For many years, Citrix hosted desktops have offered organisations a reliable method for granting users remote access to corporate applications, data, and systems through a secure delivery framework.
To keep your business running smoothly, while remaining competitive, you may want to consider a Citrix to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) migration. When you migrate Citrix to AVD, you can benefit from a future-proof solution that enhances your digital transformation efforts.
As a modern cloud-native replacement for Citrix, AVD provides a seamless, modern cloud virtual desktop workspace that allows your employees to collaborate effectively and work productively from anywhere. AVD provides the versatility of shared desktops, personal desktops, or published applications, allowing organisations to choose the appropriate options based on their specific workload needs, thereby maximising efficiencies and optimising costs.
Paul Pemberton
Endpoint Consultant at Nasstar
"At Nasstar, our teams have assisted numerous organisations in migrating from legacy Citrix environments to cloud-native Azure Virtual Desktop. AVD is deployed into a secure Azure landing zone, enabling connections to both private and SaaS workloads. By leveraging management features, users receive a modern, customised, and secure experience tailored to their organisation's needs."
Related Services/Solutions
While Citrix has long been the desktop-as-a-service platform of choice for many businesses, Azure Virtual Desktop offers a new era of virtual desktop technology. Organisations migrating to AVD can look forward to cost optimisation, stronger security functionality, improved performance, and a more seamlessly integrated experience with popular Microsoft tools and technologies.
Our expertise
At Nasstar, we’ve enjoyed a strong and long-lived partnership with Microsoft, enabling us to support a number of customers with their Microsoft migrations, whatever form they take. Choosing to migrate Citrix to Azure Virtual Desktop is a strategic move, letting your business reap a number of benefits that simply aren’t achievable with legacy technologies, and we can help you get there.
The migration to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) typically requires an assessment of dependent workloads such as identity, networking, and third-party applications. Our dedicated team, with extensive experience in Microsoft migration projects, will thoroughly review the current status of all components. This ensures that every aspect of the environment is meticulously planned and executed throughout the Citrix to Azure migration process, maximising your investment.
Why choose Nasstar?
A Citrix to AVD migration can be complex, but with our deep expertise in Microsoft technologies, and a longstanding partnership, our team can help you with the move. We specialise in supporting our customers to get the most from their technology, and helping you migrate Citrix to Azure is no exception. By choosing Nasstar, you can achieve a smoother, more efficient migration to Azure Virtual Desktop.
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FAQs
Running on the Microsoft Azure platform, with a cloud native management layer AVD removes the need for any on-premise compute resources. The size and quantity of session hosts can also be flexed with ease, ensuring the organisation is running at the correct performance and capacity tiers.
By integrating AVD into Microsoft Intune and using features such as App Attach, administrators can manage and keep control of all aspects of the environment.
A Citrix to AVD migration will vary greatly depending on the size and complexity of any associated workloads. Nasstar can provide a design and discovery workshop to allow the gathering of all the information required, before creating a detailed migration plan and schedule.
Several cost benefits can be achieved with a Citrix to Azure migration, including:
- The termination of any existing Citrix licensing costs
- Zero investment in any on premise compute resources
- Using cost optimisation tools such as Scaling Plans, so you only pay for the resources you use
After a detailed design and discovery phase, AVD can be implemented alongside any existing Citrix deployment to create a comprehensive testing area for users. This setup allows users to become familiar with AVD while thoroughly testing all workloads to ensure a smooth transition.
Yes, AVD is considered a direct replacement for Citrix, offering comparable management features and functionality while utilising Microsoft native components to ensure a seamless, high-performance user experience.