Advantages

Cloud desktops offer substantial advantages for enterprises aiming to facilitate live, instructor-led training. These benefits are particularly evident when deploying IT training programs across multiple geographies to distributed teams.

An increasing number of organizations have adopted DaDesktop for local, live, instructor-led training sessions. This preference stems from the simplicity of pre-installing and configuring complex software applications, which can then be rapidly cloned to dozens or even hundreds of additional cloud desktops.

The following section outlines key reasons why instructors, participants, and organizations select DaDesktop to meet their training requirements, along with the specific benefits they have realized.
 

Organizations (enterprises, educational institutions, government bodies)

• Cost-efficient
  • Leveraging DaDesktop is substantially more affordable compared to utilizing cloud instances from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Since DaDesktop is designed for short-term cloud desktop usage rather than long-term instance hosting, it enables a simpler and more economical pricing structure.
• Scalable
  • Enterprises utilize DaDesktop to deliver IT training to large cohorts, successfully cloning pre-configured cloud desktops to over 50 students simultaneously without any issues.
  • DaDesktop servers can maintain thousands of virtual machine images at any given moment, allowing course participation to scale far beyond the capacity of a standard physical classroom.
• Rapid Deployment
  • With DaDesktop, cloud desktops are instantiated at the start of a training session and deprovisioned promptly upon completion.
  • DaDesktop cloud desktops can be cloned more than 100 times faster than AWS public-cloud instances or traditional classroom workstations.
• Convenient
  • An intuitive interface enables real-time setup and adjustment of the learning environment, even after the class has commenced.
• Extensible
  • DaDesktop offers a streamlined channel for requesting new features.
  • DaDesktop supports a public API and extensions, facilitating custom integrations with third-party systems such as LDAP, OpenID-Connect, and LMS platforms.
• Secure
  • No user data is retained on DaDesktop beyond the duration of the training session.
  • Each cloud desktop is architected to be a temporary, self-contained computing environment.
• Accessible
  • There is no requirement to seek IT department approval to bypass corporate firewalls for specific software.
  • The complete Windows or Linux OS desktop environment is accessible via the browser without the need for additional plugin installations.
• Public, Private, and On-premise
  • DaDesktop can be accessed via public or private servers, offering users varying degrees of exclusivity.

  • Additionally, DaDesktop can be deployed on-premise within the customer's own data center.

     

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Instructors

• Convenient
  • Instructors can provision as many cloud desktops as required, assigning one desktop per participant for the duration of the training session.
  • Instructors can pre-install and configure a single cloud desktop with the necessary software and OS settings, then clone that desktop to any number of participants. This eliminates time-consuming setup adjustments during class.
  • Instructors can conduct training sessions using only a web browser on their laptop, from the comfort of their home or office.
• Rapid
  • Instructors can launch multiple cloud desktops for numerous participants simultaneously in a matter of seconds.
• Interactive
  • Instructors can not only view participant desktops but also take direct control of them at any time, mimicking the dynamics of a live physical classroom.
• Recordable
  • Instructors can record entire training sessions to share with participants afterwards.

  • Recorded sessions allow instructors to review their delivery and gather feedback to improve future courses.

     

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Participants

• Convenient
  • Participants can access DaDesktop from their laptop or PC browser using only the URL provided by the instructor.
  • No software installation is required. Participants simply log into DaDesktop and begin utilizing the Windows or Linux OS desktop environment within their browser.
  • Upon joining a training session, participants have immediate access to all tools, materials, and exercises prepared in advance by the instructor.
  • When participants switch their browser to "full-screen" mode, the cloud Windows or Linux environment occupies the entire screen. This provides an experience akin to running a full OS on a local laptop, rather than a nested environment within a browser.
  • Participants can engage in training sessions from the comfort of their home or office.
     

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