Revolutionising the user desktop experience
Novacloud workspace is a managed desktop platform (Desktop as a Service) which provides you with a familiar interface from anywhere in the world. Perfect for hybrid working, it allows for VM and managed desktop environments to be deployed in your organisation to new or existing staff at the click of a button. Best of all, you can balance expenditure with performance – ensuring you keep an eye on that all-important bottom line.
Traditional IT infrastructure can be cumbersome and costly. The price of keeping servers, PCs and monitors running and free from attacks is expensive. Business leaders and IT professionals are demanding a better solution to these problems.
That’s where Novacloud workspace comes in.
Instant desktop rollout
The opportunities Novacloud’s managed desktop platform provides are endless. Within ten minutes you can create a secure, scalable desktop environment with a selection of desktop images which we patch, operate and manage for you. There is also the option of creating a custom standard image which you can roll out to any user at the click of a button. What could be simpler? Windows 10 or 11, even CAD-specific builds built to your specifications, Linux coming soon.
Cost optimisation at every turn
Utilising FinOps methodologies, the experts behind Novacloud workspace can give you a detailed, drilled-down description of where your money is going on the platform, and – most importantly – automation to cut costs, from turning off machines at certain times, to analysing what you’re spending with AI-powered forecasting estimates.
Secure, stable and slick
Having a smooth system is one thing, but it’s nothing compared to one which can be relied upon time and time again. Novacloud combines these two together, making sure your operations are secure on the Azure platform, all images are fully patched when required, and the user experience is second-to-none.
Own your own data
Novacloud workspace runs as a managed application in your own subscription, storing user profile data on encrypted disks which attach to desktops when a user starts a session. The platform never has access to any of the user data contained within your environment.
Cloud-first authentication and operations
Microsoft Entra takes care of all authentication – The Novacloud workspace platform has no visualisation of anything other than basic user details and the platform running in the isolated managed resource group. Get rid of all that old expensive hardware and run demanding programs in the cloud at a fraction of the cost.
Automated deployment and management operations
The platform sets up your environment, manages desktop automation – including any Bastion or AVD requirements and user profile creation.
Real-world use cases and examples:
Day-to-day
- A simple way for small and medium businesses to run a virtual desktop infrastructure without breaking the bank or having to spend a penny on development and consultancy.
- Assigned staff can log onto a high-powered desktop for a short period of time (to run big, slow spreadsheets for example) and sign off when the work is complete. Saving potentially thousands in compute costs.
- Can be used as an isolated area for testing new applications with selected users.
- Run a standard company desktop for all staff without too much technical overhead.
GPU and high performance
- Marketers editing large video files can save money by only spinning up a super-fast GPU powered VM when required.
- CAD, animation and graphic design users can also benefit by running demanding renders on high-powered machines whilst switching back to a more lightweight desktop for normal use.
- Speed up working on CPU and memory intensive legacy business documents such as huge Excel files and access databases.
- Educators preparing large online training content can also benefit from the system both for showcasing and conceptualising.
Individuals
- Independent technology consultants - Take your desktop wherever you go - Use on any device, anywhere.
- Working with multiple projects? Setup a bespoke desktop in parallel to your local desktop. Use parallel versions of Teams, Outlook, Word, etc.
- Maritime Users - To overcome bandwidth/latency issues at sea
- Power users requiring ultra quick compute for processes which might run slowly locally.
- An easy way to just log into your own alternate desktop.
Development and testing
- Marketers editing large video files can save money by only spinning up a super-fast GPU powered VM when required.
- CAD, animation and graphic design users can also benefit by running demanding renders on high-powered machines whilst switching back to a more lightweight desktop for normal use.
- Speed up working on CPU and memory intensive legacy business documents such as huge Excel files and access databases.
- Educators preparing large online training content can also benefit from the system both for showcasing and conceptualising.
Simple, easy to use admin portal
Novacloud Desktop is designed to be simple to use and allows you to manage all your desktops and users from one place.
Instant access to desktops via Bastion or AVD
Azure Virtual Desktop and Bastion are robust, powerful desktop presentation solutions that you can leverage easily and quickly with Novacloud Desktop.
Features
- A choice of managed desktop images containing various apps including Standard workhorse Windows 10 or 11* (Linux soon!) with all office 365 components, popular browsers and other productivity tools.
- Files and settings follow you between desktops (Uses FSLogix – See below for licensing requirements)
- Build a custom image in minutes and distribute it throughout your user base.
- Assign certain users high performance GPU powered VMs in an on-demand capacity.
- Manage users from your own tenant (External users can also be managed in a future release)
- Secure: Managed OS, security updates, AV, etc.
- Easy Access - Web browser, laptop, Apple, Android, Linux Clients (via Web or RDP)
- 30GB Storage + OneDrive, Dropbox compatible
- Fully Managed infrastructure – No need for expensive consultancy services.
Benefits
- Cost Effective, save potentially 80% over a standard deployment.
- Transparent pricing – estimated running costs of all machines for fixed periods of time.
- Hassle free – our platform will take care of all the operational management for you.
- Security placed front and centre – overnight patches and fresh machines rebuilt daily.
- Can be used as an on-demand performance compute platform.
- Works in your current subscription as a managed application available from the Azure marketplace
- Highly compliant – Novacloud workspace works with your current Azure setup including AVD, inTune, etc.
Who are we?
- Microsoft partner since 2010
- Trusted supplier to many clients including in the food and hospitality, not-for-profit and education sectors
- Wide ranging professional expertise right across the board with the Azure platform
- Security and privacy conscious. We don’t share, steal or mine your data
- Ethically and sustainably driven
Novacloud provides Azure cloud services and solutions for businesses, public sector organisations and educational institutions around the UK. We’ve been helping SME’s and
institutions to get the most out of the cloud for years. We can assist you with cloud solutions for the
Microsoft Azure platform, providing consultancy, infrastructure design and build services, migration
services and in-depth technical know-how.
Our new platform, Novacloud Desktop, further benefits our clients by providing a simple, secure and economical way to access desktops in the cloud.