Deployment and usage of desktop virtualization at university

Deployment of desktop virtualization at university is the main subject of the paper. The authors have analyzed and justified the choice of the zero client technology with the Teradici chip and the VMWare View software. They describe the cloud infrastructure of the university, present the results of the project to deploy the virtualization technology based on VMWare View and zero clients (330 zero clients), the advantages of using these solutions, and assessment of effectiveness of using zero clients at the university. Using the zero client technology reduces the cost of workplace ownership for 5 years by 1.5 times, minimizing noise and power consumption, increasing data integrity, speed of deployment of new workplaces and software update, efficiency of loading the university's classrooms.