MS System Center und Citrix XenServer / XenApp Integration Bill DeForeest Senior Director Products Citrix Labs, Citrix Markus Erlacher Technical Specialist Datacenter, Microsoft Christian Ferber Systems Engineer Server Virtualization, Citrix

Citrix and Microsoft: Better together

• Official partnership spans more than 20 years

• 215K joint customers

• 700 V-Alliance partners in 67 countries

• Over 1 million servers deployed

• At least 100 million seats licensed

Citrix and Microsoft - by the numbers

• Today • Leverage Windows Server to deliver hosted applications

• Manage XenApp images and published applications from System Center

• Host XenDesktop deployments on Hyper-V with System Center

• Manage NetScaler load balancing via System Center

• Joint reference architectures: HP, Cisco, Dell, Wipro, CSC….

• Tomorrow • Maximize value of RemoteFX with HDX

• Manage XenServer from System Center Virtual Machine Manager

• Manage XenDesktop images via System Center Configuration Manager

Citrix and Microsoft – delivering customer value

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Service Management

Service Templates

Application Deployment

Custom Command Execution

Image Based Servicing

Services

Infrastructure

Enhancements

HA VMM Server

Upgrade

Custom properties

Powershell

Deployment

SCVMM 2012 Investment Areas Fabric

Hyper-V Bare Metal Provisioning

Hyper-V,

VMware, Citrix XenServer

Network Management

Storage Management

Update Management

Dynamic Optimization

Power Management

Cluster Management

Fabric Management

Cloud

Cloud Management

Application Owner Usage

Capacity and Capability

Delegation and Quota

DEMO

SCVMM 2012

Federation to Public Clouds Using “Concero”

VMM – IaaS Private Clouds

Azure – PaaS Public Cloud

Concero 1.0

“Concero”

Fabric

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

VMM 2012

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

VMM 2012

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

Customer

Windows Azure

Microsoft

Serv

ices

VMM 2012

Concero 1.0

Windows Azure Platform

Appliance

“Concero”

Fabric

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

VMM 2012

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

VMM 2012

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

Customer

Windows Azure

Microsoft

Serv

ices

Windows Azure Platform

Appliance

Partner

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

VMM 2012

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

VMM 2012

Hyper-V, VMware, Xen

VMM Future

VMM 2012

DEMO

System Center “Concero”

XenServer Integration into SCVMM 2012

• XenServer is "Enterprise Production Ready"

• XenServer powers the world's #2 Cloud at Rackspace

• Most XenDesktop customers now run XenServer

• "Everything you need at a fraction of the cost"

XenServer Facts

• Management of XenServer environments

• Supports all XenServer features

• Extendable by plug-ins

• No managment of heterogeneous infrastructures

XenCenter Management

Hypervisor Management

XenServer Hyper-V VMware

Hypervisor-specific

Functions

Heterogeneous

Management

XenCenter Hyper-V

Mgr. SCVMM Virtual Center

Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager

• XenServer supports supplemental packs as functional enhancement

• Primary used for hardware monitoring agents today

• Installation with XenServer setup or subsequently

• Supplemental Pack for SCVMM

SCVMM Supplemental Pack

Supplemental Supplemental Supplemental

SCVMM

Integration Supplemental

DEMO

XenServer in SCVMM 2012

• XenServer supports SCVMM library (clone VMs, template handling,...)

• Based on XenServer Transfer VM technology • Hidden object

• Small Linux VM automically installed by XenServer setup

• 8MB disk space

• 64MB RAM

• Also used for OVF import / export

Leveraging SCVMM Library

Network

Transfer VM: Design

SR

Disk to

export

XenServer

VM to

export

Transfer

VM

iSCSI

XenCenter

SCVMM

Export /

import VM

VM Clone into Library using SCVMM

• Download System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 beta http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/evalcenter/gg678609.aspx

• Download XenServer Integration Suite http://www.citrix.com/xenserver/microsoft-beta

How to start?

XenApp with SystemCenter Configuration Manager

• Configuration Manager • Gold standard for desktop management

• More than 50% market share

• Tuned for domain-joined Windows desktops

• XenApp • Dominant market position in application publishing

• Excels in remote access/low bandwidth scenarios

• Includes image deployment tools

• Lacks robust image update infrastructure and policy engine

• What if the two worked together….????

2008 - Setting the scene

Configuration Manager + XenApp: Better together

• Microsoft: reach new devices

• Citrix: leverage SCCM features

• Citrix: extend XA to app managers

XenApp 6 Connector for Configuration Manager 2007 R2

2010 - Released to MyCitrix

App install

App publication

Define: create XenApp Program in SCCM console

Advertise: target farm servers in SCCM console

Publish: from XenApp farm via SCCM console

Video DEMO

XenApp in SCCM

Link

• XenApp 6.5 & SCCM 2007 R2 • Expand support to WSUS and App-V

• Release scheduled for 2011

• XenApp 7.x & SCCM 2012 • Convergence of user policy

• New deployment type

• Direct policy mapping for application suites (Office)

• Enhanced idle policy management via farm-side intelligence

Future directions

• Coming in 2012 – software inventory • New Configuration Manager 2012 policy enables conditional deployment

• Joint solution for VM identity

• XenDesktop update exposes metadata on VM type

• See Microsoft Management Summit Day 2 keynote

• Peeking at the future…

What about XenDesktop?

XenDesktop with System Center

OS images/updates

Application installers

VM

Library

Manage users and

associated VMs

Import VMs

Manage VMs in Library

SCVMM

API

Select base VMs

XenDesktop with System Center

VM

Library

Invoke SCVMM

API

Melissa’s

Desktop

System Center Configuration Manager 2012

System Center Configuration Manager

Unify Infrastructure Empower Users Simplify Administration

Empower people to be

productive from anywhere on

whatever device they choose

Reduce costs by unifying IT

management infrastructure

Improve IT effectiveness and

efficiency

• Device freedom

• Optimized, personalized

application experience

• Application self-service

• Mobile, physical, and

virtual management

• Security & compliance

• Service management

integration

• Comprehensive client

management capabilities

• Improved administrator

effectiveness

• Reduced infrastructure

complexity

Managing Virtual Desktop Environments

DEMO System Center Configuration Manager 2012

Personalized Application Experience

System Center Configuration

Manager 2012 examines:

User identity

Application dependencies

Device type

Network bandwidth

Administrative Intent

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