A bit outdated perhaps but valid nonetheless. It’s over five years old but gives a detailed explanation on XenDesktop’s PortICA, from where it all started. Before I continue have a look at this post as well, I found it a few days ago. But what if we configure a HSD solution and assign it to just one user, wouldn’t that be the same? Yes and no. Especially when the the system is being utilized by multiple users at the same time, which in a HSD world is often the case, these are configurations we would like to avoid.

Dedicated / persistent storage might be needed.Īlthough most of the above is possible on a HSD environment as well, preferably not.

Certain users might need more processing power and memory than others, because of certain resource intensive applications they might use.

Perhaps in some cases (other than the above) administrative privileges are needed.

Your users, for whatever reason, need to able to modify specific system-level settings.

Because your users may need to install their own updates & applications.A few weeks ago I wrote an article on Amazon’s new DaaS solution ‘ Amazon WorkSpaces’ in which I also highlighted some reasons why you might need a ‘desktop per user’ solution, here they are: To start, why would we like to use this feature anyway? I mean, why not use a Hosted Shared Desktop solution instead? It’s way more cost effective and easier to set up (debatable, I know) and manage.

I’ll try and provide you with, not only information on the Server VDI feature itself, but some general background information as well. Remember how they got away with true one on one VDI based machines in the cloud? We all know that client based Operating System VDI’s aren’t allowed due to Microsoft’s, still limited, licensing structure, so how did they manage to get around this? Well, using the Server VDI feature is one way of doing it. Now if you’re not quite sure what to make of this think back to Amazon’s big DaaS announcement just a few weeks ago. Using the Server VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) feature in XenDesktop 7 allows you to deliver a desktop from a server Operating System for a single user on a one to one basis.

Step by step xen server vdi build