Server VDI and FrankenCloud?

Beware - Here comes the monster :)

I just can't help loving the phrase: FrankenCloud. What better word for a "hybrid cloud monster", that enabled you to move machines around and utilize more than one cloud platform. All controlled by one cloud management platform. This all comes back to the old saying: Don't put all your eggs in the same basket - and I agree. At least I try not to be to religious about technology, but that can be hard if you really "believe" in something... Will we try to kill the monster because we don't understand it? Properly!

And Server VDI? 

Is that another 2100 century word for Remote Desktop? Well, the OS is the same and you will need a RDS CAL. The difference is that it's a 1 user to 1 OS, and not the multiple users on 1 OS.

Can we find any use of it? Isn't it just a way to get away with the annoying Microsoft licensing model for VDI implementations? I guess it is, and service providers and hosting companies can and are using this for the time being until (don't stay up late for it...) Microsoft changes it's SPLA licensing model to include desktop OS.

All you need is:

• An vendor to develop an agent that is supported on the Server OS
• Be sure it is supported and not just a "hack"
• Tweak the server OS to look like the desktop OS, the user might not see the difference if you are good
• Be sure your apps work on the server OS, even better virtualize them.
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One vendor you could go with is Citrix, who now has support for server OS in there XenDesktop agent stack. But be aware - this technology is only available for Service Providers and not really useful for the enterprise company.

So get back to the drawing board and build that DaaS cloud you where thinking about - the future is already here :)

Yours Truly