With so many employees working from home for the first time, enterprises are scrambling to provide anywhere, anytime access to increasingly diverse workforces.So how do enterprises who might lack a standard remote work strategy or have only limited work-from-home capabilities suddenly onboard their entire workforce to a digital workspace? With the help of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).

VDI is a technology that enables a virtual desktop environment. In traditional server setups, an operating system is installed right on top of the hardware of a physical server. With virtualization, an additional layer is created between the hardware and an operating system, enabling the operating system to run inside each virtual machine.

A virtualization layer is an abstraction layer between network and storage hardware that creates a virtual version of a desktop, operating system, network, or server. A connection broker enables users to connect to a remote virtual desktop without sacrificing security across the devices allowed within your enterprise technology and mobile policy.

With Desktop Virtualization, employers are able to make use of BYOD to increase the flexibility and security of both a remote workforce, as well as those in the office. VDI gives employees a secure, controlled desktop that they can access from anywhere and from virtually any device. It gives greater control over the users’ desktops, applications virtualization, and resource usage. It’s the most effective,and cost-effective with ease of management.