As organisations shifted from traditional PC desktops to virtualised solutions, IT administrators hosted and provided access of applications and desktops from an on-premises data centre. Now, with an evolving macro environment and increasing economic pressures, businesses are turning to harness the power of cloud services in order to simplify the management of their existing deployments. In this whitepaper we will explore the benefits delivered by Citrix and Microsoft and assess the positive impact of migrating to the cloud with Microsoft Azure and transitioning to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops cloud services.