Virtual Desktop VS Remote Desktop

[aeroplane_]

Hi All

What is the difference between virtual desktop and remote desktop? Which option is the prefered one.

Thanks

[MattS_ · Accepted solution]

Virtual Desktops are dynamically provisioned with Citrix XenDesktop or VMWare View Manager providing the desktop resource for the user. Remote Desktop is where RDP is used to connect to a physical or virtual server which has a static IP Address.

So if you have Xendesktop or VMWare View Manager, look at configuring Virtual Desktops on the SA under Resource Profiles > Virtual Desktops (Chapter 6 in Admin Guide); for access using an RDP client to a specific server use Resource Profiles > Terminal Services (Chapter 24 in Admin Guide).

[aeroplane_]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Actually my scenario is that:

1- I have my laptop keep on and having static IP addres in the office. I want to do some work on this laptop from my home. So in this case I would use RDP right?

2- As I understand we use virtual desktop in case we have thin client envirnment? Please confirm this too

Thanks

[MattS_]

You are correct, to access the laptop you would use RDP via the SA device.

Virtual desktop is used on the SA when the client is connecting to a virtual computer provisioned on a server (Citrix Xendesktop, VM).