CTX: XenApp 6 Feature Overview - PART 1

XenApp 6 Feature Overview: Self-service applications

System intelligence automatically determines the best fit method for virtualizing and delivering applications to users through a personalized and easy to use self-service storefront.

• Application subscription: Administrators can publish applications to specific users or groups and users can subscribe to the applications they need to work using a simple drag and drop interface.
• Favorite applications: Citrix Dazzle lets users define a list of favorite or frequently used applications for fast access. IT can configure featured applications for easy access to mission-critical programs.
• Dynamic delivery determination: If local application delivery is not possible, XenApp automatically falls back to server hosted application delivery without any user interaction. This ensures that users always get the application they need with the best performance possible.
• Policy-based access control: Policies enable administrators to control application delivery, availability and performance based on user, group, device or IP range. Policies can be used to control access to peripherals (drives, printers, clipboard, audio, com ports), optimize performance (bandwidth limits, feature availability, latency reduction), and even enforce connection limits (number of sessions per user, per application, or both)
• Online app access with Session virtualization: Applications are installed or streamed to servers in the data center and are remotely displayed to users’ desktops and devices. Only screen updates, keystrokes and mouse clicks traverse the network.
• Offline app access with Citrix Streaming: The best way to deliver applications to Windows devices for use even while disconnected from the network. Applications and integrated Windows services are streamed to the users Windows desktop and are virtualized, not installed, and run in an isolated environment without application and system conflicts. Applications can safely communicate via inter-isolation communication technology.
• Offline app access with Microsoft App-V: Deliver applications to Windows devices using Microsoft App-V application virtualization technology.
• Server-based session virtualization: The best way to deliver applications to any device, anywhere at the lowest cost. Applications are installed or streamed to Windows Server 2003/2008/2008 R2 servers in the data center and are remotely displayed to users’ desktops and devices. Only screen updates, keystrokes and mouse clicks traverse the network.
• VM hosted applications: The fastest way to deliver applications to any device, anywhere with the highest level of compatibility. Applications run on centralized Windows XP, Vista and Win 7 virtual or physical PC’s (32 or 64-bit) in the data center and session virtualization technology remotely displays them to users’ desktops and other devices. Only screen updates, keystrokes and mouse clicks traverse the network.
• Deliver any application: Ensures the highest level of application compatibility compared to traditional application management. A broad set of technologies including session virtualization, app virtualization, isolation and profile management technologies converge to give IT the ability to deliver any application regardless of its native run-time requirements.
• Access applications on any device: Deliver any Windows application to any user device or operating system, including Windows, Mac, Linux, UNIX and even iPhone OS, Blackberry.
• Use applications over any connection: Deliver network intensive and bandwidth sensitive applications to users over any network connection from dial-up, satellite or 3G link to wired Gigabit. XenApp makes the most network intensive applications usable over simple dial-up.

Source: Citrix XenApp Comparative Feature Matrix