About service

The Cloud Desktop service is based on VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) technology and is designed to provide users with desktops created on a remote server and functioning in a virtualized environment.

The Cloud Desktop service is suitable for creating or upgrading the communication infrastructure of an enterprise or a network of enterprises where different people can use one workplace.

Tasks that the service solves:

• Deployment of desktops and their further administration through pools.
• Managing desktop pools and load balancing in them.
• Organization of remote desktops for users and ensuring continuous access to them.
• Protection of desktops from unauthorized access.

• Support for guest operating systems on which cloud desktops will be launched: Windows OS, Linux OS.
• Directory services support AD/LDAP.
• Support for data transmission over the RDP protocol.
• Support for two types of jobs: personalized and session.
• Monitoring the use of peripheral devices.
• Maintenance of more than 1000 simultaneous user connections.
• Creating and configuring a VM on a virtualization platform from a pre-prepared master image.
• Support of fault tolerance mechanisms for management, licensing, storage and accounting of configuration changes.

The following roles are provided in the service:

• Administrator.

  Manages the service through personal account VK Cloud. Configures integration with the directory service, creates desktop pools, and assigns desktops to users.

• User.

  Direct user of cloud desktops. Independently installs a client application to access the desktop.

The available peripherals are set when adding a desktop pool.

• Get acquainted with the basic concepts of the service.
• Go through the Quick start.