I often get asked about the features of Provision Networks Virtual Acccess Suite. Below is a modular architectural diagram of the Provision Networks Connection Broker. It does not show every little feature, but shows a basic overview of what the suite offers.

While it’s true that one can use the Provision Networks Connection Broker with any Hypervisor, the diagram specifically shows VMware, Virtual Iron, Microsoft Hyper-V and Parallels Virtuozzo because we integrate with those products to provide features like VM Creation, VM Deletion, Sysprep Customization and Power Management, i.e. Power On,. Suspend, Resume…. Our integration with Parallels Viruozzo is currently in progress, so it probably won’t be complete for about 90 days.

When using a different hypervisor, the existing virtual machines are imported into the Provision Management Console, so they can be managed, assigned to users….

Please let me know if anything is unclear, or if you’d like access to my original Visio Diagram.

P.S.  The items in dark blue in the Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite block are “Power Tools” that can be installed on top of Citrix MetaFrame, Presentation Server, XenApp or POTS (Plain Old Terminal Services).  These “Power Tools” are available individually as a per-server license or as part of Virtual Access Suite “Standard Edition” which is licensed per concurrent user. I probably shouldn’t use that acronym (POTS), as it usually means Plain Old Telephone Service. :)  The other items are in both the Desktop Services Edition (VDI) and Enterprise Edition (VDI & TS) with the exception of Terminal Services Load Balancing and publishing apps/desktops from Terminal Services, which is an Enterprise Edition “only” feature.