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VMware EUC… a competitor to Citrix?

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Who?

Name : Duco Jaspars

Role : Consultant/Owner vConsult

: http://blog.vConsult.nl/

: @vConsult

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Who?

Name : Kees Baggerman

Role : Senior Technical Consultant

: http://blog.myvirtualvision.com

: @KBaggerman

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Agenda

• VMware Horizon Suite..

• Explaining VMware Horizon Suite..

• Head to head (product based)..

• Architectural differences explained..

• Conclusion..

• Q&A..

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VMware Horizon Bundle or Suite Components

Horizon View Horizon View

ThinApp

Workstation

vSphere

vCenter

Horizon Mirage • Horizon Mirage

• ThinApp

• Workstation

• Fusion Pro

• VMware Player Comercial

license Horizon Workspace • Horizon Workspace

• ThinApp

• Workstation

• Horizon Mobile for Android

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VMware Horizon View

New in View 5.2:

• Blast

• Unity Touch

• SAML-Awareness

• Lync Support

• Extensive GPU Support

• Windows 8 support

• Space reclemation

New in View 5.3:

• vDGA

• Improved Realtime Audio-

Video

• Windows 8.1 Support

• VSAN support

• W2K8 Desktops

• View Agent Direct Connections

• Windows 7 MM acceleration

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Deploy VMware Horizon View

New fling: Horizon View Configuration Tool

http://labs.vmware.com/flings/horizon-view-configuration-tool

The vCT ships as a virtual appliance with all the required VMware

components to set up your Horizon View environment. After providing

a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 ISO, an ESX host (not managed by

vCenter), a few parameters, and licenses, the tool will provision your

environment dynamically and automatically. The vCT deploys the

following components:

• Virtual machine with Active Directory Domain Controller configured

(or you may integrate with the existing DC in your environment)

• Virtual machine with Horizon View Connection Server installed

• Virtual machine with Horizon View Composer installed

• vCenter Server Appliance virtual machine deployed and configured

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VMware Horizon Mirage

Mirage?

• Bought in 2012 by VMware, originally Wanova

• Used for layering Base/User/Apps

• Added support for app based layering

As it is today, Mirage can be used for physical desktops

and persistent desktops

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VMware Horizon Workspace

Workspace?

• Workspace aggregates the suite into one management

and end-user package.

• Users have access to Horizon Data, their web and

SaaS applications via the original Horizon App

Manager, and their desktops via Horizon View.

• Horizon Data exists as its own "all-or-nothing" silo.

• View integration

• Horizon Mobile is a MDM solution for Android

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VMware Horizon Suite

Bundle or Suite Components Type of License

Horizon Suite • Horizon View

• Horizon Mirage

• Horizon

Workspace

• All three products

Named User

Concurrent

User

Named User

Named User

NEW Concurrent user licensing for Horizon Suite since

June 4th 2013

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Overview Horizon Suite

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Head to head

Function Citrix VMware

Data ShareFile Horizon Workspace¹

StorageZones

Collaboration GoTo* SocialCast

Podio

Application Delivery XenApp/XenDeskto

p

View, Horizon Workspace2

Application Virtualization Citrix Streaming ThinApp

Workspace Aggregation Cloud Gateway Horizon Workspace¹

MDM XenMobile Horizon Mobile for Android

Profile Management UPM Persona/Mirage

Hypervisor XenServer vSphere

¹ Horizon Workspace has three components: Data, Applications, and Desktops and can not be purchased separately.

2 Horizon Application Manager functionality is (partially) integrated in Horizon Workspace

Original concept: http://virtualpatrick.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/product-vendor-technology-matrix-for-end-user-workspaces/

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SIMPLIER, EASIER

MANAGEMENT

Data

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Overview Data: ShareFile

Storage Center (EC2)

S3

Authorization

*.sharefile.com Sharefile.eu.

DB

App Tier / Control

Plane

• Account info

• Brokering

• Web Application

• Reporting

• Access control

Data Tier

• Storage Centers

• Backend storage

• Various locations WW

Client

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Overview Data: ShareFile StorageZones

Storage Center (EC2)

S3 Storage Center (Windows IIS)

Customer Datacenter

*.sharefile.com Sharefile.eu

Authorization

DB

App Tier / Control

Plane

Data Tier

• Storage Centers

• Backend storage

• Various locations WW

Client

• Account info

• Brokering

• Web Application

• Reporting

• Access control

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Overview Data: ShareFile StorageZones

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Port 80 on

localhost

health

check

Port 80 on

localhost

health

check

Port 443

Port 80 or 443

(recommended)

Inbound from * on

Port 443

FQDN on External DNS

with valid Public SSL cert

Outbound to

*.sharefile.com 173.199.5.0/24

*.sharefile.eu 78.108.127.0/24

Port 443

DMZ Proxy

(e.g.

NetScaler)

ShareFIle Storage Center(s)

(physical or virtual)

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Overview Data: Horizon Data

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SIMPLIER, EASIER

MANAGEMENT

Data

Collaboration

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Overview Collaboration: Podio/GoTo

GoTo:

• GoToMeeting

• GoToWebinar

• GoToTraining

• GoToAssist

• GoToMyPC

Podio:

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Overview Collaboration: SocialCast

• On-Premise

• Private Cloud

• Multi-Tenant SAAS

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SIMPLIER, EASIER

MANAGEMENT

Data

Collaboration

Application Delivery

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Overview Application Delivery: XenApp 6.X

Components

• Datastore

• Data Collector

• License Server

• Session Hosts

• Web Interface/StoreFront

Deployment:

• PVS

• Physically installed

SQL Server Service

Farm Infrastructure ServersZone Data Collectors,

License Server

Session Hosts

Citrix Web Interface

Citrix Provisioning Server

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Overview Application Delivery: XenDesktop

Components

• Datastore

• License Server

• Desktop Delivery Controller

• Desktops

• Web Interface/StoreFront

Deployment:

• MCS

• PVS

• Physically installed

SQL Server Service

Farm Infrastructure ServersDesktop Delivery Controller

License Server

Desktops

Citrix Web InterfaceCitrix PVSCitrix MCS

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Overview Application Delivery:

XenDesktop/XenApp 7.x Components

• Datastore

• License Server

• Desktop Delivery Controller

• Desktops

• Session Hosts

• StoreFront

Deployment:

• MCS

• PVS

• Physically installed

SQL Server Service

Farm Infrastructure ServersDesktop Delivery Controller

License Server

Desktops

Citrix PVSCitrix MCS

Session Hosts

Citrix StoreFront

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Overview Application Delivery: Remote Access

Access Gateway

Standard Edition

Access Gateway

Advanced Edition

Access Gateway

Enterprise Edition

NetScaler Gateway

VPX MPX SDX

• Non-windows appliance in DMZ

• Manage access at application level

• Physical and virtual appliances

available

• Restricts actions like print,

save&cut/paste

• Controls access by user, device or network

• Policy-based sense and response

• Flexible and extensible end-point analysis

• Full capability SSL VPN

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Overview Workspace Aggregation:

XenMobile

Components

• NetScaler

• StoreFront

• AppController

NetScaler

StoreFront

AppController

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Overview Application Delivery: View Components

• vSphere Cluster

• vCenter Server

• View Composer

• View Connection Server(s)

• View Security Server(s)

• Load Balancer

Optional

• vShield Edge

• vShield App

• vCenter Operations for View

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Overview Application Delivery: Workspace

The former product Horizon

Application Manager is now

integrated in Horizon Workspace

as a portal to give the end user

access to applications from “any”

device

• Web based/SAAS Apps

• ThinApp Packages

• Apps for Mobile devices

(redirect to Apple App Store and

Google Play)

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SIMPLIER, EASIER

MANAGEMENT

Data

Collaboration

Application Delivery

Application Virtualization

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Overview Application Virtualization: Citrix

Streaming

Not included in XenDesktop 7, advise is to migrate to APP-V

Components

• Web Interface/StoreFront*

• Delivery Controller*

• Session Hosts*

• License Server

• File Server

• Streaming Profiler

• Streaming Client

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Overview Application Virtualization: ThinApp

Available Methods

• Streaming or

local deployment

on View desktop

• Install on

windows end

user device

through

Workspace

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SIMPLIER, EASIER

MANAGEMENT

Data

Collaboration

Application Delivery

Application Virtualization

Mobility

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Overview MDM: XenMobile

• Manage Mobile Devices

•Control access policies for

apps, data and devices

• Wipe selectively apps, data &

devices remotely

•Follow me apps & data on any

device with federated SSO

•Clientless secure remote access

A complete stack

for managing and

securing apps,

data, and devices

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Device Management

Secure Mail

Productivity and Collaboration

Business Apps

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Ga

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Data Management

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Overview MDM: XenMobile

Components

• XenMobile Device Manager

• Citrix NetScaler

• Citrix App Controller

• XenMobile Secure Mobile Gateway

• XenMobile SharePoint Data Leak Prevention

MDM Server

(Optional)

App Controller

(Optional)

NetS

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(Op

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Overview MDM: Horizon Mobile

VMware Horizon Mobile enables enterprises to securely provision and

manage a corporate mobile workspace on employees' Android smartphones

in isolation from their personal environment.

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SIMPLIER, EASIER

MANAGEMENT

Data

Collaboration

Application Delivery

Application Virtualization

Mobility

Profile Management

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Overview Profile Management:UPM

Components

• UPM Store

• UPM Service

• GPO’s/INI files

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Solution for both profile management and folder redirection.

Persona are stored on fileserver.

Overview Profile Management: View Virtual

Profiles

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Overview Profile Management: Horizon

Mirage

End User PC

Machine Identity Layer (identity, customizations)

User Personalization Layer (user data & profile, installed

apps)

Base Layer (OS, infra SW, core apps)

Driver Library

Mirage Application layer (new in 4.0)

Layering technology for desktops

Works on both physical and virtual

desktops, limited integration with

Horizon View

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What else…? No Applications for iOS, Android, MacOS, etc - Horizon View

delivers Windows desktops only. Applications are only available on

these devices trough View.

No Integrated Networking or WAN Optimization - Functionality

gaps in Horizon View require significant investment in 3rd party

products which increases cost and complexity

Limited Hosted Shared Desktop support - Horizon View only

supports session based desktops via RDP (RDS/TS Farms)

No Client Side Rendering - Despite improvements to PCoIP. If flash

video playback is a requirement, Horizon View can not scale like

XenDesktop

No Personal vDisk - Only XenDesktop offers pooled VDI with

complete personalization, resulting in better user-acceptance and

significant storage cost saving over dedicated desktops

Remote Access – Remote Access for VMware View via PCoIP is on

non standard port (4172)

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Conclusion

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