29 Feb 2008 05:49 PM EST

With the launch of Windows Server 2008 this past Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, the question "Do I need Citrix or is Terminal Services enough" is back en vogue. In fact, the Google search for "do i need citrix with windows server 2008" is one of the top 3 search phrases driving traffic to my blog.  In that search, my earlier post Evaluating Project Delaware and Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 is the 6th-ranked result. Brian Madden's classic post, Do you need Citrix or is Terminal Server enough?, with 22,000+ views, is the top result. Clearly, people are interested in this topic. Today, Citrix took the next step to help customers understand the differences and released this new white paper:

Citrix XenApp on Microsoft Windows Terminal Services - A Feature Analysis

Compare the base-level features of Terminal Services within Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 and Windows Server 2008 to the features of Citrix XenApp™ (the new name for Citrix Presentation Server) running on Windows Server 2003.

Take a read and let us know what you think. I expect this doc will be updated once Project Delaware is released.

UPDATE: The Feature Analysis on Windows Server 2008 has temporarily been removed as we make additional edits based on feedback (thanks!). The previous version is available here. Once the updates are completed, I will re-post the new version on this blog. I apologize for the inconvenience and understand the frustration this may cause.

Update 2: The new 14-page Citrix Presentation Server on Windows Terminal Services: A Feature Analysis is now available. Read more here.

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The link is dead.  Could you please update it to the correct location?

 Many thanks!

Posted by Anonymous at Mar 10, 2008 13:39 | Reply To This

See the update at the bottom of my post above

Posted by Bryon Thomas at Mar 10, 2008 15:01 | Reply To This

OK - thanks.  I look forward to viewing the updated document when available.

Posted by Anonymous at Mar 16, 2008 20:38 | Reply To This

Any more info when the updated version will be available?

Posted by Louis Göhl at Apr 03, 2008 05:05 | Reply To This

The doc is in final review and should be completed in the next couple of weeks. I will update this post with the new link once the feature analysis doc is complete. I will also write a new post on the feature analysis as well.

Posted by Bryon Thomas at Apr 04, 2008 07:56 | Reply To This

I am not sure if this really tells us what we are looking for.  From what I understand, CPS 4.5 will not install on Windows 2008.  We want to see a comparison of "Delaware" to Windows 2008, not CPS 4.5 to Windows 2008.  We want to know if purchasing Delaware really gives us anything more than what Windows 2008 provides out of the box.

Posted by Anonymous at Apr 18, 2008 11:06 | Reply To This

Once Project Delaware becomes generally available, we will absolutely update this document--you and many others are asking for this. Making a comparison now may be incorrect as Project Delaware is still under development. The current doc is simply intended to compare the current shipping version of our  flagship application virtualization product with Windows Server 2008 (and 2003). Here is an updated post on the topic. Also, watch the Project Delaware blog for more information.

Posted by Bryon Thomas at Apr 18, 2008 13:37 | Reply To This

Sounds good.  Thanks for the update.  I will wait patiently for the new document

Posted by Anonymous at Apr 22, 2008 18:12 | Reply To This