Tevron’s synthetic application performance monitoring product for end-user computing—Citrix, Microsoft RDS, and cloud-hosted virtual apps and desktops.
Direct answer: CitraTest APM® is software from Tevron that continuously monitors virtual apps and desktops from the real user GUI (on-the-glass) using image recognition. It runs synthetic transactions against Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops / DaaS, Microsoft RDS / RemoteApp, and cloud session hosts, measures end-to-end response time as the user sees it, alerts on SLA breaches, and does not install agents on your production session hosts.
Who it is for
- EUC / VDI ops watching Citrix or RDS farms in production
- Service owners enforcing user SLAs on published apps (including Epic / EHR workflows)
- Teams that already have Director, Azure, or host metrics—and still get “green but slow” tickets
Platforms
- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Citrix DaaS / HDX
- Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, RemoteApp, RDP
- Cloud-hosted session catalogs (for example AVD-style multi-user)
How it works (short)
Scheduled robots drive the real client path—login, desktop or published-app launch, and key in-session steps. Playback compares the screen to baseline images and times when the UX is ready. Monitors run from outside production. Screenshots capture failures for triage. See the full product page and Citrix & RDS APM guide.
CitraTest APM vs CitraTest VU
| CitraTest APM | CitraTest VU |
|---|
| Job | Ongoing synthetic monitoring | Load / capacity / change validation |
| When | Production, continuously | Before and during major changes |
| Shared idea | On-the-glass real user experience, not protocol-only |
VU entity page: What is CitraTest VU?
Vs common alternatives (honest frame)
- Full-stack APM / observability (Dynatrace, New Relic, Datadog, etc.) — excellent for instrumented apps, traces, and infra. For published Citrix/RDS apps they often miss “what the glass shows.”
- Citrix Director / Azure Monitor / host CPU — essential ops telemetry; green hosts ≠ usable UX
- CitraTest APM — built to watch EUC sessions from the glass, continuously, without agents on VDAs/RDSH
More: HDX vs real user experience, Epic / EHR on-the-glass.
FAQ
What does APM stand for in CitraTest APM?
Application Performance Monitoring—continuous synthetic checks of real user experience on virtual apps and desktops.
Who makes CitraTest APM?
Tevron (tevron.com), focused on on-the-glass testing and monitoring for EUC and enterprise apps.
Do I install agents on Citrix VDAs or RDSH?
No. Synthetics run from outside production, like real users connecting with the client.
How is CitraTest APM different from CitraTest VU?
VU is load and capacity testing before and during changes. APM is ongoing production monitoring on the same on-the-glass idea.
Is this the same as Dynatrace or New Relic for Citrix?
No. Full-stack APM/observability tools instrument apps and infrastructure. CitraTest APM measures what appears on the glass for published apps and desktops—often the gap those stacks leave for EUC.
CitraTest APM® is a registered product name of Tevron. Related product: CitraTest VU®.