point of view, the support of the applications become also an easier task since there are no more various of "local issues" To summarize, when you are using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for connecting to business applications and servers, you are getting a smooth feel like you are working on local app that someone is always maintaining.
Pros and Cons
  • Maintaining centralize access to all business applications without the need to worry of firewall/proxy configuration.
  • You are getting the feeling of working on local application without the need to install/configure/maintaining the applications
  • Access to production servers without the need to move between several remote desktop hops.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is working quite well on allowing access to many business applications from one point of access. In my experience, it is not working well where you need to move files form your local machine into Citrix and vise versa. Installation of new applications (as a user) inside the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is not always smooth and cause problems due to the sandbox nature.

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops bring Virtual to the next level

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
July 12, 2022
MT
Mark Tran
COO (Chief Operations Officer)
DBO (Government Administration, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
12 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops allow both desktop and applications virtualization and centralize management. We use Citrix to run legacy applications and cut down on support cost.
Pros and Cons
  • Centralize management of application and desktop
  • Offline ability
  • Low bandwidth connection
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is well suited for company that wants to cut down on cost of supporting remote users. Having the ability to create an image of desktop and applications to deployment company-wide and centralize patching and upgrading. All users get the same look and feel when they connect to the system make supporting the users easier.

Citrix Virtual Apps is great for users

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 11, 2022
DA
Debbie Archimbaud
Commercial Account Executive
USI Insurance Services (Insurance, 5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Citrix Virtual Apps as the hub for all online operations. It is our gateway to access all of our software, data, user applications, and shared drives. We rely heavily on Citrix Virtual Apps for our day-to-day work, as without it, we are unable to process much of anything through the course of the day.
Pros and Cons
  • Gateway to all software, data, etc.
  • Smooth transition on desktop or laptop
  • user friendly
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited when you have a lot of different applications that you need to log into each day. It acts as a gateway to access all of the items you need to use, with one click of the mouse. I have always been pleased with the operation of Citrix Virtual Apps.

XenDesktop thoughts found here

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 02, 2022
BT
Ben Tusa
SR Systems Administrator
CSG International (Computer Software, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
1 year of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use XenDesktop as a global solution for our company's users to access resources in several different regions. It allows our users to work closer to where their applications and data are opposed to trying to access those resources directly from their endpoint device.
Pros and Cons
  • Flexibility to find the best configuration for your company's needs.
  • Good options/tools for managing the environment.
  • Suite of products that support XenDesktop like Storefront and NetScaler.
  • Well established company in Citrix that has been developing this technology for over 20 years.
Likelihood to Recommend
XenDesktop is well suited for reducing latency. When you have applications and data in one location and have users in another this is one of the best products for improving their experience. It's also useful for creating a security boundary around your apps and data. You can secure it at a network level then require your users to connect to the XenDesktop environment to access that information.

Let's move to virtual office with Citrix Virtual App

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 31, 2022
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have used Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Xenapp) in my organization to work remotely as a virtual office. It comes out to be an effective tool for a virtual office. You don't even require a hardware computer at your office seat desk to work remotely from home, You can directly use Citrix Virtual App to work using various different organizational tools, softwares, programs, etc,
Pros and Cons
  • using modeling software like smart plant 3D on Citrix Virtual App
  • using virtual desktop on Citrix Virtual App
  • using remote connection via Citrix Virtual App
Likelihood to Recommend
I have rated Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly XenApp) 9/10 for a recommendation because there is still scope for improvement. Although, it is quite useful for someone who wants to work remotely without going to the office. It can be used from the office as well depending upon the type of usage. I have personally used it as a tool for working from home.

Best use case for Citrix Virtual Apps

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 24, 2022
DM
David Melin
Systems Architect
FTI Consulting (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
10 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix Virtual Apps is currently used globally, In the United States, England, France, Germany, Japan, India, Australia, and China. Citrix Virtual Apps provides secure remote access for contractors and consultants who need to work in remote environments. It has alleviated the need for access globally and provides access for users outside of the local regions. We have been able to provide secure access to desktops, and applications regardless of the proximity of their location. We have been using the product for the past ten years and with the Covid-19 pandemic, also provided a means for additional users to work securely from home. Today we have Citrix environments in the cloud as well as on-premise datacenters. We have migrated away from using VPN because Citrix Virtual Apps is more scalable and configurable.
Pros and Cons
  • Provides access to an entire computer desktop session.
  • Provides access to single published applications.
  • Configurable to provide read only access to a desktop or application.
  • Allows for apply Citrix and AD group policies for secure and enhanced access.
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps is well suited for environments that require remote access with 25 or more users. It is not appropriate for small sites with 10 or fewer users due to the cost of ownership. Citrix Virtual Apps pricing plus Windows RDS licensing as well is required. Smaller organizations may not find the cost-benefit due to overall costs and/or the cost of managing the environment.

Citrix for small business

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 07, 2021
PH
Patti Henderson
IT Director
Givens Pursley (Legal Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
14 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We've used Citrix Desktop since moving from microsoft terminal services 14 years ago. It's been a relatively solid and secure platform to allow the firm's attorneys to access all systems and network as long as they have an internet connection. We've upgraded over the years and are currently looking at a new build. Administration is not bad but the skill set needed to install and configure is above my knowledge level. My most common end user complaint is from the people that save the world on their desktop; I do not sync with their office machines due to potential software licensing issues.
Pros and Cons
  • Secure - several layers
  • Ease of use - just log in to the web portal
  • Great support when I do have an issue
Likelihood to Recommend
Works great for general user access. All the familar and approved applications are available. I rarely have all of my licenses in use but last March for 8 months - it became normal. No performance issues at all.
For those people with customize applications, tons of unsupported and not backed up data on their local drives (and a few audiophiles that I don't support high end audio) aren't happy they don't have a seamless experience. We have looked at using VDI but as the majority of employees are not mobile it isn't cost effective to change the entire remote access desktop to accomodate 3 users out of 20. We do have an issue with profile bloat; on the planned upgrade later this year that will be addressed as one of the primary configuration items to address.

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops enables WFH!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
July 01, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops is a great program management tool and is widely adopted across my 25k+ employee company. We use the tool for many reasons. It really solves the problem of being able to access your desktop and applications remotely, as well as organizing programs in a safe and secure manner. It has a very user-friendly interface and logging on is very seamless. In the last year of working completely remote there has only been 1 or 2 issues in accessing the portal and they are normally corrected immediately.
Pros and Cons
  • accessing your work computer on the go
  • ease of logging on
  • high adoption across multiple users
Likelihood to Recommend

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is great when in the office and needing to switch work stations and wanting to hop from one computer to another or one conference room to the next so that we can pick up where we left off and being able to access all your files. The tool has also great when working from home as there is a seamless integration between my workstation in my office and my laptop at home. Citrix has been so great that there is virtually no difference between my machines in the office or at my home, making me want to never leave!

Securely Access Anywhere, Run Anywhere - Workspaces

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 10, 2021
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
12 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Usage of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) is across the organization. Our call center agents leverage virtual desktops to complete their role with our customers and many internal teams leverage the flexibility for testing and general remote access for themselves and vendors/consultants as we are allowed to secure the workspace across a number of boundaries to ensure a strong posture while delivering a good user experience.
Pros and Cons
  • Enables remote access anywhere, to any device which eliminates managing the endpoints how traditional VPN would require.
  • Integrates well with modern applications to offer optimized user experiences similar to native applications which increases user acceptance.
  • Extremely flexible in how policies are applied to different use cases to ensure the appropriate security mitigations are in place with minimal effort.
  • Easy to maintain and expand environments to fit business needs.
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) is well suited for any internal workspace or remote access environment where flexibility and reliability is of interest. Whether you need to delivery a bunch of similar desktops or an application for a training session or fully empower a team or department to work remotely while maintaining the highest security mitigations the platform will allow you to deploy workspaces as you need, and wherever you desire with the hypervisor or cloud of your choosing.

Easy to manage virtual server/desktop solution

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 09, 2021
MV
Mick Verbunt
System Engineer
ACA IT-Solutions BV (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
4 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I myself do not use it without our own organization, but we do use and manage it for a lot of our customers.
It's used to have a centralized environment and it helps people to work from home with ease, which is great in these times of Covid-19. Also, using a provisioning method to update images keeps the pollution of VDAs to a minimum.
Pros and Cons
  • You can login from anywhere you have an internet connection.
  • You have a fast virtual desktop without the user having a fast desktop.
  • It's easy to manage from a support perspective.
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is great when you have an environment where you still have a lot of on-premise applications or when you need to give users a strong performing desktop from wherever. But the need for this product is less when you have a lot of web applications or SaaS applications because they don't need a lot to perform well.

You cannot go wrong picking Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop) to be the base of your virtual offering. Just make room in your budget for it.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
March 03, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop) to deliver virtual apps and desktops to our whole organization. We have a subset of employees who work entirely remotely from our corporate office, and they use the system for all access to our on-premise apps. We have another subset of employees who work at the Corporate office, and they use Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop) to access a few apps that are only available via virtual access as well as remote access when away from the office. It solves a lot of business issues, including letting us share Apps to older machines, centralizing applications for better management, and allowing users to have common desktops regardless of what device they are using to access our apps.
Pros and Cons
  • Using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop) allows you to do a one to many deployments with apps. Whether you stream them to desktops or host them via web protocols, you can install it once and allow many to use.
  • If you want to minimize IT resources, you can use this program to produce virtual desktops that can be static or allow users to change as needed. There is no need to go to each desk to fix issues with their desktops when they are all centralized and managed via Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop).
  • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop) has a great protocol (HDX) that minimizes bandwidth needs allowing you to use Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop) to offices or devices with slower internet connections.
  • Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop) has a great management interface that allows granular control over all your apps and desktops.
  • Users can bring their own device, whether a mobile or PC type.
Likelihood to Recommend
In most cases, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenDesktop) is most suited for larger deployments and shops that have dedicated IT Staff. Trying to use it with just on and off MSP support can be a little questionable as the system does need daily babysitting as to dealing with users who get stuck, profile issues, and just general user education. Also, it is not optimal for situations where a lot of the apps are high-end graphic intensive as this not only requires more memory and processing power but usually GPU's for video as well. But for shops that want to make their more common apps or MS Office type stuff available in a virtual environment, this is the best at doing it.

High Quality VDI Solution

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
December 27, 2019
IS
Ivan Sytchev
Supervisor, Information Technology
Real Estate Council of Ontario (Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use this Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for our remote workforce and work from home staff. All departments use Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops however some are not fully able to utilize it due to their roles. It is worth mentioning that we also use Citrix ADC to facilitate secure remote access to our Citrix environment.
Pros and Cons
  • It has a really good end-user experience when using desktop features.
  • It's easy to use Citrix Storefront.
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops are well suited for remote access when paired with Citrix ADC as the gateway. It is great for when there are limited resources and applications and desktops need to be shared with many users. It is a very good VDI environment and works with VMware vCenter and ESXi very well. Without Citrix ADC it is very difficult to set up an ICA proxy for remote sessions. If you are planning on using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for remote access you either need Citrix ADC or VPN to keep it secure.

Citrix review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
November 26, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
6 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is used in conjunction with our document management application to centralize data for our nationwide (worldwide) insurance division.
Pros and Cons
  • Centralize data.
  • Ease of user desktop management.
  • Standardization of desktops.
Likelihood to Recommend
The centralization of company data and standardization of user desktops is the primary reason we use Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. This helps both the end-users (all data is in a single location rather than a unique share on a unique server for each office) as well as IT management (all users share the same desktop and settings. One location to change all desktops).

XenDesktop is a win!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
September 10, 2019
LK
Lochan Kalicharan
Freelance Photographer
Self Employed (Medical Practice, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
3 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
XenDesktop is being used by multiple departments across the entire organization in order to facilitate safe and fast connections to company resources remotely.
Pros and Cons
  • Fast connection
  • Secure connection
  • Ease of use for new and existing users
  • Simple user interface
Likelihood to Recommend
Where access to company resources or shared drives are required. Because we are utilizing a large number of shared drives with various resources, XenDesktop becomes a must-have, especially for offsite users.

If XenDesktop wasn't required by a customer, I would use something else

Rating: 1 out of 10
Incentivized
June 13, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
3 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix XenDesktop is utilized at our Datacenter to provide our third-party offshore developers access to internal company resources while maintaining a good security standing. XenDesktop prevents customer data and/or proprietary code from being downloaded external to the company and leaked to competitors or our customer's competitors.
Pros and Cons
  • All Management resources can now be installed on a single server. Reducing the overhead required to maintain a citrix environment.
  • Granularity of the Delivery groups allow you to define allowing a remote user to connect to a random XenDesktop VM or individually assigning VMs to users.
  • HDX RealTime Optimization Pack has stabilized some of the issues of utilizing all of the features of Skype for Business in a ZenDesktop VM.
Likelihood to Recommend
Citrix XenDesktop is useful when your company utilizes third party offshore developers that need to access internal resources with restrictions. And useful when you need to provide contractor or support technician temporary access to resolve an issue.

It can prevent customer data and/or proprietary code from the unsanctioned removal of company premise.
External auditors have been quicker to approve (and sometimes mandate) the use of Citrix as a trusted tool for external access.

High performance and ease of management

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
January 25, 2019
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Citrix DaaS
20 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use XenDesktop across the organization to bring high performance to an application whose client would otherwise operate far too slowly across the WAN link from our central data center. The management of the solution is the biggest reason we continue to use it because it requires low effort to maintain and the support is very good.
Pros and Cons
  • Management of the entire solution is central and intuitive.
  • Printing is simple and easy to manage.
Likelihood to Recommend
Xendesktop makes the most sense in larger environments where multiple servers are needed to support the end users.

Farming with Citrix will save you time and money

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
January 19, 2019
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
XenApp is being used at the Cranston location. We use XenApp to connect to our ERP system SAP.
Pros and Cons
  • Good tech support.
  • Install/upgrade process is easy to follow.
  • Citrix Studio is excellent for managing everything from machine catalogs, licensing, controller, etc... one stop shop.
Likelihood to Recommend
XenApp is well suited for any organization who wants to manage client access to business applications in a controlled environment.
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