Title: Introduction to the Access Suite
1Introduction to the Access Suite
- Chong Yi
- DC/Metro Systems Engineer
- Chong.Yi_at_Citrix.com
2Agenda
- Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite
- Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager
- Highlights on
- Conferencing Manager Password
Manager - Demo of MetaFrame Secure Access Manager
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4MetaFrame Means Access
People Processes
Locations Mobility
Info Services Devices
EnterpriseAccess
Technology Infrastructure
5Various Aspects of Enterprise Access
6Product Family That Fills Your Needs
7MetaFrame Product Family
- Access for Enterprises
- Leverages MetaFrame brand and position
- Positions new products as MetaFrame accessories
via product line extension association - Positions the product family as strategic
Enterprise solutions - Product Family Aligned naming, positioning,
branding - Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server
- Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager
- Citrix MetaFrame Conferencing Manager
- Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager
8The On-Demand EnterpriseBenefits
- Centrally managed, role-based access to
Applications, Information and Web Services - Reduced costs and complexity
- Increased user productivity
- Resilience to business/technical disruptions
- Software provisioned as a utility and accessible
using almost any device including wireless - Standards Based Security
9The On-Demand EnterpriseBenefits for End-users
- Just like the office no compromise in
experience, regardless of location - Always on, always there just connect compute,
over any network - Dynamic, managed access to the most critical
information you need to make the right decisions
in the field
10Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager
11What is it?
- The most cost-effective way to obtain secure,
personalized access to your MetaFrame
applications and enterprise information over the
Internet.
12So what is It again?
- Combines the most popular features of web portals
and SSL/VPNs to provide an affordable, complete
and secure software infrastructure for access to
any resource via the web.
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14Why Content Delivery Agents (CDA)?
- Each CDA presents content in a window within
portal - A CDA is its own entity
- CDAs are role based
- CDAs may be personalized by administrators and
end-users - Citrix delivered CDAs
- Partner delivered CDAs
- Custom CDAs
- CDAPad
- Web Parts
- Web Forms
15Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager
- Integrates into existing MetaFrame environment
- Securely connect to enterprise resources
- Offers personalized, role-based access
- Benefits of an EIP and VPN
- MetaFrame Secure Access Manager
- VPN-less access
- Secure Gateway support for HTTP/HTTPS traffic
- Search/Indexing functionality
- Support for single-byte international data
16Customer Challenges
- Too many sources of content
- Applications
- Databases
- Web Services
- Too many disparate locations of content
- MetaFrame XP Servers
- File servers
- Internet/Intranet
- Access for internal/external staff
- Access for partners
17Secure, Single Point of Access
- Industry Standard Security
- ICA, HTTP, HTTPS communication
- SSL/TLS Encryption
- 128-bit RC4 encryption
- Two-factor Authentication
- Support for RSA Secure ID
18Browser-based User Interface
- Personalized User Experience
- Administrators tailor access
- Users view and work in their own way
- Web-based desktop
- Uses Internet Explorer 5.0 SP2 and above
- Menu-driven access
- No custom development required
- Access to any enterprise resource
19Access to any Enterprise Resource
- Legacy Applications
- MetaFrame enabled Windows or UNIX applications
- Web Applications and Services
- Internal (e.g. SAP, Peoplesoft)
- Internet (e.g. ADP, Cerner)
- Aggregated Content and Information
- Ability to search indexed information
- Internal files and documents
- Searchable information stores and file shares
- Intranet sites (departmental, resource sites)
- Internet sites (partner, competition,
subscription) - Streaming Information (e.g. MSN(BC), other)
20IT Created, User Personalized
- Access Management Console
- Microsoft Management Console
- Wizard-driven creation and management
- Architectural Components
- Access Center
- Citrix MetaFrame XP integration
- Secure Gateway for MetaFrame configuration
21Extensible with Industry-standard Tools
- SDKs to create custom components
- CDA Scripting Tool
- Microsoft Web Form and Web Part SDK
- Visual Studio.NET
- Custom themes
- Easy to modify existing themes
- Create new themes with existing templates
22Architecture
23Deployment of Typical Single DMZ
Internet
Authentication
Access Mgmt.
Internal Network
Internet
DMZ
Firewall
Firewall
Citrix MetaFrame XP and/or MetaFrame for Unix
Login Agent
1494
443
ClientWorkstations
STA
443
SSL Gateway Service
Internal Web Server
Access Center
24Encrypting through internal firewall
Access Mgmt.
Authentication
Internet
Internal Network
Internet
DMZ
Firewall
Firewall
Citrix MetaFrame XP and/or MetaFrame for Unix
Login Agent
1494
443
Secure Gateway Proxy
443
Secure Gateway Service
ClientWorkstations
STA
Internal Web Server
Access Center
25Scalable Environment
Web Servers
Agent Servers
Gateway Server
Client
50 CPU Usage
85 CPU Usage
Load Balanced
65 CPU Usage
10 CPU Usage
Index Server
State Server
Server Farm Database
26Summary
- Low Cost
- Low risk
- Simple to Manage
- Out-of-the-box Power
- Scalability
- Incredible Value add for Existing MetaFrame
Customers - Provide Secure Access to the world of me
27MetaFrame Password Manager
28MetaFrame Password Manager
- A Secure and Reliable Single Sign-On solution for
MetaFrame customers - Extends Single Sign-On to virtually every
Windows, Web and Host-based application - Requires no application-level programming
29Why implement an SSO solution?
- Simplify the end user experience
- Authenticate once
- Gain frictionless access to all applications
- Never burden end-user with password
- change requests
- Increase security
- Provide secure access to all applications
- Reduce help desk costs from password resets
30At Citrix
- On average there are 340 calls per month handled
by the help desk for password related items - Costing 86 per employee per year or
approximately 168,104 per year in IT support - Not including lost productivity time!
31The Citrix Solution
- Event-driven agent
- Intelligently recognizes and responds to
password-related requests on behalf of the end
user - No integration
- Wizard based tool for adding new applications
- Easy to manage
- Centralized admin console
- Can support any mode of work
- Networked, mobile, offline, etc
32Conferencing Manager
33Conferencing Manager
- Building on the Foundation for Efficiency
- Instantly work as a team in real time!
- PowerPoint, Project, Visio any published
application - View, share and edit documents in real time
- Local and remote user participation any ICA
client - Easily execute a collaborative meeting
- Turn a phone call into a collaborative meeting -
instantly - Manage meetings with an easy, intuitive UI
- Join meetings in only two clicks
- Attendee visual cues Whos in the meeting?
34Conferencing Manager Enables
- Real Time Shared Work Environment
- Boost productivity Begin using it today
- Users already know and use Outlook and MetaFrame
- Simple setup and minimal configuration
- Easy and intuitive - Turn a phone call into
collaborative meeting - Accelerate Coordination and Decision Making
- Efficient meeting management and execution
- Real-time interaction between local and remote
users on any application - Improve Return on existing investments
- Use existing skill sets and support contracts
- No new servers or infrastructure required
35Invite Attendees for the Virtual Meeting
Schedule and manage meetings in Outlook just as
you do today
Include attachments to be discussed and dial in
information
36Create a new ad-hoc meeting
Meeting list shows all your meetings start or
join any meeting
Tabs allow
different data views Description - dial in
information or other text Attachments included
in original meeting request Attendees Those
invited to selected meeting Applications Any
application available for sharing
37In a Meeting
Auto-hide menu bar Switch Between Full Screen
and Window, Leave Meeting, View attendee list,
meeting description and available applications
Attendee List, Meeting Description and Available
Applications Access via Auto-hide menu bar
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39Thank YouQuestions?