Benefits

A cloud desktop offers enormous benefits to companies wanting to deliver live, instructor-led training. These benefits are most apparent when running IT training courses for multiple participants spread across various locations throughout the UK.

An increasing number of companies have also turned to DaDesktop for local, live, instructor-led training, thanks to how effortlessly complex software can be pre-installed and configured, then swiftly cloned to dozens or even hundreds of other cloud desktops.

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

Organizations (companies, learning institutions, government)

• Cost-effective
  • Using DaDesktop is considerably cheaper than running cloud machines from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
  • Since DaDesktop focuses on short-term use of cloud desktops rather than long-term machine hosting, it can operate under a far simpler and lower-cost pricing model.
• Scalable
  • Companies rely on DaDesktop to deliver IT training to large numbers of participants, cloning a pre-configured cloud desktop for well over 50 students simultaneously, with no hiccups at all.
  • DaDesktop servers can store thousands of virtual machine images at any moment, making it possible to scale course participant numbers far beyond what a typical classroom would hold.
• Fast
  • With DaDesktop, cloud desktops are launched swiftly at the start of a training session and shut down promptly once it finishes.
  • DaDesktop cloud desktops can be cloned over 100 times faster than an AWS public cloud instance or classroom workstation.
• Convenient
  • A user-friendly interface allows for on-the-fly setup and tweaks to the learning environment, even once the class is underway.
• Extensible
  • DaDesktop offers a straightforward channel for requesting new features.
  • DaDesktop supports a public API, and extensions for custom integration with third-party systems like LDAP, OpenID-Connect, and LMS.
• Secure
  • No user data is retained on DaDesktop beyond the duration of a training session.
  • Each cloud desktop is designed as a temporary, self-contained computing environment.
• Accessible
  • No need to ask the IT department for permission to let software bypass the company firewall.
  • The complete Windows or Linux desktop environment is accessible within the browser, with no plugins necessary.
• Public, Private and On-premise
  • DaDesktop can be accessed via public or private servers, giving users varying degrees of exclusivity.

  • DaDesktop can also be installed on-premise within the customer's own data centre.

     

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Instructors

• Convenient
  • An instructor can launch as many cloud desktops as required, assigning one per participant for the entire training session.
  • An instructor can pre-install and configure a single cloud desktop with all needed software and OS settings, then clone it to as many participants as required. No precious class time is lost fiddling with the setup.
  • The instructor can run training sessions using nothing more than a browser on their laptop, from the comfort of their home or office.
• Fast
  • An instructor can spin up multiple cloud desktops for multiple participants simultaneously, within seconds.
• Interactive
  • Instructors can not only view participants' desktops but also take control of them at any time, much like in a physical classroom.
• Recordable
  • The trainer can record the entire training session to share with participants afterwards.

  • The recorded training can be reviewed by the instructor as feedback on how to improve future deliveries.

     

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Participants

• Convenient
  • Participants can access DaDesktop from their laptop or PC browser using just a URL supplied by the instructor.
  • Participants don't need to install any software. They simply log into DaDesktop and start using the Windows or Linux desktop environment directly in their browser.
  • Once they join a training session, participants instantly have access to all the tools, materials, and exercises that the instructor has prepared in advance.
  • When participants switch their browser to full-screen mode, the cloud Windows or Linux environment fills the entire screen, so it feels less like an OS inside a browser and more like a proper operating system running natively on the laptop.
  • Participants can take part in training sessions from the comfort of their home or office.
     

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