Customer license and usage monitoring for Citrix DaaS Standard for Azure
Customers of Citrix Service Providers (CSP) can easily monitor Citrix DaaS Standard for Azure licenses for their users in Citrix Cloud. As a CSP, you can access these details by signing in to your customer’s account in Citrix Cloud. To view aggregated license usage information across single-tenant and multitenant customers, see Cloud service license usage and reporting for Citrix Service Providers.
Customers can view their licensing data by selecting Licensing from the Citrix Cloud menu.
License assignment
User/Device licensing model: Citrix Cloud assigns a license when a unique user or unique device launches a desktop for the first time.
Concurrent User licensing model: Citrix Cloud assigns a license when a user launches a desktop on their device. When the user logs off or disconnects from the session, the license is no longer assigned. Because license assignment can change depending on the number of devices accessing desktops at any given time, Citrix Cloud evaluates the number of licenses in use every five minutes.
For more information about the Concurrent licensing model, see Concurrent licenses in the Licensing product documentation.
Licensing summary
Citrix Cloud displays summary views of licenses in use under the User/Device and Concurrent User licensing models.
Summary for users and devices
For the User/Device model, the licensing summary provides an at-a-glance view of the licenses that are in use relative to the total number of licenses that you own.
As the percentage approaches 100%, the percentage goes from green to yellow. If the percentage exceeds 100%, the percentage turns red.
Citrix Cloud also displays the ratio of assigned licenses to purchased licenses and the number of remaining available licenses.
Summary for concurrent users
For the Concurrent model, the licensing summary provides an at-a-glance view of the following information:
- Percentage of total purchased licenses currently in use when Citrix Cloud last evaluated the licenses in use. Citrix Cloud calculates this percentage every five minutes based on unique devices with active connections to the service. The quantity of total purchased licenses is the sum of licenses that have been purchased for Citrix DaaS Standard for Azure that use the Concurrent licensing model.
- The ratio of currently assigned licenses to total purchased licenses and the number of available licenses remaining. The Total figure shown in this ratio represents the total number of licenses that are currently owned (as of the “Last Reported” date and time).
- Peak usage statistics. In calculating peak licenses in use, Citrix Cloud retrieves the the maximum number of licenses used in the following time periods:
- Last 24 hours: The maximum number of licenses used at one time during the last 24-period period.
- This Month: The maximum number of licenses used at one time from the start of the current calendar month.
- All Time: The maximum number of licenses used at one time from the start of the subscription.
The Total figure shown for these peak usage periods represents the total number of licenses that were owned at that point in time. If the total number of owned licenses increases or decreases, and there’s a corresponding increase in assigned licenses, the Total figure changes to reflect the new number of owned licenses for that point in time. However, if there is no corresponding usage peak, the Total figure does not change.
Calculating peak licenses in use
To accurately reflect the Concurrent licensing model, Citrix Cloud counts the number of unique devices accessing the service simultaneously every five minutes. If the count is greater than the current peak usage displayed, Citrix Cloud displays the new peak usage with the date and time that it was reached. If the count is less than the current peak usage, the current peak usage doesn’t change.
Usage trends
Citrix Cloud displays a breakdown of usage trends for either User/Device or Concurrent User licenses. To view this breakdown, select View Usage Details from the licensing summary page.
Trends for users and devices
For User/Devices licenses, the Usage Trends section shows you a breakdown of assigned licenses as a chart.
Pointing to an interval on the chart shows you the following information:
- Total Licenses: Your total purchased licenses for the cloud service across all entitlements.
- Previously Assigned: The number of licenses that were assigned in the previous month. For example, a user accesses the cloud service for the first time in July and is assigned a license. This license is counted as “Newly Assigned” for the month of July. For the month of August, this license is counted as “Previously Assigned.”
- Newly Assigned: The number of new licenses that were assigned for each month. For example, a user accesses the cloud service for the first time in July and is assigned a license. This license is counted as “Newly Assigned” for the month of July.
Trends for concurrent users
For Concurrent User licenses, the Usage Trends section shows you the following information:
- Total Licenses: Your total purchased Concurrent licenses.
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Peak Licenses In Use: The maximum number of licenses assigned for the date range that you select. By default, Citrix Cloud displays peak usage for each month in the current calendar year. To drill down to monthly or hourly peak usage, select the calendar month or day you want to view from the drop-down menu.
If the date range you select isn’t yet finished, Citrix Cloud displays the current peak usage for the latest interval of time. For example, if you drill down to view a calendar day that’s still in progress, the maximum number of licenses is displayed for each hour up to the current moment in time. If the maximum number of licenses increases at the next five-minute counting interval, Citrix Cloud updates the peak usage for the current hour.
Pointing to an interval on the chart reveals the total licenses and peak licenses in use for that interval.
Usage reports
You can download usage information for a standard or specified interval. The information includes meter usage for:
- Azure VMs
- Network connections, such as VNet peering
- Azure storage items, such as managed disks, block blobs, and page blobs
Data can take up to 72 hours after the end of a day/month to reflect all usage.
Under Usage Reports, select an interval and then select Download Data to generate and download a CSV file to your local machine.
Licensed users
For User/Device licenses, the License Activity section displays a list of the individual customer users who have licenses assigned during the current month. This list also displays the domain to which each user belongs, the date when a license was assigned, and the last time the service was used. This section is not available for Concurrent User licenses.
Monthly release of licenses
On the first day of each month, assigned licenses from the previous month are released automatically. When this happens, the number of assigned licenses resets to zero and the list of licensed customer users is cleared. Licenses are re-assigned when users launch apps or desktops for the first time within the new month.
Review monthly license history
On the first day of each month, the list of licensed customer users from the previous month, under License Activity, is cleared when the number of assigned licenses resets to zero. However, you can access user details from previous months at any time and download them as a CSV file, if needed.
- In the License Activity section, select View License History at the far right of the section.
- Select the month you want to view. A list of the user details for the selected month appears.
- To export the list, select Export to CSV at the far right of the section and then save the file.
Export license details
At any time, you can export licensed user details for a single customer to a CSV file for further analysis. You can then use the CSV file as needed to analyze the license details.
To export the current month’s details, in the License Activity section, select Export to CSV at the far right of the section and then save the file.
To export the details for previous months, generate a list for a selected month as described in Review monthly license history. Select Export to CSV and save the file.