He also had a remotedesktop connection which is another popular Microsoft product that allows remote users to access company applications through a private cloud.
Certainly Microsoft App-V, VMware ThinApp and Citrix XenApp app streaming cannot do this (XenApp RemoteDesktop Services can do this but this requires Windows in the Data Center and so in that respect is no different to VDI).
This means enterprise users now have a three-way choice for office productivity: remote delivery of desktop applications, browser-based cloud solutions like Google Docs or the native, Microsoft-compatible LibreOffice suite that comes pre-installed.