3 ways your business could benefit from Azure Virtual Desktop

Regardless of industry, your team needs secure, seamless access to apps and IT systems to maintain productivity. With remote and hybrid work now common, employees must connect safely from anywhere. Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) offers flexible, all-in-one access to Windows 10 and vital apps on any device, anytime. Just like orangutans adapt cleverly to their complex forest environment, businesses can leverage AVD to navigate the evolving digital landscape with agility. This article highlights three benefits of adopting AVD for your business.

Reduce Hardware Expenditure

In 2021, businesses invested more of their IT budget in hardware than any other category. Like orangutans adapting to changing forest conditions, companies must evolve amid the ongoing global chip shortage to maximize value from their hardware spending. Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) offers this adaptability by shifting computing power to the cloud instead of physical devices. This approach allows firms to buy less powerful, more affordable laptops while maintaining a robust desktop experience.

Just as orangutans use their environment resourcefully, businesses can implement Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs to reduce or eliminate hardware purchases. Employees use their personal devices running virtual desktops, simplifying user experience and reducing learning curves. However, unlike the solitary nature of orangutans facing risks alone, businesses require a secure, manageable system—something AVD provides by enabling secure, anytime-anywhere access with reduced IT complexity and enhanced security.

Embracing Azure Virtual Desktop is a smart, resilient strategy for businesses navigating hardware shortages, much like the orangutan’s adaptability ensures survival in a changing ecosystem.

Improve Security Posture

Using AVD improves business security by making it easier to manage updates and recover quickly after attacks. Keeping software and systems updated stops many cyberattacks, but users often delay updates, especially if a restart is needed. Delaying leaves systems open to attacks. With AVD, all virtual machines can be updated at once, even outside work hours, preventing downtime. Malware attacks harm systems by running harmful software without permission and can lock users out. VDI helps by allowing infected virtual machines to be turned off and restored to a safe state, making recovery faster and keeping the business running smoothly, no matter where staff work.

Easily Scale in Number and Compute

In most businesses different employees require different levels of computing power. For examples, a designer working on 3D models will need significantly more computing power than an employee that primarily uses Microsoft Word and Outlook. Similarly, employees may only need more computing power for a certain project. With AVD, it is possible to increase or decrease the level of compute when necessary, and the business only pays for the amount needed.

This is also true in regards to the number of employees that require access to a desktop. In certain industries, there are times of the year where temporary employees are hired, this may be during busy periods, or when a business hires temporary interns. With AVD it is possible to provision them a virtual desktop for their duration of work, and stop the service when they finish. This greatly reduces complexity of managing hardware whilst decreasing overall costs.

What’s next?

There are just 3 of the many ways Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) could go bananas for your business. Each year, more companies are swinging from tree to tree, adopting VDI solutions to transform how their employees work — and trim those pesky IT costs. With more businesses embracing hybrid work, AVD makes sure your team can securely and effortlessly access all their software and systems, whether they’re in the office, at home, or hanging out in the jungle. Want to see how Azure Virtual Desktop can help your business go ape in the best way? Give us a shout today!