What is Azure Virtual Desktop?
Windows Virtual Desktop is a comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service running in the cloud. It’s the only virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that delivers simplified management, multi-session Windows 10, optimizations for Office 365 ProPlus, and support for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environments. Deploy and scale your Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes, and get built-in security and compliance features.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+88 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Helps Innovate
- Effective Service
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
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Azure Virtual Desktop Reviews
Aurélien B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2023
AVD is a reliable and robust solution
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Azure Virtual Desktop from other similar products?
Native integration with others MS solutions, identity management solutions and also third party solutions
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
To be honest I love the functionnalities bring by the Nerdio third party solution. It could be great to see how to integrate some of their functionnalities natively
What do you dislike most about this product?
maybe the complexity of skills needed to implement solution
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
make the right choice regarding the integrator
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Shiva S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Energy
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2023
Easy to use, but a bit price
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Azure Virtual Desktop from other similar products?
Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop application and visualization service that runs in the cloud. It provides all the benefits of a virtual desktop while offering the same tools and resources employees already use. AVD enables businesses to have an effective remote working solution providing employees the ability to work from anywhere and on any device while making deployment and management of desktops easier. It also virtualizes Microsoft 365 applications and benefits from regular security updates. All of this creates a seamless and unified desktop experience for users and organizations.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ability to set up a multi-session Windows 11 or Windows 10 deployment that delivers a scalable full Windows experience Microsoft 365 Application and optimize it to run in multi-user virtual scenarios Provides Windows 7 virtual desktops with free Extended Security Updates Can take existing Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and Windows Server desktops and applications to any computer Virtualize both desktops and applications Manage desktops and applications from different Windows and Windows Server operating systems with a unified management experience
What do you dislike most about this product?
Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop application and visualization service that runs in the cloud. It provides all the benefits of a virtual desktop while offering the same tools and resources employees already use. AVD enables businesses to have an effective remote working solution providing employees the ability to work from anywhere and on any device while making deployment and management of desktops easier. It also virtualizes Microsoft 365 applications and benefits from regular security updates. All of this creates a seamless and unified desktop experience for users and organizations.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop application and visualization service that runs in the cloud. It provides all the benefits of a virtual desktop while offering the same tools and resources employees already use. AVD enables businesses to have an effective remote working solution providing employees the ability to work from anywhere and on any device while making deployment and management of desktops easier. It also virtualizes Microsoft 365 applications and benefits from regular security updates. All of this creates a seamless and unified desktop experience for users and organizations.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
Mateusz K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jan 2023
Very intuitive
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Azure Virtual Desktop from other similar products?
Close ties with Microsoft ecosystem
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Speed of spinning up new VMs
What do you dislike most about this product?
Rare stability issues
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Use Microsoft's documentation
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- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Caring