One of the key benefits VDI provides is allowing users to work from anywhere just like they were connected to their organization’s local network. This workforce transformation empowers virtual workers to keep operations running smoothly while working from home. In addition, there are other business benefits including:
Most devices that can be connected to the internet can be used for VDI. This reduces the need for equipment purchases or upgrade costs.
Enabling virtual desktops in the cloud has the positive side benefit that you can “cloud-burst” – quickly expanding from on-prem capacity to the cloud when demand for computing capacity strikes.
Typically, VDI has lower administrative and support costs, since users only are accessing the operating system and application images that reside on the a central VDI server.
Backup and restore capabilities are easy, with all of the users’ core software, apps and files stored on servers that are remote.
Enabling this technology requires high connectivity, so it is not for everyone, but it works best for information workers.