Hosted VDI-In-A-Box? Anyone know of a provider?

Not, not not wanting any RDP setup, due to TWAIN/WIA scanner complications.
We are wanting - quickly and for a small user base (5) - to have VDI-In-A-Box set up (with NetScaler or similar) with a 'local' Windows DC (2008R2+)... All users will be remote. Prefer to use Citrix Receiver.
I've got my feelers out there, and could set up AmazonWorkspaces/EC2 instances (~$500/mo.), have talked to about 3 other vendors...
So once again it's a tall order. Has anyone got a provider they're proud of that can get a 5 user network (using Netscaler/VDI-In-A-Box) ramped up by late next week?
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maddysams wrote:
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