14.2. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Overview
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) refers to the hosting of a desktop operating system running in a VM on the server. The server-hosted desktop virtualization solution approach is also sometimes called virtual desktop environment (VDE). As mentioned before, VDI allows a user to access a remote desktop environment from an endpoint device via a remote desktop protocol. For the user, the experience is very similar to using the presentation virtualization solution, except that the desktop operating system is running in a VM hosted on a server instead of a remote user session on a Windows Server operating system. The hosted remote operating system and associated applications are shown on the user's ...
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