

Building a Citrix Cloud-based architecture Underneath the management plane, it also provides the licensing mechanism, and a web interface for management. Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops management planeīecause the cloud connector only acts as a proxy, the Citrix management plane ties it all together and serves as the management plane. If IT enables the Rendezvous protocol, the Gateway Service traffic will bypass the Cloud Connector and go straight to the VDA. This is only when the Rendezvous protocol is not active. The Cloud Connector also acts as a proxy for the end-user traffic coming from the Gateway Service. This is a replacement for the desktop delivery controller, which acts as a proxy for communication between the virtual delivery agent (VDA) and the Citrix Cloud control plane. The Citrix Workspace console's homepage interface As of the time that this article was published, there has been no further development on Citrix Storefront.
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Citrix provides this via software as a service from Citrix Cloud. This is the replacement for Citrix Storefront, which provides the end user web portal to enumerate the users' applications and desktops (Figure 1). Simply put, Citrix Cloud provides traditional Citrix components as a service. Understanding the components of Citrix Cloudīefore IT administrators embark on this type of migration, it's imperative that they learn the core components of the Citrix Cloud offering. IT administrators need to learn the main steps and considerations for adopting a Citrix Cloud-based workspace.

Moving to a Citrix Cloud-based Citrix Workspace also means a big change in the current architecture. Many organizations and IT shops consider a cloud-based workspace because it provides a higher level of flexibility, ease of management and scale compared with existing VDI.
