Private cloud deployment also isn't available it's Amazon's cloud or nothing.Looking to replace your traditional Windows desktop infrastructure with virtual desktops but don't want to put in the back-end infrastructure? VMware today is launching a new desktop as a service (DaaS) that will extend its Horizon View VDI to organizations that don't want to install hardware and software to support thin-client implementations. This, says, VMware, could cause compatibility problems with some software programs. For one (VMware has claimed), Amazon's product didn't really deliver Windows 7 desktops, but rather a reskinned version of a recent edition of Windows Server. WorkSpaces is offered at the same price: $35 per month per user.īut VMware has dismissed WorkSpaces before as being less of a value. Amazon's WorkSpaces delivers a similar proposition: Windows 7 systems on demand from the cloud, with a bit more variety of machine types than VMware Horizon DaaS, as well as better options overall in terms of CPU, memory, and storages. It's clear from one glance at the VMware Horizon DaaS feature set that one of VMware's more visible targets with this offering is Amazon. Unfortunately, there's no discount if you're an existing VMware user. The cost for the service is a flat $35 per user per month, with no need to have an existing VMware software license. The two can be mixed and matched as needed. The latter option is recommended for those who want the kind of fine-grained control and minimal latency that comes with having a local deployment the former is the most convenient scenario.
Each virtual machine is provisioned with one CPU, 2GB of RAM, 30GB of storage, and 20 IOPS, and it can run any of a slew of Windows OSes: Windows XP, Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012.Īnother version of the product, VMware Horizon DaaS Platform (previously known as Desktone, joining the product roster by way of an outside acquisition) packages VMware Horizon DaaS as a software stack that service providers, rather than enterprises, can deploy for their customers.Ī major bragging point for VMware, the Horizon DaaS can be delivered either as a purely cloud product through a service provider, mainly VMware's partners for its hybrid solutions, or as an on-premises product in one's private or hybrid cloud by way of VMware Horizon View. VMware Horizon DaaS systems can work with a native iOS or Android client, or a late-model HTML5 client - such as a Web browser or a Chromebook - and include provisions for USB and multimedia direction. If VMware teaming up with Google to deliver Windows desktops to Chromebooks via VMware Horizon View didn't hammer the final nails into conventional desktop's coffin, VMware has driven in a few more with VMware Horizon DaaS, a new desktop-as-a-service platform that can be delivered either from a conventional public cloud or the private variety.
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