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Desktop migration

Updated at: 2024-10-08 07:16

Server Migration Center (SMC) allows you to migrate desktop systems from physical servers, local VMs, and cloud services provided by third-party cloud platforms to Alibaba Cloud Elastic Desktop Service (EDS). EDS is an easy-to-use, secure, and efficient cloud desktop service. It supports fast creation and efficient management of desktop environments. You can use EDS to build a secure and flexible office system.

Scenarios

  • Migrate desktop systems from physical servers to EDS.

  • Migrate desktop systems from local VMs to EDS. Supported VMs include VMware, Xen, KVM, and Hyper-V.

  • Migrate desktop systems from Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances to EDS.

  • Migrate desktop systems from cloud services provided by third-party cloud platforms to EDS. Third-party cloud platforms can be Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Tencent Cloud.

Benefits

  • Migration without service interruption

  • Simple and flexible configuration

  • Secure data transmission

  • Resumable upload

Migration process

The following figure shows the process of migrating a desktop system from a physical server to EDS.

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Limits

Only Windows servers can be migrated to EDS. The following versions of Windows are not supported:

  • Windows 8.1 and earlier

  • Windows 11

  • Windows Server 2016 and earlier

Procedure

For more information about how to migrate a desktop system, see Migrate data from desktop servers to EDS.

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