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With the complexity involved in scaling of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solutions, Amazon WorkSpaces helps its users manage deployments of more than 1000 workspaces using AWS console. Additionally, to ensure secure deployments, it uses Amazon Virtual Private Network (VPC) and disables storage of any data on local devices using encrypted storage volumes in the AWS.

• Pay as you go/ Free for up to 50 users for new WorkSpaces customers (limited time offer, available through June 30, 2020)
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In order to achieve significant savings in IT capex investment which comes with setting up new offices, replacing existing on-premise VDI infrastructure and scale desktop and application deployments across a global workforce, Amazon WorkSpaces solutions can serve the need.

With a rapid provisioning and de-provisioning mechanism as well availability of Amazon Workspaces in 13 AWS regions, remote teams can get access to highly responsive cloud desktops to complete the tasks.

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With the drawbacks of public clouds in terms of low-latency rates and complexity in deployment across enterprises, Workspot has built a highly customizable platform that deploys cloud VDI and scales it globally within a short time. Using an elastic infrastructure layer called the Cloud Desktop Fabric™, Workspot serves as a one-point solution that provisions and manages virtual desktops in the Azure regions closest (<25 ms away) to your employees, contractors, or partners thus ensuring high performance.

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When you want to deploy apps on cloud or deploy multiple virtual desktops across different Azure regions or wish to deploy and manage cloud desktops on-premise and in Azure or ensure business continuity in case of a disaster, Workspot provides different products catering to these needs individually.

With the globally distributed remote teams, Workspot's turnkey services can ensure faster deployment of cloud VDI's, ultimately improving productivity

Windows Virtual Desktop delivers unique offerings such as multi-session Windows 10 virtualized desktop, which improves the experience of its users. WVD also allows its users to migrate the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) to Azure. Given the high compliance of Azure cloud with security governing bodies, any form of migration, deployment or virtualization using WVD is highly secure.

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To deployment of desktop apps to the cloud quickly, to cut the cost of Windows server desktops and apps and optimize the cloud experience and to migrate and scale the existing Windows infrastructure to a virtualized setting using Azure.

Windows Server desktops and apps are located at remote data centers. By migrating the Remote Desktop Services to Azure cloud, users can manage a single glass pane view on Azure portal.

The GPU cloud tools enable enterprises and individuals to build intelligent applications, manage all GPU services using a simple web console and support advanced workflows such as the ones used in Machine Learning and Data Science. Paperspace platform capabilities include the provision of VM's with powerful GPU's, network and user management using powerful ACLs.

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For building large powered applications that require GPU's to perform at optimal levels, cloud VM's coupled with GPU's can serve the need. For enterprises that require fully managed GPU services so as to focus on core business activities, Paperspace's GPU cloud tools can be integrated in their existing workflows.

Remote teams can access VM's and shared drives as part of the built-in capabilities of GPU cloud tools.