Windows Virtual Desktop is indeed a very important change in the Desktop As A Service in the IT world. The public preview is still a bit difficult to use and doesn’t seem to be quite fit for end user consumption yet, however if anything it will draw more public attention to the various options available for Desktop As A Service, and broaden the solution set for partners.
So far the only really viable options seemed to be Citrix, VMWare, Amazon workspaces, or NetConnect (by Northbridge Secure).
I have a preference for NetConnect because it’s so much more cost effective and so much easier than the other solutions to use. You can run it in your own infrastructure or any cloud you want, it’s compatible with traditional Remote Desktop, and very user-friendly. Plus it’s got all the DeX compatibility and HTML5 client that WVD is pushing as well – they even have a mouse for ipad users.
All in all, it’ll be interesting to see if a multi-user Windows 10 makes a real different from a standard RDS server – if it doesn’t there’s a good chance I’ll stick to NetConnect…
Biting the hand that feeds IT
