vWorkspace

Simplify the deployment & management of desktop virtualization & VDI technologies

What desktop virtualization option works best for your users? Is it hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or offline/local VDI? Or maybe you should consider Terminal Server/RD Session Host (TS/RDSH). And what about application virtualization? Blade PCs? The fact is, not all users have the same desktop and application requirements so it’s unlikely that a single desktop virtualization technology will work for everyone. With vWorkspace, it’s not one or the other. You can deploy a blended model – pairing the appropriate technologies to users based on their unique needs while keeping the average cost per virtual desktop to a minimum. Take advantage of vWorkspace Hyper-V Catalyst Components in order to deliver significant storage savings and fast provisioning. Load balancing and integrated user-experience monitoring help to ensure the best virtual desktop performance for all of your users—regardless of endpoint device or platform.

Features

vWorkspace makes desktop virtualization affordable, flexible, easy to manage, as well as achievable, for your organization:

  • Enable BYOD by using any device in vWorkspace with connectors for iOS (iPad / iPhone), Android, Mac, Linux, Java.
  • Blend virtual desktop and application technology for lowest cost; mix and match hosted VDI, local/offline VDI, Terminal Server/RD Session Host, and application virtualization
  • Deploy virtual desktop environments of any size in minutes—and add capacity in seconds—with Desktop Clouds
  • Maintain peak performance of virtual desktops with advanced load-balancing schemes
  • Gain breakthrough scalability improvements right out of the box
  • Eliminate the need for expensive SAN storage by seamlessly using local storage (DAS) instead
  • Minimize the effects of network latency on end users in branch offices, home offices and offshore locations with patent-pending technology
  • Accelerate screen updates, images and multimedia content for an amazing user experience on different connections and devices with our Experience Optimized Protocol (EOP)
  • Choose among a variety of platforms, technologies, storage solutions, protocols, access devices and licensing options
  • Automate virtual desktop management tasks and reduce administration costs as well as simplify the customization of users' desktop environments
  • Enable a quick start-up and smooth continual administration of your virtual desktop infrastructure with wizard-driven installation and configuration, and a library of PowerShell cmdlets in the vWorkspace Community
  • Secure user and administrator access with SSL gateway, delegated administration and optional multi-factor authentication
  • View rich reporting capabilities including administrative actions, desktop state and environment configuration at the push of a button
  • Monitor user experience in real-time with diagnostics and reporting in order to display the most relevant data pertaining to the user experience and other context aware vWorkspace information in a single view.

Learn more about how vWorkspace enables lower-cost desktop virtualization, complete BYOD and a great user experience:

Videos

To see vWorkspace capabilities in action, view a variety of brief demos.

Screenshots

Screenshot Tour

Take a tour of vWorkspace

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Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Support

vWorkspace 8.0 provides full support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, allowing you to fully benefit from new functionality in these Windows releases.

Greatly enhanced Hyper-V Catalyst Components

The Hyper-V Catalyst Components have been enhanced in Dell vWorkspace 8.0. HyperCache now has a special mode for RDSH to provide significant IOPS reduction and performance gains, while HyperDeploy’s new storage optimization feature slashes storage requirements.

User Experience Monitoring

A new view in the vWorkspace 8.0 management console enables you to monitor your users' experience by presenting relevant data pertaining to their experience and other context-aware information in a single view. This information is available for "live sessions" as well as past-user sessions, allowing you to go back in time to view user experience metrics.

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Support Docs, Notes and Guides

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