virtual desktops in educational environments

University of Sevilla &UDS Enterprise VDI in Education

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Beatriz Lafuente

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University of Sevilla & UDS Enterprise

VDI in Educational Environments

What is VDI?

• Physical machine separated from desktop

• Storaged and run from a server

• A3 remote access to desktops

• Same user experience to that provided by a PC

• Advantages: Availability, accessibility, flexibility

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Why VDI in Education?

• BYOD trend

• Need for an alternative to the corporate hardware

• Easy management

• Microcomputing renewal

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VDI in Education: Benefits

Cost saving

• Increases the lifespan of work stations

• Investment in software decreases

Simplification in the management of computer equipment

• Centralized application management

• Work stations are standardized by profile

• Less issues

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Benefits for users

• Availability

• Accessibility

• Flexibility

• Greater efficiency

• Improvement of productivity

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VDI at University of Sevilla:

OpenLabs Project

• Beginning: 2010 / 2011 academic year

• Issues:

- Space issues

- Applications availability

• Use: teaching practices

• Numbers:

- 8 subjects

- 180 virtual desktops

• OpenLabs Project 5

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US OpenLabs Project

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Why UDS Enterprise?

• oVirt compatibility

• Open Source desktops: flexibility and adaptability

• Authentication and authorization system integration

• LMS integration

• Lower TCO than other solutions

• UDS Enterprise Team expertise in educational environment

• Collaborative development: involvement in the roadmap

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University of Sevilla & UDS Enterprise

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UDS Enterprise & Universities

• University of Sevilla

• University of Murcia

• University of Cádiz

• University Autónoma de Madrid

• University of Jaén

• University of Málaga

• University Carlos III de Madrid

• TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS: More than 156.000

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Conclusions

• Solves current issues

• Really positive user experience

• Next improvements:

- Remote PCs integration

- Integration with Moodle

- Connectivity with OpenStack

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