MCS versus PVS™

Anyone who has worked on XenDesktop will have definitely heard the terms: MCS and PVS. You have to choose either MCS or PVS to deploy VDI in an Enterprise environment. This is one of the major concerns for every organization, which they would like to be answered by a Citrix solution architect while working on a desktop virtualization project:

Which delivery technology is better, MCS or PVS?

Now, let's start by learning some basics about these two technologies.

Machine Creation Service (MCS) provides the simplest functionality for the creation and maintenance of desktop catalogs. A step-by-step walkthrough on how to create/configure this feature can be found in the XenDesktop 7.x install guide. You can easily download this guide ...

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