Desktop virtualization is a software technology that separates the desktop environment and associated application software from the physical client device that is used to access it.
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11 Facts About Desktop virtualization
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Desktop virtualization can be used in conjunction with application virtualization and user profile management systems, now termed user virtualization, to provide a comprehensive desktop environment management system.
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Desktop virtualization implementations are classified based on whether the virtual desktop runs remotely or locally, on whether the access is required to be constant or is designed to be intermittent, and on whether or not the virtual desktop persists between sessions.
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Remote desktop virtualization can provide a means of resource sharing, to distribute low-cost desktop computing services in environments where providing every user with a dedicated desktop PC is either too expensive or otherwise unnecessary.
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Application Desktop virtualization improves delivery and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed.
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User Desktop virtualization can be used regardless of platform – physical, virtual, cloud, etc.
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Remote desktop virtualization can be provided via cloud computing similar to that provided using a software as a service model.
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Local desktop virtualization implementations run the desktop environment on the client device using hardware virtualization or emulation.
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Local desktop virtualization is well suited for environments where continuous network connectivity cannot be assumed and where application resource requirements can be better met by using local system resources.
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However, local desktop virtualization implementations do not always allow applications developed for one system architecture to run on another.
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For example, it is possible to use local desktop virtualization to run Windows 7 on top of OS X on an Intel-based Apple Mac, using a hypervisor, as both use the same x86 architecture.
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