The desktop on your computer is what has your background image and shortcuts to all your applications and documents. As this physical desktop is tied to your computer, it takes skill and expertise to access it from any other device.
A Hosted Desktop is different. It isn’t linked to just one specific device. To put it simply, as a virtual desktop, it doesn’t ‘live’ in your computer but instead ‘lives’ in the cloud on a remote server – it can therefore be accessed from any device anywhere. All with the same capabilities and functionality of a physical desktop.