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Modern organizations are striving to deal with an increasingly complex environment – employees and students must be able to work and learn from anywhere. There is an ever-increasing organizational imperative to do more with less, all of which is happening in a technological environment where cybersecurity vulnerabilities are being exposed at a rapidly increasing pace, resulting in significant financial and reputational risk to businesses. In this environment, desktop and application virtualization is attracting a lot of interest. It is highly secure (because it keeps user data in the data center) and is a true “do anything from anywhere” powerhouse, allowing users to connect to their desktops and applications using endpoint devices with multiple form factors and running many operating systems.
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a desktop and application virtualization solution that runs in Azure public cloud and on Azure Stack HCI OS-based private cloud environments. It provides IT with strong, granular controls and a straightforward management experience, while also providing a rich experience to Windows and Microsoft 365 users. As an Azure Stack HCI OS-based platform, Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure is an ideal platform for AVD-based virtual desktop environments. It allows organizations to benefit from the improved performance and compliance with data sovereignty requirements that are delivered by an on-premises environment while also providing a streamlined, cloud-consistent experience through the same rich comprehensive management plane in Azure.
Organizations that want to maximize the value of their hybrid AVD deployments need to choose an on-premises environment that complements and enhances AVD. Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure has many capabilities and benefits that are of significant benefit to AVD deployments:
Virtual desktop solutions such as AVD can deliver transformational benefits for organizations. However, these benefits can only be fully captured when the virtual desktops run on a platform that can enable the full potential of these virtual desktop technologies. The unique combination of capabilities and benefits delivered by Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure positions it perfectly as that virtual desktop platform of choice.