Name: Unidesk (Discontinued)
Rating: 5.7 (13 reviews)
Author: Discontinued Products

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

Flowchart

Text Editors

Version Control

Development

School Management

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Calibration Management

Collaboration

Enterprise Search

Meeting Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Accounting and Tax Services

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Cryptocurrency Wallets

Financial Research

Financial Risk Management

Hedge Fund

Tax Compliance

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Employee Monitoring

Employer of Record (EOR)

HR Management

International Payroll

On-Demand Payment

Payroll

Resume Parsing

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Business Process Automation

Cloud Data Warehouse

Cloud Storage

Complex Event Processing

Component Content Management

Data Governance

Density-Optimized Servers

Fraud Detection

Hosted Virtual Desktop

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Metadata Management

Network Performance Monitoring

Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)

Product Implementation Services

Test Management

User Activity Monitoring

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Customer Loyalty Program

Email Marketing

Location Intelligence

Marketing Automation

Referral Marketing

Search Marketing Intelligence

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

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Professional Services

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Sales

Data Loss Prevention

Data-Centric Audit Protection (DCAP)

Operational Technology (OT) Security

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Security

Awards Management

Car Rental

Construction Accounting

Legal Research

Retail Execution

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Unidesk was a virtual desktop technology from the Massachusetts company of the same name, and acquired by Citrix. It has reached End of Life (EOL).

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Unidesk (Discontinued)

Desktop Virtualization Software allows a user to run a virtual instance of an operating system on a machine with a different operating system installed.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

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User interface

Bit clunky

Takes too long

Recent versions

Certain applications

Disaster recovery

Lengthy process

Work as intended

Recovery options

Work smoothly

Software version

Social media

Development process

Version control

Media presence

Quality product

Compatibility issues

Simple to use

Increased efficiency

Technical support

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software and Solutions

It is used to create,manage and depoly our VDI's. It is used across the organization.

Small Company and great support
The product is simple to use, extremely user friendly
Does what it says, truly a great tool for application virtualization.

Ability to launch an application with no underline OS (Just like XenApp)

Quick and Easy deployment
Managment and maintenance handled by help desk saving resources .(i.e. Senior Analyst)

Right now, I'm using Unidesk for a set number of machines and I'm using all persistent desktops. My major business problem being solved is reducing the number of images from several to just two (a Windows 7 32-bit and Windows 64-bit) and providing a quick easy solution for deploying applications that do not work with other application virtualization products.

Delivers the majority of applications without issue
Unified console for managing all aspects of Virtual Desktop management
User layer on a persistent desktop provide an easy profile solution
Layers provides the ability to reduce down to 1 Gold Image
No more interacting with Hyper-V, RDS or vCenter
Speeds up application turn around time

I would love if the User Layer persisted on non-persistent desktops
A better experience for the actual assigning of applications and desktops (improvements to the console)
Partner with a vendor that provides a legacy browser solution

Image management and updating is now much quicker, time saved
Application 'packaging' is required a lot less, which saves a lot of money
Unidesks customer service is the best that I have worked with. PERIOD!

Our Unidesk solution is being used to simplify virtual desktop management across a few different areas. On the backend the savings in increased disk efficiency and data-deduplication means that our SAN can handle a larger number of desktops and maintain much higher operational IO compared to traditional persistent virtual desktops. Additionally our staff who handle deployments are able to provision and ready a virtual machine in under 10 minutes a desktops with very little technical experience needed for the deployment.

Increased efficiency of existing/new SAN infrastructure.
Prompt and responsive support.
Ease of deployment.
Efficiencies in workflow transparent to the end-user.

Disaster recovery options for the Unidesk solution are not easily accessible or require personalized attention from support.
Issues when creating software layers do not always have a obvious fix. Make sure to look for and follow Unidesk's published "recipes."
The software/OS layering introduced by Unidesk is not "sanctioned" behavior by Microsoft, and thus you're at the mercy of Unidesk's ability to keep up with widespread changes to operating systems.

Storage density with Unidesk (via the use of OS/application layering) is 60-70% improved over standard persistent one-to-one virtual desktops.
Unidesk virtual machines can be deployed in under 10 minutes by a lower tier of technician without the need to "touch" the vCenter hypervisor.
Reliable performance across Unidesk virtual workstations. Added desktops/layers does not adversely effect performance nearly as bad as older persistent desktops.

We are using Unidesk for persistent desktops for the entire organization for the users that demand virtual desktops. We find it so much easier and more efficient to use this layering technology to quickly spin up the virtual machines and assign the various layers to the desktops as we see fit. We are abstracting the desktops from the users so that if a desktop becomes corrupted for whatever reason, we simply assign them another one and do not worry about anything else since their data is on the network.

Creating application layers is easy to do. It's just a matter of installing the applications as you would normally do on a computer.
Unidesk's technology isn't sandbox like VMware's ThinApp technology so it works much better and is more compatible with other software.
The admin console and technology in general is easy to learn for the administrator while it's transparent to the end users.

Layering technologies still presents challenges in general. There are certain applications which are stubborn and do not work as intended so Unidesk keeps a library of "recipes" for many applications where it outlines specific ways or methods to install the applications so that it will work smoothly once it's assigned.
There are limits to the amount of layers that can assigned and the more layers you have, the more complex and more chances of the various layers stepping on each other toes. It may also slow the virtual machines but it's not that noticeable.
An application layer is tied to the OS that it's built from. So if you have two master OS images, you'll need to create separate app layers, one for each master OS, contrary to their claim.

We've managed to cut down on maintenance costs, administrative time, and improve the user's experience.

We use Unidesk to deploy and manage over 100 non-persistent virtual desktops within our organization. It is used across many departments, but is solely managed by the Information Technology Department. It provides a simple, friendly platform for developing customized virtual desktops that requires minimal time to manage.

Takes the complexity out of the virtual desktop development process.
Provides responsive, quality product technical support.
Stays current with competitors in terms of features and standards.

More hands-on support while bringing Unidesk into a new environment would be useful.
More formalized training for those new to the product (I actually believe Unidesk has already developed something to address this).

It is helping to reduce our desktop hardware footprint and extend the lifespan of existing desktop hardware.
It has made it easy to scale our persistent virtual desktop environment with minimal time and effort.
As with any new service, it does require the allocation of resources that were not required previously, but that is true of any VDI implementation.

Allowing secure remote access to network resources from off site.
Enables IT to provision a new desktop very quickly; particularly useful for on-boarding.
Simple management console that requires minimal time to manage.

We have been able to decrease the ratio of computers per user, thus decreasing our hardware footprint.

This could be a good fit for part time employees or those who travel a lot.

Unidesk (Discontinued)

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