Microsoft announced a new Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service on Microsoft Azure last week, and as one of the leading Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers (CSP), Workspot announced Day 1 support for WVD. We achieved our CSP designation more than a year ago, and we have continued to deepen our engagement with Microsoft product, technology and field teams as we help companies make the move to Azure. Microsoft recently awarded us the 2018 US Partner Award for Partner Seller, underscoring our innovative use of Microsoft technology and our proven ability to make our joint customers successful.

Against that backdrop and with so much experience delivering virtual desktops from Azure, I'd like to share the top 6 reasons why we believe Azure is the best platform for Windows virtual desktops. 

We've seen many compelling announcements emanating from Microsoft Ignite this week. One measure of the significance of where Microsoft is headed can be seen in the jump in their stock price! Another measure is the resonance with what customers want. Windows 10 first became available 18 months ago on Azure, and Workspot was there on day 1, working with thought leaders to deploy cloud PCs on any of the Azure regions around the world. Today, with so many organizations going to the cloud, it's very clear that one of the things customers really want is a Cloud PC service. That's why Workspot is excited to announce day 1 support for Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft's new cloud-hosted service that delivers virtual desktops and apps. 

Comfortable. At ease. Relaxed. You’ll never see those words among the qualifications for a great IT leader. The relentless change in technology and business keeps everyone on their toes, and great IT leaders are right there on the front lines questioning everything so they can continually improve. Chief among these questions is “How can technology make us more efficient?”; “How can it make us more profitable?”; “How can we better manage expenses?”

There’s nothing I like better than talking with IT leaders as they evaluate or re-evaluate their IT infrastructure and consider their options for virtual desktops. It’s one of the things I enjoyed most about the many years I spent in Executive Briefing Centers all over the world discussing the benefits of virtual desktops. All too many times, however, those benefits were elusive for customers. Today, it’s really gratifying to be able to address the pain that IT organizations are experiencing when trying to manage physical PCs or grappling with the cost and complexity of legacy VDI solutions. We're finally able to deliver on the promise of VDI by not delivering VDI. Workspot makes it way easier by delivering PC in the Cloud, instead. So I'd like to share some pretty interesting conversations I've had this week with companies across 3 different industries in case it's helpful to you as you go through your own technology evaluations and refreshes. The primary themes that emerged from this week's conversations were: The desire to “get out of the infrastructure business”, the need “to improve VDI performance”, and how to “implement disaster recovery as a managed service”. Are these challenges important to you too?