Ken Ringdahl

Virtual desktops are hosted on one or more remote desktop hosts at one or more private locations of an enterprise, remote from a service provider location, and behind a firewall on a private computer network. The desktops are remotely managed through resources at a service provider data center, optionally along with other virtual desktops hosted on desktop hosts at the service provider data center. The remote desktop hosts can be pre-configured with known storage, compute and connectivity… Show more

Virtual desktops are hosted on one or more remote desktop hosts at one or more private locations of an enterprise, remote from a service provider location, and behind a firewall on a private computer network. The desktops are remotely managed through resources at a service provider data center, optionally along with other virtual desktops hosted on desktop hosts at the service provider data center. The remote desktop hosts can be pre-configured with known storage, compute and connectivity resources. The remote desktop hosts can be remotely managed through a resource management appliance, i.e., a management system running resource management software, which can be located at either the service provider data center or the tenant data center. Show less

A server computer can be quickly allocated to and made ready for use by users of a tenant by adding and starting, on that server computer, copies of a process implementing the tenant's virtual machine, based on a gold image virtual machine for that tenant. The gold image virtual machine also has an associated gold image virtual disk. The virtual machines on the server computer are associated with virtual disks that are linked clones based on the gold image virtual disk, such as linked clones of… Show more

A server computer can be quickly allocated to and made ready for use by users of a tenant by adding and starting, on that server computer, copies of a process implementing the tenant's virtual machine, based on a gold image virtual machine for that tenant. The gold image virtual machine also has an associated gold image virtual disk. The virtual machines on the server computer are associated with virtual disks that are linked clones based on the gold image virtual disk, such as linked clones of a replica of the gold image virtual disk. Each virtual machine for a tenant on the new server computer also is added to the tenant computer network. Server computers for multiple tenants can be grouped into a cluster, and can use anti-affinity rules to limit instantiation of virtual machines of each tenant only on server computers dedicated to the tenant. Show less

Routers and host machines can host desktops for two or more enterprises. A virtual local area network is established for each enterprise. Each virtual local area network is connected to a plurality of host machines for the enterprise, with each host machine supporting desktops for use by the enterprise. The desktops access computer resources on the enterprise network of the enterprise to which it is connected. Resources within a host machine are shared by having a virtual switch for each… Show more

Routers and host machines can host desktops for two or more enterprises. A virtual local area network is established for each enterprise. Each virtual local area network is connected to a plurality of host machines for the enterprise, with each host machine supporting desktops for use by the enterprise. The desktops access computer resources on the enterprise network of the enterprise to which it is connected. Resources within a host machine are shared by having a virtual switch for each enterprise the host machine supports. The virtual switch for an enterprise is connected to the virtual local area network of the enterprise. Desktops in the host machine that are allocated to the enterprise are given network addresses that include the tag for that enterprise. Virtual desktops for different enterprises can be hosted on different partitions of the same host machine. Show less

Virtual desktops are hosted on one or more remote desktop hosts at one or more private locations of an enterprise, remote from a service provider location, and behind a firewall on a private computer network. The desktops are remotely managed through resources at a service provider data center, optionally along with other virtual desktops hosted on desktop hosts at the service provider data center. The remote desktop hosts can be pre-configured with known storage, compute and connectivity… Show more

Virtual desktops are hosted on one or more remote desktop hosts at one or more private locations of an enterprise, remote from a service provider location, and behind a firewall on a private computer network. The desktops are remotely managed through resources at a service provider data center, optionally along with other virtual desktops hosted on desktop hosts at the service provider data center. The remote desktop hosts can be pre-configured with known storage, compute and connectivity resources. The remote desktop hosts can be remotely managed through a resource management appliance, i.e., a management system running resource management software, which can be located at either the service provider data center or the tenant data center. Show less

A service provider can efficiently allocate server computer resources to tenant users, while isolating tenants from such allocation decisions. A tenant specifies a desktop model to be used for virtual desktops to be provisioned for a pool of users. The service provider has desktop managers for each tenant, each of which manages a homogeneous set of server computers to be used for provisioning virtual desktops for the tenant. Different desktop managers for a tenant are used to manage different… Show more

A service provider can efficiently allocate server computer resources to tenant users, while isolating tenants from such allocation decisions. A tenant specifies a desktop model to be used for virtual desktops to be provisioned for a pool of users. The service provider has desktop managers for each tenant, each of which manages a homogeneous set of server computers to be used for provisioning virtual desktops for the tenant. Different desktop managers for a tenant are used to manage different sets of server computers to support virtual desktops using different desktop models or desktop models with different resource requirements. A resource manager of the service provider assigns virtual desktops to a desktop manager in a manner that optimizes the utilization of the server computers by using information about the desktop model used by the virtual desktops. Show less

Routers and host machines can host desktops for two or more enterprises. A virtual local area network is established for each enterprise. Each virtual local area network is connected to a plurality of host machines for the enterprise, with each host machine supporting desktops for use by the enterprise. The desktops access computer resources on the enterprise network of the enterprise to which it is connected. Resources within a host machine are shared by having a virtual switch for each… Show more

Routers and host machines can host desktops for two or more enterprises. A virtual local area network is established for each enterprise. Each virtual local area network is connected to a plurality of host machines for the enterprise, with each host machine supporting desktops for use by the enterprise. The desktops access computer resources on the enterprise network of the enterprise to which it is connected. Resources within a host machine are shared by having a virtual switch for each enterprise the host machine supports. The virtual switch for an enterprise is connected to the virtual local area network of the enterprise. Desktops in the host machine that are allocated to the enterprise are given network addresses that include the tag for that enterprise. Virtual desktops for different enterprises can be hosted on different partitions of the same host machine. Show less

A series of NAT connection rules are revised in a dynamic manner such that a pool of ports is available to connect a plurality of remote users to local virtual compute resources over one or more public IP addresses. Once a connection is established, an entry is made in a firewall state table, associating IP addresses, ports and protocol types, such that the firewall state table allows uninterrupted use of the established connection. After an entry has been made in the state table, or the… Show more

A series of NAT connection rules are revised in a dynamic manner such that a pool of ports is available to connect a plurality of remote users to local virtual compute resources over one or more public IP addresses. Once a connection is established, an entry is made in a firewall state table, associating IP addresses, ports and protocol types, such that the firewall state table allows uninterrupted use of the established connection. After an entry has been made in the state table, or the routing rule has timed out, the port associated with the original NAT routing rule is removed and the same port can be re-used to establish another connection without disrupting active connections. A connection between a virtual compute resource and a local compute resource can be associated with multiple ports and multiple protocol types. Show less

A computer system supports hosting of virtual desktops using resources available in the cloud. Connections to various resources used by a desktop configuration are made dynamically using authentication information associated with the user assigned to the desktop configuration. In addition to using file storage, directory services and user management information on private resources on a private network, these resources may also be accessed through a public network.

A virtual computing services deployment network provides a consistent user experience from a variety of locations via a connection fabric for accessing a virtual desktop. The connection fabric identifies a user profile defining the virtualized desktop resources required for a particular user. The connection fabric includes distributed data and processing in nodes distributed throughout a public access network accessible from a user access device. Each of the fabric nodes is operable to provide… Show more

A virtual computing services deployment network provides a consistent user experience from a variety of locations via a connection fabric for accessing a virtual desktop. The connection fabric identifies a user profile defining the virtualized desktop resources required for a particular user. The connection fabric includes distributed data and processing in nodes distributed throughout a public access network accessible from a user access device. Each of the fabric nodes is operable to provide an identifier (such as an IP address) of a computing resource adapted to provide the user specific desktop. A user access device accesses a local fabric node in the connection fabric, and the fabric node determines a computing resource matching a user profile of expected computing resources. The fabric node associates the user access device with the computing resource and sends the user access device an identifier for directly accessing the computing resource. Show less

A virtual computing services deployment network provides a consistent user experience from a variety of locations via a connection fabric for accessing a virtual desktop. The connection fabric identifies a user profile defining the virtualized desktop resources required for a particular user. The connection fabric includes distributed data and processing in nodes distributed throughout a public access network accessible from a user access device. Each of the fabric nodes is operable to provide… Show more

A virtual computing services deployment network provides a consistent user experience from a variety of locations via a connection fabric for accessing a virtual desktop. The connection fabric identifies a user profile defining the virtualized desktop resources required for a particular user. The connection fabric includes distributed data and processing in nodes distributed throughout a public access network accessible from a user access device. Each of the fabric nodes is operable to provide an identifier (such as an IP address) of a computing resource adapted to provide the user specific desktop. A user access device accesses a local fabric node in the connection fabric, and the fabric node determines a computing resource matching a user profile of expected computing resources. The fabric node associates the user access device with the computing resource and sends the user access device an identifier for directly accessing the computing resource. The determined computing resource may be determined by a centralized virtual computing approach, thus providing appropriate scaling without significantly impacting the existing fabric. Show less