Virtual Desktop

Amazon Workspace

  • Started on 2014

  • Corona offer (free tier increased) from April 1 to June 30, 2020

    • 50 users with Standard, Value, and Performance bundles.
    • 80GB for root user (hard disk)
    • Other users 50GB (hard disk), //also 1TB offer exists
    • 40 hours per month
    • windows OS (standard bundle)

  • In amazon monthly billing is cheaper (unlimited usage of system)

  • Hourly billing is good for part timers..etc

    • after 1 hour of inactivity, usage is not billed.

  • Amazon WorkSpaces Cost Optimizer can suggest you the best price of Monthly/ hourly after usage

Features:

  • File collaboration, Transfer file ownership
  • Single sign-on (SSO), also Single sign-on with Active Directory integration
  • Granular permissions
  • Encryption in transit and at rest
  • Usage logs (real time notifications)
  • User activity tracking
  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • Offline Access (sync client, Drive, mobile apps)
  • User management

Data loss prevention

  • Recycle bin (30 days)
  • Data Recovery by site admin - up to 365 days (default 60 days)
  • Disable file downloads

Compliance

  • Multiple AWS Regions
  • HIPAA eligible
  • PCI DSS
  • ISO 9001
  • ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018

IT

  • Amazon WorkSpaces Application Manager (WAM) (free or 5$ standard plan)
    • to deploy and manage applications (can add third party applications that we already own the license, internally-developed custom applications)

Pricing (Asia specific Singapore)

  • Work Docs Pricing Link

  • Extra applications like MS office would be charged

  • 50GB free storage, can be extended to 1 TB (7$/user/month)

  • Considering only 4GB & 8GB machines(ignoring 16, 32GB..etc)

  • LINUX

Linux aws

  • Windows

Windows aws

  • Windows(with our licenses)

Windows aws

Microsoft azure virtual desktop

  • Started on 2018 end

  • In Azure hourly (pay as u go ) billing is looking cheaper. Reserved is good for unlimited usage of system.

Features:

  • Linked with microsoft products, so microsoft software becomes cheaper like OS, Office 365 license..etc
  • basic features exists but less compared to amazon
  • Site Link

Compliance

  • More than amazon Link

Pricing

Windows azure

Comparison

PointAmazonAzure
toolsmoreless
Pricing/user/month60 to 65$50 to 55$
Other Pricingcharges Office applicationslinked with office 365 license (so email, document management, teams..etc applications)

To get OS & basic applications, consider following scenario

  • Cloud azure : For 5 years, we spend more than 2 lakhs on single developer machine
  • Personal Laptop : Good developer laptop costing 80,000 rs (Lenova think pad) should last 5 years+ . Assuming DLP is cheaper than 1 lakh per developer machine for the tenure.

Suggestion In Order

  • Existing Desktops + UPS + third party DLP
  • On Premises Virtual desktop (If Linux Developer machines) + third party DLP
  • New Laptop + third party DLP
  • Azure virtual desktop
  • Amazon workspace