Beyond Single Cloud: Designing Resilient Citrix Architectures Across Azure and AWS
Reduce Citrix Outage Risk with Practical Azure and AWS Resiliency Design.
Cloud modernization has moved many Citrix environments into Azure, but recent outages have highlighted the risk of relying on a single cloud provider. With new licensing flexibility enabling Microsoft 365 apps on Amazon WorkSpaces Core, organizations can now pursue compliant multi-cloud Citrix strategies across Azure and AWS. In this session, Michael Shuster and Jason Samuel discuss practical multi-cloud design patterns that reduce outage impact, strengthen resiliency, and improve business continuity without adding unnecessary complexity.
Beyond Single Cloud: Designing Resilient Citrix Architectures Across Azure and AWS
Reduce Citrix outage risk with practical Azure and AWS resiliency design.
Cloud modernization has moved many Citrix environments into Azure, but recent outages have highlighted the risk of relying on a single cloud provider. With new licensing flexibility enabling Microsoft 365 apps on Amazon WorkSpaces Core, organizations can now pursue compliant multi-cloud Citrix strategies across Azure and AWS. In this session, Michael Shuster and Jason Samuel discuss practical multi-cloud design patterns that reduce outage impact, strengthen resiliency, and improve business continuity without adding unnecessary complexity.
Beyond Single Cloud: Designing Resilient Citrix Architectures Across Azure and AWS
Cloud adoption accelerated Citrix modernization—but it also concentrated risk.
Many organizations standardized on Azure as their primary cloud for Citrix workloads. While this simplifies operations, it creates a critical exposure: regional failures, control-plane disruptions, or identity dependencies can impact the entire digital workspace stack.
Enterprise risk teams are asking harder questions:
- What happens if our primary cloud region is unavailable?
- How isolated is our identity layer?
- What is our true blast radius today?
- Are we architected for availability—or just convenience?
Meanwhile, licensing evolution—including support for Microsoft 365 applications on Amazon WorkSpaces Core—has removed a longstanding obstacle to multi-cloud Citrix design. Organizations can now build compliant, supported environments across both Azure and AWS.
In this 60-minute session, Michael Shuster, CEO of Ferroque Systems, and Jason Samuel, Sr. Principal Product Manager at Cloud Software Group (Citrix), provide real-world architectural insight into designing resilient Citrix deployments across hyperscalers.
This is not a theoretical conversation. It’s a pragmatic discussion about how to reduce outage impact while balancing complexity, cost, and operational reality.
Whether you're responding to enterprise risk mandates or proactively strengthening your business continuity strategy, this session will help you define a practical, achievable path toward multi-cloud resiliency.
Duration: 60 minutes
Date: Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Time: 1 p.m. EDT
Meet Our Expert Hosts
Jason
Samuel
Sr. Principal Product Manager, Cloud Software Group
Jason Samuel is a Senior Principal Product Manager at Cloud Software Group, where he focuses on cloud and digital workspace strategy for Citrix solutions. With deep expertise in enterprise end-user computing, cloud platforms, and identity architecture, Jason works closely with customers to align product innovation with real-world deployment requirements and evolving cloud strategies.
Joe
Jabbour
Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Joe Jabbour is a Senior Specialist Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, where he focuses on end-user computing and secure digital workspace solutions. With expertise in helping organizations modernize how employees access applications and data, Joe works closely with customers to design scalable, cloud-based environments that enhance security, flexibility, and user experience.
Michael Shuster
CEO, Ferroque Systems
Michael Shuster is the CEO of Ferroque Systems and a recognized expert in Citrix architecture, cloud transformation, and enterprise resiliency strategy. He works with organizations globally to modernize digital workspace platforms while aligning architecture decisions with operational, financial, and risk objectives. Michael is known for translating complex infrastructure design into practical, field-tested guidance.
Zeljko Macanovic
Chief Architect,
Ferroque Systems
Zeljko Macanovic is a seasoned IT architect with over 25 years of experience in strategic technology planning, solution design, and enterprise IT architecture. At Ferroque Systems, Zeljko serves as the company’s Chief Architect, helping organizations design, optimize, and secure complex Citrix and cloud environments. His background spans diverse sectors, including government, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, and education, where he has led technical strategy, solution delivery, and architecture modernization initiatives.
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