After being a long time Citrix user, I am thinking about moving over the plain RDS on server 2012 R2 but have a couple of questions:-
Q/ To enable better graphics experience, I would like to utilise the Remote FX feature set, but do I need to use Hyper-V or will this work under vSphere? How important is the actual physical card I have on my host server, which is nothing special, just the default one that came with my Dell R720 server.
Q/ I understand to allow for cloning of Desktops/ Hosted servers for my Collections, I will need to use System Center, is that correct?
Q/ What if any are the extra features (e.g. remote task manager, scheduled shutdown options etc.) would I get if I used System Center in terms of better managing my RDS estate?
Q/ Has anyone else moved away from Citrix to native RDS and if so what were the reasons?
Q/ As a side question, has anyone installed a 3rd party replacement for the Start Menu (e.g. Classic Shell) in a RDS/Citrix environment?