Microsoft and Citrix have been partners for more than two decades. On July 14, Microsoft providedan update on its ongoing Citrix relationship, a week ahead of Microsoft's annual Inspire worldwide partner conference.There's not a whole lot that's brand-new in today's update. Citrix already had committed tomake Microsoft's Azure a preferred cloud platform. And the pair already had discussed their plans formore tightly integrating Citrix' various offerings with Azure and Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service.The two companies did commit today to providing joint tools and services for speeding the transition of on-premises Citrix customers to Azure. And they said they would create a "connected roadmap" that covers joint offerings comprised of Citrix Workspace, Citrix SD-WAN, Azure and Microsoft 365. These joint offerings will be sold through their respect direct sales forces via the Azure Marketplace and channel partners.To be honest, the most interesting piece of today's partnership renewal between the companies was a line in the press release noting "both Citrix and Microsoft will maintain their long-standing policies of supporting choice." Most of Microsoft's announcements of partners making Azure their "preferred" cloud vendor don't mention that preferred doesn't signify "only."Citrix Workspace and Networking areavailable on AWSandGoogle Cloud Platformin addition to Azure.
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