Upgrade from 7.15

[jcalabr896]

I'm new to Citrix and requesting some guidance. We're currently running:

14 - VDA Servers: v7.15

2 - StoreFront Servers & 2 -Delivery Controllers: v3.12.0.17

1 – Director Server: v7.18.0 Build 12

1 - NetScaler ADC VP 200: vNS13.1 49.13.nc

 

All are WinSRV 2016 servers except 2 that are 2012R2 running legacy applications required to support the business. 

Want to upgrade it to O365 from 2016 to utilize OneDrive 

 

Questions are:

- What's the latest version that we can upgrade to

- Will the 2012R2 servers an issue

- Office 365 capacity: Will the installation of OneDrive require larger disk sizes on the server which it's installed on

- Office 365 upgrade: before or after the upgrading Citrix

- Looking for links to provide upgrade guidance and how tos

 

Thank you in advance.

[Robert Peck]

1 hour ago, jcalabr896 said:

I'm new to Citrix and requesting some guidance. We're currently running:

14 - VDA Servers: v7.15

2 - StoreFront Servers & 2 -Delivery Controllers: v3.12.0.17

1 – Director Server: v7.18.0 Build 12

1 - NetScaler ADC VP 200: vNS13.1 49.13.nc

 

All are WinSRV 2016 servers except 2 that are 2012R2 running legacy applications required to support the business. 

Want to upgrade it to O365 from 2016 to utilize OneDrive 

 

Questions are:

- What's the latest version that we can upgrade to

- Will the 2012R2 servers an issue

- Office 365 capacity: Will the installation of OneDrive require larger disk sizes on the server which it's installed on

- Office 365 upgrade: before or after the upgrading Citrix

- Looking for links to provide upgrade guidance and how tos

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Sounds like an adventure JC,

 

-What's the latest version that we can upgrade to

I see your shop was using LTSR, the latest LTSR is 2203 cu3

- Will the 2012R2 servers an issue

Likely.  You need to move off of them (very soon), but they can be used for now if you install the 1912 LTSR version of the VDA

- Office 365 capacity: Will the installation of OneDrive require larger disk sizes on the server which it's installed on

Not necessarily, see the reading below

- Office 365 upgrade: before or after the upgrading Citrix

Either is possible.  I don't know enough detail to say.

- Looking for links to provide upgrade guidance and how tos

 

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-virtual-apps-desktops/2203-ltsr/upgrade-migrate.html 

https://james-rankin.com/articles/managing-onedrive-on-citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops/ (somewhat dated, but valuable)

https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/tech-zone/build/deployment-guides/microsoft-365-citrix.html

 

 

[Jeff Riechers]

If you want to use OneDrive I would recommend building new Windows 2019 or 2022 OSes.  They support files on demand to keep profiles small.