{"id":4005,"date":"2021-10-18T22:09:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T22:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2021-10-18T22:09:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T22:09:02","slug":"accelerate-migrations-to-the-gateway-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/18\/accelerate-migrations-to-the-gateway-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerate migrations to the Gateway Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent article \u201c<em>Accelerate migrations to the CVAD Service<\/em>\u201d &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/30\/accelerate-migrations-to-the-cvad-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/30\/accelerate-migrations-to-the-cvad-service\/<\/a> I explored and shared how to accelerate and migrate an on-premises Citrix Virtual Apps &amp; Desktops (CVAD) environment to the CVAD Service from a field perspective working with customers in the City of Greater London &#8211; England. Often another prominent and common question rears its head how do I migrate to your Gateway Service, how does the Gateway Service differ from the a traditional Gateway physical or virtual appliance deployment strategy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Accelerate and Automate your Migration Strategy to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citrix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Citrix<\/a> CVAD Service with less effort + friction while reducing technical debit + financial costs by adopting the Gateway Service &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PE4DIuTPjY\">https:\/\/t.co\/PE4DIuTPjY<\/a> for CVAD workloads. Don\u2019t forget to pause &amp; reflect for fleet mgmt v\/a\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MECOHQcRdA\">pic.twitter.com\/MECOHQcRdA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Lyndon-Jon (L-J) Martin \ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83d\udcbb \ud83d\udcf2 (@lyndonjonmartin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lyndonjonmartin\/status\/1450222179988160516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are handful of migration strategy\u2019s to moving to the Gateway Service from an on-premises Gateway V\/A environment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Start A-Fresh<\/span><br><\/em>If you have a IT team that is battling with the economics of time, restricted financial budget(s) for projects, doesn\u2019t have the required Citrix ADC networking skill sets due to  M&amp;A activities or people movements e.t.c then reset and restart by standardising and  unlocking the IT and Employee affordance of the Citrix Gateway Service which is a turn-key service in the Citrix Cloud Platform and enabled by default for any \u201cNew\u201d Citrix Cloud RL\u2019s out of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Evaluate &amp; Pivot<br><\/em>There are a handful of very important technology and business reasons why you would want to pause before exciting this strategy, before adopting the Gateway Service for the CVAD Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Your existing Citrix ADC utilises the Unified Gateway capabilities e.g it supports SSO with  modern authentication e.g Google OAuth, OKTA or ADD SAML to Web, SaaS, Intranet web apps, Clientless apps through a universal portal and delivered through the Citrix ADC. This strategy is likely the most complex to evaluate before you pivot to the Gateway Service and typically requires a workshop to understand how the ADC is been used, what if it wasn\u2019t there and what other ADC functions and features are been utilised e.g EPA scanning &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/14\/setup-pre-authentication-endpoint-analysis-epa-policy-with-an-azure-netscaler-unified-gateway-11-x-n\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/14\/setup-pre-authentication-endpoint-analysis-epa-policy-with-an-azure-netscaler-unified-gateway-11-x-n\/<\/a> or your performing advanced load-balancing  of internal web vs. apps servers to employees e.g Finance systems. <\/li><li>Another is reasonable or sensible reason to pause and evaluate is if you are running a fleet of Citrix ADC V\/A\u2019s managed by Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) V\/A on-premises BUT which is regularly feed and watered then migrating this ADM configuration to the ADM Service in the Citrix Cloud platform aides in reducing the IT administrative and technical debit of managing an on-premises control plane for Citrix ADC Networking while retaining the status quo of remaining as is but enabling smart and not harder administration.<\/li><li>The final potential reason to pause could be that you deploy and run you\u2019re own Regional e.g Northern Europe vs. GEO e.g EMEA vs. Global Point of Presence (POP) in which you deploy and manage your own Private DIY style Gateway POP fabric globally  using different clouds providers for economical costs, employee experience to reduce latency or Hybrid Mulit-Cloud resiliency for Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity.  In these scenarios understand could you shift the purely the Gateway (ICA Proxy) only functionality for secure remote access for CVAD workloads to the Gateway Service and leave the existing ADC + ADM deployment to load-balance, accelerate and protect web, app servers and SQL databases.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Automate &amp; Migrate<br><\/em>Current existing Citrix ADC virtual appliances (V\/A) are only utilising the Gateway functionality for ICA Proxy enabling secure remote access to apps and data anytime, anywhere on any device. This strategy considerably reduces CAPEX and OPEX expenditures over a contract term reducing costs licensing the V\/A; Premium Hypervisor (Optional); VM Instance costs &#8211; (v)CPU, RAM and HDD (IaaS vs. Other Cloud); Complexity of IT logical costs e.g Identity and Access Management (IAM), IP traffic routing e.t.c. This strategy significantly reduces the IT administrative and technical debit through a smile and single \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Toogle<\/span><\/em>\u201d per Citrix Cloud Resource Location (RL) &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.citrix.com\/en-us\/citrix-gateway-service\/support-for-citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops.html#enable-the-citrix-gateway-service\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/docs.citrix.com\/en-us\/citrix-gateway-service\/support-for-citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops.html#enable-the-citrix-gateway-service<\/a>, by default now the Gateway Service is enabled for all \u201cNew\u201d Citrix Cloud RL\u2019s out of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Citrix.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent article \u201cAccelerate migrations to the CVAD Service\u201d &#8211; http:\/\/axendatacentre.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/30\/accelerate-migrations-to-the-cvad-service\/ I explored and shared how to accelerate and migrate an on-premises Citrix Virtual Apps &amp; Desktops (CVAD) environment to the CVAD Service from a field perspective working with customers in the City of Greater London &#8211; England. 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