{"id":41098,"date":"2020-07-14T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=2db0253f4158457dd71ef45b1ca14195"},"modified":"2020-07-14T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:00:27","slug":"microsoft-and-citrix-expand-partnership-for-the-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/microsoft-and-citrix-expand-partnership-for-the-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft and Citrix expand partnership for the new normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field-name-field-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"field-item even\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/authors\/bobby-hellard\">Bobby Hellard<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><span class=\"date-display-single\">14 Jul, 2020<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"short-teaser\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudpro.co.uk\/\" title=\"\" class=\"combined-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body\">\n<p>Microsoft and Citrix have announced an expansion of their partnership to help organisations deal with the move to remote and agile business models.<\/p>\n<p>The multi-year deal between Citrix and Microsoft aims to help businesses accelerate the move to the cloud and speed up adoption of digital workspaces and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/virtual-desktop\" >virtual desktops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Citrix and its workspace portal will become Microsoft&#8217;s &#8220;preferred&#8221;\u00a0digital workspace, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/saas\/28932\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-citrix\" >Citrix<\/a>\u00a0has chosen Azure as its preferred cloud platform.<\/p>\n<p><!--wysiwyg_see-related_plugin--><\/p>\n<p>\nThe thinking behind the deal is to help businesses address the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/business-strategy\/careers-training\/355356\/jobs-have-been-displaced-by-the-coronavirus-more-than-any\" >workplace of the future<\/a>&#8221; with the pandemic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/cloud\/354902\/the-coronavirus-outbreak-is-the-clouds-chance-to-shine\" >drastically changing the way companies operate<\/a>. Citrix believes that more organisations will make remote work a permanent part of their cost and workforce management strategies, which will mean that office structures will change.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Virtual desktops has been an area of heavy investment from Microsoft, with the pandemic forcing many businesses to shift to working from home. As a result, Windows Virtual Desktop usage has almost trebled in recent months and the company&#8217;s CEO, Satya Nadella,\u00a0has prioritised work on both Microsoft Teams and Windows Virtual Desktops.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe two companies will provide joint tools and services to simplify and speed the transition of on-premises Citrix customers to Azure. They will also devise a connected roadmap to enable a consistent and optimal flexible work experience that will include joint services comprised of Citrix Workspace, Citrix\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.co.uk\/software-defined-wide-area-network-sd-wan\/33346\/what-is-sd-wan\" >SD-WAN<\/a>, Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses around the world to change the way that employees work, while still meeting the speed and security requirements that today&#8217;s uncertain business environment demands,&#8221; said David Henshall, president and CEO of Citrix.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Looking forward, hybrid-work models will become the standard for many customers, requiring a flexible infrastructure to support, secure and empower their teams.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;Together, Citrix and Microsoft can deliver a powerful digital workspace in a trusted and secure public cloud where employees can access everything they need to engage and be productive whether they are at home, in the office or on the road.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>      Bobby Hellard<\/p>\n<p>        14 Jul, 2020    <\/p>\n<p>      Microsoft and Citrix have announced an expansion of their partnership to help organisations deal with the move to remote and agile business models.<br \/>\nThe multi-year deal between Citrix and Micros&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41099,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41098\/revisions\/41099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}