A multiuser, thin client environment for Windows servers from Microsoft. The user's machine functions like an input/output (I/O) terminal to the central server. Software installation, configuration ...

A new Windows version for multiple users was spotted last month, and now we know what it’s for: Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is a new service providing multi-user remote desktop and VDI in the Azure ...

Microsoft's cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offering, Azure Virtual Desktop, now supports Trust Launch virtual machines (VMs). The two-year-old Azure Virtual Desktop, which used to be ...

This quick how-to article walks you through the process of connecting to a VirtualBox virtual machine, so you can work locally on a remote desktop. If you’re a frequent user of VirtualBox, you have ...

Cloud-based DaaS offers several advantages to a remote workforce. This guide to Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) assesses the platform and what it can offer.

You can create Hyper-V VMs in Windows 11 using a built-in Windows app or a new developer-oriented tool. Both come with gotchas. Here’s how it all works. Though it may seem that virtual machines, a.k.a ...

Remote Desktop has been around. Microsoft introduced this functionality way back when they released Windows XP in 2001. With each iteration of Windows, the Remote Desktop function has also become more ...

Last week’s tips for successfully hosting virtual desktops story mentioned an interesting alternative to VDI: Citrix’s hosted shared virtual desktop technology, based on XenApp. The technology has ...

For many years, Apple’s OS X (now macOS) met Windows in various dual-boot options that usually swapped out the Apple OS by running or sharing the Intel chip at the heart of the Mac. The root-level ...