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What Is Desktop Virtualization And How Does It Work?

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What Is Desktop Virtualization And How Does It Work?

Desktop virtualization allows creating and storing different user desktop instances on a single host, living in a data center or the cloud. It is achieved by using a hypervisor (virtual machine monitor), which lives on top of the host server hardware to run and allows virtual desktops to use the computing power of the basic server hardware. The hypervisor produces VMs that simulate the user’s desktop environments, which can hold multiple operating systems, applications, personalized settings, and user data. It can be accessed from a remotely connected device from anywhere with a connection to a network using any laptop, smartphone, or desktop. All user data and programs live in the desktop virtualization server, not on client devices.

How Does Desktop Virtualization Work?

You can achieve desktop virtualization in different ways, but there are two main types based on whether the operating system is remote or local. Local desktop virtualization runs the operating system on a client device using hardware virtualization, and all processing and workloads happen on local hardware. When users don’t need a continuous network connection, local desktop virtualization works very well. And meets application computing needs with local system resources. However, processing can be done locally and you cannot use local desktop virtualization to share VMs or resources across a network to thin clients (users) or mobile devices. Remote desktop virtualization runs in a server computing environment. It permits users to run operating systems and applications from a server. While, all user interactions take place on a client device such as a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Read More

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