[Matt D.]

We are going through the same thing where I work, we are getting to the size that one person (myself) can not manage 200+ desktops on top of all the other responsibilities I have and they (executives outside of IT) refuse to let us hire more people.

We already have a hefty VMware environment, so we are set on using VMware's VDI. Right now we're testing different hardware and boot options. We have a couple different boxes from WYSE, a diskless barebones Shuttle box from our consultant, and we've even tested it with our current Lenovo desktops. All work great, but as Tom said the PCOIP option doesn't exist, they are still using the old RDP.

My friend/coworker is the network admin and VMware guy, he just discovered a linux boot option that will connect to the virtual desktop, it worked as well as expected.

Tom, are you replacing desktop hardware with thin clients or are you leaving everything in place? If you are not touching the desktops, have you tried that client that you install and run from Windows to connect to the virtual desktop? It works slick and allows PCOIP, Flash and everything runs smooth. I can get you more info if you want.

Spaz, virtual desktops provide one thing that Windows never did well without a ton of headaches: roaming profiles. You can log into any machine on the network and there is your stuff. Granted, it costs disk space, but enterprise-grade SANs aren't exactly expensive these days.