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Desktop technologies: Desktop virtualization overview

How Desktop Virtualization Transforms Your Business

Now more than ever, organizations are looking to increase business agility while reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for their desktop infrastructure. Microsoft's 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 Vista by enabling virtual Windows XP on the same device.

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

  • MED-V enables the business benefits of Windows Vista 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.

Learn more about how Desktop Virtualization technologies work.

Latest resources

  • 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.