CloudBytes: Persistant Vs. Non-Persistant Desktops. In VDI/DaaS environments, persistent (static) desktops are specific to each user, meaning they retain the desktop state, open apps, and user settings between logins (just like traditional desktop). Non-persistent (dynamic) desktops provide one golden desktop image to ever user, and each session starts fresh from that. This simplifies IT management and reduces costs, but sacrifices user customization. Read more here…