Microsoft partners with Citrix for the future of virtual desktops

guest · Jul 16, 2020

Microsoft partners with Citrix for the future of virtual desktops
A closer partnership to respond to pandemic demands
July 14, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/14/...x-workspace-virtual-desktops-deal-partnership

Microsoft and Citrix have been working together closely for decades, but that partnership is going a step further today.

Microsoft is partnering with Citrix to use the company’s Citrix Workspace portal as its “preferred digital workspace solution,” and Citrix is using Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform. It’s a deal designed to speed up Citrix customers to move to the cloud and virtual desktops.
Both Microsoft and Citrix will share tools to transition businesses from on-premises servers to Azure and work on a roadmap for flexible working that will include joint offerings of Citrix Workspace, Azure, Microsoft 365, and more.
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While Microsoft and Citrix are working more closely together, it’s not an exclusive deal.

“Both Citrix and Microsoft will maintain their long-standing policies of supporting choice for those customers who request alternatives to meet their business requirements,” says a Microsoft spokesperson.
The deal is clearly the result of increased adoption of cloud solutions, virtual desktops, and remote working during the ongoing pandemic.
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Microsoft: Citrix and Microsoft partner to accelerate the future of work

The workplace of the future will look a lot different than it did just a few months ago.

To drive business continuity and growth, organizations will need to embrace more flexible work models that accommodate these new priorities. Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) and Microsoft Corp. are joining forces to reimagine this new, flexible workplace.
Employees need a consistent experience and seamless access to the applications and insights vital to doing their best work wherever work needs to get done – in the office, on the road, or at home.
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