Everything you need to know about Citrix App Layering.
What is Citrix App Layering?
Citrix acquired Unidesk almost 2 years, in January 2017. This technology -rebranded App Layering– has been very popular with customers because it allows them to:
- Install OS, platform tools, and apps in separate layers.
- Separates the management of OS and apps from the infrastructure.
- Maintain a single install of Windows and apps in your organization and deliver them across multiple environments.
- Install updates and patches only once.
- Compose Layered Images by selecting a combination of layers, then using the image template to provision systems for groups of users.
- Deliver layers elastically (on-demand) to users.
- Persist data and settings with User Layers.
The goal of App layering is to reduce the number of images to maintain, for both pooled desktops (VDI) and session hosts (RDSH).
More from this Citrix App Layering series
- Introduction to Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 40 – Getting Started with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 41 – Configure Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 42 – OS Layer with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 43 – Platform Layer with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 44 – Application Layers with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 45 – Layered Image Deployment with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 46 – Elastic deployment with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 47 – User Layers with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 48 – Windows 10 and PVS with Citrix App Layering
- Best Practices for Citrix App Layering
App Layering is compatible with the following:
- Citrix XenServer 6.5, 7.0 – 7.6
- Azure Resource Manager
- Microsoft Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2016
- Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) version 5.0 – 5.5 (Prism Element only), 5.8
- vSphere vCenter 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7
And support the following features and operating systems:
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Citrix MCS and PVS
- VMware Horizon and Citrix XenDesktop
- Windows Server operating systems – The following session host versions are supported.
- Windows Server 2016, 64-bit (Standard and Datacenter Editions)
- Windows Server 2012 R2, 64-bit (Standard and Datacenter Editions)
- Windows Server 2008 R2, 64-bit (Standard and Datacenter Editions)
- Desktop operating systems – The following desktop versions are supported.
- Windows 10, 64-bit, Versions 1803, 1709, 1703, and 1607 (Education and Enterprise Editions)
Windows 10, Version 1803, 64-bit (Professional) - Windows 7, 64-bit (Enterprise and Professional Editions)
- Windows 7, 32-bit (Enterprise and Professional Editions)
More details about supported environments here.
In this series, we will deep dive into every component of Citrix App Layering.
More from this Citrix App Layering series
- Introduction to Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 40 – Getting Started with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 41 – Configure Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 42 – OS Layer with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 43 – Platform Layer with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 44 – Application Layers with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 45 – Layered Image Deployment with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 46 – Elastic deployment with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 47 – User Layers with Citrix App Layering
- Lab: Part 48 – Windows 10 and PVS with Citrix App Layering
- Best Practices for Citrix App Layering