The starting point
The challenge
The team needed staff to work remotely using devices that suited them, while retaining central management of the working environment and sensitive financial data.
The requirement was to separate the desktop people worked in from the individual device they used to reach it.
What we did
The work
Host the desktop centrally
We set up full desktop virtualisation, giving staff a consistent managed environment to connect to remotely.
Enable personal-device access
The virtual desktop allowed a bring your own device approach. The endpoint provided access to work held in the centrally managed environment.
Centralise management
Desktop management, updates and control took place centrally, with the working environment and its data managed together.
What changed
The outcome
The team gained flexibility in the devices it used while the business retained central management of the desktops, applications and data used for work.
Remote access enabled
Staff could reach their working environment from different locations and devices.
BYOD in place
The team could use personal equipment to access its virtual desktops.
Central management
The desktop estate and sensitive data were managed in the central environment.
The client in this record is described by sector rather than named. Why we describe our work that way.