The new standard of desktop computing
- Make users more productive with the fast, accessible interface
- Take a compliance step change with the secure-by-design model
- Eliminate fixed costs for IT, giving your business greater agility
The best part? Users don’t have to adopt anything new.

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Desktop 365
The third evolution of the workplace desktop

Paper and Pen
The pen or typewriter approach from the 20th century, stored locally in cabinets.
Obsolete

Device-Led Desktop
The long-established digital desktop, stored locally on a desktop computer or laptop.
- User restrictions
- Compliance risks
- Poor scalability

Server-Led Desktop
Device-agnostic desktop computing, stored on a company network or a private cloud.
- Fast, accessible
- High compliance
- Efficient scalability
The difference
How does Server-Led IT differ?
The traditional approach is to store everything on devices; the new standard is to store centrally on corporate servers, like Desktop 365, accessing it through the web. It unlocks many benefits, introduced in the video.
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In your sector
Use cases of Desktop 365 in your industry.
Construction
- Graphics packages allow performance-intensive apps to run effectively on any device.
- Empower designers and engineers to work effectively with machines on-site.
Education
- Reduce (or eradicate) the cost of end-user devices.
- Offer consistent computing on-site and at home for students as well as teaching and admin staff.
- An effective solution for scaling Multi-Academy Trusts.
Financial Services
- Bank-grade solution delivered by award-winning industry experts, Atlas Cloud.
- Incorporate bespoke applications within Desktop 365.
- Super-fast login times and all-round improvement on workforce efficiency.
Healthcare
- Bank-grade solution delivered by award-winning industry experts, Atlas Cloud.
- Scale users up or down based on seasonality.
- An effective solution for scaling multi-site private branches.
Legal Services
- Make fee-earners more productive, drive down inefficiencies in billable time.
- Get the benefits of Cloud without having to adopt new Case Management (or other) systems.
Pharmaceutical
- High compliance solution helps to sail through audits.
- Super-fast login times and all-round efficiency improvement on machine-based workforce.
Recruitment
- Super-fast login times and all-round improvement on workforce efficiency makes for happy recruiters.
- Empower recruiters to work flexibly from anywhere, at any time, ensuring they're ready when opportunities land.
More Sectors
Desktop 365 is a solution designed for business users and is relevant for all industries.
It’s a solution particularly useful when looking to improve workforce flexibility or enhance security.
Frequently asked questions
More information about Desktop 365.
Short answer: No.
The Microsoft Office suite of applications have transformed in recent years from a Device-Led model to a Server-Led model, all with the simple introduction of the three numbers “365”.
Desktop 365 transforms a user’s entire Microsoft Windows Desktop and any existing business applications (on-premise or SaaS) in exactly the same way – giving users the same experience, no matter which device they use.
Short answer: No.
There are lots of names for them: Hosted Desktops, Desktops-as-a-Service (DaaS) or Virtual Desktop Interfaces (VDIs).
Whatever you call them, Desktop 365 differs as these solutions only tackle user restrictions and compliance risks around on-premise files and applications. True Server-Led IT, like Desktop 365, goes above this by giving the same level of control with SaaS files and applications (which almost every organisation consumes in some description) as well.
So, in effect, it’s more than just a VDI.
Pricing is per user, per month.
- Which applications your businesses uses (due to varying hosting requirements).
- How many users you’ll need (as some costs are impacted by scale).
- Which industry your organisation operates in (due to varying compliance requirements).
New brand, established solution.
Desktop 365 is an established Citrix and Microsoft solution, newly launched under the Desktop 365 brand.
Just as Office 365 has become the new standard for office applications; Desktop 365 is the same for an organisation’s full suite of existing business applications – making employees more productive, while also giving a step change in compliance.
There’s no catch, it’s just the future.
Get started
Adopting the new standard of desktop computing is quicker and easier than you think.
Schedule a free, no-obligation exploratory call with a Desktop 365 expert.
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