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What are the key differences between DaaS and VPN?
DaaS and VPN both provide remote access to corporate resources, but they differ in important ways that IT leaders should evaluate when choosing between them.
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What are the pros and cons of DaaS?
Desktop as a service stands out for its scalability, but IT admins should also keep factors such as customizability in mind when considering their desktop virtualization options.
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How VDI supports compliance in regulated industries
Regulatory compliance is a crucial but challenging objective for many organizations. VDI can support compliance goals by strengthening security and simplifying the audit process.
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7 best practices to manage DaaS costs
An effective DaaS deployment delivers business agility without unnecessary costs. Evaluate users' virtual desktop needs from the outset to keep DaaS costs stable in the long term.
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Understanding the DaaS options for Macs
When people discuss desktop as a service, it is usually in the context of Windows desktops. For macOS, however, implementing DaaS can be more complicated.
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8 important end-user experience monitoring metrics for VDI
End-user experience monitoring allows IT to see what issues users might be experiencing and identify their root causes. Learn which metrics are most important for VDI management.
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Virtual Desktop Delivery Tools Evaluate
Comparing VDI software from Omnissa and Citrix
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Omnissa Horizon -- formerly VMware Horizon -- can simplify VDI management for IT. Discover the key differences between the vendors' offerings.
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What are the pros and cons of DaaS?
Desktop as a service stands out for its scalability, but IT admins should also keep factors such as customizability in mind when considering their desktop virtualization options.
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What are the key differences between DaaS and VPN?
DaaS and VPN both provide remote access to corporate resources, but they differ in important ways that IT leaders should evaluate when choosing between them.
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VMware desktop software and virtualization Get Started
Learn how to use VMware's OS Optimization Tool
Background features and processes can often take up precious OS resources. With VMware's OS Optimization Tool, you can run analysis and create optimization templates.
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Understanding the DaaS options for Macs
When people discuss desktop as a service, it is usually in the context of Windows desktops. For macOS, however, implementing DaaS can be more complicated.
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What are the key differences between DaaS and VPN?
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What are the pros and cons of DaaS?
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How VDI supports compliance in regulated industries
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How to configure multiple monitors for remote desktop use
Many users rely on multiple monitors for work. Making sure remote desktop experiences are seamless helps maintain user productivity and reduce IT support calls.
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How to fix keyboard connection issues on a remote desktop
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How to fix 7 common remote desktop connection problems
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6 steps for when remote desktop credentials are not working
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Understanding the difference between thin and thick clients
How do thin and thick clients compare for licensing or flexibility? These endpoints have their role in the enterprise, but they fit into organizations in very different ways.
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What is Hyper-V on Windows 11, and what can it do?
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What is a roaming profile, and how does it work?
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Running GPU passthrough for a virtual desktop with Hyper-V
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Virtual Desktop Basics
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How to configure multiple monitors for remote desktop use
Many users rely on multiple monitors for work. Making sure remote desktop experiences are seamless helps maintain user productivity and reduce IT support calls.
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What is desktop as a service (DaaS)?
Desktop as a service (DaaS) is a cloud computing offering in which a third party hosts the back end of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployment.
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What is device as a service (DaaS)?
The device as a service (DaaS) model offers PCs, smartphones and other mobile computing devices as a paid service.
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Virtual and remote desktop strategies
Broadcom to sell VMware EUC division to KKR for $3.8B
Customers that pair VMware's hypervisor with Horizon and Workspace One desktops might feel licensing jitters, but the deal could lead to more flexibility.
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Virtual and remote desktop strategies
AWS' remote work gambit: Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client
AWS rolls out a computer in a Fire TV Cube box. The $195 device gives enterprises an inexpensive end-user hardware option for remote workers and promises tighter data security.
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Virtual desktop delivery tools
Questions remain following Citrix-TIBCO merger
Investment firms Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital completed the acquisition of Citrix, but questions about partnerships and potential product spinoffs remain.
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