Key Advantages

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

A growing number of enterprises have adopted DaDesktop for local, live, instructor-led sessions, primarily due to the simplicity of pre-installing and configuring complex software. This setup can then be rapidly and effortlessly replicated across dozens or even hundreds of other cloud desktops.

The following points highlight why instructors, participants, and organizations select DaDesktop for their training requirements, along with the specific benefits they realize.
 

Organizations (Companies, Educational Institutions, Government)

• Cost-Efficiency
  • Leveraging DaDesktop is substantially more affordable compared to utilizing cloud instances from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  • Because DaDesktop is tailored for the short-term use of cloud desktops rather than long-term cloud instance hosting, it enables a far simpler and more cost-effective pricing structure.
• Scalability
  • Enterprises utilize DaDesktop to deliver IT training to large cohorts, cloning pre-configured cloud desktops to over 50 students simultaneously without any issues.
  • DaDesktop servers can accommodate thousands of virtual machine images at any given moment, allowing the number of course participants to scale well beyond the capacity of a standard classroom.
• Speed
  • With DaDesktop, cloud desktops are rapidly provisioned at the start of a training session and promptly decommissioned upon its completion.
  • Cloning DaDesktop cloud desktops is over 100 times faster than provisioning an AWS public cloud instance or a traditional classroom workstation.
• Convenience
  • The intuitive interface facilitates on-the-fly setup and adjustments to the learning environment, even after the class has commenced.
• Extensibility
  • DaDesktop offers a streamlined channel for requesting new features.
  • DaDesktop supports a public API and extensions, enabling custom integrations with third-party systems such as LDAP, OpenID-Connect, and LMS.
• Security
  • User data is not retained on DaDesktop beyond the duration of the training session.
  • Each cloud desktop is designed as an impermanent, self-contained computing environment.
• Accessibility
  • There is no need to seek IT department approval for software to bypass corporate firewalls.
  • The complete Windows or Linux OS desktop environment is accessible via the browser without the requirement to install plugins.
• Public, Private, and On-Premise Options
  • DaDesktop can be accessed via public or private servers, offering users varying degrees of exclusivity.

  • Additionally, DaDesktop can be installed 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 easily clone it to any number of participants. This eliminates the loss of valuable time spent on 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 spin up multiple cloud desktops for numerous participants simultaneously within seconds.
• Interactivity
  • Instructors can not only view participants' desktops but also take control of them at any time, mirroring a live classroom experience.
• Recordability
  • Trainers can record the entire training session to share with participants later.

  • The recorded sessions can be reviewed by instructors to gain self-feedback and improve future course delivery.

     

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Participants

• Convenience
  • Participants can access DaDesktop from their laptop or PC browser 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 directly within their browser.
  • Upon joining a training session, participants have immediate access to all tools, materials, and exercises prepared by the instructor in advance.
  • When participants switch their browser to "full-screen" mode, the cloud Windows or Linux environment takes over the entire display. This provides a seamless experience, feeling like a full OS running on the user's laptop rather than an environment nested within a browser.
  • Participants can engage in training sessions from the comfort of their home or office.
     

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