Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops offers the following methods for cloning desktops:
- Machine Creation Services (MCS)—A collection of services that work together to create virtual servers and desktops on-demand from a gold image, optimizing storage utilization, and providing a pristine virtual machine to users every time they log in. MCS is fully integrated and administered in Citrix Studio. This is the cloning technology that is recommended and referenced in this document.
- Citrix Provisioning (PVS)—Software streaming technology that delivers patches, updates, and other configuration information to multiple virtual desktop endpoints through a shared desktop image. It centralizes virtual machine management while reducing the operational and storage costs of a virtualized desktop environment.