Modern Workplace Consultancy & Management
The Modern Workplace is expected by end users and provides a simple, secure and easy to manage approach to productivity, collaboration and working from anywhere.
To fulfil the requirements of today's modern workplace, businesses need solutions that facilitate communication, collaboration, productivity, security, and employee satisfaction.
Today’s technology solutions are enabling us to rethink and redefine the way we work, and where we chose to work. Microsoft’s and Citrix’s suite of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), collaboration and productivity technologies with integration with Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft 365 is designed with users in mind to help organisations transform their workplace into a digital workplace of the future.
Applications such as Citrix Workspace, SharePoint, Teams, combined with security, compliance and threat detection, are just some of the standard components of the Modern Workplace, creating the ideal foundation for any business. And when you add in Microsoft Endpoint management solutions, the possibilities are endless.
Overview of Modern Workplace
The Modern Workplace (MWP) is evolving at a staggering pace with exciting developments and new ways of collaborating, allowing for significant increases in productivity and efficiency. Often, clients do not have a common or clear understanding of what makes up the MWP and the steps required to achieve a successful transformation.
The MWP is typically broken down into five categories:
- Modern Desktop – Linux (IGEL OS), Windows, and MacOS
- Modern EUC (End User Compute) – Citrix Cloud (DaaS), Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows Server 2025
- Modern Productivity – Collaboration, Enterprise Voice, Teams Integration
- Modern Management – Endpoint Management, Edge Operating Systems
- Modern Security – Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), Defender, App Proxy, Information Protection, Cloud App Security, Sentinel
Modern Desktop
One of the most significant changes to the desktop is the way the Operating System (OS) refresh cycle has evolved into an evergreen model, ensuring security is at the centre of all updates and continuously improving productivity and efficiency. The way the desktop OS is delivered can be automated, removing overheads and associated costs relating to physical updates, manual imaging, and fault resolution.
Modern EUC
As with Modern Desktop, Modern End User Compute (EUC) includes technologies such as Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) and Citrix Cloud with their DaaS offerings and Citrix Workspace. Innovation in Modern virtual infrastructure makes it easy to automate, be flexible, and of course, cloud enabled. Modern EUC enhances security with centralised management, monitoring, user access controls, session watermarking to deter data theft, and greater control on OS and application updates.
Modern Productivity
As applications and business processes change, so too must the way individuals and teams collaborate to become as effective as possible. Teamwork and collaboration transformations are very easy to get wrong and should not be addressed as a point solution to solve a short-term pain. However, when done correctly, the results and an increase in productivity and efficiency can be amazing.
The foundation of modern productivity is people, so doing the correct due diligence defining the Who means the project to transform teamwork and productivity is an easier prospect.
Modern Management
Management of endpoints (corporate or BYOD) policies, applications, authentication and the security layer is something MWP should address. Modern Management enables businesses to reduce the overhead of management while maintaining security whilst improving efficiency.
Modern Security
There are so many innovations in security, however, one of the biggest is the change from reactive, signature-based protection to interconnected automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) based off the vast amount of interconnected data the cloud provides or, in modern security terms, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR).
Benefits of Modern Workplace
Automation
Employee Empowerment
Creation of New Opportunities
Security
Improved Productivity
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the modern workplace?
There is no definitive definition of the modern workplace, however, there are common aspects that are shared between definitions by most businesses and thought leaders. Some of these include digital technologies, remote and hybrid work, data-driven processes and an emphasis on employee experience.
What are the benefits of modern workplace?
There are many benefits to the modern workplace, both for employees and employers, including increased productivity, higher job satisfaction, and enhanced agility.