How is Microsoft vdi authorized?

VDA is a subscription authorization (per device/year subscription) for devices in the enterprise that are not authorized by SA (contractor devices, employee machines, thin clients) to access virtual desktops. When users use devices that have not purchased SA to access VDI desktops, such as thin clients, they need to purchase VDA authorization. When using third-party equipment, such as contractors or employees' own computers to access the VDI desktop, you also need to purchase a VDA.

VDA is a benefit of SA. Users who have purchased SA no longer need to purchase VDA.

CSL is Windows Secondary Device Licensing. It is an optional subscription add-on feature that can grant personal devices of any type and company-owned non-X86 devices the right to access the corporate desktop through VDI or Windows To Go. The prerequisite for purchasing a CSL is that SA, VDA, and Windows Intune have been purchased for the primary device of the secondary device.

After collecting all the above licenses, can you summon the dragon? No!

You will also need to purchase a management license for the VDI infrastructure. Microsoft provides two options:

Option 1: Remote Desktop Services CAL (Remote Desktop Services Access License)

If the enterprise has purchased System Center Configuration Manager Client Management License, Microsoft For these two licenses, Desktop Optimization Pack, it is enough to buy Remote Desktop Services CAL.

Choose ②: VDI Suite (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Package)

The existence of VDI Suite is mainly to simplify licensing and reduce licensing fees. The following is what VDI Suite includes: < /p>

Remote Desktop Services CAL (with limited functions)

System Center Configuration Manager Client Management License (with limited functions, it is actually a license for VMM client management)

In short, VDI is expensive, and authorization is not cheap at all. If it is just to save costs, then VDI is not your ideal choice. However, from the perspective of enterprise management From this perspective, VDI can still bring us great value:

1. Rapid cross-platform deployment of enterprise applications, especially in the medical and education industry, where only one thin client is needed to achieve cross-platform applications Interaction, distance education, HIS system, etc.

2. Improve the level of enterprise management. The desktop no longer relies on the client, which can facilitate IT to conduct unified management. The user's desktop and data can be managed separately, and IT personnel can Spend more time building instead of putting out fires.