UniSA's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) allows staff and students to securely access a 'virtual' Windows desktop from on or off campus using a number of devices, such as University and home PCs, laptops, and non-Windows devices.

Connecting to a UniSA virtual desktop allows your local device to access the software applications installed on the virtual desktop.  This means you can access expensive and powerful applications related to your studies from your personal device, without the expense of purchasing the required software, licences, and performance upgrades your device might otherwise require.

Course-related applications are installed on powerful host devices running on-campus, and you use your local device to connect to and effectively "take control" of a host device, delivering the same level of access and applications you would receive sitting at and logged on to the host device in a UniSA computer pool or laboratory.

A 'VDI Client' (VMware View Client) must be downloaded and installed to enable a device to connect to UniSA virtual desktops.  This is a 'one-off' process per device; you do not need to install the VDI Client each time you want to connect to a virtual desktop.  Instructions detailing how to download the VDI Client from UniSA are available here.

For a demonstration of UniSA's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, please watch the
'Overview of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure' online video.