1. An Introduction to Citrix VDI-in-a-Box
Nigel Simpson, VDI-in-a-Box Programs Manager, EMEA

2. History Kaviza - founded in 2008 Based out of Cupertino, California
First release of VDI-in-a-Box, 2009
Production deployments world wide
Citrix acquired Kaviza May 2011
Kaviza mission - ‘Make VDI easy and affordable’

3. Roadblocks to Desktop virtualization adoption
Studies show cost and complexity inhibit VDI adoption
“The key to massive adoption is fixing the cost issue – VDI-in-a-Box is leading the charge on this front.”
- The 451 Group Virtualization Market Report
Source: 451 Group Virtualization Market Report

4. What is Citrix VDI-in-a-Box v5.0
Easy, affordable, all-in-one desktop virtualization solution
Reduced cost and complexity
No SAN required for High Availability
Delivered as a virtual appliance
Start small and grow the solution when required
Local experience with Citrix HDX

5. Some current VDI-in-a-Box customers

6. Some current EMEA VDI-in-a-Box customers

7. Depends on the use case….
XenDesktop
VDI-in-a-Box
Complete Desktop Virtualization (Flexcast)
Easy to manage, affordable
VDI

8. VDI-in-a-Box customers
Relatively simple VDI only requirement
Looking for an affordable solution
Windows XP – Windows 7 migration
Some form of multimedia requirement
Local peripherals, USB, serial
Range of end point / client devices, BYO projects

9. VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture
Built-in High-Availability
On-demand Scaling
Built-in Citrix HDX
Runs on off-the-shelf servers
Multi-hypervisor support
Citrix Profile Manager
User Data
Active
Directory
Server
with Hypervisor
as VM Host
VDI-in-a-Box
Virtual Appliance
VM Manager
Full Redundancy for High-Availability
SAN Storage
Connection
Broker
Load Balancer

10. VDI-in-a-Box: An All-in-One VDI Solution
vdiMgr
Logical Shared Storage
User Management
Dynamic Desktop Provisioning & Management
Template Management
High-Availability Grid Engine
Connection Broker
Load Balancer
Virtual
Desktop
VDI-in-a-Box
All key features are built-in:
Connection brokering
Dynamic provisioning
High-availability
Load balancing
On-demand scaling
Citrix HDX user experience
Linked clones
Access from virtually any device with Citrix Receiver
Open architecture runs on the most popular hypervisors:
Citrix XenServer
Microsoft Hyper-V
VMware vSphere (ESXi)
Hypervisor
DAS

11. VDI-in-a-Box is easy to deploy and manage
Install Hypervisor
Import VDI-in-a-Box Appliance
Import Image
Configure Templates
Assign User Accounts
READY!
Install additional Servers
Point to 1st Server
User Data
Active
Directory
Server
with Hypervisor
+ VDI-in-a-Box Virtual Appliance

12. Tablets, mobile devices and thin clients
All tablet and mobile devices supported by Citrix Receiver
Support for over 1.5 billion devices
iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Blackberry
Certified 'HDX Ready' thin clients

13. Applications Applications can be placed in the image(s) or streamed
Create images with different applications for groups of users, e.g Finance, Sales…
Applications within the image can be assigned to users using AppSense, RES, Scense, Tricerat and others
Stream applications XenApp, App-V or similar

14. No more expensive than a traditional PC ~€500
Server €60 - €70*
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box CCU (SRP) €~130
Microsoft VDA license €0 - €80
HyperVisor (XenServer / Hyper-V / ESXi) €0 - €25
Totals €190 - €305
*Server based on 50 users, 8 cores, 64GB RAM, 6 x 15k 300GB SAS
End point (Linux based ‘HDX Ready’ Thin Client) €240
Totals €430 - €545
Or repurpose PCs turning them into thin clients
e.g Wyse PC Extender or MS ThinPC (SA)

15. Next steps… Use the Expert Bar today
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30 day trial
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3 server Grid
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16. Citrix VDI-in-a-Box
Simple, Affordable, VDI.

17. Thank you