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MIAMI, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, itopia, a leader in cloud automation and orchestration, announced the successful deployment of virtual Windows Labs for Anoka-Hennepin School District on Google Cloud. This new solution allows students to access curriculum-critical applications like Adobe Creative Cloud and SolidWorks from their Chromebooks, no longer tied down to stationary Windows labs on-site. itopia's solution was the catalyst that enabled the school district to adopt a 1-to-1 Chromebook initiative, empowering students to learn from school and at home with the same lightweight device.
At the beginning of March 2020, Anoka-Hennepin School District was faced with a difficult scenario. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the schools within the district were forced to close their physical locations and adopt a distance learning model. As schools typically rely on on-premises Windows labs for technology classes, the district had to rethink their strategy for delivering computer-based coursework to their students. The solution was to leverage itopia to virtualize their design and engineering applications and host them on Google Cloud. With Google Cloud's high-speed network accessible from anywhere, students were able to readily launch their projects from the browser of their school-issued Chromebooks.