“Desktop as a Service allows customers to break away from the traditional desktop management practices,” said O’Brien Merrill, a VMware senior EUC cloud solutions engineer, in the VMworld 2020 session. “Customers can now manage what’s in the desktop once, installing all applications and patches into the gold image.”
DaaS vs. VDI: Challenges and Considerations
While the benefits of DaaS are strong — often bringing lower operational expenses, more security and easier end-user support — there are some questions IT departments should ask to determine which approach is right.
In many ways, VDI and DaaS are evenly matched, according to ESG’s report, but there are some differences: VDI was favored by survey respondents for data sovereignty, uptime and for extending the value of end-user hardware. DaaS, meanwhile, was seen as the best choice for shifting teams to an alternate operating system, delivering solutions to a large number of end users and supporting new applications during a merger or acquisition. The report notes that even despite these areas of strength, the difference isn’t dramatic.
“Each of the delivery models is equally positioned to deliver the potential value that businesses are looking to achieve across these outcomes,” the authors write.
Another thing worth keeping in mind is how your organization might roll out a DaaS solution. VMware’s Horizon Cloud, for example, can be added to Microsoft Azure or IBM Cloud, potentially with the help of an external provider.
However, if your organization is working with limited in-house server resources or needs to roll out a virtual desktop infrastructure quickly, DaaS carries many of the same benefits of cloud services in general.
It may be the thing that can help turn the rapid rollout of secure infrastructure into a reality.
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