Deliver Desktops from the Data Center

Tighten control of corporate assets and simplify desktop management with VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). This comprehensive desktop virtualization solution lets you replace traditional PCs with virtual machines that you can manage from the data center in order to:

·         Extend powerful VMware Infrastructure 3 capabilities such as business continuity and disaster recovery to your desktops.

·         Streamline desktop management to reduce operating costs and increase control.

·         Deliver complete desktop environments with greater application compatibility.

Now with the new VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 2—For simplified management and secure provisioning of virtual desktops. Download the VMware VDI data sheet for more information or get a free evaluation copy of VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and try it for yourself.

VMware VDI: An Integrated Desktop Virtualization Solution

VMware VDI is an integrated desktop virtualization solution that delivers enterprise-class control and manageability with a familiar user experience. VMware VDI, built on VMware’s industry leading and proven virtualization platform, provides new levels of efficiency and reliability for your virtual desktop environment.

With VMware VDI, you get the proven VMware Infrastructure 3 software along with VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM), an enterprise-class desktop management server that securely connects users to virtual desktops in the data center and provides an easy to use web-based interface to manage the centralized environment. VMware VDI provides users with desktop business continuity, high availability and disaster recovery capabilities that until now were available only for mission-critical server applications.

Streamline Management, Reduce Costs & Increase Security

Organizations worldwide use VMware VDI to streamline desktop management, increase security, and reduce costs. Using VMware VDI, the time it takes to deploy a desktop is typically reduced to minutes, optimizing the value of IT resources and getting end users productive faster. VMware VDM is a flexible and intuitive desktop management server enabling IT administrators to quickly provision and tightly control user access. With these operational and security savings, customers realize a significant return on investment from their VMware VDI deployments.

Deliver Complete Desktop Environments for a Familiar User Experience

With VMware VDI, end users get a complete, unmodified virtual desktop that behaves just like a normal PC. There is no change to the applications or desktop environment, no application sharing and no retraining required. Administrators can allow users to install applications, customize their desktop environment and use local printers and USB devices. Users also get better support with VMware VDI because Help Desk technicians can perform tasks in the data center that would normally require an in-person visit.

Features

·         End-to-end Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Functionality

·         Simplified Desktop Management & Secure Provisioning with VMware VDM

·         Familiar End-user Experience

·         Seamless Integration with VMware Infrastructure 3

End-to-end Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Functionality

·         Central administration of desktops from any location: Manage virtual desktops in a data center where you can more easily perform upgrades, patches and desktop maintenance.

·         Scalable management: Store and manage thousands of virtual desktops on hundreds of physical servers from a single management console.

·         Streamlined provisioning: Deploy new desktops in minutes instead of days or weeks using automatic desktop provisioning.

·         Desktop isolation: Give each end user an isolated virtual desktop and help to eliminate the availability and performance problems associated with shared application technologies.

Simplified Desktop Management & Secure Provisioning with VMware VDM

·         Desktop management: Deploy VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM) to manage connections between remote users and centralized virtual desktops.

·         Flexible provisioning: Deploy individual desktops for each user or create persistent and non-persistent desktop pools.

·         Strong network security: Protect sensitive corporate information, using SSL tunneling to ensure that all connections are completely encrypted.

·         Complete integration with Microsoft Active Directory: Control access to centralized desktops using your existing directory services infrastructure.

·         Failure redundancy: Enable a high level of fault tolerance for your virtual desktop infrastructure with robust technology for connection redundancy and reliability.

·         Support for strong authentication: RSA, The Security Division of EMC, has certified that Virtual Desktop Manager 2 is interoperable with RSA SecurID® and provides the added security of two-factor authentication for tightened access control.

Familiar End-user Experience

·         Application compatibility: Run off-the-shelf, legacy or custom applications with no modifications.

·         No end-user training required: Deliver complete, unmodified desktop environments to end users.

·         Flexibility: Provide end users with their own desktop that they can customize to suit their needs and access from anywhere, or provision desktops that are more restricted and revert to a known consistent state upon log-off.

·         Access to local devices: Allow users to access local printers, USB devices and other peripherals.

·         Seamless Integration with VMware Infrastructure 3

·         Unified management of servers and desktops: Use a common management interface for administration of desktops and servers throughout your virtual infrastructure.

·         Consolidated backup: Provide centralized backup for virtual desktops while helping to eliminate backup traffic from your network to improve performance.

·         Automated failover and recovery: Make it easier to keep desktops running even when server hardware goes down, and recover quickly from natural disasters and unplanned outages.

·         Dynamic load balancing: Help balance desktop computing resources automatically as user needs and application loads change over time.