Overview of Standalone Desktops

First off, what does DaDesktop mean by a Standalone Desktop?

You can find a great overview of the different desktop types here. In short, a 'Standalone' desktop isn't necessarily tied to a live course. It 'stands alone' as a separate desktop that can be used before or after a course, or entirely on its own.
This makes the Standalone incredibly flexible.

 

 

 

Common reasons for creating Standalone desktops:

1. Preparing training materials that you can reuse repeatedly outside of a course, or keep on hand for later.
2. When you need a flexible machine, maybe with a different operating system (like Linux or Windows), to test ideas in a safe environment.
    

Features:

1. Shared links give full access to anyone with the link.
2. If not used, it will shut down automatically after 24 hours.

Cost:

1. Creating a desktop is free.
2. Starting a desktop comes with a charge.
3. The cost depends on the number of units, which is based on CPU, memory, and disk space. There's an additional charge for Windows.
4. If you enrol in a course as a student or trainer, you'll receive free credits that you can put toward standalones.
5. If you don't connect to your standalone for more than a month, it will be deleted.

 

Usage Tip:

To find cloned desktops, search using 'clonefrom#' followed by the keyword for the original desktops they were cloned from.