Optimally integrate home office employees with Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS)

In order to ensure business operations in times of Corona, many employees were connected to the company network from home using temporary solutions. Companies are now looking for secure and reliable solutions to enable their employees to work from home or on the move for longer periods of time.

Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) or cloud desktops are ideal for this use case.

With Cloud desktops are virtualized desktops that are stored in the data center of the providers are running. Each employee has their own cloud desktop, which can be accessed by can be accessed anywhere and with almost any end device. The desktops of a company are connected to each other via a network, but are strictly separate from other customer desktops. A connection to the company network can be realized centrally via a secure tunnel. Cloud desktops in this case behave like physical PCs in the company and have the same Access to resources such as network shares, printers, …

Desktop-as-a-Service offers even more advantages:

Transparent usage-based pricing model

The Cloud desktops are billed monthly according to the number of Desktops. This allows us to react quickly and flexibly to changing circumstances. become. A long-term contract commitment or planning in which resources are planned in advance (HW, SW) do not have to be ordered.

Secure access and protection of company data

Cloud desktops are accessed via highly secure and encrypted connections. Multifactor authentication ensures that only authorized persons can access the desktops. Cloud desktops only transmit image information to the end device (PC, notebook, tablet). In terms of network technology, the virtual environment and end device are separated, which is an immense security advantage over other solutions. This prevents malware from entering the company network from the end device and company data from reaching the end device.

Quick setup and scalable

New cloud desktop environments are provided within a few hours. New desktops even within minutes. Cloud desktops can be fueled with existing software distribution tools or distributed via their own image deploy functions.

Resource and budget-friendly and fully manageable.

The network technology separation, the Cloud Desktop can be accessed with any end device. Also with the employees’ private end devices, most of which are already available. This is how It is not necessary to provide these employees with company-owned notebooks. One complex VPN connection from the end device to the cloud desktop is also not necessary. Corporate IT can manage the cloud desktop environment centrally and assign differentiated rights or access options.

First-class user experience

Cloud desktops are fully-fledged desktops with all the usual applications and settings. The operation does not require employees to rethink or differentiate. Together with the flexible and simple access options, cloud desktops offer the best user experience of all home office solutions.

Summary

Who wants a looking for a flexible, secure and user-friendly home office solution should definitely take a look at Desktop-as-a-Service solutions. The pay-as-you-use approach and, above all, the possibility that the private end devices of the employees, cloud desktops can be used in a cost-efficient way. very interesting.
As with any cloud service, you should also check in advance whether the provider can offer its services in compliance with DSVGO and not, for example, to a US CLOUD Act is subject to.