The Many Flavors of VDI

Many organizations continue to run Windows XP on many or all of their PC’s and desktops – mainly because migration typically requires cost hardware upgrades, time-consuming transfers of settings, and user retaining.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) utilizes server hardware to run desktop operating systems and application software inside a virtual machine. Thus, users can access virtual desktops using their already existing PC’s. This eliminates the need for workstation upgrades, and allows users to switch between programs such as Windows XP and other operating environments.

VDI offers many clear benefits; take a brief look at some of the key features:

1. Every desktop user can utilize the same image

By allowing each user to utilize the same image, the operating system as well as the installed applications reduces administrative and support costs.

2.Processing moves from individual work stations to a VDI server

With this feature, there is no need to upgrade numerous PC’s to meet the new operating system minimum hardware requirements!

3. Hardware costs can be easily managed – everything will reside in the data center

Save yourself time and money instead of buying a raft of PC’s that will be scattered around the office, you’ll acquire one premium system with redundant power supplies, UPS high-performance storage, and high-bandwidth networking that will deliver capable hardware to all users equally.

4. Maintaining a single OS image can reduce management and support costs

Install application, patches, and drivers once, and every user replying on that image benefits with the update.

5. When you encounter problems, you’ll generally have just one system to troubleshoot

Problems can be resolved from within the data center- there is no need to run out to actual PC’s. Single images are usually accessed from any connected workstation

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