The Comprehensive Application/Desktop Virtualization Assessment
Application/desktop virtualization solutions interact with 11 key areas of the IT infrastructure as shown below. This assessment starts with the VDI readiness assessment and continues on to do a complete review of all key areas in a company’s environment in preparation for an application or desktop virtualization implementation. For smaller organizations, the VDI readiness assessment along will suffice, but for larger organizations, or those with particularly complicated environments, this more comprehensive assessment is warranted.
Areas that are reviewed in depth are:
- Network infrastructure (Switches, routers, WAN link types and speeds, design)
- SAN capacity and speeds
- Hypervisor type and design
- Database capabilities (type, capacity, and redundancy)
- Workstations (type, age, OSes)
- Active Directory (layout, potential issues)
- Applications are classified into Critical, important, supplemental
- Mobility support needs
- Cloud connectivity needs and existing solutions
This assessment is a minimum of a week in duration, and can be considerably longer depending on the complexity of the environment. The end result is a 100+ page report evaluating all the important functional areas, any risks identified, and a suggested remediation plan to move forward.
Benefits of the Comprehensive Assessment
- Defines virtualization-ready desktop assets
- Reveals VDI opportunities in the Enterprise
- Estimates potential cost savings of implementing VDI
- Estimates necessary hardware and software requirements
- Identifies risks in key areas and defines suggested remediation actions
- Provides a suggested system design and implementation plan
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