Chrome Enterprise Partner
Replace ageing thin clients and full PCs running Citrix or VMware Horizon with secure, low-cost, centrally managed ChromeOS endpoints, and move every web-ready workload off VDI to shrink your licensing.
Yes, you can run Citrix and VMware Horizon on ChromeOS, and move workloads off VDI in the process. Codimite, a Chrome Enterprise Partner, runs a ChromeOS Readiness assessment that classifies each VDI-delivered app as web, PWA, retained-VDI or local. ChromeOS becomes a hardened, cloud-managed thin-client replacement for the sessions you keep, while everything web-ready leaves VDI entirely, cutting virtual-desktop licensing and compute.
Why migrate
ChromeOS runs Citrix Workspace and VMware Horizon clients, so your virtual desktops keep working on a hardened, purpose-built endpoint.
ChromeOS runs web and PWA apps natively, so many sessions can leave VDI, reducing virtual-desktop licences, compute and storage.
Verified boot, sandboxing, read-only system partitions and automatic updates with no traditional executable malware surface.
Cheaper hardware, central cloud management and ChromeOS Flex to repurpose existing thin clients and PCs.
Seconds-to-boot devices, background updates and one Admin console for the whole fleet.
What we assess
| Area | What we do | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Application compatibility | Classify every app: web / PWA / VDI / local | The gating step, identifies which apps can leave VDI vs stay published |
| VDI clients | Deploy Citrix Workspace / VMware Horizon on ChromeOS | Retained sessions keep working on the new endpoint |
| User profiles | Identity, bookmarks, settings, sign-in | Mapped to your IdP / SSO (Google, Entra, Okta) |
| Policies | Device & user policies in the Admin console | Kiosk, single-app and locked-down modes for thin-client roles |
| Peripherals | Printers, scanners, badge readers, USB redirection | Compatibility check; alternatives where unsupported |
| Hardware | ChromeOS Flex eligibility check | Repurpose eligible thin clients / PCs |
The application inventory drives scope and timeline, confirmed up front with the ChromeOS Readiness Tool.
Our process
We inventory every VDI-delivered app, peripheral and profile with the ChromeOS Readiness Tool and classify each as web, PWA, retained-VDI or local.
A representative group of roles moves first, VDI clients deployed, web workloads moved off VDI, to validate experience and peripherals.
We stand up web/PWA equivalents, keep Citrix/Horizon for the workloads that need it, and confirm USB redirection and peripherals.
Devices are enrolled into Chrome Enterprise and policies pushed from the Admin console, in waves, using V-Launcher to surface the right apps and VDI sessions per role.
We confirm every migrated role has working apps, VDI sessions, peripherals and access before sign-off.
Training, quick-reference guides and hypercare support drive confident adoption.
Why Codimite
ChromeOS migration is a core Codimite practice, delivered as a Chrome Enterprise Partner: our own ChromeOS Readiness Tool classifies your VDI app estate, V-Launcher surfaces the right apps and sessions per role, and we keep Citrix/Horizon only where it genuinely adds value.
Get a QuoteChrome Enterprise Partner. ChromeOS migration is a core Codimite practice, not a side service.
ChromeOS Readiness Tool. Our own tooling classifies your VDI app estate so you keep only the virtual desktops you actually need.
V-Launcher. Our app-surfacing layer gives each role the right web, PWA and VDI sessions from day one on ChromeOS.
Honest scoping. We keep Citrix/Horizon where it genuinely adds value and move the rest, so you cut cost without breaking workflows.
FAQs
Yes, ChromeOS runs Citrix Workspace and VMware Horizon clients, so your virtual desktops keep working on a hardened, low-cost endpoint while web-ready apps leave VDI.
Yes, you keep VDI for the workloads that need it and run those sessions from ChromeOS, paying only for the virtual desktops you still use.
Days for a pilot; two to eight weeks for a full fleet, driven by app-compatibility complexity and profile/peripheral count.
Yes, verified boot, sandboxing, automatic updates and kiosk/single-app modes make ChromeOS well suited to locked-down thin-client roles.
Often, ChromeOS Flex can convert eligible existing devices into managed ChromeOS endpoints.
Still comparing platforms? Read ChromeOS vs Windows: Compared for the security and TCO case behind the move.
Codimite, a Chrome Enterprise Partner, migrates your Citrix and VMware Horizon VDI endpoints to ChromeOS with an evidence-based readiness assessment, app remediation, fleet enrolment and adoption support. Start with a free quote.
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