In our last blog, we discussed the definition of Desktop as a Service (DaaS) and outlined some of the basic benefits that this cloud-based service can provide to your organization. In this article, we continue the conversation, exploring some real-world applications of DaaS for your organization.
Two Types of DaaS
Cloud service providers typically offer two variations of DaaS – persistent desktop and nonpersistent desktop.
- Persistent desktop provides the highest degree of application compatibility and personalization. It is necessary for users that need elevated permissions, resulting in a greater cost per user than a nonpersistent desktop. A persistent desktop is an appropriate solution for developers and IT professionals.
- Nonpersistent desktop services offer the most affordable solution by distinguishing the personalization application from the underlying operating system. This allows any user to access any virtual machine (VM) and create a personalized environment. Nonpersistent desktops are a proper fit for task and knowledge workers.
In the last article, we looked at how DaaS benefits remote and hybrid workforces. But the discussion continues with real-world applications for businesses, including:
- Optimizing IT resources: Companies with task-based shift workers who need the same software to do their jobs can maximize IT resources by utilizing nonpersistent desktops and remote applications.
- Accelerating rollouts and decommissioning of equipment: Nonpersistent desktops can benefit seasonal business operations that regularly experience staffing fluctuations. They minimize the time and financial resources associated with deploying and decommissioning individual desktop users.
- Allowing contractors/partners secure access to data: Companies can increase the login security of their vendors and business partners by providing access via virtual desktops, using their own devices.
- Supporting business continuity efforts: Businesses can help protect their information against natural disasters and other onsite threats by outsourcing desktop management to cloud providers at remote data centers.
- Increasing sustainability and environmental responsibility: Utilizing cloud-based virtual desktops minimizes the amount of needed onsite hardware. Companies can reduce power consumption and lower electronic waste, lessening their impact on the environment.
The Role of Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and application solution that allows your remote employees to remain productive no matter their location or device.
Azure Virtual Desktop is a secure, scalable, and cost-effective solution, allowing companies to:
- Azure provides Windows 10 / Windows 11 desktops virtually in any location, complete with optimization for Microsoft 365 and multisession capability.
- Virtual desktop ensures that applications and data are kept compliant and safe. Built-in security features reliably stay ahead of potential threats and execute remedial action against attacks and breaches.
- DaaS makes deployment and management more intuitive, and the Azure portal allows businesses to configure networks, add users, deploy desktops, rollout applications, and employ security measures from their desktops.
- Azure and DaaS can lower costs with multisession and current licenses, as well as optimize the expense of eligible Microsoft 365 or Windows licenses already in place. Windows 10 and Windows 11 multisession support minimizes infrastructure cost, and flexible, consumption-based cost structures charge only for what is needed.
Cloud computing is the utilization of hardware and software delivered over a network, and eliminating the need to install and maintain onsite equipment. Your company can potentially save thousands of dollars by migrating strategic applications and data storage from onsite to the cloud. Cloud computing also improves data and network security, reduces or eliminates downtime, and develops a more cost-effective disaster recovery solution.
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