Use this guide to understand the stages you need to go through when determining if Desktop Virtualization is truly the right fit for your organization. Visit www.isDVrightforme.com for unbiased advice from virtualization experts.

1. Is DV right for me?
Use this guide to understand the stages you need to go
through when determining if Desktop Virtualization
is truly the right fit for your organization.

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3. After deploying the appropriate app
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a minimum of 30 business days for dat ommend
a collection. Once this is complete
begin to logically group the users and we can
analyze them based on the departmen
or roles within your organization. ts
Now application usage and frequency
determined by use case. A group of kno can be
wledgeable DV experts then compile
highlighting the optimal ways to del a report
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case.
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Group all endpoints into logical user gro
ups to further assess your unique need
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Considerations:
o Are all departments going to work
properly in DV?
o What types of applications and how
often are they being utilized by each user
o Are all your applications supported group?
in DV?
o What is the best possible route for
each user group?
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4. At this stage we leverage further metering technology to gather actual performance
characteristics from all endpoints, users and applications in the environment.
With this data we can now determine the true viability of each desktop delivery
strategy per user group as well as what additional hardware and software you will
need to invest in to support it. Essentially we are gathering information for and
against the DV business case by use case.
Professional opinion:
Analyze performance of all hardware and applications being utilized by each of your user groups
Considerations:
o What possible DV routes work best for each user group defined?
o Who are the suitable candidates for DV?
o Based upon viable candidates, what network and storage requirements will be needed?
o What is the TCO and ROI associated with adopting DV for viable candidates?
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5. At Softchoice we work with all the leading Desktop Virtualization players in the
market. This means we offer you a variety of solutions to meet your standards, budget
requirements and personal preferences. Now that we have successfully diagnosed your
environment and determined the best course of action for your desktops, we can assist
you in understanding the various options available. Working together with you we can
design a solution that’s right for your environment.
Professional opinion:
Create a narrowed focus on who and how to implement DV
Considerations:
o Which DV technology works best for you?
the solution?
o Which storage and networking vendors can best support
ing a certain technology
o Are additional specialists needed to assist in understand
prescription and avoid any bad reactions?
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6. Once a solution has been built, Softchoice can assist in ‘applying the treatment’
by working with you on a technical proof of concept. With our professional services
team and partners across North America, we can assist in the full deployment of the
technology within your environment.
Professional opinion:
Present the best prescription suited to your organization’s unique internal symptoms.
Considerations:
o Are our technical experts needed to help build POC’s?
o Is assistance of our local specialists needed to deliver and implement the DV project?
o What are the special implementation treatments required for your
diagnosed symptoms?
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7. Our support doesn’t end there.
Softchoice is a leading Nor
th American provider of IT
the efficiency of a nation solutions and services. We
al IT supplier with the tou combine
solutions provider. With a ch and technical expertise
network of more than 40 loc of a local
call centers, Softchoice supp al offices supported by fou
orts the technology needs r regional
the U.S. and Canada. From of over 19,000 organization
in-person consultations to s
we’re helping organization advanced solution design and across
s everywhere maximize the delivery,
harness the power of innova efficiency of their techno
tion. logy and
The Desktop Virtualization
Unlike other assessments, Viability Assessment.
Softchoice’s Desktop Virtua
avoids the pitfalls of an “all lization Viability Assessmen
-or-nothing” approach whe t (DVVA)
strategy. Instead, we develo n creating a desktop delive
p an in-depth view of divers ry
best course of action for e use-cases and chart out
each one. This is how we ens the
experience to users across ure delivery of an optimal
the entire organization. desktop
Softchoice’s vendor-agnos
tic DVVA determines the via
virtualization in your des bility and potential extent
ktop environment, based on of
We make no assumptions, hav the requirements of end-us
e no bias towards the implem ers.
and the feedback we delive entation of desktop virtua
r is tailored to reflect the lization,
For us, desktop virtualiz realities of each environme
ation provides an opportuni nt.
a ‘high-risk high-reward’ ty to help clients effective
proposition – and we take ly navigate
that responsibility very ser
iously.
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