Geographical Considerations
This article discusses the commercial regions that Citrix Cloud uses and the presence of Citrix Cloud commercial services within each region.
For more information about the geographical regions and service presence for Citrix’s public-sector and dedicated cloud platforms, see Other cloud platforms from Citrix in this article.
Choose a region
When your organization is onboarded to Citrix Cloud and you sign in for the first time, you are asked to choose one of the following regions:
- United States
- European Union
- Asia Pacific South
Pick a region that maps to where most of your users and resources are located.
Important notes:
- You can choose a region only once, when your organization is onboarded. You cannot change your region later.
- If you are located in one region and use a service in another region, any performance impacts are minimal. Citrix Cloud services are designed to be used on a global basis. For example, customers in the US that have users and connectors in Australia will see minimal impact from latency.
- If you aren’t in a region that Citrix Cloud supports, you can still use Citrix Cloud. Simply pick the region that is either closest to most of your users or that provides the best controls for protecting the integrity of your data.
Types of data stored in regions
Your region is where certain metadata is stored about your environment. For example:
- Citrix Cloud administrator details, including the name, user name, and password.
- Data resulting from traffic directed through your region by any connectors you install. For example, any authentication data using your domain controllers (whether managed on your premises or through your subscription with a public cloud vendor) stays in your region.
- Data used to map users to library offerings. For example, if you add Microsoft Office to your library as an offering for your users, and then add five users to that offering as subscribers, the data linking each user to that offering (such as user name and domain name) is stored in your region.
- Data about users for any services available in your region. For example, if you use Endpoint Management in your region, data such as name, address, and telephone number is stored in your region.
Service presence in each region
All services are globally available, regardless of the region you select for your organization. Also, your data might be processed on a global basis by Citrix affiliates or subprocessors as necessary to perform the services. Certain services, like the Virtual Apps and Desktops service, have dedicated regional instances. However, some services have US-based instances only.
Where a service is not available in the region you selected for your organization, certain information (such as authentication data) might be transferred between regions as needed.
Where a service is globally replicated, all data in that service is stored in all regions.
| Service | US | EU | Asia Pacific South |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrix Cloud control plane | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Citrix Analytics | Yes | Yes | No (Uses US region) |
| Application Delivery Management | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Citrix Content Collaboration | Yes ***
|
Yes ***
|
No - Select from US or EU **
|
| Citrix Endpoint Management | Yes **
|
Yes **
|
Yes **
|
| SD-WAN Orchestrator | Yes | Yes | No (Uses US region) |
| Secure Browser Service | Yes *
|
Yes *
|
Yes *
|
| Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service | Yes *
|
Yes *
|
Yes *
|
| Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Standard for Azure | Yes *
|
Yes *
|
Yes *
|
| Citrix Virtual Apps Essentials | Yes *
|
Yes *
|
Yes *
|
| Citrix Virtual Desktops Essentials | Yes *
|
Yes *
|
Yes *
|
| Web App Firewall | Yes | Yes | No (Uses US region) |
| Citrix Workspace | Yes *
|
Yes *
|
Yes *
|
| Workspace Environment Management | Yes | Yes | No (Uses US region) |
| Networking services | Yes | No (Uses US region) | No (Uses US region) |
| License Usage Insights (CSPs only) | Globally replicated | Globally replicated | Globally replicated |
| Citrix Gateway Access Nodes/POP | Multiple WW nodes; traffic routed as needed to ensure the best experience | Multiple WW nodes; traffic routed as needed to ensure the best experience | Multiple WW nodes; traffic routed as needed to ensure the best experience |
| Citrix Secure Internet Access Nodes/POP | Multiple WW nodes; traffic routed as needed to ensure the best experience | Multiple WW nodes; traffic routed as needed to ensure the best experience | Multiple WW nodes; traffic routed as needed to ensure the best experience |
* Service uses the Citrix Cloud region.
** Select from multiple locations across multiple regions. See Endpoint Management service locations in this article.
*** StorageZone can be selected from multiple locations. See Content Collaboration locations and StorageZones in this article.
For more information about the data stored by individual services, refer to the Technical Security Overview for each service.
Endpoint Management service locations
You can select one of the following Endpoint Management service locations from your home region:
- US East
- US West
- EU West
- SE Asia
- Sydney
Secure Internet Access service locations
Traffic is routed to the following Secure Internet Access service locations based on availability and end-user proximity to ensure the best experience.
North America
- Sterling, VA, USA
- Toronto, Canada
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Irvine, CA, USA
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Denver, CO, USA
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Allen, TX, USA
- Miami, FL, USA
- Chicago, IL, USA
- New York, NY, USA
- Boston, MA, USA
- Vancouver, Canada
South America
- Queretaro, Mexico
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Bogota, Colombia
Asia-Pacific
- Perth, Australia
- Sydney, Australia
- Tokyo, Japan
- Singapore, Singapore
- Mumbai, India
- Delhi, India
Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Middle East
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Istanbul, Turkey
Western Europe
- London, UK
- Manchester, UK
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Düsseldorf, Germany
- Mannheim, Germany
- Paris, France
Europe
- Helsinki, Finland
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Warsaw, Poland
- Madrid, Spain
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Milan, Italy
Content Collaboration locations and StorageZones
When setting up a Content Collaboration account in Citrix Cloud, you can select a region in the US or the EU. Your Content Collaboration region is separate from your Citrix Cloud home region. However, like the Citrix Cloud home region, you cannot change the Content Collaboration region after setting up your Content Collaboration account.
For Content Collaboration accounts created within Citrix Cloud, your default StorageZone is initially in the US region.
For ShareFile Enterprise accounts created outside of Citrix Cloud, your StorageZone is located in the region you select, either the US or EU. Linking to Citrix Cloud does not change your selection.
After your Content Collaboration account is set up, you can enable and disable StorageZones around the world, as well as choose a new default zone. You can also specify a default specific to individual users or folders based on the StorageZones that are turned on in the Content Collaboration management console. Choose from the following locations:
- Japan
- Singapore
- Australia
- European Union
- United States - East
- United States - West
- United States - Northwest
- Brazil
Other cloud platforms from Citrix
In addition to Citrix Cloud, Citrix offers other clouds that are isolated and separate from Citrix Cloud.
Citrix Cloud Government
Citrix Cloud Government allows US government agencies and other public-sector customers in the US to use Citrix cloud services according to regulatory and compliance requirements. Citrix Cloud Government is a geographical boundary within which Citrix operates, stores, and replicates services and data for delivery of Citrix Cloud Government services. Citrix may use multiple public or private clouds located in one or more states within the US to provide services.
Citrix Cloud Government and offered services are available only in the US region.
For more information, see the Citrix Cloud Government product documentation.
Citrix Cloud Japan
Citrix Cloud Japan allows Japanese customers to use Citrix Cloud services in a dedicated Citrix-managed environment. Citrix Cloud Japan is a geographical boundary within which Citrix operates, stores, and replicates services and data for delivery of Citrix Cloud services.
Citrix Cloud Japan and offered services are available only in Japan.
For more information, see the Citrix Cloud Japan product documentation.