Desktop Virtualization: The Next Big Thing?
Poh Wah Lee
Regional Consulting Manager, Asia South
6th November 2008
Is Desktop Virtualization the Next Big Thing?
What’s drivingthe change ?
Technology Evolution:VDI to VMware View
Success & Momentum of Virtualization in Data Center
24%
22%29%
15%
10%
46%Standardizing on
VMware Infrastructure
Default Server Policy
Most New Production
ServersSome New Production
Servers
Low-Risk, Non-critical Apps
Physical servers will double over the next two years and number of virtual machines will grow by 150%
Limited to Testing &
Dev
At this point, which best describes the role of server virtualization in your IT infrastructure?
Non-hardware/software costs dominatetotal PC costs
Hardware and software make up less than30% of total PC total cost of ownership
Source: Gartner Research
Physical Desktop TCO
The Realities of Today’s Enterprise Desktop
Desktops are Enterprise Infrastructure
As distributed end-points, desktops are hardest to secure, manage and maintain
Enterprise IT is faced with a massive desktop refresh cycle (called “Vista”)
IT budgets are still under pressure
What is driving the change ?
Apply Virtualization to the Desktop
Transform the DesktopOS and apps are decoupled from the physical device
Desktops run as virtual machines in secure data center
Transform static desktop to a stateless virtual desktop
Connect to virtual desktop from thick or thin clients
VMware VDI Solution Overview
Extended Win32 client
Browser on Linux, Mac
Direct from thin clients
RDP/HTTPS
RDP
Windows XPWindows Vista
Optional integration with RSA SecurID
Automated provisioning and desktop management
DMZ deployment option
Integrated solution including:VMware VI3 Enterprise
Virtual Desktop Manager 2.1
Centralized Management
User Experience
Client Virtualization
Evolution: From VDI to VMware View
Provide a rich, reliable, universally accessible end-user desktop experience while providing greater administrative security,
management and control through virtualization.
VMware View® OverviewBuild the Desktop of Tomorrow, Today
View Manager
ClientsAD
VC
Linux / Partner Clients
ViewComposer
Offline
Additional Connectivity
Blade PCs
Terminal Servers
Physical PCs
Offline View: Best User Experience
An offline desktop is a VMware hosted virtual machine wrapped in a security and manageability layer.
Offline View enables designated end-users to relocate their Virtual Machines to a local physical computer – and back.
Enables administrators to extend the security and encryption policies of the data center to the end-users local computer.
Full experience for end-users with high latency environments or heavy multi-media requirements.
Can out perform any protocol on the market.
Offline View Demo
Traditional VDI VDI using Linked Clones
Using snapshots and writable clones
Master Image
View Composer (Using Linked Clones)
Image Management and Separation
View Composer combines two virtual disks
Highly Managed OS Disk
Reduce provisioning time enabling creation on-the-fly
Roll out updates and patches by creating a new snapshot
User Data Disk
Persistent disk to store user data and settings
OS and user disks can be on different storage
View + User Data Disks
Storage 1 Storage 2
Managing Patches and Updates
Users Currently on XP SP1
SP1
SP2
Generate an Updated Snapshot
Administrator creates new master image (SP2)
View Composer Demo
Unified Access
Provide secure connection to other platforms
Terminal Servers
Blade PCs
Physical PCs
Load balancing of multiple Terminal Servers
Monitoring and auditing within the connection broker
Blade PCs
Terminal Servers
Physical PCs
Virtual Printing
Join local printers without requiring the installation of third party drivers in the guest.
Provide compression of print jobs while maintaining quality
Leverage a complete feature set with advanced printers
Two-sided printing
Complex tray configurations
User Experience
Increased support for multi-media redirection of customer critical codecs – more coming.
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4 part2
WMV 7/8/9
WMA
AC3
MP3
MMR reduces the CPU utilization
USB Redirection
Remote User experience
View Protocol & Desktop Experience
• High Latency/lower bandwidth
• “Productive”desktop
Wan
• Deliver via client hypervisor or caching appliance
• Rich portable desktop
Offline
• High speed• Full 3D/Multimedia
Lan
Users
vClient: Simplifying desktop complexity with virtualization
App
OS
App
OS
Thin Client
Notebook PC
Smart Phone
Client virtualization
Evolution: From VDI to VMware View™
Server Based Management
� VMware View Composer for storage reduction and updating
� VMware View Manager support for non-virtual platforms
PC User Experience
� Support for multiple partner protocols:
� Codevelopmentwith Teradici
� HP RGS
� Wyse MMR
� Sun AIP/ALP
� Improved 3D graphics with client virtualization
Universal Clients
� Client virtualization layer for device independence
� Seamless management along side VDI users
� Extending to mobile devices
Future of Client Computing
Desktop
The future of client computing
• IT managers faced with complexity: desktops vsnotebooks, Windows vs Mac, Win32 apps vs web apps
• Users want their desktop to follow them, not the device
• IT needs to provide centralized management for all desktops
• VDI is the first step towards the universal client
Is Desktop Virtualization the Next Big Thing?
YES!
More Information on VMware VDI:http://www.vmware.com/products/vdi/
More Information on VMware ThinApp:http://www.vmware.com/products/vdi/thinapp/
Download and Evaluate Solution:www.vmware.com/download/vdi/
Use the VMware VDI TCO calculator:http://www.vmware.com/calculator/
VMware Professional Services OfferingsJumpstart workshops providing onsite proof-of-concept and knowledge transfer for VDI or ThinApp
Custom service engagements to plan, design, and implement virtual desktop deployments
Next Steps VMware View®
