Your Whole Office, Securely Delivered to Any Device.
CMA hosts your Windows desktops, applications, and files in our Tier IV Maryland datacenter — so your team logs in from any laptop, Mac, or tablet and gets the same desktop every time, with nothing to install and nothing sensitive stored on the device.
Windows, Mac, iPad, and Android tablets — the same desktop on all of them.
Hosted in CMA’s Tier IV Maryland datacenter with 99.995% uptime.
Monitoring, patching, and support handled by CMA’s local team around the clock.
One predictable monthly price per user — add or remove seats as you go.
Six Things That Change When the Desktop Leaves the Device
A hosted desktop moves the operating system, applications, and data off the PC and into a managed datacenter. The device becomes a window; the risk, the maintenance, and the cost move to us.
Security Moves Off the Endpoint
Company data lives in the datacenter, not on laptops that get lost, stolen, or infected. Access is controlled centrally, and a compromised device can be cut off in minutes without touching the data.
Predictable Monthly Cost
Replace capital spending on PCs, servers, and licenses with one per-user monthly fee that covers hosting, software delivery, backups, and support. Budgeting gets simpler and surprises disappear.
Scale in Hours, Not Weeks
Onboard a new hire, a contractor, or an entire acquired office by provisioning desktops — no shipping hardware, no imaging, no waiting. Remove seats just as quickly when a project ends.
One Desktop to Manage
Updates, patches, antivirus, and application rollouts happen once, centrally, and reach every user. Your team stops chasing individual machines and IT stops firefighting.
Existing Hardware Lasts Longer
Because the heavy lifting runs in the datacenter, a five-year-old laptop performs like a new one. Stretch refresh cycles and stop paying for horsepower you don’t need on the desk.
Fully Managed by CMA
Design, migration, day-to-day administration, and help desk are included. You get a working desktop for every user; we own the platform behind it — locally, from Silver Spring.
A Real Windows Desktop — Not a Web-Only Substitute
Users get the full desktop experience they already know. The difference is where it runs.
Full Microsoft Office
Desktop versions of Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Publisher — not the limited browser editions.
All Your Applications and Drives
Line-of-business software, mapped network drives, printers, and shared folders — everything on the PC today, not just email and SharePoint.
Your Files, Backed Up Nightly
Data stays in the datacenter with automated backups and rapid restore, so a lost laptop never means lost work.
Standardized, Secure Platform
Every user gets a consistent, hardened desktop with multi-factor authentication and centrally enforced policies.
Works From Anywhere
Office, home, hotel, client site — the same desktop follows the user over any internet connection.
Local Help Desk
Questions go to CMA’s Maryland-based team who know your environment, not a ticket queue overseas.
Hosted Desktop vs. Traditional PCs
| Traditional PCs & on-site servers | CMA Hosted Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Where data lives | On each laptop and an office server | Tier IV datacenter, never on the device |
| New employee setup | Order, image, ship, configure — days to weeks | Provision a desktop — same day |
| Updates & patching | Machine by machine, often missed | Once, centrally, for every user |
| Lost or stolen laptop | Data exposure, replacement, rebuild | Revoke access; log in from any other device |
| Hardware refresh | Every 3–4 years, as a capital expense | Rarely needed — any device is a thin client |
| Cost model | Large up-front purchases plus support | Predictable per-user monthly fee |
| Disaster recovery | Separate plan, separate cost | Built in — desktops are already off-site |
Where Hosted Desktop Pays Off Fastest
Hybrid & Remote Teams
Give every employee the same secure desktop at home and in the office without shipping and managing company laptops.
Regulated Industries
Keep HIPAA, CMMC, and PCI data inside a controlled datacenter with audit trails, instead of scattered across personal devices.
Contractors & Seasonal Staff
Spin up desktops for a project team on Monday and retire them when the engagement ends — no hardware to recover.
Office Moves & Mergers
Relocating or absorbing another office? Users keep working through the move because their desktops never left the datacenter.
Business Continuity
Storm, outage, or ransomware at the office — staff open their desktops from home and the business keeps running.
Aging Hardware
Facing a fleet-wide PC refresh? Extend the life of what you have and stop the replacement cycle for good.
Built for How DMV Organizations Work
Healthcare
HIPAA-aligned desktops for clinics and practices; clinicians move between rooms, sites, and home with one login.
Financial Services
Client data stays in the datacenter with MFA and full audit trails, supporting PCI DSS and examiner expectations.
Government Contractors
A controlled environment that supports CMMC Level 2 requirements for handling CUI, without rebuilding every laptop.
Legal & Professional Services
Secure remote access to case files and practice management software for attorneys, CPAs, and consultants on the move.
One Local Team for the Desktop and Everything Behind It
Hosted desktop works best when the network, security, phones, and help desk are designed together. CMA delivers all of it — from one team in Silver Spring, MD.
DMV-Based. Locally Accountable.
Headquartered in Silver Spring, MD, serving the Washington DC metro, Northern Virginia, and Delaware.
Tier IV Infrastructure
Desktops run in CMA’s Tier IV Maryland datacenter — 99.995% uptime, physical security, redundant power and connectivity.
Security Built In
Backed by CMA’s managed security program — 24/7 monitoring, endpoint protection, and identity threat detection.
Desktop, Network, Voice — One Vendor
Pair hosted desktop with CMA network management, VoIP, wireless, and structured wiring, and stop juggling providers.
Hosted Desktop, Answered
What exactly is a hosted desktop?
It’s a full Windows desktop — operating system, applications, and files — that runs on servers in CMA’s datacenter instead of on your PC. You connect to it over the internet from any device and work as if it were local. The industry term is Desktop as a Service, or DaaS.
Is it more secure than our current laptops?
For most small and mid-sized businesses, yes. Data never lives on the device, access requires multi-factor authentication, patching happens centrally, and a lost or compromised device can be locked out without affecting the data. The desktops are also covered by CMA’s 24/7 security monitoring.
Will our line-of-business software work?
Almost all standard Windows applications run without changes, including full desktop Microsoft Office, accounting and practice-management software, and anything that uses mapped drives or network printers. We test your specific applications during the assessment before anything moves.
What devices can our staff use?
Windows PCs, Macs, iPads, Android tablets, and thin clients. Because the desktop runs in the datacenter, older or lower-powered devices work well — many clients extend the life of their existing hardware by years.
What happens if the internet goes down at the office?
The desktops keep running in the datacenter, and staff can reconnect from any other connection — a hotspot, home, or another site — and pick up exactly where they left off. Nothing is lost.
How is it priced?
A flat monthly fee per user that includes hosting, backups, patching, monitoring, and help desk. Add or remove users at any time; you pay only for active seats. We’ll size it with you during a free assessment.
How long does migration take?
Most organizations move in a few weeks, in phases, with no downtime — users switch over once their desktop is ready and verified. CMA handles the data migration, application installs, and user onboarding.
Does it help with HIPAA, CMMC, or PCI compliance?
It removes one of the hardest problems — sensitive data spread across many devices — by keeping it in a single controlled environment with logging, MFA, and enforced policies. CMA’s compliance team maps the platform to your specific framework requirements.
See Hosted Desktop Running on Your Own Applications
Schedule a free assessment. We’ll review your applications, users, and devices and show you what the move looks like — and what it costs.