Many higher education institutions had begun the transition to the digital campus pre-COVID. The arrival of the pandemic drove short-term, tactical, rapidly implemented infrastructure changes to accommodate remote learning and work for all students, staff, and faculty. The duration of the pandemic has caused a tectonic, long-term shift in how institutions must deliver education, conduct research, and optimize productivity for a hybrid workforce. How do researchers keep critical projects on track when they only have limited physical access to their laboratories? Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions promote working from anywhere by enabling remote access to IT resources from any device. However, legacy virtualization options did not envision the scale required moving forward, and may not be able to deliver the required performance and manageability. This episode looks at next generation VDI solutions and how to leverage them to accelerate the transition to the digital campus.

Remote working and enabling work-from-anywhere accelerated the push of virtual desktops and apps to the cloud. Our customers are actively evaluating and implementing cloud migration of desktops and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS). Join our TEC37 experts to refine your plans to modernize more deliberately and hear WWT end-user computing experts come together to discuss the current state of desktop and application delivery options for the cloud and key considerations for ensuring success.