Benefits

A cloud desktop delivers massive benefits for companies wanting to run live, instructor-led training. These benefits really shine when you're delivering IT training courses to multiple participants spread across different physical locations throughout New Zealand.

A growing number of companies have also chosen DaDesktop for local, live, instructor-led training, thanks to how easily complex software applications can be pre-installed and configured, then cloned in a flash to dozens or even hundreds of other cloud desktops.

Here are some of the reasons instructors, participants, and organisations choose DaDesktop for their training needs, and the benefits they've experienced.
 

Organizations (companies, learning institutions, government)

• Cost-effective
  • Using DaDesktop is significantly cheaper than using cloud machines from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
  • Because DaDesktop is designed for short-term use of cloud desktops rather than long-term hosting, it can offer a much simpler and more affordable pricing model.
• Scalable
  • Companies use DaDesktop to deliver IT training courses to large numbers of participants, cloning a pre-configured cloud desktop for well over 50 students at a time without a hitch.
  • DaDesktop servers can hold thousands of virtual machine images at any one time, so you can easily scale the number of course participants well beyond the typical classroom size.
• Fast
  • With DaDesktop, cloud desktops are quickly spun up at the start of a training session and shut down just as quickly afterwards.
  • DaDesktop cloud desktops can be cloned over 100 times faster than an AWS public-cloud machine or classroom workstation.
• Convenient
  • The user-friendly interface lets you set up and adjust the learning environment on the fly, even once the class has begun.
• Extensible
  • DaDesktop provides a handy channel for requesting new features.
  • DaDesktop supports a public API and extensions, allowing custom integration with third-party systems like LDAP, OpenID-Connect, and LMS.
• Secure
  • No user data is kept on DaDesktop beyond the duration of a training session.
  • Each cloud desktop is built to be a temporary, self-contained computing environment.
• Accessible
  • No need to ask IT for permission to let software bypass the company firewall.
  • The entire Windows or Linux desktop environment runs right inside your browser—no plugins to install.
• Public, Private, and On-premises
  • You can access DaDesktop from a public or private server, giving users different levels of exclusivity.

  • DaDesktop can also be installed on-premises in your own data centre.

     

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Instructors

• Convenient
  • An instructor can spin up as many cloud desktops as needed, assigning one per participant for the whole training session.
  • You can pre-install and configure a single cloud desktop with all the necessary software and OS settings, then simply clone that desktop for as many participants as you like. No more wasting precious time fiddling with setup during class.
  • Instructors can run training sessions from the comfort of their home or office, using just a browser on their laptop.
• Fast
  • An instructor can spin up multiple cloud desktops for multiple participants all at once—in seconds.
• Interactive
  • Instructors can not only see participants' desktops but can also take control of them at any time, just like in a real classroom.
• Recordable
  • Trainers can record the entire session to share with participants afterwards.

  • The recording also lets instructors review their own performance as feedback to improve future courses.

     

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Participants

• Convenient
  • Participants can access DaDesktop from their laptop or PC browser using just a URL the instructor provides.
  • Participants don't need to install any software—they just log into DaDesktop and start using the Windows or Linux desktop environment from within their browser.
  • As soon as they join a training session, participants have instant access to all the tools, materials, and exercises the instructor has prepared ahead of time.
  • When participants switch their browser to "full-screen" mode, the cloud Windows or Linux environment fills the entire screen, so it feels like a fully installed OS running directly on the laptop—not something nested inside a browser.
  • Participants can take part in training sessions from the comfort of their own home or office.
     

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