Sign up for Citrix DaaS

Introduction

You can subscribe to Citrix DaaS through Citrix or through the Azure Marketplace.

If you plan to use Citrix Managed Azure, you can also order the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund through Citrix or through the Azure Marketplace.

• When you order through Citrix, you can order Citrix DaaS and the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund at the same time.

• When you order through Azure Marketplace, you first order Citrix DaaS. Then, you can place another order for the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund.

If you order only Citrix DaaS now, you can order the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund later, either through Azure Marketplace or your Citrix account representative.

Demos and trials

You can evaluate Citrix DaaS by request through Citrix. From a trial, you can convert to a paid service subscription.

During a trial, you can optionally use a Citrix Managed Azure subscription for catalogs, images, and network connections. If you have Citrix-managed resources at the time you convert to a paid subscription, you must either purchase consumption or delete those Citrix-managed resources. If you do not purchase consumption, those resources are deleted automatically, which might affect users.

If you currently subscribe to a Citrix DaaS service

Generally, a Citrix Cloud account allows you to subscribe to only one of Citrix DaaS’s services (or one edition) at a time per Citrix OrgID. For example, you can subscribe to Citrix DaaS Premium edition OR Citrix DaaS for Azure, but not both.

If you currently subscribe to a Citrix DaaS, and want to subscribe to this service, you have two choices:

• Subscribe to this service using a different Citrix Cloud account (OrgID).
• Decommission Citrix DaaS you already have, and then order this service. For decommission instruction, see CTX239027.

Order through Citrix

You can order this service (and the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund) through Citrix Cloud or through your Citrix account representative.

Through Citrix Cloud:

• Follow the guidance in Sign up for Citrix Cloud to get a Citrix Cloud account and Organization ID.

• You can request a Citrix DaaS demo. In the Citrix DaaS tile, click Request Demo. Provide the requested information.

  A Citrix representative will contact you to discuss your requirements, environment, and plans. Depending on our representative’s assessment, you will be authorized to participate in an administrator demo or a proof of concept trial. For more information, see Citrix Cloud Service Trials.

When you are authorized for a trial, the text on Citrix DaaS tile in the Citrix Cloud console changes to Manage.

Order through Azure Marketplace

You can order the following Citrix offerings through Azure Marketplace:

• Citrix DaaS for Azure
• Citrix DaaS Advanced edition
• Citrix DaaS Premium edition
• Workspace Premium Plus

If you plan to host your Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops workloads on Microsoft Azure, and want to use a Citrix Managed Azure subscription, order the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund after ordering Citrix DaaS or Workspace Premium Plus.

With the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund, you’re charged each month for your consumption, which can vary depending on the hosting resources you choose and the hours of use. You can review your consumption use through Citrix Cloud.

From the Azure Marketplace:

• You cannot combine Citrix DaaS and consumption fund in one order.
• The order process for the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund is essentially the same as ordering Citrix DaaS, but you must have previously ordered Citrix DaaS.

Requirements for ordering through Azure Marketplace

• The OrgID of your Citrix Cloud account.

  • If you have a Citrix Cloud account, but don’t know the OrgID, look in the upper right corner of the Citrix Cloud console. Or, look at the email you received when you created the account.
  • If you don’t have a Citrix Cloud account, follow the guidance in Sign up for Citrix Cloud.

• An Azure account and at least one Azure subscription in that account.

Procedure for ordering through Azure Marketplace

Follow this procedure to order a Citrix DaaS or Workspace Premium Plus through Azure Marketplace. (If you want to use Citrix Managed Azure, place another order for the Citrix Azure Consumption Fund, after you order Citrix DaaS.)

1. Sign in to the Azure Marketplace using your Azure account credentials.
2. Search for and then navigate to the Citrix offering you want to order.
3. Select Get it now.
4. On the One more thing message, fill in the required information, enable the consent check box, and then select Continue.
5. Review the tabs containing information about the product, plans, pricing, and usage. When you’re ready, select a plan (if more than one is available), and then select Set up + subscribe.

6. On the Basics tab:

   • Subscription: Indicates the plan that you selected.
   • Resource group: Select or create a resource group.
   • Name: Enter a name for your subscription order so you can easily identify it later.
   • The Plan information shows the price for the selected plan, based on the billing term. To change the plan term, select Change plan. Select the term you want and select Change plan.
7. On the Review + subscribe tab, review the contact information, and update it, if needed. Review the basic subscription information. Select Subscribe.
8. On the Subscription in progress page, select Configure account now. (If the button is disabled, wait a moment.) You’re taken to a Citrix activation page.

9. On the activation page:

   • Use the Sign in link to sign in to Citrix Cloud. A successful sign-in automatically populates the Organization ID field.
   • Quantity: Enter the number of users. (An initial order must be at least 25.) An estimated price is displayed.
   • Agree to the terms and conditions, and then select Activate Order.

After ordering through Azure Marketplace

Citrix sends you an email when your service is provisioned. Provisioning can take a while. If you don’t receive the email by the following day, contact Citrix Support. When you receive the email from Citrix, you can begin using Citrix DaaS.

Fulfillment of a Citrix Azure Consumption Fund order does not take much time. When Citrix is notified of the order, a banner appears in the Citrix DaaS console, indicating that a Citrix Managed Azure subscription will be prepared for you.

Do not delete Citrix DaaS resource in Azure. Deleting that resource cancels your subscription.

Order through Google Cloud Marketplace

You can order the following Citrix offerings through Google Cloud Marketplace:

• Citrix DaaS Standard for Google Cloud
• Citrix DaaS Premium for Google Cloud

You need the following to order through Google Cloud Marketplace:

• The OrgID of your Citrix Cloud account.
  • If you have a Citrix Cloud account, but don’t know the OrgID, look in the upper right corner of the Citrix Cloud console. Or, look at the email you received when you created the account.
  • If you don’t have a Citrix Cloud account, follow the guidance in Sign up for Citrix Cloud.
• A Google Cloud account and at least one Google Cloud subscription in that account.

To place your order:

1. Sign in to Google Cloud Marketplace
2. Follow the instructions on the Citrix DaaS for Google Cloud page to make your purchase.

Citrix sends you an email when your service is provisioned. Provisioning can take a while. If you don’t receive the email by the following day, contact Citrix Support. When you receive the email from Citrix, you can begin using Citrix DaaS.

Do not delete Citrix DaaS resource in Google Cloud. Deleting that resource cancels your subscription.

What’s next

After your order is fulfilled, continue with the next steps in Plan and build a deployment.

For example:

• If you haven’t already set up your hypervisor or cloud service, or Active Directory, see Set up a resource location.

• If your host environment and Active Directory are already set up, see Create a connection.