Desktop as a Service and its Business Advantages

by Marc W. Owner

Desktop as a Service relieves IT responsibilities by maintaining virtual desktops and applications and is an ideal, cost effective solution for organization with low IT budgets. Earlier, IT staff used to login from individual computers to perform a task such as upgrades or system changes for each user. The concept of Desktop as a Service in a cloud hosted infrastructure works by allowing client hardware to connect with a remote server for secure access. User desktops, whether they are in-house or remote will connect to a remote server on the cloud for changes to be effected. IT staff can securely access client systems even in remote locations and perform application changes.

Business advantages of Desktop as a Service

The trends provided above from industry sources indicate that Desktop as a Service helps companies to overcome the problems of acquiring, developing and managing an internal infrastructure through desktop virtualization. Desktop as a Service (DaaS) offers numerous benefits, a few key benefits include,

For employees Desktop as a Service provides high-quality experience on any device.
For IT, the service is simple to deploy and highly secure, also Desktop as a Service is scalable
For business, it improves agility and productivity and reduces costs for organizations

In virtual desktops, data is not stored locally because they access data and applications through the cloud. With Desktop as a Service, the integration of major upgrades or patch applications is performed quickly by allowing the client computers (internal and remote) to connect to the cloud server on VPN. It is a good option for organizations that are low on budgets that face deployment challenges and when there is a need to replace client systems.