After 40 days of exciting journey Tech Preview on VDI-in-a-Box Project Curacao, today we released VDI-in -a-Box Version 5.3 Web. Designed for desktop IT administrators, VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 retains once again its promise to simplify desktop management and reduce costs of providing virtual desktops. Here is the run down of new and improved features and why they matter to you.
Have you told Windows support?
We have covered. In fact, it has never been more integrated with Windows and latest technologies.
- VDI-in-a-Box delivers 5.3 better than local experience providing HDX connections to Windows 8 positions virtual work. This is the same component HDX between VDI-in-a-Box and XenDesktop 7. It also supports applications based on DirectX 3D video with improved quality and efficiency of bandwidth.
- VDI-in-a-Box offers the best of both worlds: users get customized workstations for their applications, settings and data, while the Windows desktop administrators manage a single master image. With release 5.3, PC are now available on the latest Windows operating system, Windows 7 and 8.
- Windows Server 2012 virtual file format VHDX is now supported natively, without conversion. So you can enjoy increased scalability and data protection VHDX the new format.
With support for the latest Windows technologies in your virtualized environment, VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 extends the Citrix vision of enabling service providers to offer Windows-as-a- VDI service by adding an optional but highly profitable singles Citrix VDI-in-a-Box to the excellent Citrix service provider (CSP) hosted office portfolio shared with XenApp and desktop virtualization with XenDesktop business class.
What Citrix cross-product integration?
You bet. VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 provides improved support capability with various Citrix products, including XenServer, NetScaler Access Gateway, Citrix AppController, and more.
- VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 provides a great end user experience for remote connection to the pass-through authentication. Single sign-on capacity using the NetScaler Access Gateway web interface is now supported, however, this requires Active Directory.
- Last XenServer 6.2 hypervisor is now supported with VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 will help you to increase the density of server and run virtual desktops. Also, supported are Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 and VMware vSphere / ESX 5.1. No matter what platform you are running, VDI-in-a-Box takes advantage of the best that these platforms have to offer.
- Integration with AppController allows VDI-in-a-Box to work seamlessly with your existing XenMobile environment. This provides secure access to all corporate resources in one place - Windows, web and SaaS applications; workstations and data.
- VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 is now withCitrix compliant Universal Print Server. IT no longer needs to install multiple network printer drivers in the gold more pictures. Universal Printing requires no driver installation in the images, which not cause driver headaches for IT and a great printing experience for users.
Want more improvements?
Of course, we are all Citrix on improving the user experience and IT. VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 provides SSL certification, improved image distribution and open a collection session, and error messages to the end user.
- With version 5.3, end users can say goodbye to 1030 error messages! Instead, the error messages to the end user are made clear with self-service action buttons so that users can troubleshoot connection problems if they want , minimizing iT support / admin overload.
- VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 allows IT to install and manage SSL certificates both reliable and self-signed of the Administration Console. You will be able to distribute certificates installed on other servers in a grid from the same user interface. No need CLI (command line) and Java keytool more!
- The assistant image distribution is now improved with VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 release. The new "key" icon of the tool will help you solve the image distribution problems by showing the status and recommended actions. In addition, 5.3 features with a single click debug log collection and improved logging for licenses, Jgroup and Hyper-V connector.
This is VDI-in-a-Box VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 release in a nut shell. You can also check these long blogs for details:
- Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 with Windows 8 support, Single Sign-On and User-Driven interface SSL Certificate Installation
- Any new Assistant SSL Certificate in VDI-in-a-Box 5.3
- VDI-in-a-Box Tech Preview
When we talk to our VDI -in- a-Box customers, they often say VDI could not be simpler. VDI-in-a-box is designed for IT organizations with simpler needs, making it easy to deliver centrally managed, personalized virtual desktops securely to any device on a network all for less than the cost user new PC. With Citrix HDX, users enjoy the same rich HD experience found in enterprise-class Citrix XenDesktop, no matter what type of endpoint they use.
Download VDI-in-a-Box 5.3 today!
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