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Enterprise solutions: Virtualization

How desktop virtualization transforms your business

Now more than ever, organizations are looking to increase business flexibility while reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) for their desktop infrastructure. Microsoft Desktop Virtualization solutions provide IT managers with flexible desktop management options, from deploying virtual applications to gaining efficiencies with centralized and diskless PCs.

Reduce desktop TCO

  • App-V reduces application compatibility testing efforts by helping remove application conflicts, enabling IT to improve application deployment velocity.

  • MED-V allows IT to easily manage virtual Windows desktops and to reduce migration costs to Windows 7 by enabling virtual Windows XP on the same device.

Improve business flexibility

  • App-V allows users to access applications on demand using any authorized PC, without the need to install applications locally.

  • MED-V enables the business benefits of Windows 7 while maintaining seamless access to their legacy applications for Windows XP.

  • VDI allows users to securely access their personalized desktops remotely from any authorized device.

Latest resources

  • Learn more about how System Center and App-V enable a spectrum of client virtualization scenarios with this white paper.

  • Your organization can use Microsoft Desktop Virtualization solutions to optimize your desktop environment. Download this white paper to learn how to categorize your users and match technology offers to specific user needs.

  • Explore the unique use cases for Microsoft VDI with the VDI 101 kit.

  • Start planning your infrastructure for App-V and Med-V with Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Desktop Virtualization.