Remote and hybrid work environments have propelled technology to advance to meet our needs. Virtual desktops enable employees to work from any device, anywhere, boosting productivity and flexibility.
These cloud-based work environments offer enormous value by allowing organisations to rethink long-term operations and adopt hybrid solutions. With data hosted in the cloud, sensitive information is protected even if a device is lost or stolen. Users can easily log in from another device, ensuring uninterrupted business operations and data security.
Virtual desktop solutions lower IT infrastructure expenses, energy consumption, and hardware maintenance. Updates, patches, and policy changes are also taken care of and can be applied across all virtual desktops from a central platform.
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) solutions offer a seamless and secure remote access experience. Whether accessing resource-intensive applications like real-time video editing or collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams, our services provide a hassle-free user experience. The adaptability you’ll gain will help you scale quickly and onboard new users within minutes.
Mark Lofthouse
Endpoints Capability Lead at Nasstar
"Azure Virtual Desktop solutions provide your users with a virtual office hosted and managed in the cloud. They create a consistent, flexible desktop experience regardless of the device. Virtual desktops are not only fast and seamless but are also inherently safe and secure."
What can virtual desktops do for you?
Secure
Azure Virtual desktops are hosted and managed in the secure Microsoft Cloud
Reliable
24/7 support to ensure your hosted desktop is always up and running
Easy
Desktop as a Service means administration and maintenance are handled for you
Agile
Virtual desktop solutions are fully scalable to meet your business needs
Compliant
Guaranteed business continuity and regulatory compliance at every step
Mobility
Work from anywhere with an internet connection
Improve business operations and cost controls
Through virtual desktops, we’ll help to ensure a consistent user experience across all devices. By centralising data and applications in a secure cloud environment, keeping pace with industry standards and legal obligations will be simplified. The cloud-enabled approach simplifies audits and reduces the risk of non-compliance, providing you with total peace of mind.
- Enhanced Security: Secure data isolation and fine-tuned controls reduce vulnerability to theft. Compliance is easier to maintain with controlled audits and security incident management.
- IT Efficiency: Easily apply patches, updates, and policy changes across all virtual desktop environments. The isolated test environment also allows for safe application patch testing without risking your production environment.
- Cost Savings: By adopting cloud-native virtual desktop services, you’ll have more control and visibility of costs.
- Scalability: We’ll show you how to quickly scale applications and services to meet business needs. New users can be up and running in minutes with immediate access to virtual environments.
Trusted by
Chris Willson
Head of Tech and Standardisation at SelwayJoyce
"The benefits of transitioning our IT system into Nasstar’s Cloud have been significant. Not only do we have a state-of-the-art infrastructure, but our staff can also work seamlessly and securely from any location. Working in partnership with Nasstar has equipped us with the right grounding for expansion, not only through our system upgrade but with 24/7 support and guidance from an expert team. “We provide an enhanced service to our customers, with improved end-user experience and our in-house IT team can now focus on innovation and the development of their systems."
FAQs
A virtual desktop enables users to access their computers and applications from anywhere with an internet connection, on any device. In more technical terms, it’s a preconfigured image of the operating system and applications where the desktop environment is separate from the physical device used to access it. Virtual desktops can support remote working, enabling access to corporate applications with centralised data sets, and remove the dependency on a single office location.
Azure Virtual Desktop is a cloud-based desktop and virtualisation service. It is designed to enable users to set up a scalable and flexible environment. With Azure Virtual Desktop, you can create a full desktop virtualisation within your Azure subscription. You can also publish host pools for differing application sets, leverage custom images for workloads, and reduce costs with pooled, multi-session resources.
By using an Azure Virtual Desktop, you can also deploy and manage desktops and applications that enable you to only manage the image and virtual machine, not the entire infrastructure. You can also better connect users, enabling them to launch any Azure Virtual Desktop client to connect to their published desktops and apps.
