2016-06-29T19:03:00Z

What do you like most about Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops?

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops?

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Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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Vishakha Rathod - PeerSpot reviewer
Graduate Apprentice Trainee at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Real User
Top 20
2023-07-07T09:51:13Z
Jul 7, 2023

I use Citrix DaaS to connect to devices.

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Alan Thomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Technological Solutions Architect at Grupo Techint, S.A. de C.V.
Real User
Top 10
2023-04-27T20:35:00Z
Apr 27, 2023

It is a stable solution. We don't usually have problems with the platform...It is a very scalable solution.

Yash Saxena - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at MindTree
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-04-14T09:11:50Z
Apr 14, 2023

The App is the most valuable feature.

DavidWood1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
2023-03-16T00:11:06Z
Mar 16, 2023

Citrix offers a range of products that can be used straight out of the box.

MR
Controller at a translation and localization position with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-13T17:54:00Z
Mar 13, 2023

The most valuable feature is how secure the solution is.

RohitSaluja - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and Director at Decoding IT Solutions LLC
Real User
Top 10
2023-01-12T12:58:17Z
Jan 12, 2023

Instead of pointing to any single feature, I would say the most valuable aspect of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is the overall product itself. Virtualized apps and desktops, in theory and in practice, are very helpful to users.

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DK
Sr. Architect at Philips
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-13T07:49:50Z
Dec 13, 2022

The product is stable.

YM
Multi-Cloud Operations Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
2022-11-17T11:46:59Z
Nov 17, 2022

The initial setup is easy.

RV
Vice President (Technology) at Shaligram Infotech LLP
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-11-09T11:55:19Z
Nov 9, 2022

The most valuable feature of the solution is that it supports team clients.

Rey Mendoza - PeerSpot reviewer
Desktop Support Supervisor at Emirates Steel.
Real User
Top 20
2022-09-12T13:53:00Z
Sep 12, 2022

The remote desktop feature allows employees to work from home.

Erez Baruch - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Integrity software
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-08-24T12:59:41Z
Aug 24, 2022

Citrix has had the top remote display for the last 20 years, and there is a huge technological gap between Citrix and its competitors.

Juan Pablo Fernandez Sabate - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at Kyndryl
Real User
Top 20
2022-08-10T12:54:00Z
Aug 10, 2022

Centralization and security are the most valuable features of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops.

TT
Solutions Manager at ICSI
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-06-16T15:40:51Z
Jun 16, 2022

The most valuable feature of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is the security and it is easy to work with.

DK
Technical Architect at Tech Mahindra Limited
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-02T05:34:00Z
May 2, 2022

The most valuable feature is the watermark because most of the time our employees connect from a remote location. In case they photograph the DDA or some data, the watermark will show which user did so and from which IP they connected. That makes it more secure.

RV
Delivery Head - Major Incidents at Wipro Limited
Reseller
Top 20
2021-12-27T15:49:00Z
Dec 27, 2021

The app protection feature is one of the most valuable because it provides good security, as nobody is going to be able to look into your screen while you are sharing the screen. And if someone has installed a keylogger in your system, your keystrokes will be jumbled up and they would not make any sense to the keylogger. App protection is one of the coolest security features that I have encountered on any platform.

VC
CEO at Real Time Cloud Services
Consultant
Top 5Leaderboard
2021-11-02T18:05:00Z
Nov 2, 2021

The most valuable feature is the desktop experience so that users don't see much difference between the remote desktop and the local desktop... It also provides virtualization for high-end graphics so that they can be displayed. AutoCAD can be done on Citrix. The graphics are very good.

MS
Systems Architect at Conviso Inc.
Real User
Top 20
2021-10-11T10:58:00Z
Oct 11, 2021

For the most part, overall stability is what you would expect.

HS
Deputy General Manager at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
2021-09-19T17:34:00Z
Sep 19, 2021

It provides all of the features required for the protection of data. For example, we don't want to allow any copy/paste of data to an outside environment, and we are able to restrict the VDI to not allow any data transfer from the VDI to the local laptop's hard drives. That is one of the greatest advantages the solution provides.

HL
Head of Corporate Strategic Alliance and Partnership at LG Uplus
Real User
2021-09-14T12:40:00Z
Sep 14, 2021

Before we adopted a VDI storage solution, our customers' personal information was leaked. This happened a lot. But since we adopted a VDI solution, these kinds of issues have happened rarely.

DA
Implementation and Support Engineer at PRACSO S.R.L.
Real User
2021-09-14T06:03:00Z
Sep 14, 2021

Relative to other solutions, Citrix has fewer conditions and fewer parameters. Citrix also provides some flexibility because it can be used on any device.

JV
CEO at Lucid Tech Services
Real User
2021-04-27T19:03:00Z
Apr 27, 2021

Security is a shining point of the Citrix Workspace. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is a very robust solution when security is a concern. Furthermore, the content collaboration data-hosting that Citrix integrates with Virtual Apps and Desktops is among the best there is.

MA
Senior Manager, Corporate IT at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-01-14T14:20:00Z
Jan 14, 2021

The only thing that is really important for me is being able to connect from wherever I am. It is important for me because sometimes I am in places where there are not enough safe conditions to be able to work safely, in terms of security and confidentiality of my data. Being able to access internal resources from a secure platform allows me to work without fearing that my data has been stolen.

RM
Technical Team Lead at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2020-12-27T09:22:00Z
Dec 27, 2020

In terms of scalability, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops have a lot of technologies baked in there that allow an organization to scale up or down, as required. Further, leveraging Azure for scalability has added value to our organization. For example, pre-COVID-19, we had very few resources in Azure. We had some Virtual Desktops and no application servers. When COVID-19 came along, we knew people were going to be home. We knew that we had to ramp up very quickly. We fully leveraged MCS to be able to scale. Being able to take a single image and build 400,000 Virtual Desktops, all within minutes, was second to none in terms of any other technology out there that we could have used. The scalability to be able to do that in Azure, where we really don't have to worry about storage and compute power because Microsoft does that for us, was fantastic. It was almost like giving our environments steroids. It has been amazing in terms of that scalability. Now, as people start coming back to the office, we can just as quickly scale down so the compute and resource costs in Azure aren't so great anymore.

JG
Citrix Engineer at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2020-12-21T06:00:00Z
Dec 21, 2020

The Provisioning Services are the most valuable feature. We have Premium licensing, so Provisioning Services is huge for us, along with the Virtual Apps and Desktops part. It allows us to have a vDisk for every region, one that can easily be copied between them if we need to, to limit the amount of updates we have to do.

ED
User at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2020-12-17T09:13:00Z
Dec 17, 2020

We can provide tons of applications with different settings, behaviors, and operating systems. It is the same way for the user. Then, we are totally transparent for the user to use a lot of totally different applications, which is the most important part of Citrix today.

KG
Managing Director at a tech services company
Real User
2020-12-15T08:57:00Z
Dec 15, 2020

It provides the flexibility of being used on any device which makes the employee experience better, in terms of ease of use.

PH
IT Director at a legal firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
2020-12-10T05:29:00Z
Dec 10, 2020

The most valuable feature has to be the non-persistent desktop. If one of my users messes something up and blows away their desktop, it goes back to what it was originally, before they had an issue.

JB
Senior Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-10-06T06:57:00Z
Oct 6, 2020

The most valuable feature is the ability to connect to our on-premise applications, through the Workspace app and the Workspace experience.

The user experience when using the solution's technology remotely is good. Our users are able to work and it's seamless. The performance is also good.

RR
Infrastructure Specialist at a insurance company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2020-10-01T09:58:00Z
Oct 1, 2020

The most valuable feature is the gateway to a remote connection, to a physical or a virtual PC. Compared to a normal VPN client and connection, the connection via Citrix is more stable and does not consume as much network bandwidth.

MM
Sr. System Engineer at Dimension Data
Real User
2020-09-30T08:03:00Z
Sep 30, 2020

Citrix Virtual Apps is the most valuable feature. Many customers use this feature to publish only applications, and not the full desktop. They can publish the internal resource or allow the end-user to reach a site or an application without having the full desktop. That's why they love this feature. It helps them save on resources.

AP
Director System Integration at NTT DATA
Real User
2020-09-27T04:10:14Z
Sep 27, 2020

Citrix is one of the companies that is delivering virtual apps and desktops in a big way. They are mature enough to understand the level of stability required and deliver it.

MB
CIO at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2020-09-23T06:10:00Z
Sep 23, 2020

Among the most valuable features is the Citrix Workspace, which allows us to drive that thin-client connection and the remote control/remote access capabilities. Those things have allowed us to connect an awful lot of people quickly from home and that's obviously helped during the pandemic.

GD
Manager - IT/Telecommunications at Banco Galicia
Real User
2020-07-14T08:15:00Z
Jul 14, 2020

The solution provides everything in one integrated platform. When it comes to monitoring their solution, it is really easy. We have all the information in one place so we can have the right information at the right moment. We can be proactive when it comes to dealing with performance, maintenance, and security issues.

SC
Manager of Virtualization Services at a university with 10,001+ employees
MSP
2020-07-02T10:06:00Z
Jul 2, 2020

The user experience when using the solution's technology remotely is definitely superior to our VPN and/or Windows Remote Desktop. It's a much better user experience for those folks.

SN
CTO at Greenware Technologies LLC
Real User
Top 10
2019-12-19T06:32:00Z
Dec 19, 2019

You can connect to any printer, and from anywhere you can print documents using a compressed channel. It is easy and the bandwidth is very low.

DA
CDO at SGROUP
Real User
2019-12-19T06:32:00Z
Dec 19, 2019

This is a very stable solution which you can feel confident using.

JL
System Administrator at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2019-12-19T06:32:00Z
Dec 19, 2019

Stable product with straightforward setup.

RN
Owner at 1st Solutions
Reseller
2019-12-16T08:13:00Z
Dec 16, 2019

XenApp is a fast, secure and reliable solution for remote connections that is completely different than and superior to older Windows solutions.

ER
Project Leader at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-12-16T08:13:00Z
Dec 16, 2019

The most valuable feature is the automatic software upgrades because they take place on only three or four servers, rather than on 50 or 60 machines.

YG
IT Operations Service Delivery Senior Manager at e-finance
Real User
2019-07-04T22:17:00Z
Jul 4, 2019

The shadow feature is extraordinary and helps a lot when supporting remote users.

DW
Senior Manager of Engineering at Mechanics Bank
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2016-06-29T19:03:00Z
Jun 29, 2016

I found the ease of deployment, scalability, and security to be to our benefit when supplying virtual applications to our clients.

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