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Remote access to corporate resources is essential to ensuring business continuity. There are a variety of ways to provide this access. While both give remote users access to an organization's resources, DaaS and VPN differ in user-friendliness, performance, security, and manageability. IT administrators should examine the similarities and differences between the two services to determine which one best suits their goals.
Desktop as a service (DaaS) gives end users access to a virtual desktop that is hosted in the cloud. With this option, IT admins can manage virtual desktops while the DaaS provider handles the hosting infrastructure setup and management. When end users connect to the virtual desktop, the DaaS provider streams the screen of the virtual desktop over a network to the endpoint devices. The display signal of the desktop is the only data that goes to end users' personal devices.