What is Desktop as a Service?
Unite your workforce with Desktop as a Service (DaaS), our remotely-hosted, cloud-based solution, that connects your users, wherever they are based. Access your business desktops, emails, systems and applications remotely, without the headache of running your own IT infrastructure in-house.
Our DaaS solutions are best suited to businesses requiring less than 20 desktops. If you have a larger requirement, visit our VDI page.
How does DaaS work?
Our Desktop as a Service solution runs on secure and reliable cloud infrastructure, allowing your users to access your office files from any location and any device.
Users log in to the solution and remotely connect to a single server to access their desktop.
Our DaaS solution is suitable for running:
- Accounts systems such as QuickBooks and Sage
- Microsoft Office suite
- Proprietary applications
- Legacy client-server applications
Benefits of our Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solutions
Cost savings
Save on your infrastructure costs with DaaS. With a cloud-based solution, there is no need for you to purchase expensive hardware to manage in-house. Our experts optimise your solution to make the most of your budget.
Reliability
Our DaaS runs on industry-leading hardware and software. With high availability built-in, we guarantee 100% network and cloud server uptime for your infrastructure.
Security
Your data is stored in our tier 3+ enhanced data centres, not on your premises.If anything happens to your local PC, your data is unaffected. Servers are patched frequently, keeping your data secure.
Extra-mile support
Our experts are here for you 24/7/365, with direct-to-engineer support for your DaaS solution. We guarantee a response in under 20 minutes for urgent tickets, with the majority of responses in under five minutes.
Compliance
Our hosting solutions meet strict compliance requirements. We hold accreditations such as ISO 27011, Cyber Essentials Plus and PCI DSS, ensuring your infrastructure is compliant.
Control
Our simplified software licensing model and centralised management of desktops means you can avoid the headache of setting up individual office computers.
Industry-leading hardware
Benefit from premium hardware from HP and Cisco, ensuring the ultimate reliability, scalability and performance, without the costs of purchasing and hosting equipment on premise.
Compatibility
Compatible with all office services such as email, Microsoft Office and CRMs. Desktops can be integrated with Active Directory to manage users and permissions.
Centralisation
DaaS supports enhanced user mobility and remote access with an on-demand office environment. Create multiple hosted desktops or upgrade all desktop templates in seconds.
Your choice of DaaS solution
Citrix Virtual Apps
Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly Citrix XenApp) delivers secure applications, desktops and resources to users on any device.
Applications are isolated from the underlying OS and delivered to the individual device, so they don’t need to be installed on the desktop as all the configuration and data is kept on the server. The user’s device needs the Citrix Receiver installed in order to gain access to shared hosted resources from a Windows Server.
Remote Desktop Service (RDS)
Microsoft RDS (also known as a terminal server) runs on Windows Server and allows users to share infrastructure resources so that multiple users can access the same operating system at the same time.
RDS can be used to give access to full desktops, as well as to single applications. In case of the full desktop, it is typically ‘skinned’ to make it look like a desktop version of Windows.
