Virtual Desktop Solutions

With an on-premises VDI solution, the hardware required to host the virtual desktops is located either in your own data center or at a third-party colocation facility. No matter where it is hosted, your organization is responsible for purchasing and maintaining the hardware required to host the virtual desktops. In addition, your organization’s IT team is responsible for monitoring and managing all aspects of the VDI solution, including patching and upgrading the VDI software when necessary.

When the hardware required to host the virtual desktops is hosted in the cloud using cloud-based Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions from providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google, your organization is no longer responsible for purchasing and maintaining the hardware required to host the virtual desktops. Your organization’s IT team, however, is still responsible for monitoring and managing all aspects of the VDI solution, including patching and upgrading the VDI software when necessary.

Regardless of whether the hardware required to host the virtual desktops is hosted on-premises or in the cloud, your organization’s IT department is responsible for monitoring and managing all aspects of the VDI solution, including maintaining day-to-day performance, and patching and upgrading the VDI software when necessary. An unmanaged environment is often chosen by larger organizations with a large IT department that is able to manage and have full control over a complex VDI environment.

Often referred to as Desktop as a Service (DaaS), a managed VDI solution puts the responsibility of monitoring and managing the VDI environment into the hands of a third-party DaaS provider. The underlying VDI hardware and software can be hosted on your premises, at a data center provided by the DaaS provider, or in the cloud. A managed environment is often chosen by smaller organizations that do not have the internal IT resources available to devote to managing a complex VDI environment.