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XPC

Windows-native thin-client experience

Keep Windows.
Remove the complexity.

XPC transforms a Windows PC into a focused Citrix and RDP access endpoint. Users get one clear way to connect, work, disconnect and shut down—while IT keeps the Windows platform, drivers, agents, security tools and RMM it already knows.

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  • Citrix access
  • RDP access
  • Existing Windows estate
  • Existing RMM workflows
XPC Live·DESKTOP-A47K
10:24

Approved connections

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Signed in as j.hall@acme.co
Windows + existing drivers + agents + services

Built for teams that deliver work through Citrix and RDP.

  • Internal IT
  • Managed Service Providers
  • Branch Offices
  • Call Centres
  • Retail & POS
  • Task-Based Workforces

See it in action

A calmer endpoint experience, explained in under a minute.

One desktop too many

If the work happens in Citrix, why make users navigate Windows first?

A conventional endpoint gives users an entire local desktop before they reach the virtual desktop where their work actually happens. That extra layer creates confusion, inconsistent behaviour and avoidable support requests.

Users open local apps instead of remote apps.

Files are saved in the wrong environment.

Local settings are changed unnecessarily.

Users struggle to distinguish the PC from the virtual desktop.

Disconnected Citrix sessions leave the endpoint running.

IT supports local actions the user never needed to perform.

XPC removes that unnecessary journey from the user's day.

Before / after

From an entire local desktop to one focused screen.

Traditional Windows endpoint

  1. 1Sign into Windows
  2. 2Navigate the local desktop
  3. 3Find Citrix or RDP
  4. 4Handle the remote login
  5. 5Work in a second desktop
  6. 6Disconnect and work out how to shut down the PC

XPC endpoint

  1. 1XPC appears
  2. 2Select the approved connection
  3. 3Work in the virtual desktop
  4. 4Disconnect, restart, or shut down from one clear screen

Less local complexity for users. Less avoidable endpoint confusion for IT.

A different approach to thin clients

Thin-client simplicity.
Windows compatibility.

XPC does not ask the organisation to replace Windows with a specialised endpoint operating system. It changes the user experience while leaving the underlying Windows estate in the hands of the team already responsible for it.

What the user sees

  • Branded XPC interface
  • Approved Citrix and RDP connections
  • Clear status and power controls
  • No ordinary Windows desktop to navigate

What IT retains underneath

  • Windows
  • Existing RMM and remote support
  • Existing endpoint-security products
  • Windows drivers and peripherals
  • Corporate agents and local services
  • Customer-selected Citrix Workspace and RDP configuration
XPC Live·DESKTOP-A47K
10:24

Approved connections

Choose a workspace

Signed in as j.hall@acme.co
Windows + existing drivers + agents + services

Six reasons XPC fits

Simple for users. Familiar for IT. Compatible with your estate.

01

A clearer user experience

Give users a direct route to the environment where they work.

02

Fewer avoidable support requests

Reduce local-versus-remote confusion and unnecessary changes by ordinary users.

03

Keep the management tools you already use

Continue using the Windows RMM, scripting, patching, security, and remote-support stack already embedded in IT operations.

04

No Linux endpoint migration

Avoid reimaging the estate into a different operating-system ecosystem merely to simplify the user interface.

05

Retain Windows compatibility

Keep access to Windows-native drivers, agents, services, plugins, and peripheral support, subject to the normal compatibility of those products.

06

Reuse suitable hardware

Extend the useful role of Windows devices that remain appropriate for the required workload instead of replacing them solely to obtain a thin-client experience.

Simple for users. Familiar for IT.

XPC manages the experience. Your existing tools manage Windows.

User path

  1. 1User
  2. 2XPC interface
  3. 3Citrix or RDP
  4. 4Corporate virtual desktop

XPC configuration path

  1. 1XPC Portal
  2. 2Tenant configuration
  3. 3XPC-Cloud-Connector
  4. 4XPC state & interface

Windows management path

  1. 1Existing RMM / IT tools
  2. 2Windows Update & Citrix Workspace
  3. 3Security stack & drivers
  4. 4Remote support

Configure XPC in XPC Portal. Continue managing Windows exactly where you manage it today.

XPC Portal

Control the XPC experience—without building another endpoint-management stack.

XPC Portal is deliberately focused. It configures the XPC user experience, reports connection readiness and controls whether an endpoint is presenting XPC or the normal Windows shell. Windows and third-party software remain the responsibility of the customer's existing management stack.

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Tenant: Acme Retail Group

Registered Endpoints

128 devices · 4 configurations

121 Live 7 Suspended
EndpointConfigurationStateReadinessCheck-in
WKS-BRISBANE-014Branch — Citrix OnlyXPC Live
Citrix RDP
42s ago
POS-STORE-88Retail POSXPC Live
Citrix RDP
18s ago
WKS-CALLCTR-221Call CentreXPC Live
Citrix RDP
51s ago
WKS-BRISBANE-005Branch — Citrix OnlyXPC Suspended
Citrix RDP
2m ago

XPC vs Citrix UniconOS

Replace Windows—or simply replace what users see?

Citrix UniconOS

Replace the operating system

A purpose-built Linux endpoint operating system, centrally managed through UniconOS Management.

XPC

Replace the user experience

A Windows-native access shell, configured through XPC Portal while Windows remains managed through the organisation's existing tools.

UniconOS standardises the endpoint by replacing Windows.
XPC standardises the endpoint by replacing what the user sees.

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Where XPC makes the most sense

MSP-managed customer estates

Preserve the RMM and support stack used across customers.

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Retail and point of sale

Retain Windows services, vendor components, and specialist peripherals.

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Branches and remote offices

Give users a consistent route into hosted desktops.

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Call centres and task workers

Keep the endpoint focused on one or two approved remote resources.

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Mixed hardware estates

Apply a consistent XPC interface across suitable Windows devices.

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Organisations reconsidering UniconOS

Obtain a focused thin-client experience without migrating the endpoint OS.

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A focused product

A focused product with a clear responsibility.

XPC is responsible for the access experience it presents. Your IT team remains responsible for Windows, Citrix Workspace, RDP, third-party software, endpoint security, drivers, peripherals, and lifecycle decisions. That clear separation is what allows XPC to remain lightweight and fit into established IT operations.

Common questions

Answers for technical and commercial buyers.

Give users the endpoint experience they actually need.

See how XPC can simplify Citrix and RDP access while preserving the Windows estate and management tools your IT team already relies on.

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