Chapter 11 Remote Desktop Services

Up to this point in the book, I have focused on the core technologies of virtualization, and I have primarily used server operating system workloads for examples. Historically, this has been the principal usage for machine virtualization. You can, however, use virtualization with a client operating system to offer virtualized desktops.

This chapter presents Windows Server Remote Desktop Services (RDS), which enables remote access to operating systems, both server and desktop, with the primary goal of providing users with a desktop experience. As I will explain, you can achieve this in various ways, and this chapter focuses on where Hyper-V is critical.

In this chapter, you will learn to:

  • Explain the types ...

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