Chrome Remote Desktop For Mac. Chrome Remote Desktop allows users to remotely access another computer through Chrome browser or a Chromebook. Computers can be made available on an short-term basis for scenarios such as ad hoc remote support, or on a more long-term basis for remote access to your applications and files. First published on CloudBlogs on Oct, 21 2013 My name is Olof Mases, program manager on the Remote Desktop Virtualization team, and I am excited to announce, in addition to the General Availability of Windows Server 2012 R2, that our Remote Desktop apps for iOS, Mac OS X, and Android are now available for download from the App Store, the Mac App Store, and the Google Play Store.

What is Microsoft Azure RemoteApp?

Microsoft Azure RemoteApp allows employees to work remotely, via any internet-based device, while business applications are run on a Windows server in the Azure cloud.

End-of-Life announcement of Microsoft Azure RemoteApp

Back in August 2016, Microsoft announced the End-of-Life of Microsoft Azure RemoteApp. Microsoft also announced that Microsoft Azure RemoteApp would no longer be sold to new customers after October 2016, but they continued to support their existing customers until the end of August 2017. From then on, Microsoft Azure RemoteApp has no longer been available.

Does Microsoft have any plans in the pipeline for a new RemoteApp?

Microsoft announced their partnership with Citrix and that they are working together to develop the next generation of the Azure RemoteApp service: the new Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) Essentials Service (previously XenApp “express”). Citrix will improve upon Microsoft’s vision of Azure RemoteApp by using their Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) technology to provide additional management, user experience, and security features.

What does this mean for Microsoft Azure RemoteApp customers?

Most organizations would be required to move their apps to the cloud, as well as move their supporting infrastructure. While many suggest Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) Essentials as a preferred replacement service, Parallels® Remote Application Server (RAS) can offer several advantages—and it is a better alternative already today.

Citrix solutions are quite costly, and users moving to Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) Essentials would have to deal with all these challenges as well.

Parallels has already assisted many organizations in the migration from Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) to Parallels RAS. Our solution is cost-effective and simple. Parallels RAS offers the same features as Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp)—and many more—while simplifying the migration process for IT managers.

Three good reasons to choose Parallels RAS over Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) Essential

Pricing

Parallels RAS is offered by subscription or in SPLA. The subscription list price per concurrent user per year is $99.99, or $8.33 per user per month. This makes Parallels RAS over 30% more cost-effective than Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) Essentials (when no Citrix add-ons are considered).

Testing and Trial

In general, Citrix does not provide free trials for any of the Essentials services. Customers have to buy the minimum quantity from Azure Marketplace (25 users), which comes to $456.25 (without including Azure compute costs). Citrix only allows trials of Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) Essentials as an exception and on a limited basis. Citrix will evaluate each request and reach out to customers as the trial is available to them.

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With Parallels RAS, access to trials is granted instantly, providing any customer a free 30-day trial period for 50 concurrent users, with access to all features and functions. Trial experience from Azure Marketplace can be accessed from Azure marketplace.

Licensing

Citrix provides different licenses for different functionalities. Citrix cloud-based deployment options are: Azure Marketplace Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) Essentials; Azure Marketplace Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop (formerly Citrix XenDesktop) Essentials; traditional Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) or Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop (formerly Citrix XenDesktop) deployed separately in the cloud; Citrix Cloud Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) Service; and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop (formerly Citrix XenDesktop) Service.

With Parallels RAS, all features are provided with an all-in-one license. This eliminates the complexity of evaluating which license best suits your business needs and provides enterprise features to any company—no matter the size—out of the box.

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References

Microsoft Azure RemoteApp – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/remoteapp/remoteapp-whatis

Microsoft Azure Remote Apps

Microsoft Azure RemoteApp – http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/definition/Microsoft-Azure-RemoteApp-Remote-Application-Services

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Microsoft Azure RemoteApp – http://www.brianmadden.com/opinion/End-of-an-ARA-Azure-RemoteApp-is-shutting-down-Citrix-stepping-up-with-new-Azure-based-service