VDI stands for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and RDS stands for Remote Desktop Session Hosts. ... RDS is built around the Windows Server Operating System. At this point you are thinking, of course I want my users on Windows 10, not Windows Server.

Is virtual desktop a VDI?

Windows Virtual Desktop is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution, which also is sometimes called "desktop-as-a-service." The service lets organizations access applications remotely that are running on top of Windows 7- or Windows 10-based client operating systems.

What is VDI remote?

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is a desktop virtualisation technology where a desktop operating system (OS) runs and is managed via a remote server. Users log on to the remote server, which creates a separate virtual OS, running on top of a hypervisor, for each individual user.