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Unidesk (Discontinued)

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What is Unidesk (Discontinued)?

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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What is Unidesk (Discontinued)?

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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What is Unidesk (Discontinued)?

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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March 01, 2016

Unidesk Virtual Desktop Management Product Review

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 201-500 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
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.
Pros and Cons
  • 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).
Likelihood to Recommend
It is a great product, but as with any product that requires constant updates, it is important to set reasonable expectations around the time and resources needed to maintain this product once it is in place. While it is relatively simple, it does require ongoing management, particularly as the number of desktops and application layers increase.
Return on Investment
  • 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.
Alternatives Considered
Unidesk provides a very simple to use interface that makes it easy to use and manage. Everyone in our department wears many hats, so minimizing complexity is essential to our ability to manage a stable system with minimal overhead.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
100
Users are from all across the organization, including Admission, Information Technology, Finance, and many faculty.
Support Headcount Required
2
People need a basic understanding of what a virtual machine is and how the Unidesk application layering works.
Business Processes Supported
  • 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.
Innovative Uses
  • We have been able to decrease the ratio of computers per user, thus decreasing our hardware footprint.
Future Planned Uses
  • This could be a good fit for part time employees or those who travel a lot.
Likelihood to Renew
9
Unidesk has been a solid product for us. We continue to rely on its simplicity and scalability.
October 13, 2015

Unidesk at a Midwest College

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Higher Education Company, 51-200 employees
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The application was used to quickly implement a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to create Virtual Computer Labs for students. It allowed us to quickly create customizable computing environments.
Pros and Cons
  • I really liked how easy it made it to create application layers.
  • Unidesk also allow us to created various combinations of software to suit different types of classrooms.
  • It's software version control made it easy to diagnose compatibility issues.
  • I would have liked for it to make it easier to work on simultaneous adding software layers.
  • Support on license/software authentication handling could be nice.
  • I would have liked a sleeker user interface.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for organizations that aren't very large, as it takes a lot of the busy work out of creating a VDI. It is also nice for organization that need to be able to create multiple environments quickly.
Return on Investment
  • Increased employee efficiency.
  • Students really liked it.
  • Issue resolution was significantly improved.
October 09, 2015

Quick full desktop deployment for new hires !

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Architecture & Planning Company, 201-500 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are in the architect engineering service sector. Our users variy from general office to 3D Cadd/Revit. The best thing about Unidesk is reduced provision time for application assignments. It is used across two of our four offices. I've found Unidesk drastically reduces my time to deploy apps to new hires, and allows for various OS version assignments to different types of users. The other thing that is big is storage saving on our SAN - big ticket item for us.
Pros and Cons
  • The various layers of applications allows me to pick and choose who gets what easily. The best part is these layers can be updated and re-assigned across desktops upon reboot.
  • Occasionally if a desktop is left on for too long some weird things happens. For example, the desktop is no longer recognized in AD - it could be AD, removal, etc., but I have checked all these. Refreshing and restoring the VM seems to solve the problem. This happened more than once.
  • We have redundancy (two) connection brokers - Unidesk has trouble from time to time knowing which one to use it seems.
  • The rebuild takes too long when the VM is larger. Users would reboot their desktop as a normal routine and they call to reboot thinking their VD is down when it was just taking its time to rebuild the layers (anywhere from 5 to 15 mins. Mostly 15mins).
Likelihood to Recommend
I guess probably Unidesk is best for companies with less than 100 users. I said that because too many layers being rebuilt could take a toll on the system on waiting time. I don't know if the space saving is worth the loss in productivity and users' frustration.
Return on Investment
  • Saves on space.
  • Reduces IT time on app assignments/provision.
Alternatives Considered
Unidesk goes beyond just apps. That's the difference.
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