VDI: how it works

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Agenda

VMware Virtualization Overview

Traditional PCs to VMware VDI
VMware VDI & VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM) 2
VMware VDM 2 Demonstration
Putting VMware VDI into Practice
Next Steps
Summary

Transform Your Desktop Infrastructure

with Virtualization

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 VDI Customer Presentations
Modular Sections to Build a Winning Presentation:

Presentation targeted at less technical external audiences:

Virtual- VDI Successes Next Road-

ization Features & Use
Overview Steps map
Overview Cases

Presentation targeted at very technical internal audiences:

Tech Comp- Tech

Benefits & Feature
Objections etition Market
Deep
Dive

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First Things First: Virtualization

VMware decouples software from hardware.

Ente rpris e App

Ope rating S ys te m
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VMware virtualizatio n

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 Virtualization: Transformed IT in the Datacenter

Run several operating systems Create shared pools of resources to

on a single machine. optimize your infrastructure.

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VMware

Isn’t it time you leveraged

virtualization for your desktops?

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From Traditional PCs …

Benefits of Traditional PCs

Individual desktops for every user

Limitations of Traditional PCs

Costly to maintain, upgrade and support
IT must have personnel in the field
No control over data residing remotely
(e.g. laptops)
Difficult to maintain standard desktop images
Time-consuming to deploy or redeploy
desktops

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To Server-Based Computing …

Benefits of Server-Based Computing

Upgrade, patch, backup desktops in
a single location
Secure confidential information in a
secure data center
Deliver new desktops more quickly
Improve control over desktop images

Limitations of Terminal Services &

Blade PCs
Desktops aren’t always isolated and
application compatibility problems
Costly to dedicate a system to
each user (e.g. Blade PCs)

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To Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) …

Benefits of Desktop Virtualization

Easier to manage desktops with
centralized encapsulated files
Deliver just enough server to desktop users
Move hardware independent desktops
seamlessly among servers
Complete isolated desktops with no
application changes
Desktop disaster recovery not
previously available

Limitations without VMware

VDI alternatives to VMware are
unproven

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To VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Server & Desktop Virtual Environments

“Under the Same Roof”
Integrated virtual environment with
common management, service
and support – single vendor solution
No single point of failure:
Synchronized VDI servers
Support for ind std server
load balancing
Bring powerful backend data
center capabilities to the desktop
(e.g. DRS, HA, etc.)
Proven virtualization platform:
VMware Infrastructure 3

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 VMware VDI Delivers the Ideal Desktop Platform

Term. Blade Web VMware

PCs
Svcs PCs (Google) VDI
Control and flexibility of centralized    
data and applications

Familiar end user experience   

Isolated user environments     

Ease of implementation: applications   
work unchanged

Shared resources  

Faster desktop provisioning 

Enterprise-class virtualization 
platform

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 VMware VDI: Customer’s Choice

“It's [VDI] really become our new model “From which vendors do you plan to
for doing desktop deployment. If a user purchase thin client/desktop virtualization
doesn't … demand they need a desktop, technology from over the next 6-12
we're giving them a hosted desktop, and months? (please indicate all that apply) “
the users love it.”
Answer: VMware 58%, Citrix 16%, HP 7%,
Microsoft 6%, Not applicable / Unsure 14%
David Siles
Chief Technology Officer
Kane County Government (Illinois) Source: Merrill Lynch CIO Survey, April 2007

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VMware

VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

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 VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

An end-to-end desktop virtualization solution, using VMware’s

proven virtualization platform (VI3), delivers enterprise-class desktop
control and manageability while providing a familiar user experience.

> Control and manageability in an

end-to-end solution
> Familiar end-user experience
> Rapid desktop deployments
> Enterprise-class scalability, management
and reliability
> Tight integration with VMware VI3 –
proven virtualization platform

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VMware VDI Solution

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VMware Infrastructure 3 Integration

Manage Desktops & Servers on a Single Platform

No retraining: similar administrative experience across
desktops and servers
End-to-end single vendor solution: common management,
service and support
Bring powerful data center capabilities to the desktop:
VI3 Business Continuity (HA & DRS)
Simplify backups and disaster recovery
No single point of failure:
Synchronized VDI servers
Support for industry std server load balancing
Runs desktops on proven virtualization platform (VI3)

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VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM) 2

Enterprise-class connection broker,

connects users to their desktops via RDP
Web-based administrative interface
Automatically assigns desktops
Performs automatic desktop
provisioning as needed
Designed for small to enterprise
organizations
Tightly integrated with VMware Infrastructure
3 for high availability, security & scalability
Multiple VDM servers can support thousands
of users

Enterprise-class Virtual Desktop Management Server

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VMware VDM: Individual Desktops

Desktop virtual machines were

created specifically for each
user.
User is manually associated
with a virtual desktop through
VDM Administrator.
User is connected to same
desktop on subsequent
connections

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VMware Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM)
2
“Smart Pooling” Capabilities
All virtual desktops in pool are cloned from same template,
saving time
Automatic provisioning of desktops (including MS sysprep)
when needed to reduces start-up time
Logoff Policies (e.g. suspend), “Min/Max # VMs in pool”,
“# Avail desktops always” help administrators tune their
desktop infrastructures for performance, high availability and
control

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VMware VDM: Non-Persistent Pools

Individual isolated desktops

returned to pool after each use
Reverts to pre-determined state
for future use
Efficient way to populate &
provision desktops to end users
Common template used to
create all desktops

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VMware VDM: Persistent Pools

Individual isolated desktops

assigned to user on first log-in
Desktop remains associated
with the user on subsequent
logins
Efficient way to populate &
provision desktops to end users
Common template used to
create all desktops

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VMware VDM Security

Full integration with Microsoft Active Directory (AD):

User credentials authenticated against AD;
VDM Connection Server maintains authenticated session
for each user;
‘Single sign-on’ (SSO) to virtual desktops

Optional SSL encapsulation & tunneling

Optional two-factor authentication via RSA SecurID®
Event logs

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VMware VDM Security Server

SSL VPN used to secure

connections between clients
and VMware VDM connection
broker
Optionally runs within the DMZ
for remote access users
Fully encrypted connections
Grow security servers for
scalability of secure
connections

Outside the firewall

(remote access
connections)

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VMware VDI Client Access

Native Windows Client

Provides extended capabilities
(e.g. USB device support on
Windows XP & Vista)

Thin-Client Support
Thin clients based on Linux and XPe
WYSE ThinOS models

Browser Access
Windows, Linux & Mac

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What Distinguishes VMware VDI?

Familiar End-User Experience

Run applications with no modifications. “Our users love their
hosted desktops. One
Virtual desktop is unchanged. user was totally upset and
crying because she
Leverage existing desktop mgmt tools thought she had lost her
documents. She couldn’t
believe it when the
Support for USB devices through RDP terminal came back up and
extensions (e.g. local printing, storage, etc.) everything was just how
she had left it.”
Support multi-monitors in “stretch mode”
David Siles
CTO
Kane County Government
(Illinois)

Making the move to virtual

desktops as seamless as possible

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What Distinguishes VMware VDI?

Rapid Deployment
VMware Infrastructure
templates can be used to
replicate 1000s of desktops
quickly
Automatic desktop provisioning
with VDI pooling capabilities
Rapid redeployments of virtual
images throughout desktop
lifecycle
Changing, patching, restarting
images improved when
centralized & virtualized

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What Distinguishes VMware VDI?

Rapid Deployment
VMware Infrastructure “We could provide a
workstation to any
templates can be used to client, in any seat, at
replicate 1000s of desktops any office in the
quickly world… in just 8
minutes.”
Automatic desktop provisioning
with VDI pooling capabilities Frank Sabatelli
Director of Virtual
Rapid redeployments of virtual Technology Infrastructure
images throughout desktop
lifecycle
Changing, patching, restarting
images improved when
centralized & virtualized

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VMware VDI: A Compelling TCO

Increased desktop lifecycles

Using repurposed PCs or thin clients VDI Deployment at
Nationwide Insurance:
Energy savings
 10,000 virtual desktops
$59 - $164 / PC / year* planned for employees
Year-over-year operating cost savings 10% reduction in hardware and
Lower support and maintenance costs software costs
Lower desktop DR & downtime costs  45% reduction in support costs

Lower client deployment costs

*Source: Butler Group, “Infrastructure Virtualization, September 2007

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VMware VDI Demo

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VMware

Putting VMware VDI into Practice

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How Customers Use VMware VDI
Training/Evaluation
VDI

> Transactional & office workers

> Desktop replacement (e.g. thin clients)
> Business continuity & disaster recovery

ACE Employee-owned PCs

Mobile Sales Force

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How Customers Use VMware VDI

Desktop PC Replacement
Replace traditional PCs with thin clients, repurposed PCs or less costly desktop
hardware. Address short desktop lifecycles. Simplify moves, adds & changes
(MACs) because the desktop images are administered in corporate data center.

Transactional Office Workers with Security Needs

Secure all sensitive personal records or intellectual property running on laptops in
host country data center. Control access to centralized desktop images through
Microsoft AD. Provide complete desktop isolation. Ensure all sessions are fully
encrypted using VMware VDI’s optional Security Server.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Eliminate unplanned desktop downtime through VMware Infrastructure 3 DRS and
HA capabilities. Simplify backup and desktop disaster recovery because desktops
are located in corporate data center and can leverage shared storage technology.

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 Case Study: Kindred Healthcare
Business Challenges
“Nurses and doctors Mobile roaming solution for doctors & nurses
don’t really care about Bedside access to patient records & data
the underlying
technology. They just Ensuring HIPAA compliance
want it to work, and help
them do their jobs better. Technical Solution
The fact that our users
have so readily adopted Thin clients from Neoware mounted on rolling carts,
our VDI-powered connecting wirelessly to virtual desktops
workstation on wheels
shows that this solution Hundreds of virtual desktops deployed on hosted ESX
really works for them.” servers in VDI implementation

Laura Armistead Why VMware VDI

Unix Support Team
Manager
Flexible secure access to sensitive data anywhere
Quick desktop provisioning & improved reliability
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Enthusiastically adopted by demanding user base

Smart economics: desktops require less power and
can be deployed as needed, centralized mgmt

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VMware

Next Steps with VMware VDI

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 New VDI Pricing and Packaging: Two Options

VDI Bundle (ESC + VC + VDM) VDM Standalone with VI3

Ideal for Ideal for

> New Customers > Existing Customers
> VDI only deployments for > Large Enterprise customers
installed base with ELAs

Order Order
> Single VDI Bundle SKU > VI3 Enterprise
> VirtualCenter Server
> Virtual Desktop Manager 2
Connection Broker Software

VI3

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Evaluating VMware VDI

1. Download free VMware VDM evaluation copy:

http://www.vmware.com/products/vdi/

2. Install VMware VDM Administrator

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Evaluating VMware VDI

3. Install VMware VDM Windows Client software

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VMware VDI: Summary

Centralized Desktop Management & Control

Desktops moves, adds & changes (MACs) are easier
from a single location. Support personnel no longer
needed on location
Maintain Desktops in Secure Corporate Datacenter
VMware VDI desktops are isolated from one another

Familiar End-User Experience

A complete isolated desktop that is unchanged, simply
running inside a virtual machine. No retraining. No
custom modifications.

VMware Infrastructure 3 Scalability & Reliability

Brings powerful VI3 capabilities to the desktop
Single vendor solution

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VMware

VDI Technology Market Overview

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VMware’s VDI Vision

550m Corporate PCs

Establish Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) as the preferred

method for organizations to deliver corporate PC services.

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