What are the benefits of a virtualised desktop?

So what is a virtual desktop? It is essentially the storage of a user’s desktop environment in a remote server rather than on a local PC. In a nutshell, desktop virtualisation is the process of separating your desktop operating system, applications, icons, wallpaper, folders, toolbars and data from a hardware client and onto a virtual server.  Read more: http://bit.ly/1hK7hOR.