By Sam | June 2, 2013

Credit Union Hosted Virtual Desktop – Factors That Contribute to Implementation Timeline

If you have already moved to a virtual desktop environment or don’t think virtual desktop will ever be right for your organization – this post isn’t for you. However, if you are considering migrating to a virtual desktop envirornment and have a tight timeline – this post should be helpful to you.

Third-Party vs. In-house

Once you have decided to make the plunge to virtual desktops, it will be important to plan your migration out in great detail. Many factors contribute to the desktop migration timeline. One factor is the requirement of working with outside vendors. If you are currently using outside vendors for services such as IT consulting, virtual desktop hosting, Exchange hosting, Firewall management, application vendor or consultant, this may be a large factor in your implementation timeline. If we are reliant on information from a 3^rd party vendor, the timeline can depend on their communication, their availability or the accuracy of information they are providing.

Configuration Details

Another influential factor in the timeline is the amount of time it takes to obtain any and all details for the implementation. This includes a full listing of user details, permissions, applications, etc. This may be dependent on the schedule of your staff or the availability of the information we need to collect.

Custom Applications

We often support and host the custom applications that are unique to your business. This requires our support staff to understand the technical specs, and requirements of each application. We also take the time to test the application in the hosted virtual desktop environment. Overall, the number of applications and the complexity of the requirements can also be a factor in the implementation timeline.

Connectivity

One of the most important aspects of migrating to Virtual Desktops is the quality of the internet connection for your users. If you have a poor performing internet connection that goes down a lot and does not provide enough bandwidth to support the number of users, we recommend first upgrading your connectivity both in terms of quantity and quality.

Business Plan

Another common disruption in the migration process involves other key business objectives. If your organization has key business objectives to meet that rely on technology, you may want to complete them before going live with Virtual desktops. Despite our efforts and support – we are still delivering technology as a service. Consequently, occassionally there are small blips that can be disruptive and need to be resolved.

Following your implementation kick off call, and once we have a good understanding of these and other factors, we will build an implementation timeline that is attainable. The project plan is published and shared with the client and we begin working towards the implementation date.

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