From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 4 Software and Systems Security
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Desktop and application virtualization
From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 4 Software and Systems Security
Desktop and application virtualization
- [Instructor] As companies turn to telecommuting and other remote working arrangements, the demand increases for technologies that allow remote users to easier interact with enterprise systems from their homes and other locations. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or VDI solutions, take the power of virtualization and apply it to desktop technology. Users can use any system of their choice to access a desktop environment that's running on a remote server. This might be a VDI solution running in the company's own data center, or a cloud-based VDI product, such as Amazon's WorkSpaces. Let's take a look at how Amazon WorkSpaces functions. I'm here at the desktop on my Mac, and it has the Amazon WorkSpaces software client installed. Let's start it up. As Amazon WorkSpaces loads, it asks me for credentials. This is the username and passwords set by my organization that I use to log into WorkSpaces. I'm going to go ahead and provide…
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