Citrix announces general availability of Citrix DaaS on Amazon WorkSpaces Core

Introduction

With Citrix DaaS on Amazon WorkSpaces Core moving from public tech preview to general availability (GA), you can extend your on-premises Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to the highly scalable AWS Cloud—helping reduce costs, improve security, and optimize user productivity.

Citrix DaaS on WorkSpaces Core provides the flexibility to integrate with AWS infrastructure by simplifying connectivity with an API. The Amazon WorkSpaces Core API connects directly with Citrix DaaS, allowing you to scale out your Citrix environment with AWS directly from the Citrix Cloud administrative console. With this announcement, you can optimize delivery of Citrix DaaS for production workloads while taking advantage of new Citrix features available at GA.

New Citrix features

Volume encryption to secure data at rest

Encryption at rest is a security best practice across AWS. While creating your deployment, you can enable volume encryption to secure data at rest through an AWS-managed KMS key or a customer-managed key through a toggle.

Update imported images in the console

Centralizing administrative functions in the Citrix Cloud administrative console simplifies ongoing administration tasks, such as image management. Update your deployment to the newly created image directly from the Citrix Cloud administrative console using the ‘Update Image’ button in the Deployment section.

Creating a custom image

To create a custom image directly from an existing Citrix DaaS WorkSpace, use the ‘Create custom image’ option in the Deployment section.

Windows Server OS Support

In addition to creating Bring Your Own License (BYOL) Windows 10 or 11 WorkSpaces, you can now create deployments quickly using our public Windows Server 2019 and 2022 with Desktop Experience bundles.

Multi-session Support [Beta feature]

With public Windows Server OS bundles support, Citrix DaaS now has beta support for multi-session on WorkSpaces Core. This provides administrators flexibility for cost optimization of desktop delivery.

Conclusion

Citrix DaaS on Amazon WorkSpaces Core allows you to extend on-premises VDI to the AWS Cloud, while managing the solution with your familiar Citrix VDI software. Flexible billing options and pay-as-you-go pricing allow you to scale with changing business requirements, quickly adding users without the lead times and capital expense associated with procuring and deploying on-premises infrastructure. By leveraging highly secure, fully managed AWS Cloud infrastructure, you can maintain a strong security posture while freeing internal resources to work on higher ROI initiatives.

To get started, first enable bring-your-own-license (BYOL) and bring-your-own-protocol (BYOP) features in your AWS account. In the Citrix Cloud administrative console, select ‘Get Started’ from the Amazon WorkSpaces Core section. Review the Getting Started documentation to begin scaling today!

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