Citrix or Windows Remote Desktop Connection
Hi,
I have small office with 15 people working in it. I need to allow 10 or more users a facility to work from home but access their office workstations. I believe Citrix is a possible way forward but have never deployed this.
I need to know what is involved in setting this up from scratch and ball park figures on costs.
I have previously setup remote desktop access to these pc's but have been advised that Citrix is much better solution. Can anyone confirm this?
I have small office with 15 people working in it. I need to allow 10 or more users a facility to work from home but access their office workstations. I believe Citrix is a possible way forward but have never deployed this.
I need to know what is involved in setting this up from scratch and ball park figures on costs.
I have previously setup remote desktop access to these pc's but have been advised that Citrix is much better solution. Can anyone confirm this?
Hi,
Well I am a huge proponent of Citrix, having worked with it for around 17 years but it's potentially more complex and costly than you require.
Having said that, you may want to investigate XenApp Fundamentals - this can be thought of a Citrix's version of SBS and is designed to be a single box solution for small companies.
But there's not a lot it will give you above and beyond a well thought out RDS solution can give you these days.
Well I am a huge proponent of Citrix, having worked with it for around 17 years but it's potentially more complex and costly than you require.
Having said that, you may want to investigate XenApp Fundamentals - this can be thought of a Citrix's version of SBS and is designed to be a single box solution for small companies.
But there's not a lot it will give you above and beyond a well thought out RDS solution can give you these days.
ASKER
Thanks for your comments.
I am a little miffed as to why one would use citrix over RDS if they are similar. Surely there has to be advantages that Citrix offers to justify the cost . If say my company suddenly boomed and staff numbers increased to 60+ a citrix solution would be very expensive to implement, so what are the advantages may I ask?
I am a little miffed as to why one would use citrix over RDS if they are similar. Surely there has to be advantages that Citrix offers to justify the cost . If say my company suddenly boomed and staff numbers increased to 60+ a citrix solution would be very expensive to implement, so what are the advantages may I ask?
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Many thanks. Youve been a great help
You're very welcome. Thank you for the points.
I'd be staying with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.