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Solutions/VDI alternative

Publish apps,
not whole desktops.

Most people only need one or two Windows apps. Stream those to a browser instead of standing up a desktop for every user, and keep the full desktop for the people who do need it.

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Sound familiar

  • A desktop per user is a lot

    When the need is one application, a whole managed desktop, its image and its patching is more than the job asks for.

  • Heavy clients on every device

    Remote-desktop clients and their configuration become another thing to roll out and support.

  • Hard to see and hard to control

    Who opened what, from where, and what could they copy out? Often there's no clear answer.

Instead, this.

01

Per-app streaming

Each person launches the app they need from a catalog. Only that window is streamed, in a browser tab, with nothing to install.

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02

Full desktop when it's needed

A full Windows desktop mode is available for the cases that call for one. It's plan-dependent.

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03

Policy and oversight built in

Roles, SSO, an audit log, data-loss controls and an admin view of every session, without a separate product on top.

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Questions.

For per-app access, often yes. For people who need a complete desktop, there's a full-desktop mode, plan-dependent. Whether it covers your whole estate depends on what you run. We'll look at it with you.

How it works

Full virtual desktop

  1. 01

    A remote-desktop client

    Usually installed on the user's device.

  2. 02

    A managed desktop per person

    Desktop images, patching and profiles to look after.

  3. 03

    The apps on it

    Even when someone only needs one.

App streaming with Onscryn

  1. 01

    A browser tab

    Nothing to install.

  2. 02

    One app, in its own session account

    On a Windows host you control.

  3. 03

    Policy around it

    Clipboard, files, watermark, recording.

Both still need Windows and application licensing. The difference is what you build and look after around the app.
Application streaming and VDI at a glance
Application streamingVDI
What the user getsThe application they asked forA full managed desktop
On the user's deviceA browser tabUsually a remote-desktop client
What you manageApps, access and policyDesktop images, patching, profiles, access and policy
Best forPeople who use a few specific appsPeople who work across a whole desktop
LicensingWindows and app licensing still applyWindows and app licensing still apply
Onscryn can also stream a full desktop when someone needs one.
The Onscryn Hosts page showing the fleet of Windows machines and their capacity
Hosts: the Windows machines your apps run on, with status and capacity.

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your current setup.

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