Joey Snow | Senior Technical Evangelist Corey Hynes | Lead Technical Architect

Using Microsoft VDI to Enable New Workstyles 01 | Introduction to Desktop Virtualization 02 | Optimizing the User Experience 03 | Deploying Virtual Desktops with Windows Server 2012 and RDS 04 | Hyper-V for VDI 05 | Capacity Planning & Architecture 06 | Leveraging Citrix 07 | Microsoft VDI Licensing

9 New apps Device proliferation Data explosion Cloud computing

Desktops, Applications, User Data VDI and session-based desktops are just another deployment model for Windows

FIREWALL 1 platform 1 experience 3 deployment choices Desktop Sessions Corporate Office Branch Office Library / Coffee house Home Pooled VMs Personal VMs

Pooled collectionPersonal collection Single, shared master virtual machineSeparate virtual machine instance for each user OS-level changes discarded at logoff (user profile changes can persist in the user VHD) Changes retained after logoff One image to manageCoordinated with Windows Software Updates Services and Configuration Manager to avoid patch storms through excessive disk I/O Reduced requirementsUsers can install applications and be administrators on their own VM Lower deployment cost Supports user profile disk to persist user changes

CHALLENGES Enable user access to corporate applications and data from unmanaged devices and locations Balance user requirements with corporate compliance Protect against loss and leaks of sensitive corporate data Reduce cost and time to deploy new applications and updates Easily and centrally administer and manage desktops and applications Reduce consumption of bandwidth by remote users NEEDS 20

Manage physical and virtual desktops from a single console Centralized desktop lifecycle management Access desktops from any connected device Enable rich desktop experiences on thin clients and older PCs Data always locked in the data center Improved compliance through centralization Data center grade business continuity for the desktop Quicker resolution of desktop failures