With Windows Server 2008 do you still need Citrix?
With the release of Windows Server 2008 and its Terminal Services features, some organizations are asking themselves if they will still need Citrix Presentation Server (XenApp). I think this is a pretty valid question considering some of the new Terminal Services features including RemoteApp, seamless windows, TS Gateway, TS Web Access, etc. Citrix knows organizations are asking questions such as:
- Will I still need Presentation Server?
- Will Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 meet my needs?
- Why should I pay more for Presentation Server as compared to Terminal Services?
As such, Citrix has been preparing documents to help answer some of these questions. Bryon Thomas has posted a blog entry pointing to the following resources to try to help answer these tough questions:
- Value-add to Terminal Services
- Citrix Value-Add to Windows Terminal Services White Paper
- Performance Evaluation of Presentation Server 4.5 and Windows Terminal Services White Paper
Michel Roth has a few comments as well on the article…
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PxPx Says:
April 8th, 2008 at 11:36 am
This doesn’t help at all considering they are comparing Citrix presentation server to Windows 2003. Everyone knows Windows 2008 Terminals Services is greatly enhanced.