Leading Fast Food Provider: Extend Citrix DaaS on AWS
Problem Statement
The customer’s application developers, consultants and contractors leverage a virtual desktop environment (DaaS/VDI). The current VDI environment is hosted in Azure. It is a mix of persistent and non-persistent VDIs using Citrix Cloud for management. The VDI team is in the process of reviewing all use cases for VDI to right size the environment along with the migration to AWS.
Solution
The solution utilize Amazon WorkSpaces Core to extend their virtual desktop (VDI) environment to the highly scalable, cost-effective, secure AWS Cloud while continuing to use their existing Citrix management software and Citrix HDX technology. It uses Citrix Cloud services for all session brokering, admin, and virtualization system, while using WorkSpaces Core to deliver BYOL Windows 10, Microsoft 365 Apps Support and AWS Managed Infrastructure for host and storage.
Outcomes
Increased agility by using existing Citrix management software to provision users in the highly scalable AWS Cloud, without dealing with the long lead times associated with procuring new on-premises infrastructure. Reduced cost AWS offers flexible billing options and pay-as-you-go pricing, allowing you to only pay for resources used.