Integrate home office employees optimally with Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS)
In order to ensure business operations in Corona times, many employees were connected to the company network from home with partly provisional solutions. Companies are now looking for secure and reliable solutions to enable their employees to work from home for longer periods of time.
Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) or also called Cloud Desktops are ideally suited for this use case.
Cloud Desktops are virtualized desktops which runs in the data center of the Provider. Every employee has his or her own Cloud Desktop, which can be accessed everywhere and with almost any end device. The Cloud Desktops of a company are networked with each other, but strictly separated from other customer Cloud Desktops. A connection to the company network can be implemented centrally via a secure tunnel. Cloud Desktops behave in this case like physical PCs in the company and have the same access to resources like network shares, printers, ...
Desktop-as-a-Service offers even more advantages:
Transparent usage-based pricing model
Cloud Desktops are billed monthly according to the number of provided desktops. This allows to react quickly and flexibly to changing circumstances. A long-term contract commitment or planning where resources (HW, SW) must be planned and ordered in advance, is not applicable.
Secure access and protection of company data
Cloud Desktops are accessed via highly secure and encrypted connections. Multifactor authentication ensures that only authorized people can access the desktops. Cloud Desktops only transmit image information to the end device (PC, notebook, tablet). Also there is no network connection between the virtual environment and the end device which is an immense security advantage over other solutions. This means that no malware can get from the end device into the company network and no company data can get to the end device.
Quick setup and scalable
New Cloud Desktop environments are deployed within hours. New desktops even within minutes. Cloud Desktops can be loaded with existing software distribution tools, or deployed using build in custom image deployment capabilities.
Saving resources and budget and fully manageable.
Due to the network separation, the cloud desktop can be accessed from any end device without the risk of being infected with malware. So if employees have already private end devices, there is no need to provide them to provide them with cost-intensive company-owned notebooks. A complex VPN connection from the end device to the cloud desktop is also not necessary. Corporate IT can centrally manage the Cloud Desktop environment and assign differentiated rights or access options.
First-class user experience
Cloud Desktops are full-featured desktops with all applications and settings. The usage does not require any rethinking or differentiation for the employees. Together with the flexible and easy access, Cloud Desktops have the best user experience of all home office solutions.
Summary
If you are looking for a flexible, secure and user-friendly home office solution, you should definitely take a look at Desktop-as-a-Service solutions. The pay-as-you-use approach and above all the possibility that employees' private end devices can also be used make Cloud Desktops very interesting from a cost perspective.
As with any cloud service, it should be checked in advance whether the provider can offer its services in compliance with DSVGO and is not subject to a US CLOUD Act.
