Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) Reviews

• Application virtualization
• Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI)
• Management and security using NetScalers

We are using this to allow our users to access applications over a secured, remote environment. It has helped to reduce the outages in our IT infrastructure, especially during server maintenance.

The solution needs some improvement to make it more flexible with an easier interface.

I have been working with this technology for over nine years.

Initially, we had some stability issues, such as slow logon for users and profile issues. All have been resolved and it is currently running smoothly.

We did not have hot-production outages in the environment. When we deployed the products, we set up rigid environment monitoring which has helped us to reduce scalability issues.

I never used a different solution as I started my career with XenApp. I later learned other Citrix products. So far, I am comfortable with them.

Initially, we built a pre-production environment to understand the challenges according to our requirements. We were able to overcome them.

I did not evaluate other options.

• During the implementation phase, understand the requirement and set up a sand box environment for testing and managing. 
• If all of the testing is successful, plan for production from scratch. Do not use your existing sandbox for production.

The most valuable feature of this product for me is that it provides secure access anywhere from any device.

This product has improved my organization by provide access to the Intranet application and website over the internet over SSL from any device.

This product should include a feature like like App Volume, which their competitor already has.

Also, the Hypervisor needs to be improved.

I have been working with this product for the last four years. I have done many projects on Citrix XenDesktop.

I did not have any deployment issues. For a PoC, it is an easy one-day setup.

Technical support in India is awesome and are equipped with the required technical solutions.

Initial setup was straightforward. It's a single-server setup in a simple environment and can be scalable at any point of time.

ROI is always a challenge for VDI if the number of users is less than 200. It all depends upon the organisational requirement.

In comparison to Citrix XenDesktop, VMware Horizon is a very good product. However, some features such as Sharefile and Netscaler complete the Citrix story.

Go for this product without any thinking. If you are looking for security and a single point of management, then go with this product.

We are located in three cities in Norway and we use this system for our virtual applications. We have an ordering system, a CRM system, an email system, and more. In fact, it is used for anything that is suitable for a virtual app. Some special programs, like AutoCAD, need to be run locally, but these are the exceptions.

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.

The administration, security, and flexibility are very good.

We would like to be able to provide VDI, a full desktop, to each of our users.

I have been using XenApp since 2009.

This solution is pretty stable, I would say.

Scalability depends on the hardware, but it is easy to scale.

We have between 60 and 80 users who are managers and engineers. In addition, we have external customers that we support. These companies have between 10 and 50 users.

Although we do most of the technical support with our own IT department, we have been in touch with the vendor several times. They are good in terms of response time and we are satisfied with their work.

We did not use another solution prior to this one. We are only using Citrix and Microsoft in our infrastructure.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward, but of course, there are some complex things to do as well. It took us a couple of days to deploy.

We have four IT consultants who support this solution.

We deployed this solution using our in-house team.

We did evaluate other solutions, but we found that Citrix was so interesting that we chose it.

What we would like to do in the future is to have a VDI solution where we can give each user a desktop, but we aren't there yet. At this time, we are using this only with published applications.

This solution is easy to manage, but we want to see what happens when we create a hybrid solution with Office 365. We will be moving to a cloud-based solution in perhaps two years from now.

This is a good solution and if it is suitable for the environment then I would recommend it.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

XenApp has helped many of my customers with remote access of applications, access on different platforms.

ICA/HDX optimization policies.

Dependency on server virtualization after v7.x is an issue which I encountered in small environments.

No issues with stability.

No issues with scalability.

Seven out of 10.

I used different application virtualization solutions, but I found XenApp to be the best of them.

Straightforward for up to version 6. After version 7 it became complex.

It is a bit costly, but enterprise class features come with a cost.

Thinspace, Propalms, VMware horizon, GO-Global.

Plan wisely for sizing, product is stable if sizing is correct. Try to use standard application for virtualization, non-standard application can lead to memory leakage which can hamper your sizing considerations.