Virtualize My Desktop

Desktop virtualization architecture will only get a users so far: access to a virtualized desktop. If the virtualized desktop does not provide the required experience in different scenarios, users will find ways of reverting back to their traditional model or find a way to make life very difficult for you, the architect of this less than stellar solution.

One office with one type of desktop… Easy. Hundreds of offices with any type and age of desktops… Difficult but not impossible.

Most organizations find themselves in the difficult camp. A user’s desktop can be completely different (in terms of hardware, resources, applications and configuration) than the person sitting next to them doing a similar job. As the environment includes users from different departments, in different offices, with different requirements it becomes clear that the understanding of the user topology for an organization is critical before one can create a desktop virtualization solution.
In previous blogs, I’ve discussed how understanding the underlying standards, applications and storms plays an important role in creating a successful virtual desktop design. The fourth requirement is to understand the organization’s user topology. More specifically, one must get a grasp of the endpoints and user locations.