Azure Virtual Desktop

Azure Virtual Desktop

Azure Virtual Desktop

56 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure Virtual Desktop	Score 8.4 out of 10	N/A	Azure Virtual Desktops are a comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service running in the cloud.	N/A

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Azure Virtual Desktop

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Azure Virtual Desktop
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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	Azure Virtual Desktop
Considered Both Products	Azure Virtual Desktop Mihail Marinov Project Liaison Manager Chose Azure Virtual Desktop No real competition, Azure Virtual Desktop has a lot fewer problems and is much more usable than Citrix DaaS in my experience. I found my time with Citrix DaaS quite unsettling and issues were flagged daily. I would select Azure Virtual Desktop any day and likely stick to it if … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Azure Virtual Desktop Licensing is much more cost effective as our users are not regularly using remote access. Having to purchase user cal's "just in case" was expensive. Citrix over the last few years has become more difficult with licensing and support. We were glad to move away. As our users … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Azure Virtual Desktop As I've mentioned before, The license cost for Citrix is higher atm. Plus, hosting and infrastructure also added up in up front cost. With AVD Plus enterprise licensing, we are just paying what we are using withing Azure network. It's not complete solution but it's best if you … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Azure Virtual Desktop functionality & pricing. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Azure Virtual Desktop The most important reason to select the Azure Virtual Desktop solution for our client was the cloud infrastructure. We had already switched the Azure Active Directory with many other Servers as Virtual Machines in the Azure platform as well as total Office 365 implementation. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Azure Virtual Desktop For us Parallels RAS is still more a "onpremise" solution, with Azure Virtual Desktop we can really leverage the power of the cloud. We can spin up additional hosts if the load is too high and spin down hosts in the night to cut costs. Not being bound to onpremise hardware makes … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Azure Virtual Desktop This is primary virtualization tool I have used. Have experience with VMWare suite and this has similar features and ease of use. Pricing was slightly lower and one of the factors. We also use Azure for our M365 deployment and was a easier carry over to stay in the Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Zeel Pandya SAP ABAP Consultant Chose Azure Virtual Desktop The above-mentioned are only single-purpose software and no doubt they do the job but, AVD itself is a whole suit of services. easy use of UI makes it a greater choice among others. the best thing about AVD is the ability to let multiple users connect rather than one instance … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Azure Virtual Desktop We also tested Nutanix Frame and VMware Horizon Cloud, but it turned out that using Nerdio together with Azure Virtual Desktop is the best combination that is saving us a lot of time (for setup, configuration, and management), but also with this combination we are also saving a … Incentivized Helpful? EO Edgard Ocampo IT system Admin Chose Azure Virtual Desktop I have not used any other services similar to Azure Virtual Desktop. I have only seen demos and videos but have not tried them or tried implementing them into our environment at the office. I know there are plenty of options available but security is our biggest concern to us Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose Azure Virtual Desktop We moved most of our workflow to Microsoft Azure and it is wise to choose AVD and It very well suits for virtual environment requirements and application access. Incentivized Helpful? Zayed Rais Program Analyst Chose Azure Virtual Desktop It is better manageability of the resources to reduce the cost. Easy to configure the virtual desktop and access anywhere at any time. Autoscale up the VM on high demands time and then reduce it automatically. Azure Virtual Desktop provides the best security to our application … Incentivized Helpful? 🐿 Matthew Karsten Founder Chose Azure Virtual Desktop All exploring options for virtual desktops, Azure Windows Virtual Desktop, has a significant advantage with ease of use as most users are familiar with the windows operating system. This makes it possible for any user to do their best work, and with Azure Windows Virtual … Incentivized Helpful? DG Diane Gannon Sr. Systems Technician Chose Azure Virtual Desktop They are all part of my company's environment. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Azure Virtual Desktop I think that the cloud based [Azure] Windows Virtual Desktop is the future and sets the precedent for how these should be configured in the future. I've used cheap options and other more expensive options, but VD is the best when compared to Citrix or freeware. I would … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Lab Services is excellent for small scale classes but once you reach a particular density or need to serve entire school or district level resources you need to move into WVD. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Azure Virtual Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend	7.1 (17 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure Virtual Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft 1. Overall we had excellent cost reduction after migrating from Citrix. We no longer need per-user CALs, and can scale our environment down to match usage. 2. Since the hosts are in Azure, Multi-session Windows 11 is fantastic. 3. Ability to Scale up to meet usage has saved us during several critical outages. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Better computing power Configurable System and as per team needs configuration can be added or removed at ease Internet Connectivity within the cloud system is way better than our home / office internet connections No heating issues on personal machines, leaving all the worry on actual data center machines Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Microsoft While it is PaaS it would be nice to have some monitoring insights into some parts of the offering Migrating user sessions from one host to another (to be able to downscale) would be awesome It would be nice to have a more seamless deployment of FSLogix in a AVD Enviroment Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	Microsoft Stability and latency complaints are common, but not experienced by all users. A drop in overall productivity can be seen in contributors who rely on a lot of copy-pasting for editing, so some such commands are not instantaneous. Set up is intuitive and the tool is simple enough. It was quick to adopt and stick to. Incentivized Mihail Marinov Project Liaison Manager Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft They are all part of my company's environment. Incentivized DG Diane Gannon Sr. Systems Technician Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft Generally, Positive so far. From business objectives, we covered security, scalability and efficiency but implementing AVD. User are able to work securely from anywhere and support hybrid model as well. however, ongoing attention require to make sure you are not over sizing the host pools and cost remain in expected budget. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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