@Nara said:
It depends on the system. Through the use of test pools, VDI change management's pretty much baked-in. With most virtualized environments, key VMs can be cloned into a test environment.
From what I've seen, none of the players (Chef, Puppy, etc.) attempt to address desktop needs. I'm a little confused by this because it seems like it would be a natural fit but the market seems to be eschewed from the vendor perspective and the use of disparate tools expected from the client perspective.
Cloning VMs works as a starting point. These tools are good for keeping them that way in the future.