Desktop Virtualization Services

Whether you're exploring the possibility of a virtualized desktop implementation, expanding your existing virtualization solution to your desktop environment, or standardizing on desktop virtualization across your entire IT infrastructure, VMware Professional Services can add strategic value at every step of the process.

  Drawing on the broad experience of hundreds of customer implementations, VMware consultants and partners will focus on the application of VMware Desktop Virtualization technology in your IT environment to solve your specific business challenges.

 This process begins by clearly defining and documenting your project goals, requirements and success criteria from both a business and technical standpoint. We introduce and explain key product features, assess your current environment, implement pilot projects to determine key success criteria and measure results, design and plan the implementation, and transfer knowledge through documentation and on-site demos.

By working together to plan, design and build your desktop virtualization infrastructure, VMware Professional Services will:

• Accelerate the rollout and reduce the risk of the move to a virtual desktop infrastructure.
• Develop and standardize on repeatable, efficient provisioning processes for virtual desktops.
• Improve desktop security and business continuity while gaining greater control over your desktop infrastructure.
• Leverage VMware and industry best practices, and the in-depth expertise of our consultants to deploy your desktop infrastructure successfully.

 

 

Service Offerings

In addition, VMware Professional Services and its partners offer a range of services which provide the expertise, staffing, knowledge transfer, and training that customers need to design, deploy and manage virtual desktops.

Desktop Virtualization Services

Assess
	VMware Desktop Virtualization Strategy Assessment Provides expert guidance and best practice insight to help develop a comprehensive desktop strategy; includes impact analysis, analysis of organizational as well as technical interdependencies, and a roadmap design to help  you prepare and proactively manage for a successful adoption
	VMware Desktop Application Virtualization Assessment Delivers a high level roadmap, recommended infrastructure changes, and application virtualization candidate selection and prioritization  through application analysis, compatibility assessment, and load and usage profiles.
	VMware Desktop Infrastructure Virtualization Assessment Delivers technical assessment of your virtualization and data center infrastructure in preparation for desktop virtualization initiative; includes analysis of users and desktops to develop selection and implementation priority recommendations
Discover
	VMware View Jumpstart Provides detailed knowledge transfer workshops and a fully functional demonstration environment running on non-production hardware to demonstrate VMware View key features and functionality.
	VMware vSphere with View Jumpstart Provides knowledge transfer on VMware vSphere and its use for structuring and deploying virtual desktops.  Participants learn how to efficiently create, provision and manage virtual desktops in a proof-of-concept setting.
	VMware ThinApp Jumpstart Provides a detailed knowledge transfer workshop and Thin App implementation best practices and an on-site installation of a non-production VMware ThinApp Capture and Build environment.
	VMware View Pilot Services (Basic, Standard, Premium) Demonstrates how desktop and application virtualization can work in your environment.  A single use case and single stage pilot allows for up to 25 users to experience the pilot environment, representing a production environment of up to 500 users for the same use case. Available in basic, standard, and premium service options.
Plan
	VMware ThinApp Plan & Design Develops a comprehensive infrastructure design to support a production deployment of ThinApp that can be implemented quickly and efficiently while adhering to VMware best practices.
	VMware View Plan & Design Delivers a  comprehensive VMware View architecture design guided by VMware consultants  and proven best practices to enable streamlined implementation and accelerated adoption
Optimize
	VMware Desktop Virtualization Healthcheck Provides insight into existing View infrastructures as well as their VMware vSphere® environments. Using VMware HealthAnalyzer tool in conjunction with VMware best practices, discovers the best configurations for performance, scaling, and manageability of the View environment.
	VMware Resident Program Customers who want trusted, dedicated virtualization expertise can engage a VMware Certified Professional (VCP) consultant through the VMware Resident Program.