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Perhaps therefore a tilt towards Citrix in WVD is not unexpected, though buried in the press blurb it also said 'both Citrix and Microsoft will maintain their long-standing policies of supporting choice for those customers who request alternatives to meet their business requirements.' В® Microsoft licensed Citrix technology for Windows NT back in the '90s. The remote desktop support built into Windows is among its best features, and historically that technology is associated with Citrix. The Citrix proposition is that it adds value in terms of manageability, easier deployment and additional features such as HDX optimisation, for enhanced audio and video with application such as Teams and it looks as if Microsoft endorses that view, describing it as a 'deepening partnership'.

That is not what the mood music of today's announcement implies. However, involving the likes of Citrix would increase the cost, and when WVD appeared as part of Microsoft 365, it looked possible that the business of partners like Citrix and Parallels could be under threat.

The advent of WVD was therefore significant as a way of enabling Microsoft customers to have a complete cloud platform, including desktop applications, at a reasonable price. 'Windows Virtual Desktop usage has grown more than 3x,' said the company at the time. This makes WVD and the ability to run desktop applications in the cloud of key importance for fully remote working, and accounts for surging demand for WVD following the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in March this year. Microsoft's platform is a hybrid, with desktop applications (not least the Office suite) and custom Windows applications still playing an important role, unlike Google's cloud-centric approach, where you can do all your work in a web browser. A single user or device CAL (Client Access License) for Windows Server Remote Desktop Services, which you can run anywhere, currently costs ВЈ186.53.

#Citrix vdi azure windows 10

It's against the licensing agreement to run Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session outside of Azure for production purposes,' stated the FAQ. 'Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session can't run in on-premises production environments because it's optimized for the Windows Virtual Desktop service for Azure.

#Citrix vdi azure windows 7

There are also some special features in WVD licensing, including the ability to run Windows 7 with support until 2023, and to use multi-session Windows 10 Enterprise.