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Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) for Education

Fully Managed Cloud Desktops—Designed for Simplicity, Performance, and Low Cost

Simplify campus computing, eliminate infrastructure complexity, and reduce costs by up to 50%. Apporto’s fully managed, browser-based DaaS solution delivers secure, scalable virtual desktops built specifically for higher education—freeing your IT team to focus on enhancing student success and strategic campus initiatives.
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Gartner

2024 DaaS Magic Quadrant

Gartner Peer Insights

2.5M Desktops

Fully Managed DaaS for Complete Peace of Mind

Full-Service Infrastructure Operations & Cost Optimization

Apporto fully manages your cloud infrastructure—including compute, storage, and network components—eliminating hardware delays and administrative complexity. We continuously review and optimize resource allocation, ensuring efficiency and predictable budgeting aligned with your operational needs.

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Proactive Security & Compliance Management

Benefit from robust, built-in Zero Trust security protocols, including comprehensive antivirus management and proactive Windows patching. Apporto’s security-first approach ensures continual compliance, mitigates cyber risks, and safeguards your data effortlessly.

Optimized Desktop Deployment & Configuration

Apporto customizes and optimizes virtual desktops specifically for your organizational needs, ensuring rapid deployment, streamlined configurations, and ongoing enhancements aligned with best practices and scalability demands.

Expert End-User Support & Seamless Experiences

Our dedicated support team provides responsive, around-the-clock technical assistance, swiftly resolving user issues. Apporto continuously monitors endpoint performance, guaranteeing reliable, interruption-free productivity for your workforce.

Advanced Monitoring & Real-Time Analytics

Gain complete visibility into your virtual desktop environment through real-time monitoring and insightful analytics. Apporto quickly identifies and addresses performance issues before users notice, ensuring a consistently high-quality desktop experience.

AI-Powered Virtual IT Assistance (Portia)

Portia, Apporto’s AI-enhanced virtual assistant, handles common user questions through natural-language interaction directly within the desktop environment. This significantly reduces IT helpdesk calls, empowering employees to resolve issues instantly, keeping your IT team focused on higher-value activities.

Meet Portia:

Your AI-Powered IT Support Superhero

Portia dramatically reduces the burden on overloaded campus IT teams by providing instant, in-desktop user support without the need for IT intervention or support tickets.
  • Instant, Natural-Language Support: Students and faculty quickly resolve common desktop issues through intuitive, AI-powered conversations, eliminating frustration and drastically cutting down helpdesk requests.
  • Real-Time Diagnostics & Self-Service: Portia proactively identifies and fixes desktop performance problems using real-time analytics, empowering users to solve issues on-the-spot.
  • Reduced IT Workload: Automated, context-aware support directly within the virtual desktop frees your IT staff to concentrate on higher-value strategic campus technology initiatives rather than routine troubleshooting.
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The Only Virtual Desktop Built for Education

Interactive Virtual Classrooms

Enable dynamic, engaging learning with advanced virtual classroom tools like live screen monitoring, hand-raising notifications, and real-time collaboration.

Easy LMS Integration

Simplify course management with effortless integration into leading LMS platforms including Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, and Moodle.

GPU-Powered Desktops

Support demanding educational software and applications, providing students seamless access to high-performance computing resources from any device.

Learner Analytics

Gain valuable insights into student engagement, desktop utilization, and academic outcomes, enabling data-driven enhancements in teaching and learning.

Why Fully Managed Matters

DaaS:

While many cloud desktop solutions, such as Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), offer cloud-based virtualization, not all solutions are created equal. AVD, while cloud-based, is not a fully managed service. Organizations adopting AVD often face hidden complexities and additional costs, including:

  • Technical Expertise Required: AVD implementations typically necessitate deep Azure-specific knowledge, creating additional burden on IT teams. The administrative complexity can significantly increase costs and staffing requirements.
  • Additional Management Layers (e.g., Nerdio): Solutions like Nerdio are frequently layered on top of AVD to simplify management. While helpful, these third-party tools substantially increase subscription costs and add layers of complexity that dilute the financial advantage of moving to the cloud.
  • Higher Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Due to the combined cost of Azure infrastructure, third-party management tools, and required additional staffing or external support, the TCO for AVD often closely resembles or even exceeds traditional VDI solutions.

Fully Managed DaaS:

Apporto’s fully managed DaaS platform, by contrast, eliminates these hidden complexities:

  • Complete Management: Apporto handles all infrastructure, software, security, and operational management, significantly reducing your IT overhead. 
  • No Hidden Costs: Transparent, predictable pricing means no additional third-party subscriptions or unforeseen expenses.
  • Simplified Implementation: No Azure-specific certifications or deep expertise required—your team can focus on strategic tasks rather than infrastructure management.
  • Predictably Lower TCO: Achieve up to 65% TCO savings compared to traditional VDI and significant savings over partially managed solutions like AVD plus Nerdio.
  • 24×7 Monitoring and Support: Continuous system monitoring and dedicated support available around the clock, ensuring reliability and rapid resolution of issues.

Bottom Line: Fully managed DaaS from Apporto delivers genuine simplicity, lower costs, and reduced complexity, unlike alternatives such as AVD.

Fully Managed DaaS:​

Enjoy complete peace of mind knowing that Apporto’s fully managed DaaS includes the following:

Infrastructure & Operations Management

Security & Compliance

User Experience & Insights

Key Features

Browser-Based Secure Access

Instant desktop availability without VPN or client software.

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Dynamic Cloud Bursting

Rapidly scale resources to match fluctuating workforce demands, temporary staffing, or disaster recovery scenarios.

Real-Time Collaboration Suite

Integrated screen sharing, live co-editing, chat, and voice communication.

Integrated Cloud Storage

Seamless connectivity to OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box for effortless file management.

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Intelligent Analytics

Real-time data insights that empower smarter IT decision-making and improved workforce productivity.

Exceptional User Experience

Deliver consistently responsive desktops at 4K resolution (60fps), eliminating frustrating lag and downtime typically associated with legacy VDI solutions.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Built-in Zero Trust architecture, multi-factor authentication, and role-based access controls protect your critical business data seamlessly and effectively.

Predictable, Transparent Pricing

Simple, clear pricing without hidden fees, significantly reducing your total cost of ownership and simplifying budget planning.

The next generation DaaS is here​

Introducing Apporto NextGen. Stay on-prem, move to the cloud, or both. Always a great user experience and low cost. Apporto makes DaaS simple.

NextGen Flexible Architecture

Built on advanced Kubernetes technology, Apporto’s NextGen architecture offers exceptional flexibility, scalability, and simplified management that aligns perfectly with your IT strategy:
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Cloud Deployment

Fully managed cloud-native desktops providing rapid scalability, simplified infrastructure management, and reduced overhead.

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Hybrid Model

Easily complement your existing infrastructure with cloud bursting—ideal for temporary staff, remote offices, and peak workload demands.

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On-Premises Option

Optimize your existing hardware investments with browser-based desktop access and streamlined, centralized management.

Ready to Simplify Your Desktop Infrastructure?

Discover how Apporto’s fully managed DaaS solution can streamline your IT management, enhance workforce productivity, and significantly reduce operational costs.