SAP’s Implementation of Private Clouds

in Vertical Industries

Markus Heib, Sr. Technology Consultant, SAP

Christian Ferber, Sr. Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure, Citrix
Priyadarshan Ketkar, Sr. Architect Worldwide Cloud Services, Citrix
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 Session Summary
Key Takeaways
– CloudPlatform and XenDesktop is a good combination that adds value
– CloudPlatform is an out of the box solution which is easy to implement for enterprises
– It makes sense introducing cloud solution for specific use case even if company wide
another cloud solution is used
– Powerful API of CloudPlatform can be leveraged by any portal solution

Citrix Products discussed

– Citrix CloudPlatform
– Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager

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 Citrix Consulting Services Methodology

Define the architecture and operational processes

3 Design

1 Define
2 Assess
5 Monitor

4 Deploy

Create and configure the environment

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 Success Layers
Business, Technology and Operations Layers

Business
Technology
Operations

Guidance
Resources Handoff

Time

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 High level use case - SAP

„Users subscribe to desktops in market

place, have full VM control over them
and access them through XenDesktop“

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 Example requirements for developer desktop user control
raised prior to project

VM Request
Remove VM from inventory
Power cycle – reset / shutdown / start
Choose VM type
Append a new hard disk
Possibility to charge a VM to a cost center
Select a specific network
Select a backend location
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 Self-Service Desktops Solution
incl. billing with CPBM Connector

Use
Desktop

Sync Service

Desktop

Business Manager
Request
& Manage Windows
Windows Desktops
Desktop
Connector
Desktops
WebApp

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 Content overview SAP presentation

SAP Global IT overview

Business challenges

Challenges related to developer desktops

Evaluated technologies and final decision

Project phases and current status

Web interface user access example

Business Achievements

Outlook (XD 7.5 Proof of concept, native integration of XD to CloudPlatform, running pooled desktops on
CCP)

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 XenDesktop/XenApp 7.5
Cloud Provisioning

Only XenApp and XenDesktop

7.5 enables you to easily
harness the flexibility, elasticity
and economics of the largest, Delivery Controller
most popular clouds

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 What is Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp Cloud Provisioning
Cloud-Enabled, Simplified, Enhanced Desktop & Application Delivery
• Enable Cloud DaaS-based XenDesktop/XenApp
Solution
- Built on the latest releases of Citrix
XenDesktop/XenApp (XD/XA) v7.5 and Citrix Desktop Virtualization
CloudPlatform (CCP) v4.2.1.4/v4.3
7.5
- XD/XA 7.5 workloads can be natively provisioned into
CCP on or off premises
Application Virtualization
• Key Business Benefits
7.5
- On-premise: Lower upfront CAPEX, easier scaling,
more efficient and OPEX-based model
- Off-premise: Elastic, no infrastructure to manage On-Premise Off-Premise
• Key Technical Benefits
- XD-specific workload monitoring in CCP
- App orchestration in XD
- No new consoles or additional training needed

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 Key Use Cases for XenDesktop/XenApp Cloud Provisioning

Advanced Use Cases Standard Use Cases

Dedicate XD/XA Multi-tenant mgmt across Leverage less expensive local

Customer-specific use datacenters while preserving storage for pooled desktops
deployments to specific cases & deployments
group or use case per-tenant dedicated resources and get scaled-out architecture

XD/XA deployments across Multiple XD/XA Self-Service Desktops for

two availability zones for HA leveraging multiple
deployments on single dev/test use cases needing
higher availability datacenters for pooled desktops
private cloud custom desktop configurations

Separation of desktop and Billing and chargeback across

infrastructure admin tasks multiple XD farms

XenDesktop/XenApp Cloud Provisioning with CloudPlatform

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 Session Summary
Key Takeaways
– CloudPlatform and XenDesktop is a good combination that adds value
– CloudPlatform is an out of the box solution which is easy to implement for enterprises
– It makes sense introducing cloud solution for specific use case even if company wide
another cloud solution is used
– Powerful API of CloudPlatform can be leveraged by any portal solution

Citrix Products discussed

– Citrix CloudPlatform
– Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager

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 Please Attend Additional Cloud Platform Sessions
Date Time Session Title Speaker(s) Location
2:30pm SYN231 Top 10 Reasons Why Cloud Implementations Fail Kish Yerrapragada 304C
3:30pm SYN230 Building successful clouds based on Citrix Consulting methodology Priya Ketkar, Kish Yerrapragada 304C
5/7
Building a Standardized Cloud Architecture and Self-Service Portal with
4:30pm SYN232 NetApp: David La Motta 304C
Ease (NetApp)
Architecting Your Private Cloud Infrastructure for Speed & Agility with Tom Davies, Marc Trouard-Riolle
9:30am SYN227 Ballroom A
CloudPlatform Solutions (SSI) SSI: Rich Wein, Sean Dennin
From the Field: Autodesk’s Journey Towards Private Cloud Computing Shannon Williams
10:30am SYN111 Ballroom D
with Citrix CloudPlatform (Autodesk) Autodesk: Jason Smathers
11:30am SYN229 What’s New in Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager Jie Feng, Kailas Jawadekar 304C
Leveraging public cloud infrastructure to flex and grow XenApp and Orestes Melgarejo, Joe Vaccaro, Kedar
5/8 2:30pm SYN226 Ballroom B
XenDesktop deployments Poduri
Moving Australian National Research into the Cloud (Univ. of
2:30pm SYN122 UoM: Nick Golovachenko 304C
Melbourne)
What's New in Citrix XenServer: Graphics Performance, Scalability and
3:30pm SYN263 David Cottingham, Ken Lee 304A
More!
Supporting Graphical Software in a Cloud Environment (Univ. of Sao
4:30pm SYN235 USP: Cyrano Rizzo 304A
Paolo)

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