Desktop as a Service (DaaS)

Cloud Services

As mobility becomes the standard for modern business, companies are adapting to the unique demands of a mobile work force. The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement has many productivity benefits, but it also creates major headaches for IT professionals—particularly in updating applications and ensuring data security.

Managed through Horizon DaaS by VMware, FPA’s DaaS solution simplifies the deployment and management of a secure, virtual desktop environment. Utilizing DaaS, we only focus on maintaining a single environment instead of multiple individual workstations. Employees and associates can access company data and applications through the virtual desktop, remotely and securely. This evolution in addressing the distribution of computing resources is leading organizations more and more to adopt cloud-based DaaS solutions.

Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
Desktop as a Service (DaaS)

Benefits

  • Simplifies operations
  • Improves access control
  • Reduces onsite infrastructure
  • Allows faster onboarding of new users
  • Makes support of existing desktops—including application updates and fixes—more efficient
  • Creates flexibility in switching between mobile devices and desktops
  • Extends the life of existing desktop hardware
  • Meets security and compliance needs—data is cloud-hosted; desktops are based on an easy-to-maintain pattern
  • Dedicated desktop resource, with greater availability than session-based remote desktops
  • Enables secure remote access
  • Provides consistent desktop experience
  • Accessible from any supported device, including Windows-based, iOS, Androids, and iMacs
"Excellent service. Quick response, efficient troubleshooting and resolution with full explanation of the problem. Gotta love FPA!"
Shapco, Inc.
"Always reliable and fast, even after I leave for the day, I can always count on you guys to get requests done. Thank you!"
Entertainment Earth, Inc.
"I just wanted to take a minute to let you know how helpful ... your office was in a time of near desperation. The people that I have dealt with ... have helped make my job much easier. Thank you for your support."
Marketing Innovations International, Inc.
"It has been a pleasure working with you and your staff, and I can only rave over the high standards that you have maintained relative to our hardware and software."
Crane Asset Management, LLC
"I always have the best experience with FPA. Thank you for getting back to us in a timely manner and helping us with the littlest or biggest of problems when it comes to our computers. Thank you for making sure our technical needs are always taken care of."
Custom Pipe & Fabrication, Inc.
"FPA has been exactly what we needed - a true extension of our IT department. They are all in - sleeves rolled up - to tackle each challenge and opportunity as it arises and we could not have gotten through our move or MPLS implementation without them."
The Search Agency
"FPA was right on top of our power outage and contacted me immediately to let me know they were monitoring the situation and would inform me of any further details they could obtain. Thankfully, the outage was short-lived... but it's great to know FPA is not only our behind-the-scenes partner, but right there with us when needed. Thank you."
Financial Designs
"The custom reports you wrote have been very helpful. I appreciate that you even taught me how to write my own. One of these days I will be writing programs for you!"
L&S Advisors, Inc.
"FPA always comes through quickly resolving our IT issues - including an ongoing problem that several other consultants had been unable to fix at our largest operating company. They're certainly our go-to IT company of choice!"
Shapco
"We love FPA. Jason, etc are fantastic! Thanks for being there for YMG."
Yorkshire Management Group
"I would love to tell you that the Exchange project was perfect. SM and MS are wonderful staff members. FPA is lucky to have such hard working employees. Thank you for everything!!!"
Boulevard Management
"I would like to give special recognition (or shout out) to Jason & Ron for all the planning, guidance, and hard work during the migration of our on-site email server to Office 365 cloud email. We had been using our in house SBS Exchange server for ten plus years (which was an outdated Exchange 2008 software), and I was very nervous about moving to the cloud, not to mention all the headaches it would create for our corporate office and eight remote offices during the migration. But to my surprise, migrating 40 plus email accounts and installing Office 365 on 28 computers was completed within several hours with minimal issues that were quickly resolved and my employees could resume their normal business day. Thank you Jason & Ron and all the FPA team members who helped us move efficiently to Office 365 and cloud email server."
Hanes Properties
"The team was courteous, prompt and professional. FPA's engineers always deliver."
Marketing Innovations International, Inc.

The popularity of DaaS is growing primarily because of its ability to make IT providers faster and more efficient.

Instead of supporting and maintaining desktops on a 1:1 basis, you can update the base desktop image using a 1:many approach. This allows you to onboard new users faster and support existing desktops more efficiently, with application updates and fixes. DaaS is also an attractive security option because data and applications reside in the cloud rather than on end-user devices, which can be easy targets due to insufficient security tools or practices.

Finally, because every user’s environment is virtual, desktop images are automatically synced and always available. DaaS simplifies desktop management so that you can manage more with less.

Desktop as a Service (DaaS)

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