In June, C/D/H introduced virtual desktops and hosted a panel discussion at the Educational Technology Leadership Conference. C/D/H discussed the benefits and drawbacks of VDI, deployment considerations and the key players in the space. Check out our slide deck to find out more about virtual desktops and if they are right for you.

1. CDH
VMware, Microsoft, or Citrix: Whose
CDH Virtual Desktop is Right for You?
June 2010

2. CDH Quick Facts
About U
Ab Us Approach
A h Partnerships
P hi
• 20th Year • Vendor Agnostic • Microsoft Gold
• Grand Rapids & • Non-reseller • VMware Enterprise
Royal Oak • Professional • Cisco Premier
• 25 Staff Services Only • Novell Platinum
• Citrix Silver

3. CDH Expertise
Project M
P j t Management
t Infrastructure
I f t t
Collaboration Access & Identity Management

4. CDH Agenda
• Overview of VDI
• Benefits of Hosted Desktops
• VDI Drawbacks
D b k
• Key Players
y y

5. CDH Overview
• SBC - Server based computing
– Centralized Distributed Centralized
• Virtualization
– Decoupling OS from hardware
– Sharing hardware resources
• VDI - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
– Hosted virtual desktops
– Combination of SBC and virtualization

6. CDH Expectations
2008 IDC Report

7. CDH Desktop Management
• TCO for the traditional corporate desktop
– $3500 and $5000 per user per year
user,
– End user operational costs nearly 45%
• Hosted virtual desktops 2% to 12% more
cost effective than traditional PCs

8. CDH Physical vs Virtual
vs.
Cost Physical Virtual
Desktop Desktop
Client hardware $400 $300
Server hardware - $250
Virtual desktop solution - $220
PC deployment costs $185 $25
Operations: Support, software $600 $392
deployment, backup, security, virus
protection
End-user operations: Training, self- $2215 $704
support
Annual downtime cost $90 $30
TOTAL $3490 $1921
Gartner TCO Comparison of PCs with Server-Based Computing

9. CDH Components
• Virtualization platform
– Highly available, resource load balancing
• C
Connection B k
ti Broker
• Endpoint
–D k
Desktop, l laptop,
thin client
• Hosted desktop
• Application
deployment
process/solution

10. CDH Benefits
• Longer life of endpoint devices
• Centralized administration
• Improved security
– All data stored in datacenter
• Speed of deployment
– New user
– New operating system
– Updates / patches
• Single image – hardware independence
– No longer need multiple images
• Better hardware utilization
• Hi h availability
Higher il bilit

11. CDH Drawbacks
• Large initial investment
– Servers for virtualization infrastructure
– FC or iSCSI SAN for shared storage
– Network infrastructure
• More expensive than other SBC solutions
– Cost benefit analysis
• IT training
• Reliance on network connectivity
• End-user experience
End user

12. CDH Key Players
• VMware
– View
– Virtual Infrastructure / vSphere
• Citrix Systems
– XenDesktop
– XenApp (Presentation Server)
– XenServer
• Microsoft
– Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services)
– Hyper-V
– Wi d
Windows S
Server and workstation operating
d k t ti ti
systems

13. CDH Feature Comparison
Feature Microsoft Citrix VMware
Infrastructure Microsoft Citrix / Microsoft / VMware VMware
Assigned Desktop X X X
Desktop Pools X X X
Secure Remote Access RDS Gateway Access Gateway Security Server
Application Deployment App-V XenApp ThinApp
RemoteApp
SCCM
Profile Management
g Roaming p
g profiles Profile Manager
g Microsoft
Folder redirection Folder redirection User/data disk
Shared storage No Provisioning Services View Composer
Offline desktops No No Yes (Experimental)
Image Updating SCCM vDisk Recompose
Web console X X X

14. CDH Licensing
Microsoft Citrix VMware
VDI Standard Suite Standard Enterprise
- RDS CAL (Basic) - Virtual Infrastructure - Virtual Infrastructure
-MDOP - Desktop Delivery - vCenter Server
Controller
- Virtual Machine Manager Advanced - View Manager
- Configuration Manager - Pooling, HA, XenMotion Premier
- Operations Manager - Provisioning Services - View Composer
VDI Premium Suite Enterprise - Offline Desktop
- RDS CAL (Unrestricted) - XenApp for Desktops - ThinApp
- App-V for RDS Platinum
-Edgesight
- WAN Optimization

15. CDH Conclusion – Which is Right for Me?
• A Few Questions to Ask Yourself:
– Do Virtual desktops still make sense to you?
– Do you already have one of these vendors in your
environment and have experience with it?
– Is there a particular feature that is very important to
you available in only one of the vendor’s solutions?
– Are you already partially or fully licensed for one of
these solutions?
– Do you have in-house expertise or a qualified partner
to help you with the solution?

16. CDH Questions?

17. CDH Thank You
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