*It is always best to check with your Microsoft Licenses representative to verify what coverage and licenses are required. If you are running VDI, any devices not covered by Microsoft Windows SA will need a separate VDA license. VDA on the other hand is the license each user-owned device needs in order to access a VDI desktop. If you want a multitude of devices to be able to access one desktop then a VDI solution is a good choice. VDI is the actual solution and platform itself. It is important to know the difference when implementing a virtualization solution on your campus. Non-persistent desktops are often used for students and in environments such as public libraries, where any saved files are only needed temporarily, and users don’t have a personal login. So, when the user logs back in they will be greeted with the same standard desktop as every other user, regardless of what changes they made previously. With a non-persistent desktop, all changes will be removed when logging off, and frequently the virtual machines are destroyed and regenerated anew. Persistent desktop mode is best for VDI desktops being used for employees to work on a remote desktop since all their work and files will be saved and they can access them each time they log on. This will not affect the desktops of any other users.

For example, if they were to change the desktop background, this change would persist between login sessions. It can also improve security since data is not kept on any user-owned devices, meaning if their laptop or any device they’re accessing the remote desktop on has been stolen or misplaced, no campus data can be taken from it.Ī persistent virtual desktop offers each user an assigned desktop where the user can save their work and any changes made to the look and feel of the virtual desktop. This can drastically lower costs since campuses can leverage the one-to-many concurrency of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Every device accessing the pool of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure desktops is essentially accessing one virtual machine.

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