![]() ![]() Once set up, users can connect to their new desktop from PCs, Macs, iPads and Android-based tablets, including Amazon's own Kindle Fire family, after installing dedicated client-side software. Otherwise, users have to sign in to WorkSpaces with a separate password. WorkSpaces desktops can be integrated with Active Directory, which allows users to sign in with their regular credentials. Running desktop apps on a server OS is more complicated than running them on a desktop OS, he noted. "Whether you regard as a compromise or not, it is certainly going to have challenges in terms of ISV support for applications," Hill said. Amazon is using Windows Server because Microsoft's licensing terms for the server OS are more straightforward than for cloud-based versions of its desktop OSes, according to Hill. The desktop it offers is based on Windows Server 2008 R2 with RDS (Remote Desktop Services), which gives users an environment that looks like Windows 7. are welcome to evaluate the service, but if end users are located more than 2,000 miles from the two data centers the "experience may be less responsive," Amazon said. WorkSpaces is initially available from data centers North Virginia and Oregon with more locations coming soon, according to Amazon. There are also concerns about security, availability and how to manage the whole lifecycle of a desktop, according to Hill.īut vendors have to start somewhere. The key is how you decide which users can survive on a hosted desktop, and I think that might be a small proportion for some organizations," Hill said. Emulating exactly what you have today with a large application portfolio could become a significant undertaking. But you have to test and validate all those applications. Vendors have to ensure good performance of applications that require access to middleware or databases that are physically segregated from where the desktops are hosted. But there are a number hurdles vendors have to overcome," said Nathan Hill, research director at Gartner. I think there is a strong interest from organizations that want to move away from deploying the infrastructure themselves and making the up front capital investment. ![]() "It's very early days from a maturity perspective. But such virtual desktops have struggled to gain mass market acceptance, and success won't come easy for these new services in the short term. DaaS, or hosted desktops, comprise OSes and applications executed in the vendor's data center and then sent across the Internet to be displayed to the user. ![]()
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