Standalone Desktops at a Glance

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

You can find a detailed overview of the various Desktop types here. In simple terms, a 'Standalone' desktop isn’t tied to a specific course; it works independently. You can use it before a course begins, after it ends, or even entirely on its own, separate from any course.
This kind of desktop offers great flexibility.

 

 

 

Typical reasons to set up Standalone desktops:

1. Developing training materials that you can reuse repeatedly outside an actual course, or keep handy for future use.
2. When you require a flexible setup with a different OS like Linux or Windows to experiment safely, without risk.
    

Key Features:

1. Shareable links give complete access to anyone who has the link.
2. If left unused, the desktop automatically shuts down after 24 hours.

Pricing:

1. Creating a desktop comes at no charge.
2. Starting it, however, incurs a cost.
3. The price is based on the number of resource units, which depend on CPU, memory, and disk space. An additional charge applies for Windows.
4. If you enrol in a course as a Student or Trainer, you receive free credits that can be applied toward standalones.
5. If you don’t connect to your standalone for more than a month, it will be deleted.

 

Usage Tip:

Begin with "clonefrom#" followed by a keyword to search for desktops that were cloned from a particular source.