Which statement accurately contrasts VDI and DaaS?

• A. VDI refers to a cloud service delivered to users, while DaaS describes a local virtualization setup.
• B. VDI hosts desktops on individual client devices; DaaS centralizes them.
• C. VDI hosts desktop OSs within a virtualization environment on a centralized server; DaaS is the service offered by a provider.
• D. VDI is unrelated to virtualization; DaaS is the only virtualization model.

Answer: (C)

Centralize desktops on a server and separate service delivery models. VDI is a virtualization setup where desktop operating systems run as virtual machines on centralized servers within an organization’s own infrastructure. Users access those desktops remotely, but the actual OS instances live on the organization’s hardware.

DaaS is a cloud service model where a provider hosts, manages, and maintains the desktops in the cloud and delivers them to users over the internet as a service. Although DaaS can use VDI technology behind the scenes, the key distinction is that the desktops are provided as a managed service by the provider, not run locally on the organization’s own servers.

So the best description contrasts the hosting location and management model: VDI centers desktop virtualization on centralized servers you control, while DaaS offers desktops as a cloud service managed by a provider.