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Top 10 Myths of Cloud Hosted Desktops
Top 10 Myths of Cloud Hosted Desktops
Top 10 Myths of Cloud Hosted Desktops
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Only Shared Session-Based Desktops Can Be
Used for DaaS
Many believe that you can only use a shared desktop technology like terminal
services to deliver DaaS. This is true when looking at traditional VDI technology.
However, VDI technology with true multi-tenancy like the Horizon DaaS Platform,
is capable of delivering full featured VDI desktops. A dedicated virtual desktop
delivers a user experience that surpasses that of terminal services. This makes
the DaaS user experience consistently strong regardless of how many people
concurrently access their desktops. A dedicated desktop allows users to work
with their desktop in the same manner they work with their traditional physical
PC. They can customize it and install applications.
Even if shared desktop technologies could be rigged for DaaS, they wouldnt
necessarily be appropriate for all users for the simple reason that they do not
allow local installations. Commonly used online services, such as WebEx, Skype
and Dropbox, would be off limits, rendering the solution ineffective.
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DaaS Delivers Poor User Experience
better than, a rich
The Horizon DaaS user experience is as good, if not
d terminal services
client experience, and significantly better than a share
based desktop.
may be physically far
Horizon DaaS enables rapid servicing of users who
ize performance by
away from the VDI datacenter. With DaaS, you can optim
desktop providers. That
partnering with VMware or other proven cloud-hosted
where proximity to users
way you can take advantage of global data centers
econd latency. Horizon
and world-class infrastructure results in sub-20 millis
se best-fit protocols for
DaaS Powered service providers also allow you to choo
match depending on the
task workers, graphics and video needs, and mix and
use case.
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DaaS Wont Work with
Your Onsite IT Assets
Many believe that becaus
e their desktop is now in
IT assets located onsite. the cloud, they cant ac
Horizon DaaS is designe cess
any IT asset. This includ d to securely work with
es resources that are on virtually
offsite at your Horizon Da site at your organization
aS Powered service, su or
Directory and enterprise ch as shared storage, Ac
applications. Horizon Da tive
can also integrate with oth aS Powered service pro
er cloud services for an viders
Users will be able to use enhanced overall offering
their cloud-hosted desk .
their old physical PC. tops exactly how they us
ed
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Migrating Users to DaaS is Hard
cially when you compare migrating
Its actually a lot easier than you think, espe
rs can customize their desktops to
DaaS users to replacing a PC or laptop. Use
also install their own applications
look and feel exactly as theyd like. They can
al desktops can connect to
and data. And, because Horizon DaaS virtu
ers and monitors, employees can
peripherals such as local and network print
. Its simple, fast and requires
use their desktops just as they have in the past
multi-tenant platform can also
little to no user training. The Horizon DaaS
e it with multiple customers. This
provide the ability to partition a server and shar
stores and VLANs per customer,
is done securely by providing separate data
provider to achieve 100%
allowing the Horizon DaaS Powered service
fulfillment of complete resources.
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The Disconnected Use
Case is a
Deal-Breaker
Cloud-hosted desktops,
as well as traditional VD
device to be connected I, require the users
. However, this is not a big
In fact, Wi-Fi and 3G/4G issue for businesses.
has become so prevalen
any instances where thi t, we havent heard of
s prevented an organiza
reaping substantial bene tion from adopting and
fits from cloud-hosted de
sktops.
The reality is that most us
ers dont need continual
disconnected access. Ma or even frequent
ny people who need to
generally want it at ad ho be connected
c times for email, and the
easily with wireless and y can do that pretty
Wi-Fi, and devices like sm
The few users who do ne artphones and iPads.
ed continual connections
with rich laptops. can be provisioned
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