Question 1.
The management of your employer wants to find out about desktop virtualisation and how it works. They think that there may be some advantage to the organisation from adopting some of these desktop virtualisation technologies.
You have been tasked to provide a two (2) page report that describes the differences between the different desktop virtualisation technologies that are now available.
Your report should briefly outline how each virtualisation technology works and indicate the circumstances where the use of each type of technology would be appropriate.
Your report should be supported by references to academic and/or practitioner literature in APA 6th edition format.
Question 2.
An affiliated company of your employer has approximately 2000 users who work on Windows XP workstations. Management wishes to upgrade the operating system to Windows 8 without refreshing and updating its desktop fleet.
Describe which virtualisation technology would be the better choice for virtualising this fleet of workstations. Your report should not exceed two (2) pages and it should include the following information:
- Describe your reasons for choosing this virtualisation technology;
- What advantages does this virtualisation technology give you in this scenario?
- What are the disadvantages of using this technology?
- Which vendor would you recommend for this and why would you recommend their implementation of this technology?