What are the benefits of using Streamed VHD?

Streamed VHDs are 'golden images' that are centrally stored and streamed to multiple virtual machines or physical devices. This model allows administrators to manage and update a single operating system image, ensuring consistency across all user desktops and significantly simplifying the patching and maintenance process compared to managing individual installations.

While Streamed VHDs can contribute to security through read-only images, it is not their sole or primary distinguishing benefit in isolation.

Streamed VHDs can place high demands on storage performance, especially during peak usage, so 'low storage performance requirement' is generally inaccurate as a benefit.

Allowing users to install applications is typically not a feature of Streamed VHDs, as the base image is usually read-only and centrally managed to maintain consistency and security.