Systems and methods for providing a single click access to enterprise, SaaS and cloud hosted application
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems of providing a user-selectable list of disparately hosted applications. A device intermediary to a client and one or more servers may receive a user request to access a list of applications published to the user. The device may communicate to the client the list of published applications available to the user, the list comprising graphical icons corresponding to disparately hosted applications, at least one graphical icon corresponding to a third-party hosted application of the disparately hosted applications, the third party hosted application served by a remote third-party server. The device may receive a selection from the user of the at least one graphical icon. The device may communicate, from the remote third party server to the client of the user, execution of the third party hosted application responsive to the selection by the user.
1. A method, comprising:
(a-1) receiving, by a device intermediary to a client and a plurality of servers, a request from the client to access a list of applications published to a user via a single user interface displayed by an agent executing on the client, the list of applications comprising a plurality of disparately hosted applications on a plurality of different networks, the single user interface configured to provide access to the plurality of disparately hosted applications authorized for the user;
(a-2) receiving, by the device via the agent executing on the client, a single set of authentication credentials for performing a single authentication of the user for the plurality of disparately hosted applications on the plurality of different networks;
(b-1) using, by the device, the single set of authentication credentials of the user received via the agent to: (i) perform the single authentication of the user for the plurality of disparately hosted applications, and (ii) identify different authentication credentials managed by the device for the disparately hosted applications, to authenticate the user to each of the disparately hosted applications;
(b-2) providing, by the device via the single authentication performed using the single set of authentication credentials received via the agent, the user with access to the plurality of disparately hosted applications authorized for the user using the single user interface;
(c) communicating, by the device, to the client, the list of applications published to the user for display by the agent executing on the client via the single user interface;
(d) receiving, by the device, a selection of an application from the list of applications via a single click of a graphical icon on the single user interface corresponding to a disparately hosted application of the plurality of disparately hosted applications, the graphical icon selected from a plurality of graphical icons on the single user interface corresponding to each of the plurality of disparately hosted applications; and
(e) communicating, via the device to the client responsive to the selection and the access provided from the single authentication of the user using the single set of authentication credentials, display output from execution of the application.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of disparately hosted applications comprises one or more applications hosted by one or more servers on networks external to the client and one or more applications hosted on one or more servers on a network of the client.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more applications hosted by servers on networks external to the client comprises at least one application hosted via a cloud computing service.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein (c) further comprises identifying, by the device, graphical icons corresponding to each of the disparately hosted applications of the list of published applications available for access to the user.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein (c) further comprises communicating, by the device, the list of published applications via a web page to be displayed as the single user interface by the client.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein (d) further comprises automatically performing a login, by the device, to the selected application on behalf of the user.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein (d) further comprises authenticating, by the device, the user to the selected application using authentication credentials managed by the device for the user.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein (e) further comprises communicating, by the device, display output from execution, of the application via one of streaming, a virtualized environment or a remote display protocol.
9. A system, comprising:
a device comprising a processor coupled to memory and intermediary to a client and a plurality of servers, the processor configured to:
receive a request from the client to access a list of applications published to a user via a single user interface displayed by an agent executing on the client, the list of applications comprising a plurality of disparately hosted applications on a plurality of different networks, the single user interface configured to provide access to the plurality of disparately hosted applications authorized for the user;
receive, via the agent executing on the client, a single set of authentication credentials for performing a single authentication of the user for the plurality of disparately hosted applications on the plurality of different networks;
use the single set of authentication credentials of the user received via the agent to: (i) perform the single authentication of the user for the plurality of disparately hosted applications, and (ii) identify different authentication credentials managed by the device for the disparately hosted applications, to authenticate the user to each of the disparately hosted applications;
provide, via the single authentication performed using the single set of authentication credentials received via the agent, the user with access to the plurality of disparately hosted applications authorized for the user using the single user interface;
communicate, to the client, the list of applications published to the user for display by the agent executing on the client via the single user interface;
receive a selection of an application from the list of applications via a single click of a graphical icon on the single user interface corresponding to a disparately hosted application from the plurality of disparately hosted applications, the graphical icon selected from a plurality of graphical icons on the single user interface corresponding to each of the plurality of disparately hosted applications; and
communicate, responsive to the selection and the access provided from the single authentication of the user using the single set of authentication credentials, display output from execution of the application to the client.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of disparately hosted applications comprises one or more applications hosted by one or more servers on networks external to the client and one or more applications hosted on one or more servers on a network of the client.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more applications hosted by servers on networks external to the client comprises at least one application hosted via a cloud computing service.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the device is further configured to identify graphical icons corresponding to each of the disparately hosted applications of the list of published applications available for access to the user.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the device is further configured to communicate the list of published applications via a web page to be displayed as the single user interface by the client.
14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the device is further configured to automatically perform a login to the selected application on behalf of the user.
15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the device is further configured to authenticate the user to the selected application using authentication credentials managed by the device for the user.
16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the device is further configured to communicate display output from execution of the application via one of streaming, a virtualized environment or a remote display protocol.