Designing a virtual desktop environment?

Designing a virtual desktop environment? - Adopt a modular approach

Questions :. How can you design a successful virtual desktop solution for 1000 users? How about 10,000 users? What about 50,000 users? What are the questions you should ask? More importantly, where to start

Answer: Hire Citrix Consulting for your next project virtual office! OK, that's a good answer, but not the only way to do it. The effective way to design a virtual desktop environment is to follow a modular approach using 5 layers defined in the Citrix Virtual Desktop manual. Separation of a virtual desktop project in different layers provides a modular approach that reduces risk and increase the chances of success of your project, no matter how you expected greater deployment is. What are the 5 layers and some examples of decisions are defined in

1. User Layer: recommended endpoints and the required functionality user
2. access layer :. How users will connect to their desktops hosted in the desktop layer. Decisions for local against remote access, firewalls and SSL VPN communications are handled in this layer
3. Layer Desktop: The desktop layer contains virtual office the user and is divided into three components ;. image, applications and personalization. Decisions on the FlexCast model, application requirements, policy, and profile design are discussed in this layer
4. Layer Control :. In decisions of the control layer surrounding the management and maintenance of the overall solution are addressed. The control layer is composed of access controllers, desktop monitors and infrastructure controllers. The access controllers support the access layer, desktop controllers support the desktop layer, and infrastructure controllers provide the underlying support for each component in the architecture
5. Hardware layer :. The physical layer contains the physical devices needed to support the entire solution, and includes servers, processors, memory and storage devices.

Want to know how to start? Try Citrix project accelerator. entry criteria around your business needs, technical expertise, end-user requirements, applications, etc. to start your architecture based on the model of the 5 layer.

Finally, do not forget to come and see SYN318: Designing your virtual desktop project methodologies with Citrix Consulting Citrix Synergy. You will have the opportunity to learn more in the three-part series about Evaluate, design and deploy a virtual desktop environment with the Citrix Synergy Consulting methodologies

Part 1: Assess your project .. virtual desktop with Citrix Consulting methodology

Part 2 :. Design your virtual desktop project with Citrix Consulting methodology

Part 3 :. Deploy and maintain your Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Citrix best practices Council

Niraj Patel

Senior Consultant

Citrix Consulting

@Niraj_S_Patel

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