Yesterday Citrix announced a Feature Pack for XenApp 5
On the surface it looks like there are no new features but Citrix is changing the features included within each versions (Advanced, Enterprise and Platinum)
Taken from an official Citrix Blog from Sridhar and Vinny the feature breakdown in each edition is highlighted below
| Advanced | Enterprise | Platinum | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrix XenServer | X | X | X |
| Application streaming | X | X | X |
| EasyCall voice services | X | X | X |
| Workflow Studio orchestration | X | X | X |
| Load testing services | X | X | |
| Profile management | X | X | |
| Provisioning services | X | ||
| Single sign-on | X |
Some of the interesting things to note about this are the following:
XenServer is now free for everyone
Application Streaming is available to all editions to the local desktop also - so can be taken offline.
Profile Management is included with what was from the OEM agreement with Sepago, Dataplex would still recommend the utilisation of Appsense UEM for the management of profiles and personalistion due to the scalability and enterprise capability of the product.
Provisioning server is now included for XenApp server image streaming
EasyCall is now included with Advanced Edition which is a nice product if you have a SIP compliant phone system
Single Sign on has changed to allow offline usage and not just for XenApp sessions.