Desktop as a service

<h5>What is desktop as a service (DaaS)?</h5> <p>A virtual desktop houses an employee’s entire desktop—icons, wallpaper, windows, folders, toolbars, widgets, etc.—on a cloud-based remote server, instead of on the employee’s PC or other device.&nbsp;This gives employees anytime/anywhere access to their entire business desktop from multiple onsite or remote devices, such as their home PC, smartphone or tablet.</p> <p>Desktop as a service delivers a cloud-hosted virtual desktop as a paid subscription, usually by the seat.&nbsp;A third-party service provider delivers a single application to multiple users, or &quot;tenants,&quot; and manages the desktop infrastructure.&nbsp;</p> <h5>What are the business benefits of desktop as a service?</h5> <p>By switching from traditional, locally managed desktop environments to a virtual desktop as a service, an organization can:</p> <ul> <li>Help employees be more productive, since all they need is an Internet connection from any device, anywhere.</li> <li>Streamline the provision of new desktops and reduce the IT support costs of user desktop management.</li> <li>Eliminate the need for IT teams to install, update and patch applications, back up files, and scan for viruses on individual client devices.</li> <li>Streamline management of software assets.</li> <li>Increased agility and flexibility, using a simple subscription-based model that allows scaling up or down depending on demand.</li> <li>Optimize data and device security, since confidential company data no longer resides on personal devices that can be lost, stolen or hacked.</li> <li>Extend the life of older PCs and notebooks by converting them to “thin client” devices that perform only as a virtual desktop.&nbsp;</li> </ul>

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