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

XenDesktop VDI is the best in class desktop virtualization solution with the best support for clients.

It has very good performance in delivering 3D applications over WAN.

We implement this solution at many customer sites. It directly affects the productivity and gives the customers a very flexible solution.

The customers have the possibility to provide access to their applications and data, but its data won’t leave their data centers.

I can't think of anything at the moment.

We have been using XenApp/XenDesktop for 10 years.

We sometimes have issues after updates.

I would rate the technical support at a 10 out of 10.

We did not use a previous solution.

You need a very good concept do the conceptual work before you start implementing. Depending on the concept, the setup could be straightforward.

You have to do some hard work in order to get the suitable licenses.

We looked at VMware View in some projects.

All Citrix products are very flexible and give you a huge amount of possibilities. From a consulting perspective, I recommend that you set aside adequate time for project planning.

The most valuable feature of this product to me is its ability to provide a secure desktop to remote users.

The product has allowed the organisation to provide VDs for external users to access internal resources and manage them.

The product deployment is role-based and I would like to see the roles reduced.

I have used this solution for 18 months.

We had some issue with SCVMM, which is used to manage the Citrix infrastructure. We also faced an issue with the VDs being unregistered due to different reasons.

Citrix support is very good. You open a case online and then give them a call. An engineer works with you until the issue is resolved. I quite like it.

This is our first VD deployment.

Initial setup was straightforward, but we did face some issues. As it is role-based setup, one needs to follows it properly, and do the sizing right to get it working.

The product was implemented by a solution provider along with the server hardware as part of the project.

We implemented the product to check the feasibility and acceptability of VD in our organisation.

The product licensing is competitively priced.

In HDX, the graphics provide high-performance imaging.

The product improves how our organization function because it is simple and can be centrally managed.

I think they should improve data speed performance to reduce bandwidth.

I have used this solution for three months.

It was easy to deploy.

I rate technical support 10/10.

Initial setup was not so complicated.

We implemented it in-house. It's easy with support.

It is a bit expensive but ROI is there.

Go for it. It's the best one.

• Reliability
• Security
• User Profiling 
• Administrator's knowledge base

It gives our business departments the ability to be mobile.

As a market leader, they have got excellent product variety, but they should improve the user and administration experiences. 

Also, their support could improve.

If it fits your budget, no doubt you should get it, but keep in mind that there are other products out there that could give you the same for less.

I use XenDesktop to manage virtual desktops. I can manage home office's projects using it. I also use it to create work space for different users.

XenDesktop has helped our users to work remotely with a better user experience.

I love all its features. It lets me do almost anything.

The video conferencing feature needs to be improved.

More than five years.

Good product, our POC proved that Xendesktop required lower bandwidth per machine than competitors.

Costs for one, we settled on VMware hypervisor with Citrix Xendesktop running underneath, additional costs were incurred because of this hybrid solution, another consideration would be the significant disk space required for what is called "write cache". It was unplanned and caused a considerable headache.

Since the POC, VMview has significantly improved thier bandwidth requirements. I wonder if a complete VMware solution may be a viable replacement at some point.

Application publishing through the Citrix. We have been using Citrix XenApp to  deliver the business application to remote locations of our company. We highly  reduce our bandwidth through the XenApp application publishing.

It has improved delivering applications to remote locations with its lower bandwidth utilization. It gives better performance to the user though the lowest bandwidth.

Citrix Xenapp application publishing is a valuable feature that we highly utilize in our organization.

More than five years.