Features of Microsoft Desktop Virtualization

Microsoft Desktop Virtualization offers a comprehensive suite of solutions to address today’s business challenges; enabling organizations to provide their employees the flexibility to work everywhere on a range of devices, while simplifying compliance and business continuity through a centralized and unified management infrastructure.

1. Breadth and Depth of Experience

For more than 20 years, Microsoft has been delivering a broad range of desktop virtualization solutions to fit your business needs by addressing each layer of technology, including user state, applications, operating system, and end-to-end management.

2. Rich User Experience

Microsoft provides a rich and full fidelity remote desktop experience to your knowledge workers on a range of client devices, by leveraging the power of virtualized graphics resources with Remote FX in Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1.

3. Best Value

Microsoft improves virtual machine density by up to 40%* for your server-based Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) desktops with Dynamic Memory in Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1.

4. Scalable Solution

Microsoft offers a highly scalable, lower cost session-based desktop solution with Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services (RDS), allowing for much higher user density compared to VDI.

5. Lowers Costs

Microsoft is the leader in application virtualization with best in class packaging and isolation with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), providing an average reduction in total cost of ownership up to $82/seat/year**.

6. Saves Time

Microsoft reduces sequencing time for large applications from hours to minutes with App-V Package Accelerators, allowing you to convert applications directly from ISV installation media to App-V packages.

7. Speeds Windows 7 Migration

Microsoft removes barriers to Windows® 7 migration by resolving application incompatibility with Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), which provides users with seamless access to Windows XP-based applications on the new operating system.

8. Simplified Management

Microsoft provides a single, centralized platform to manage both your physical and virtual assets—from hardware to applications, data, and the operating system—in the cloud or on premise with Microsoft System Center.

9. User Centric

With the user centric management capabilities of System Center 2012***, Microsoft Desktop Virtualization automatically detects device configurations and network conditions to deliver the most appropriate services to each user.

10. End-to-End Platform

Microsoft provides cost-effective desktop virtualization technologies out of the box with Windows client operating system (Folder Redirection, Offline Files, Roaming User Profiles), Windows Server (VDI, RDS), and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (App-V, Med-V) for Software Assurance.