Advantages

Cloud desktops offer substantial advantages to organizations aiming to provide live, instructor-led training. These benefits are particularly evident when delivering IT training courses to participants located in various physical sites.

An increasing number of businesses have selected DaDesktop for local, live, instructor-led training, largely due to the simplicity of pre-installing and configuring complex software applications, which can then be rapidly cloned across dozens or hundreds of additional cloud desktops.

Listed below are several key reasons why instructors, learners, and organizations select DaDesktop for their training requirements, along with the benefits they have experienced.
 

Organizations (Enterprises, Educational Institutions, Government)

• Cost-Effectiveness
  • Leveraging DaDesktop is substantially more affordable compared to utilizing cloud infrastructure from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Since DaDesktop is optimized for short-term cloud desktop usage rather than long-term hosting, it utilizes a much simpler and lower-cost pricing structure.
• Scalability
  • Enterprises utilize DaDesktop to deliver IT training to large cohorts, effortlessly cloning pre-configured cloud desktops to support over 50 students simultaneously.
  • DaDesktop servers can store thousands of virtual machine images at any given moment, enabling the scale of course participants to far exceed the capacity of a traditional classroom.
• Speed
  • With DaDesktop, cloud desktops are provisioned rapidly at the start of a training session and decommissioned immediately after it concludes.
  • DaDesktop cloud desktops can be cloned up to 100 times faster than public-cloud instances from AWS or typical classroom workstations.
• Convenience
  • The intuitive interface enables on-the-fly configuration and adjustment of the learning environment, even after the class has commenced.
• Extensibility
  • DaDesktop offers a convenient channel for submitting feature requests.
  • DaDesktop supports a public API and extensions, facilitating custom integrations with third-party systems such as LDAP, OpenID-Connect, and LMS platforms.
• Security
  • User data is not retained on DaDesktop beyond the duration of the training session.
  • Each cloud desktop is engineered as a transient, self-contained computing environment.
• Accessibility
  • There is no requirement to seek IT department approval for software to bypass corporate firewalls.
  • The complete Windows or Linux OS desktop environment is accessible directly within the browser, eliminating the need for plugin installation.
• Deployment Flexibility (Public, Private, and On-premise)
  • DaDesktop can be accessed via public or private servers, offering users various levels of exclusivity.

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

     

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Instructors

• Convenience
  • Instructors can provision as many cloud desktops as required, assigning one to each participant for the entire training session.
  • Instructors can pre-install and configure a single cloud desktop with the necessary software and OS settings, then clone it to as many participants as needed. This eliminates time-consuming setup adjustments during class.
  • Instructors can conduct training sessions using only a browser on their laptop, from the comfort of their home or office.
• Speed
  • Instructors can launch multiple cloud desktops for numerous participants simultaneously within seconds.
• Interactivity
  • Instructors can view participants' desktops and take direct control of them at any time, mirroring the experience of a live classroom.
• Recordability
  • Trainers can record the entire training session to share with participants later.

  • The recorded sessions can be reviewed by instructors as a tool for self-feedback and to improve future course delivery.

     

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Participants

• Convenience
  • Participants can access DaDesktop from the browser on their laptop or PC using only the URL provided by the instructor.
  • No software installation is required. Participants simply log in to DaDesktop and begin using 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 by the instructor.
  • When participants switch their browser to "full-screen" mode, the cloud Windows or Linux environment occupies the entire screen, providing an experience akin to a full operating system rather than a browser-based simulation.
  • Participants can participate in training sessions from the comfort of their home or office.
     

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