Apps4Rent Session-Based Virtual Desktop, $ 24.95/mo. on Windows Cloud

Session-Based Virtual Desktop has been updated on January 23, 2025 (added April 16, 2019), Aggregate Rating (5.25 out of 10 from 4 reviews)

🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	0
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPalWire TransferCheck Payments
🔧 Category :	Fully Managed
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	CA US
💰 Money-back guarantee :	15 days
🚀 Uptime :	99.9 %

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Apps4Rent is a U.S. cloud hosting and managed application provider active since 2003. The company is headquartered in Maplewood, New Jersey, and serves more than 10,000 businesses across over 90 countries. Apps4Rent, LLC has operated as a registered New Jersey business since October 2007, while the brand’s service history extends several years further back.

Apps4Rent is primarily a managed business-application and cloud-desktop specialist rather than a conventional mass-market web hosting company. Its strongest service areas are QuickBooks Hosting, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Microsoft business applications, hosted email, cloud migrations, and managed server environments. Traditional Linux and Windows shared hosting are also available, although they form a relatively small part of the overall portfolio.

The QuickBooks Hosting service supports QuickBooks Pro, Premier, Enterprise, Accountant, Pro Plus, Premier Plus, and Point of Sale editions. Customers can use an eligible existing license or obtain licensing assistance through Apps4Rent, which operates as an Intuit-authorized hosting provider and QuickBooks Solution Provider.

QuickBooks can run in either shared session environments or dedicated virtual desktops. The service includes SSD storage, daily backups, remote access, printer and scanner support, multiple-monitor compatibility, and integration with more than 200 business applications. Access is possible from Windows, macOS, Linux, Chromebook, Android, and iOS devices.

QuickBooks Online subscriptions and migration assistance are also available. This makes the service suitable for accounting firms, tax professionals, bookkeepers, and businesses that need several employees to access the same accounting data remotely.

Its Virtual Desktop range includes shared session desktops, dedicated virtual desktops, GPU-accelerated systems, Citrix environments, Windows 365 Cloud PCs, Azure Virtual Desktop, and managed deployments on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

Standard virtual desktops are suitable for accounting, browser-based applications, office productivity, and remote employees. Dedicated desktops provide greater administrative flexibility and allow customers to install compatible applications according to the selected configuration.

GPU-enabled desktops are intended for AutoCAD, Revit, 3ds Max, Blender, video production, engineering applications, and other graphics-intensive workloads. These systems can be configured with dedicated processing resources, additional storage, and virtual GPU capacity.

Microsoft-oriented services form another major part of the business. The portfolio includes Microsoft 365, Office 365 licensing, hosted Exchange, SharePoint Online, SharePoint Server, Microsoft Project Server, Dynamics applications, Azure consulting, Microsoft 365 migrations, Exchange migrations, hybrid deployments, identity management, security configuration, and ongoing administration.

Apps4Rent is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work and a Tier 1 Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider. Its Microsoft services cover both licensing and technical implementation, which can simplify deployment for companies without an experienced internal Microsoft administration team.

Managed Azure services include architecture planning, deployment, monitoring, patch management, security, backup preparation, cost optimization, and hybrid infrastructure management. Similar managed services are available for AWS and Google Cloud.

The company also supports Proxmox virtualization, Proxmox Backup Server, cluster deployment, migration from VMware, and private-cloud projects. Its broader Azure catalog includes operating systems, databases, development environments, collaboration tools, content-management systems, security appliances, and preconfigured business applications.

The virtual-server portfolio includes Virtual Dedicated Servers, Hyper-V virtual machines, nested Hyper-V private clouds, and Virtuozzo VPS configurations. VDS plans include allocated RAM, CPU resources, storage, IP addresses, and full administrator or root access. Customers can select Windows or Linux and add server-management services when required.

Nested Hyper-V private clouds give customers access to Hyper-V Manager or System Center Virtual Machine Manager. These environments can be used to create virtual machines, private networks, VPN configurations, snapshots, and isolated development or production systems.

Some older Virtuozzo catalog entries still mention CentOS 5, CentOS 6, Debian 6, and Ubuntu 12.04. These operating systems are obsolete, so customers considering a Virtuozzo-based service should confirm the currently available operating-system versions and maintenance arrangements before placing an order.

Traditional Linux Hosting and Windows Hosting are available in Standard and Enterprise configurations. Linux accounts use cPanel and include MySQL databases, phpMyAdmin, email hosting, FTP access, daily server backups, and support for multiple domains.

Windows hosting includes Microsoft SQL Server databases, email, FTP access, daily backups, and a web-based control panel. Both Linux and Windows plans include unlimited monthly data transfer, although their 5 GB and 10 GB storage allocations are modest compared with many current shared-hosting packages.

The Windows hosting service still references DotNetPanel, an older control-panel brand. Customers should confirm the current panel name, supported .NET versions, database versions, and operating-system platform before purchasing.

Email services include basic POP3 and IMAP hosting, MobileSyncMail, hosted Exchange, Microsoft 365 mailboxes, domain registration for hosted-email customers, split-domain configurations, migration assistance, anti-spam protection, antivirus filtering, ActiveSync, Outlook Web App, and web-based mailbox administration.

Hosted Exchange is the more complete option for companies requiring shared calendars, synchronized contacts, distribution lists, mobile access, Outlook integration, and Microsoft collaboration features.

Apps4Rent can host a broad range of accounting, taxation, legal, design, engineering, and enterprise software. Supported applications include Sage products, Drake Tax, TaxAct, TaxWise, ATX, UltraTax, Microsoft Access, AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe software, legal practice-management systems, CRM platforms, databases, development tools, and AI-assisted business applications.

These applications can normally be installed on a dedicated virtual desktop, a virtual server, or a managed cloud environment. This flexibility is useful for businesses that rely on specialist Windows software but want to avoid maintaining local servers.

Additional services include server administration, cloud consulting, migration projects, disaster recovery, cybersecurity assistance, on-premises infrastructure management, hybrid-cloud integration, website maintenance, reseller hosting, and an affiliate program.

Bare-metal dedicated servers are not a central part of the portfolio. The term "dedicated" generally refers to isolated virtual desktops, application servers, or private-cloud resources rather than customer-controlled physical hardware.

The website and ordering system are primarily in English, and standard prices are shown in U.S. dollars. The main cloud, application, and desktop sections have a modern structure, but some older hosting and VPS pages still contain legacy product names and software references. Version confirmation is especially important when ordering traditional VPS, Windows hosting, Exchange, or older Microsoft application services.

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