Citrix DaaS

Pros

It makes it possible to use a strong computer by only carrying a small laptop.

Cons

I mostly use Vismockup and my setting are always resetted when I log out and log in again.

Pros

Citrix has the capability to host several applications on your particular account, along with a dedicated VDI (if applies). This allows you to not waste the performance of your computer, and navigate through the different applications using the dedicated resources that the vendor provides. This can be a good idea, or not, depending on how many resources are dedicated to your particular VDI.

Cons

Customer support for sure. If you are running in a rush, and you need to have your issue resolved ATM, forget about it. Citrix customer support (at least based on my experience) take a lot of time to fix something, and several times I had to google, or research about the issue, and fix it by myself. The fact is that, most of the troubleshooting needs to be done from the Citrix IT side, and this can take a while to happen.

Pros

What I like about this software is the concept of having a virtual desktop and securuty it provides. Execution of the said concept is disappointing. I have nothing more positive to say about citrix as a user.

Cons

Where do I begin?? This is by far the glitchiest and heaviest software I have ever used in my entire life. And this should say something! I've worked for corporations and startups and Im familiar with so many applications and software brands. Citrix in my opinion is the worst! I understand companies use it mostly for security so only employees can access apps and internal network, I get that. But first of all, it's very heavy. While tech requirements for citrix are pretty reasonable in theory, in reality even computers with great memory and fast processors struggle. Once you log in to citrix, it's like you're back to 2000s. Everything is slow and feels heavy. God forbid you double click on an icon by accident, it'll be loading whatever the application you clicked on forever. And then it's gonna give you an error and you'll need to start over. Constant errors and bugs. I'm not kidding when I say that in 3 years I've been using citrix, I didn't have a single day when it worked smoothly. Saving something to your computer and trying to access it is a nightmare because it's two different locations although both virtual. And they don't connect properly. Omg, citrix is a nightmare!! If you're considering citrix for your company, please know that productivity will drop tenfold and spirit as well because when you're irritating with software all day and you need to use it all the time, you're in a bad mood all day, all week, everytime you're at work. Don't use citrix!!

Pros

-It's perfect for business and educations environments, when hardware requirements change every day you can add more memory or space with a few clicks.
-Access anywhere anytime, Citrix Receiver app works on almost every mobile device (tablets, cellphones, etc)
-Companies with remote employees can protect his data using VDI environments. Lawyer's buffet uses this product against government threats to illegally obtain clients data.
-Logs and Reports help IT departments to track issues fast and efficient.
-IT departments support for different hypervisors environments, such as XenServer, Hyper-V, and VMware ESXi.

Cons

-Not available for MAC OS, because of apple restrictions.
-Salesperson sometimes forgets hardware, software and services requirements. Need an experienced partner to develop VDI projects and then deploy it.
-Security products it´s a must-have, sometimes users forget that the cloud it is also vulnerable.

Pros

Desktop virtualization, Cloud computing and servers are the strongest assets of Citrix, providing a good security standard. Great end-user experience.

Cons

The logs could be better, which would help on troubleshooting.

Pros

I like that it gives me the option to open as browser window or utilize as a remote desktop. We are able to set it up quickly for our temps.

Pros

Cloud technology is key for big companies which requires huge computational effort but not always. Virtual desktop is key for avoiding lots of work station computers at company and enable every body to use shared work stations. CITRIX provides solution to this challenge. It is very stable and easy to use.

Cons

Software may report connection quality state for keep user informed about potential connection lost which is very important to save your work.

Pros

In concept, the product is a great idea. Give end users virtual workspace not tied to a physical desktop.

Cons

In actuality, it doesn't work all that well. We had performance issues and had to open many tickets.

Pros

XenDesktop allowed my team and I to remain functional and productive during a large-scale migration to a newer system.

Cons

We experienced intermittent connection issues and had some issues with the customer support in terms of time of resolution.

Pros

We just deployed the latest version. We can now offer employee's a virtualized experience that matches that of a desktop PC. Installation was straight forward with the help of our consulting partner. employee's said this was the easiest migration they have ever been a part of.

Cons

Latest version requires more servers but not a problem if your servers are Virtualized. We had one issue with Internet explorer skyrocketing the processor but once we made the change for Adobe to open PDF's and not IE this solved the issue.

Pros

it has a great easy access and very intuitive so you can access it, in a great functionality for companies

Cons

depending on the internet used, the app does not work correctly and has crashes

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Citrix DaaS

Pros

We had a site license for the Cirtix Desktop and had purchased maintenance and upgrade protection sogoing to the XenDesktop solution was easy. We implemented a server based access to each of the new programs and all 20 users had the same experience of ease of access. The MS office programs integrated smoothly as well. The local resource demand was minimal so we were able to keep a local mirrored data file that only strengthened our data protection efforts.

Cons

The communication software for the enterprise is Apache. We invoked LDAP thinking it would uniformly connect. We were wrong, We tried several workarounds even going so far as to use the POP3 boxes from the MS Outlook readers. The final connections were a hodgepodge of Apache nataive e-mail containers, LDAP addresses and MS POP3 boxes on some of the PCs. Citrix support was able to isolate the problem with the main Apache program. We did identify a training need and in year three it was all working the way intended. Fortunately no one out of the department was aware of our very inelegant solution.

Pros

It is very flexible and let you decide which apps can be launched by an end user. APP layering is a powerful tool that automates the distribution and creation of the infrastructure.

Cons

It is a little bit expensive, but when compared to the competition, it is the most complete solution ever.

Pros

Multifactor authentication, secure remote access using Citrix Gateway, controlled access to Desktops, servers, and applications. It is an invaluable product for any Enterprise.

Cons

The LTSR products don't support all platforms, which makes is difficult to stay on the same version when OS platforms are replaced. If the Citrix workspace application could be more platform supportable instead of needing different versions, would make the client experience easier and more efficient.

Pros

The ability to bring work home is what I love the most about using the Citrix workspace application.

Cons

it can lag a bit some times when pulling up other applications.

Pros

You can access your virtual desktop from basically anywhere. For security purposes, XenDesktop is definitely a good choice. You can have your employees use a virtual desktop instead of storing any company information on a physical device and that's great if you are worried about any sensitive information. It's user friendly in that the desktop looks just like a regular windows desktop. Someone who doesn't know what a virtual desktop is would not be able to tell the difference.

Cons

It's really slow. It takes a very long time to boot up and the screen lags when you're scrolling which is frustrating. If you don't have a strong internet connection - forget it. You also can't use the virtual desktop on more than one monitor at the same time. This caused a few issues at my last job, we were all supposed to use the virtual desktop every day but everyone used 3 monitors so it didn't make sense to be essentially logged in to two separate computers at the same time so almost everyone just didn't use the virtual desktop.

Pros

We use Xendesktop for our hosting platform for our clients. It allows us to run multiple servers/applications from one central location and allow multiple users access to it at once. It is easy to use, quick, great connection, and best of all makes our client lives easier

Cons

There are intermittent connection issues and duplicate account sessions that need to be monitored. Nothing awful

Pros

Allows complete virtualization which lets our company/remote users use dummy workstations with all our data stored in a remote and secure location. Faster compared to its predecessor (XenApp) which opens up apps instead of a complete virtual desktop. The speed is also noticeably quicker on XenDesktop (At least 3x faster) compared to XenApp.

Cons

Citrix Director could be updated as there are still some features I find redundant/confusing. When remoting into a user's PC, it does not allow us that functionality on the sessions tab, you must type their name on the search bar to access that functionality, which is weird. Also some worries about the memory on these servers as Citrix is still known to have memory clocking issues, which means we would need to restart the server occasionally to run functionally.

Pros

I really like how seamless Citrix virtual desktops are for end users. All I have to do is open a desktop application with one click and I'm already working with jumphost in the same way the virtualized machine was in front of me.

Cons

I also had quite a few glitches that prevented me from working, which were usually resolved by restarting the application.

Pros

I like the fact I can contain many other products aligned with Citrix in the same place....all my apps a my fingertips. Also great when I need to remote in to other users PC or reset passwords.

Cons

Sometimes apps within my desktop "catch all" don't work, and I have to find in Start menu and open them rather than thru Citrix

Pros

I like the easy access via desktop and phone

Cons

Sometimes it’s slow to connect and support is lagging

Pros

It's fast to set up and make it work in short time. It's fast, even with poor connections. It's also more reliable than terminal server, in my opinion.

Cons

The only con I can write of is about printers, I wasn't able to make them work (2 of them, quite old, but I hoped they would work)

Pros

I like that the screens are in color. Makes it easier to find the information you need because it is color coded. Also things ate laid out in a way that it is easy to show students a patients information.

Cons

Printing out the medication sheets is a bit cumbersome. Too much is on the sheets. I am not able to print just the medications. When I print them out it has the treatment orders on the sheets too making a bit too busy especially when teaching students.

Pros

easy access to remote workers. Stores all applications and files within.

Cons

loosing few inch off monitor using the APP.

Pros

Easy to use, makes administration a breeze

Cons

Stable as a graham cracker suspension bridge.