That was two years ago and the market has matured somewhat over that time.
When Amazon first released their WorkSpaces service in 2013, Gene Marks over at asked if it was Too Good to Be True, and in the end concluded that the cost – which on the face of it seemed considerably lower than that of the company he was using to host his 10-person company’s applications – after adding in the cost for Exchange and migrating databases would end up at close to the same per-month per-user outlay. Others require that you commit to a long term contract (one year is common) so you’re locked in for that time period even if you find the DaaS solution doesn’t meet your needs. Some charge licensing fees for the operating system separately.
Some DaaS providers set a minimum number of desktops that you have to order, or set minimum usage requirements. Within the DaaS options, though, there is a wide variance in pricing structures and ultimate costs. In general, DaaS is more cost effective than VDI, which can be difficult to scale and upgrade because it’s usually built on enterprise (vs. Hosted desktops have been touted in many circles as a way to lower your TCO but sometimes there are hidden costs. We all know that service providers’ claims of gargantuan savings by adopting their services sometimes pan out and sometimes they don’t.
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Then I began to delve into Amazon’s WorkSpaces desktop service and as we continue the discussion, I’ll take a look at various aspects of how it works, what it costs and how to deploy and use it. In Part 1 of this series of articles, I provided an overview of the need for persistent desktops in the cloud, the differences between the two ways to implement that – VDI and DaaS – and some of the concerns and issues surrounding Desktop as a Service.
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