A question I\u2019m often asked in the field is how do I\u00a0get to the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) Service at pace or more importantly on my own terms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The answer can be simple and complex at the same time the previously consultant in me says now says \u201cwell it depends\u201d. The challenge with the tag line of \u201cwell it depends\u201d often can lead to assumptions like migrating from an on-premises CVAD environment to the CVAD Service is a long and lengthy process that\u2019s cumbersome, however today it couldn\u2019t be further from the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have worked with many a customer that rotated to the CVAD Service in less than a month to keep either business operations continuing at a time when a crisis hit or a number of impending mergers where occurring and they needed an agile and flexible IT delivery strategy which Citrix Cloud platform is well placed to facilitate and orchestrate bringing together many different workload types in any cloud type – private, public, hybrid and most importantly hybrid multi-cloud environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How did these customers achieve this feat? Before I get there remember there is a lot more\u00a0that needs to be consider with a traditional CVAD deployment (install, upgrade etc), requiring multiple teams to be engaged simultaneously as one (a huge feat in itself which rarely works well as a well oiled machine) from IT to InfoSec, Network and Security teams e.t.c, when you pivot to the Citrix Cloud platform you\u2019re moving to a combination of SaaS (Gateway Service) and PaaS (CVAD Service) and equally removing a\u00a0fair amount of unnecessary technical and culture debit + resistance. The lost time and productivity due to culture resistance to changing operating models and moving to the CVAD Service cannot be measured but is by far the biggest barrier in my personal field perspective.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how can you narrow the economic\u2019s of time of getting to the CVAD Service? Citrix built and released an incredibly powerful tool called the \u201cAutomated Configuration Tool\u201d or ACT for short, which allows for the exfiltration of your CVAD operational business logic which can be exported then evaluated and imported into your CVAD Service tenant in the Citrix Cloud by your chosen region e.g https:\/\/eu.cloud.com\/. Light Bulb moment!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I previously wrote this article in http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/07\/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops-or-cvad-service-migration-strategies\/<\/a> – \u201cCitrix Virtual Apps & Desktops or CVAD Service Migration Strategies\u201d and the above and below expands upon this brief article from 2020, due to personal circumstances I stepped away largely from many communities and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are three migration strategy\u2019s to moving to the CVAD Service from an on-premises CVAD environment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Accelerate and Automate your Migration Strategy to @Citrix<\/a> CVAD Service with less effort and friction using the Automated Configuration Tool https:\/\/t.co\/rKmyOaBvRA<\/a> & Site Aggregation – https:\/\/t.co\/BHX55VtFf8<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5sP8besBDS<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Lyndon-Jon (L-J) Martin \ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udcbb \ud83d\udcf2(@lyndonjonmartin) September 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>