Moving clinical desktops to Citrix DaaS on Azure
How a healthcare provider could modernise virtual desktops while protecting clinician experience and patient data.
The situation
A healthcare provider runs an ageing on-premises Citrix environment for clinicians and back-office staff. Hardware is near end of life, logons are slow at shift changes, and the IT team spends significant time maintaining infrastructure.
Our approach
Baseline the experience
Measure logon times, session reliability and application usage by user group.
Design the target
Citrix DaaS control plane with workloads on Azure, Windows multi-session where suitable, and NetScaler for secure access.
Rebuild images
Create clean golden images with FSLogix profiles and application layering.
Pilot with clinicians
Validate clinical applications, peripherals and printing with a pilot ward before wider rollout.
Scale and optimise
Auto-scale hosts around shift patterns and monitor experience continuously.
Typical technology
What success looks like
Metrics we would agree with you up front and track throughout:
- Average logon time at shift change
- Session failure rate
- Infrastructure and licensing cost
- Help-desk tickets per user
- Clinician satisfaction
This is an illustrative scenario showing how Inspired Infotech approaches this type of problem. It does not describe a specific client, and actual approach and outcomes depend on each organisation’s systems, data and goals.
Services behind this scenario
Citrix & Digital Workspace
Citrix DaaS, Virtual Apps and Desktops, NetScaler and Azure Virtual Desktop for secure hybrid work.
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