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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

What is Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)?

Better application compatibility; charge by

total users

VM-level isolation; persistent experience

High scalability; charged by max concurrent users

Not persistent and no customization

VDIFull client desktops running as virtual machines (VMs)

Individual client VMs

Session virtualization Single-server desktop being shared via sessions

Single-server desktop

Current customer challenges

Virtual Desktop

(Non-Persistent)

Remote Desktop

Services

Virtual Desktop

(Persistent)

Windows or non-Windows devices

Current

state

At what cost did you

enable agility ?

How do we sustain TCO while enabling flexibility and provide compliance?Personas/profiles; access & security; data rights management; application lifecycle

Need access to apps & data

Windows environment

Traditional VDI requires a significant investment in infrastructure and licensing

x4

x4

WorkSpaces

Value Plus

All WorkSpaces bundles provide the Windows 7 experience to users (provided by Windows Server 2008 R2 with RDS)

Value

1 vCPU, 2 GB memory

10 GB storage

Standard Plus Performance Plus

Performance

2 vCPU, 7.5 GiB memory

100 GB storage

Standard

2 vCPU, 4 GB memory

50 GB storage

WorkSpaces Bundle Monthly Price

Value $25

Value Plus $40

Standard $35

Standard Plus $50

Performance $60

Performance Plus $75

• No up-front commitment

• Delete WorkSpaces at any time

• Price includes infrastructure (compute/storage/bandwidth) application access

• U.S. pricing shown (will vary based on region)

• Lack of tracking and control

An access point to documents anywhere, anytime

An easy way to share documents with your colleagues

A place to review and markup any document

A central place for organizational control and auditing

… with a simple end-user experience

Corporate value: fully managed & highly secure

Regional

control

Encryption

at rest and

on wire

System and

document

redundancy

Document &

folder access

controls

External

sharing

control

Auditable

Owner

Contributors

Viewers

Admins

Document

access

Logins / AD

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