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desktop as a service (cloud computing) (DaaS)

Desktop as a Service(DaaS) is a cloud service of desktop virtualization. With this cloud service, users can access the virtual desktop with their notebook or thin client regardless of their location.

In desktop virtualization, which can be seen as a consistent further development of server virtualization, the desktop PC is virtualized in the data center. As a linked service, Desktop as a Service, it can be integrated into desktop management.

Desktop as a Service offers particular advantages when setting up personalcomputers (PCs) and installing application-specific programs. Such applications are supported by desktop templates, which are used to install only those programs on the user's PC that he needs for his area of responsibility. This service approach also allows users to access their working environment and all data stocks via the Internet. Like the programs, the databases are not located locally on the user PC, but centrally in the data center. This ensures that the data cannot be misused if the notebook or netbook is lost.

Desktop as a Service is an interesting alternative for small and medium-sized enterprises that offer their end customers the benefits of desktop virtualization.

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Englisch: desktop as a service (cloud computing) - DaaS
Updated at: 13.10.2016
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Links: data as a service (DaaS), cloud service, desktop, virtual, notebook
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