Advantages

Cloud desktops offer substantial advantages to organizations seeking to deliver live, instructor-led training. These benefits are particularly evident when conducting IT training for participants located across various physical sites.

An increasing number of businesses have opted for DaDesktop for local, live, instructor-led training sessions. This choice is driven by the simplicity of pre-installing and configuring complex software applications, which can then be rapidly and effortlessly replicated to dozens or even hundreds of other cloud desktops.

The following points outline why instructors, participants, and organizations select DaDesktop for their training requirements, along with the benefits they have realized.
 

Organizations (companies, learning institutions, government)

• Cost-effectiveness
  • Utilizing DaDesktop is substantially more affordable compared to deploying cloud instances from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Because DaDesktop is designed for the short-term utilization of cloud desktops rather than long-term virtual machine hosting, it enables a much simpler and more cost-effective pricing structure.
• Scalability
  • Businesses leverage DaDesktop to deliver IT training to large groups, successfully cloning pre-configured cloud desktops to over 50 students simultaneously without any technical issues.
  • DaDesktop servers are capable of retaining thousands of virtual machine images at any given moment, allowing the participant base to scale far beyond the capacity of a standard physical classroom.
• Speed
  • With DaDesktop, cloud desktops are rapidly provisioned at the start of a training session and efficiently decommissioned once the session concludes.
  • DaDesktop cloud desktops can be cloned more than 100 times faster than AWS public-cloud instances or traditional classroom workstations.
• Convenience
  • An intuitive interface enables real-time setup and modification of the learning environment, even after the class has begun.
• Extensibility
  • DaDesktop offers a streamlined process for requesting new features.
  • DaDesktop supports a public API and extensions, facilitating custom integration with third-party systems such as LDAP, OpenID-Connect, and LMS platforms.
• Security
  • DaDesktop does not retain any user data beyond the duration of a training session.
  • Each cloud desktop is architected as a transient and self-contained computing environment.
• Accessibility
  • There is no requirement to seek IT department approval to bypass corporate firewalls for software usage.
  • The complete Windows or Linux operating system desktop environment is accessible directly within the browser, eliminating the need for plugin installation.
• Deployment Options: Public, Private, and On-premise
  • DaDesktop is accessible via public or private servers, offering users varying degrees of exclusivity.

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

     

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Instructors

• Convenience
  • Instructors can provision as many cloud desktops as required, allocating one to each participant for the duration of the training session.
  • Instructors can pre-install and configure a single cloud desktop with the necessary software and OS settings, then simply clone that image to as many participants as needed. This eliminates the need to waste valuable class time on setup adjustments.
  • Instructors are able to 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, all within seconds.
• Interactivity
  • Instructors can not only view the participants' desktops but also assume control of them at any time, replicating the dynamics of a live classroom.
• Recording Capabilities
  • Trainers have the ability to record the entire training session for subsequent sharing with participants.

  • Recorded sessions allow instructors to review their performance and gather feedback to refine future course delivery.

     

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Participants

• Convenience
  • Participants can access DaDesktop via their laptop or PC browser using only the URL provided by the instructor.
  • There is no requirement for participants to install any software. They simply log in to DaDesktop and begin utilizing the Windows or Linux OS desktop environment directly within their browser.
  • Upon joining a training session, participants gain immediate access to all pre-prepared tools, materials, and exercises.
  • When participants enable "full-screen" mode in their browser, the cloud-based Windows or Linux environment occupies the entire display, providing the sensation of a native OS running on their laptop rather than a nested browser window.
  • Participants can attend training sessions from the comfort of their home or office.
     

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