Virtualizing Desktops and Apps with Windows Server 2012 R2 Inside Out

Chapter 11. Implementing Remote Access for VDI

Extending VDI outside the organization

Controlling RD Gateway access

A recent trend in IT is users bringing their personal computing devices to the office. This is often called Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). It started when smartphones became popular and users asked IT departments for access to email from the smartphones. It has expanded, and now it is common for users to bring personal tablets and laptops into the office, too. IT departments have been supporting these devices, sometimes limitedly, ever since.

What started as users using their personal devices in the office has expanded to users using their personal devices outside the office. As a result, IT departments are being challenged to ...