Citrix Workspace™ Overview
Citrix Workspace is a service that provides secure access to your virtual apps, desktops, web and SaaS apps from a web browser or Citrix Workspace app. For an overview of the services available through Citrix Workspace, see Cloud-hosted services through Citrix Workspace.
Citrix Workspace is a cloud service managed by Citrix. If you wish to deploy this functionality in your own environment on-premise then see StoreFront.
End users authenticate to their workspaces using the selected identity provider. When users launch resources through Citrix Workspace they single sign-on to avoid having to re-enter credentails. For more information on configuring Workspace authentication, visit Configure authentication.
Get started
See Get started with Citrix Workspace.
End user access
End-users connect to Citrix Workspace from their devices using either Citrix Workspace app or their web browser. For more information, see User access
Cloud-hosted services through Citrix Workspace
End users use Citrix Workspace to access the resources provided by cloud-hosted services.
This section describes the main cloud-hosted services that can be enabled for Citrix Workspace, depending on your entitlements.
Citrix DaaS™
Citrix DaaS™ is a service that provides app and desktop virtualization, giving IT control of on-prem or cloud-hosted virtual machines, applications, and security while providing anywhere access for any device. End users can use applications and desktops independently of the device’s operating system and interface. Fore more information, see Citrix DaaS.
If you’re an on-premises Virtual Apps and Desktops customer, it is recommended that you first migrate to Citrix DaaS before adopting Citrix Worskpace.
SaaS and Web apps, secured with the Citrix Secure Private Access™ service
Citrix Secure Private Access provides single sign-on (SSO) to Web and SaaS apps and allows internal web apps to be accessed remotely. The service also allows you to manage access permissions and control policies.
For more information on using Citrix Secure Private Access service, visit Tech Brief: Secure Private Access.
Citrix Remote Browser Isolation™ service
Integrate Citrix Remote Browser Isolation service into your workspaces to isolate web browsing and protect the corporate network from browser-based attacks. When subscribers navigate to the Workspace URL, their published browsers are shown, along with other apps and desktops that are configured in other Citrix Cloud services.
To give end users access to a remote isolated browser, set up Remote Browser Isolation. After that, test and share the Workspace URL with your end users.