App Volumes use cases

There are several key use cases for deploying App Volumes within your environment.

The first of these use cases is deploying App Volumes within a virtual desktop infrastructure environment.

VDI desktops

A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is the primary use case for App Volumes. It allows IT administrators to deploy applications in real time and independent of the core operating system. The decision on who gets which applications is based on the user and group policies, depending on the user's membership in Active Directory.

So why is this important and a key use case?

In order to deploy the most optimized VDI, you would want to opt for a floating, non-persistent model. This means that virtual desktop machines are delivered ...

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