What is VPN and how it is different from VDI?
Hey user,
VPN or Virtual Private Network is a technology that allows users to connect to a particular corporate network from remote locations. It provides access to shared resources on that network. But, I hope you don't get confused between VPN and VDI because they are nearly similar but with a few differences. For your understanding, I will explain to you a little about VDI as well and how it's diff, from VPN.
VDI or Virtual desktop infrastructure is a technology that gives you virtual desktops, but they are much customized according to the needs. In VPN end-user device is connected in the form of a tunnel with the corporate house. So, it behaves as if the device is kept in the office only. Whereas in VDI, the device can be set as desired and is more like using the Windows operating system on a personal device. In VDI, each machine works independently, but the processing is on a server, which may be kept on an office premise or cloud, unlike in VPN where each device processes on the client or user machine only.
VDI solution might be better suited to deliver the high performance required by the user.
I hope it helps.