Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services versus Citrix XenApp
With the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services, there has been a lot of comparison with Citrix Presentation Server (XenApp) features. It does, in fact, seem that Microsoft has baked a lot of the Citrix XenApp functionality right in to the product. But, how do these features stack up with the Citrix features? That is the question Information Week’s Randy George aimed to answer in an article titled “Rolling Review: Citrix XenApp Vs. Windows 2008 Terminal Services“. The article compares three of the major new core pieces of functionality: TS RemoteApp, TS Gateway, and TS WebAccess.
Randy writes, “Windows Server 2008’s eagerly awaited Terminal Services is a respectable presentation virtualization alternative for smaller shops, but for large enterprises, Citrix Systems still reigns supreme. That’s the–not unexpected–finding of the first installment in our ongoing Windows Server 2008 Rolling Review. From a product-positioning perspective, Microsoft is walking a fine line, responding to calls for more core Terminal Services functionality in Windows Server, yet keeping its hands mostly off the large enterprises that comprise Citrix’s core audience.”
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Jason Conger Blog » Blog Archive » Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 features compared to Windows Terminals Services 2003/2008 Says:
April 16th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
[…] In an earlier post, I presented a question as to how the features of Citrix Presentation Server (XenApp) compare to Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services. There is a new white paper available for download on the Citrix website that explores this issue in great detail. The cool thing about this white paper is that is was co-developed with a couple of members from the Microsoft Terminal Services team. So, this white paper has views from both Microsoft and Citrix as to the features. […]