NetScaler HA on Microsoft Azure “Planned Maintenance”

Citrix NetScaler High Availability on Microsoft Azure has never been an easy subject, especially after Microsoft supported multi IP/NICs on Azure Virtual Machines a couple of months ago. The debate still rages on today about how NetScaler HA should be configured, nevertheless, a recent announcement by Microsoft on a New Planned Maintenance Experience for Azure Virtual Machines could change all that. Let’s discuss NetScaler HA options on Azure before diving into the New Planned Maintenance Experience “Proactive-Redeploy.”