A comprehensive virtual desktop solution requires a number of parts: machine virtualization at the server, a connection broker, an access protocol, and client software. By the end of the 2009 Microsoft will have a suite with all these parts. However, it will continue to work with partner Citrix which has the XenDesktop VDI solution.
What is the Microsoft VDI Suite?
Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Suite does not represent any new technologies. It is, rather, a new licensing option where existing components of a VDI solution can be licensed as one bundle. The bundles include:
