Azure Virtual Desktops
Deliver safe and successful VDI
With a mixture of remote and hybrid office environments, the workplace landscape is changing exponentially. Using Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (formerly known as Windows Virtual desktop), you can quickly allow your users to work remotely from wherever they are. They can use both personal or corporate devices to access corporate networks and applications securely.
Any device, Any app, Anywhere
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a desktop-as-a-service solution that is powered by technology in Microsoft Azure. It enables your remote users to work effectively in a safe and secure environment with seamless access to all your organisation’s applications, services, data and collaboration points.
Our Any device, Any app, Anywhere mantra lets your employees access all business applications, including those that would previously only work on Windows enabled devices. Our AVD service removes restrictions on the types of devices and software your organisation uses, so you are free to buy and use the products and services you and your users want.
Benefits of Azure Virtual Desktop Service
The Trustmarque Azure Virtual Desktop service will transform your organisation’s remote working provision so you can:
Facilitate seamless remote working
Scale up and down easily
Only pay for what you use
Choose a range of corporate or personal devices
Overcome low bandwidth challenges
Deploy low latency apps to the cloud
“Trustmarque helped us implement a novel VDI solution in Azure in just a few weeks by working in true partnership with an agile, collaborative approach and delivering a solution that many thought simply wasn’t possible.”
Mike Press, Chief Technical Officer at Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service (NHIS)
Get started with Azure Virtual Desktop
To help you find out if Azure Virtual Desktops is the right solution for your organisation’s remote working strategy, we can arrange a short demonstration of our WVD Service that will be adapted to your organisation’s needs.
If you require an in-depth and practical experience, we offer Proof of Concept exercises that show you how AVD could work across your organisation and present a business case for stakeholders.
Get in touch to arrange a meeting on Azure Virtual Desktops and find out how it can benefit your organisation.
What are the differences between Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365?
| Windows 365 | Azure Virtual Desktop | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Skills | Does your IT staff have VDI experience? | No VDI expertise required – deploy and manage using MEM or small business portal | Use VDI, Azure and MEM expertise to customize and manage your desktop virtualisation environment |
| Pricing | Do you need predictable monthly pricing, or do you prefer “pay as you go” consumption-based pricing? | Predictable monthly pricing per user | Consumption-based pricing based on actual use of Azure infrastructure |
| End user | How many hours/days do end users access the virtual desktop? Can users share a virtual machine, or do they need a personal desktop? | Personalised Windows 10 or 11 desktop experience for each user | Pricing advantage for users with low utilisation, or pooled users per VM (multi-session) |
| Compliance | Any regulatory or compliance requirements to consider? Do you need to control the location of cloud desktops for performance? | Select the Azure datacenter region that best fits your needs. Azure has 100+ compliance certs, more than any other cloud. | Select the Azure datacenter region that best fits your needs. Azure has 100+ compliance certs, more than any other cloud. |
| Desktop as a Service (DaaS) | Are you considering DaaS or are you currently a DaaS customer? | True DaaS service for businesses of one to the largest enterprises | Trustmarque-built DaaS solutions |
| Existing Citrix/ VMware VDI | Do you have any Citrix or VMware VDI investments today that you want/need to keep? | N/A | Migrate to Azure with AVD + Citrix/VMware partnerships |
| Advanced compute or storage | Any GPU or high-performance application requirements? | Largest SKU details. | Customize with any VM and storage service in Azure |
| Remote app streaming | Do you want to use remote app streaming for legacy application compatibility or to sell your software “as a service” from Azure? | N/A | New pricing model supports user access for SaaS apps |
| Hybrid cloud environment | Do you need to keep running some desktop virtualization on-premises (existing environment, latency, data locality)? | N/A | Consider solutions with Citrix, VMware or Azure Stack HCI |
Why choose Trustmarque?
We have a strong and long-standing relationship with Microsoft, with numerous gold partner accreditations. We are an Advanced Specialisation Partner for Windows Windows Virtual Desktop, Teamwork Development, Adoption and Change Management, and Windows and SQL Server Migration, making us one of the UK’s market-leading partners for Microsoft Azure.
The Microsoft Advanced Specialisations are awarded to partners with an existing Microsoft Gold Partner competencies who further demonstrate greater technical capabilities and a deep knowledge of the topic area against a strict criteria.
Our experienced Azure and Modern Workplace teams can provide the Microsoft cloud expertise you need to accelerate your adoption, migration and success across your IT infrastructure, office software, business tools, cyber security, and more.
