Brian Madden Insights: From Desktops to a Digital Workspace

The first 20 years of 'end-user computing' (EUC) were really about desktop computers sitting on users' desks.
They were domain-joined and IT 'owned' them (both literally and in terms of control). IT used tools like Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS, a precursor to SCCM) to push out software and patches, collect inventories, and centrally manage them.
This model of computing worked well enough in most cases, though there was the occasional use case—like a client/server application that needed to be used across a slow WAN link—that necessitated the use of server-based computing (SBC), where a multiuser version of Windows Server would run in a data center and remotely deliver desktop and application sessions to users.
As technology evolved, virtualization became common, and VDI was created. VDI combined hardware virtualization with client versions of Windows, essentially delivering the benefits of SBC in a package that was more consistent with the way IT departments have been managing Windows desktops for a decade.
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