Comparison between Application and Desktop Virtualization

Comparison between Application and Desktop Virtualization

1. Flexibility

   • Offers greater flexibility to virtual infrastructure
   • A lesser level of flexibility in comparison

2. Desktop Experience

   • A richer and consistent desktop experience
   • The desktop experience differs from application to application

3. Maintenance

   • Maintenance of applications is difficult as simple changes require redeployment of the “golden image” to all VDI instances
   • Allows easier maintenance of applications, allowing change to take place without the user even noticing that changes have taken place

4. Cost

   • Cost can be a concern depending on the use case
   • Cost-effective solution

5. Applications

   • Applications are still tied into the underlying OS
   • Fully isolates the application from the underlying OS

6. User Experience

   • Gives users the experience of a complete desktop
   • Gives users the experience individualized to make it application-specific

7. Impact on hardware

   • Complete virtualization causes more impact on the underlying hardware
   • Application virtualization transfers less data, thus lowering the impact on the hardware

8. Access and authentication management

   • Access and authentication management is comparatively difficult
   • Access and authentication management is comparatively easier

9. Desktop Virtualization

10. Application Virtualization