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Azure Virtual Desktop: Remote, Secure, Flexible

Transform your workplace with DSP's Azure Virtual Desktop solutions. Our experts will help you deploy and manage secure, scalable, and cost-effective virtual desktops, enabling remote work and improving productivity.

Azure Virtual Desktop

Deliver Secure, Scalable, and Cost-Effective Virtual Desktops with Azure

As a leading Microsoft Solutions Partner and Azure CSP, DSP is ideally positioned to help get your IT systems and staff up and running with Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) successfully.

Our experts can help you make the move to Azure Virtual Desktop with minimal interruptions to your productivity. From providing the necessary support and transparent advice to set everything up, to the management you need to keep things running smoothly and securely into the future, our expert team are always on hand.

Businesses rely on our comprehensive and tailored services to ensure a seamless transition to Azure Virtual Desktop, allowing them to move forward with confidence. By leveraging our expertise, they can rest assured that they will achieve optimal results for their business operations and their teams. Our support not only addresses immediate needs but also lays a strong foundation for sustained success and growth, both in the present and as they continue to evolve in the future.

With our guidance, businesses can maximise their productivity, enhance their IT infrastructure, and stay ahead in a competitive landscape, knowing they have a trusted partner by their side every step of the way.

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Why move to Azure Virtual Desktop?

Azure Virtual Desktop brings the transformative power of Azure to your team on their chosen device, with maximum flexibility and security. With simple management and constant introduction of upgrades and new features, Azure has become the virtual desktop of choice for both large and small organisations.

Cost effective licensing

If you run Microsoft Office 365 E3 or above, you can use Azure Virtual Desktop without any additional licensing costs.  

Simple set-up

Compared to other providers, Azure Virtual Desktop is easier to set up and manage. And thanks to constant improvements, it will only get easier. 

Made for cloud

Azure Virtual Desktop runs entirely in the Azure cloud. So, there’s no need for additional hardware or IT investments.

 

Built-in security

You get all the advanced security features attached to the Azure platform, alongside future security enhancements released by Microsoft for Azure. 

Future-proof

In addition to easily flexing the numbers of virtual machines, RAM and hard disk storage you have in response to changing needs over time.

Ongoing enhancements

Microsoft's ongoing enhancements make AVD the ideal platform for future-proofing your estate and meeting your evolving needs in the long term.

Why DSP for Azure Virtual Desktop?

Deployment built around you

We'll tailor deployment depending on your needs. Be that getting set up quickly with a rapid deployment or managing a deployment across multiple regions and sites, we're here to make the process fluid and intuitive for everyone involved.  

Flex the way you work for less

With a range of cost-effective pricing options available, you will be in full control as you ramp up your remote working capabilities and explore new collaborative approaches. 

 

Remote Working with Azure Virtual Desktop

Recent events have caused a paradigm shift in how we work. Remote working with Azure Virtual Desktop is fast becoming the flexible working solution of choice for businesses looking for long-term hybrid and remote solutions. But is it right for you?

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Additional Information

Why move to a Virtual Desktop?

  • Workplace compatibility. AVD allows your employees to access identical versions of their required applications from any location.
  • Completely cloud based. AVD is based on Microsoft Azure, enabling the ultimate flexible working environment.
  • Improve business scalability. Quickly and easily provision new desktops on demand.
  • Reduce hardware costs. No need to invest in buying and maintaining on-premise resource drains.
  • Secure your system. With AVD, you can trust that your applications and data secure wherever they are being accessed.

Advantages of Azure Virtual Desktop

Get cost-effective licensing

Did you know that organisations running Microsoft Office 365 E3 or above can use Azure Virtual Desktop without any additional licensing costs? Simply pay your Azure cloud computing costs, which will be amended on a monthly basis to reflect usage, and you're good to go.

Simple setup and management

In comparison to its biggest competitors, Azure Virtual Desktop is relatively straight-forward to set up and simple to manage. This will soon become even easier thanks to the new cloud management platform that’s coming soon - watch this space.

Made for Cloud

Azure Virtual Desktop fits neatly into an existing cloud-based or hybrid computing strategy, making it ideal for organisations already planning or in the initial stages of their move. It runs entirely in the Azure cloud, so there is no requirement for additional hardware or capital IT investments.

Built-in Security

Running in Azure means that AVD benefits from all of the advanced security features attached to the Azure platform, as well as all future security enhancements released by Microsoft for Azure.

These features, which are continually updated by Microsoft, include the Azure Security Centre, the Azure Sentinel security information and event manager (SIEM) platform, Microsoft Defender advanced threat protection, and the Azure Firewall.

Future-proof your technology

The flexibility of this cloud platform allows organisations to easily increase or decrease their numbers of virtual machines, the amount of RAM and hard disk storage on demand as their business needs change in the future.

Alongside Microsoft's ongoing enhancements to Azure Virtual Desktop, which demonstrate their commitment to continuing to develop and improve this platform for the future, this is a sure-fire way to futureproof your estate.

Why DSP?

As an award-winning Microsoft Gold Partner and Tier 1 CSP, we can help your organisation progress wherever you are in your cloud journey. Our expert team will provide transparent, best-in-practice support to set up and manage your Azure Virtual Desktop, so your business is securely set up for the future. For more information about any of our Azure services, set up a meeting or get in touch via the form below.

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