Roadmap

DaDesktop Training Roadmap

  1. Training materials organization - Improved integration with trainer materials, user notes, presentations, and so on.
  2. Auto Upscaling Desktop - Should a participant's or trainer's desktop run out of resources, additional resources (CPU, RAM, disk) should be added automatically without stopping the desktop.
  3. Real time subtitles with translations - For instance, a trainer speaking English can teach Japanese participants, who can read Japanese subtitles in real time (available for customers who have selected "Preview features").
  4. Real time interpretation with AI - Japanese participants can listen to a real-time Japanese interpretation even though the trainer is using English.
  5. Participant assistant -  The system assists participants when doing labs, suggesting the 'next move' or prompting users if they have performed an exercise incorrectly, providing much faster feedback when the user is 'stuck' with exercises. Also known as the Participant Assistant Agent. (Available in Preview features.)
  6. Statistics - Course coordinators and stakeholders can view user participation.

DaDesktop for Work (DD4W)

  1. Public Cloud - Currently DaDesktop for Work is only available for private deployments; we aim to make DD4W available to the general public as a public cloud offering.
  2. Better encryption integration - Currently, encryption setup is handled only by the operating system, but we want to allow users to integrate it with DaDesktop. A GUI would make this process smoother (for example, the user wouldn't need to type a password in the machine, as the system already knows who the user is).
  3. Auto-switch Remote replica - The system will create or detect the nearest remote replica in order to minimise lag and improve the user experience.

DaDesktop Labs/Self-study

  1. The system gives users feedback about the progress of the lab.
  2. Creator studio - Lab creators can easily edit recordings online and synchronise them with the lab instructions, desktop templates, and other resources (already available in Beta).

Technical Roadmap

  1. User Experience
    1. Simplification of the user interface.
    2. Easier acquisition of cloud image OS templates.
  2. Billing
    1. Multi-currency support
  3. Generic cloud support (Available in Preview)
    1. Spot instance support (Available by invitation only)
    2. Allow editing of any available qemu options.