AppSense

AppSense Support for Citrix XenDesktop 4
AppSense Environment Manager is already fully integrated with XenDesktop 4 and is the only enterprise solution recommended by Citrix to ensure users always receive a consistent, predictable and personalised working experience at the lowest possible cost.

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For further information, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on
0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

AppSense Management Suite
AppSense have recently released an upgrade to Version 8 of their Management Suite. Service Pack 2A contains performance improvements and will increase scalability.

AppSense strongly recommend that all Version 8 customers, including those using Version 8 Service Pack 1, upgrade to this latest version of their software.

For further information, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on
0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

AppSense and Microsoft Licence Management
AppSense Application Manager offers a solution to the licence compliance challenge presented by application virtualisation solutions

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AppSense Management Suite Version 8
The world leading user environment management solution for the enterprise, AppSense Management Suite Version 8 is now available. This major release includes the recently announced Environment Manager 8.0, as well as major upgrades to Application Manager and Performance Manager.

AppSense Management Suite Version 8.0 is a fully integrated solution comprising four components: Application Manager, Environment Manager, Performance Manager and the Management Center, providing complete Policy and Personalisation Management, Application Entitlement and System Resource Entitlement across all desktop and application delivery mechanisms such as Citrix XenApp, Microsoft Windows Terminal Services, VMware VDI, Citrix XenDesktop, Provisioned Operating Systems and Virtualised and Locally Installed Applications complete with reporting, auditing and failover capabilities.

AppSense Management Suite 8.0 Update Pack Now Available
If you are an existing AppSense customer (with valid software subscription) and are upgrading or have upgraded to this new release, there is a scheduled Update Pack for you to install. If you have installed AppSense Management Suite 8.0 or any of the suite components, we strongly recommend you install this Update Pack.

Not Yet Installed AppSense Management Suite 8.0?
If you have not yet installed AppSense Management Suite 8.0 or any of the suite components and have valid software subscription, please install the latest version (which includes all updates) of the software from:
https://www.myappsense.com/ams8sp1

Already Installed AppSense Management Suite 8.0?
If you have installed AppSense Management Suite 8.0 or any of the suite components prior to 20 February 2009, and have valid software subscription, please download the latest version (which includes all updates) of the software from:
https://www.myappsense.com/ams8sp1

AppSense Environment Manager
An enterprise-scalable solution for managing all aspects of a user by applying a user's 'personality' to a desktop on-demand
The most important component of a physical or virtual desktop is not the operating system or applications, nor is it the data ... it is the user. AppSense Environment Manager is an enterprise-scalable solution for managing all aspects of a user by applying a user's 'personality' to a desktop as and when needed. A user personality consists of tailored policy and user personalisation.

AppSense Application Manager
AppSense Application Manager automatically controls application usage on a per user basis out of the box, without the overhead of scripts or lists

Regardless of how a user's environment is delivered, it is essential that users receive only the applications they require and cannot introduce unknown executables into the environment. Delivery may be through presentation virtualisation, desktop virtualisation, OS and application streaming, personal computer, notebook or any combination of the above.

AppSense Performance Manager
The most comprehensive method of managing System Resource Entitlement by using business rules to allocate CPU, Memory and Disk resources to users and applications

Any degradation in user experience reflects negatively on IT. No matter how a desktop or application is delivered to a user, ensuring the environment reacts quickly to user actions is key to providing a smooth quality of service and meeting user expectation. Only by managing CPU, Memory and Disk by assigning resource to applications and users can a consistent level of performance be achieved.

AppSense Management Center
AppSense Management Center has been designed based on three fundamental objectives: Enterprise Scalability, Environment Visibility and System Resilience

AppSense Management Center is the framework that enables AppSense Management Suite to be used across the entire enterprise. AppSense Management Suite is a user environment management solution that provides policy and personalisation management as well managing entitlement to applications and system resources.

Applying user environment management to server based computing environments, virtual, streamed and local desktops and combinations thereof, provides management, cost and risk reduction. The ability to scale this to thousands of users, therefore, maximises value and return on your investment.

For further information, contact your Phoenix Account Manager on
0845 265 1265 or email info@phoenixs.co.uk

Achieving licence compliance in virtualised environments
Today, many organisations are using virtualisation technologies to deliver applications and desktops to users across the enterprise. Licence compliance can then become an enterprise challenge that needs to be resolved. AppSense Application Manager can enforce application access by computer or connecting device, enabling compliance with Microsoft device-based licensing models.

AppSense Application Manager enables IT Administrators to reliably and effectively enforce software licensing policies on client devices, and therefore gain greater control over the deployment of applications in a Windows Terminal Services or virtual desktop environment. By controlling the users and devices that have access to specific applications, it is possible to avoid the purchase of large numbers of superfluous licences.

Contact your Phoenix Account Manager on 0845 265 1265 for further information.