A Guide to Standalone Desktops

Let's begin by defining what a Standalone Desktop means in DaDesktop.

Here's a useful comparison of the Desktop options. Simply put, a 'Standalone' desktop is a machine that doesn't have to be tied to a course. It's a separate setup, accessible before or after course sessions, or independently with no link to a course at all.
That gives Standalones great flexibility.

 

 

 

Common use cases for setting up Standalone desktops:

1. Creating training content that you can reuse repeatedly outside course sessions, or keep on hand for later use.
2. When you need a flexible environment, maybe with a specific Operating System (like Linux or Windows), to safely test concepts and ideas.
    

Key features:

1. Anyone with the sharing link gains complete access.
2. If idle, it shuts down automatically after 24 hours.

Pricing:

1. Setting up a desktop is free.
2. Launching a desktop incurs a cost.
3. The cost is calculated based on the required resources—CPU, memory, and disk space—with an additional charge for Windows.
4. Enrolling in a course as a Student or Trainer comes with free credits that can be applied to standalone machines.
5. If you don't access your standalone for more than a month, it will be removed.

 

A handy tip:

Use "clonefrom#" followed by a keyword to search for desktops that were cloned from matching sources.