Abstract: A mechanism is provided for moving a stored user desktop image including an operating system and applications between data centers based upon the user's location. The user desktop image can be moved manually by the user or administrator, or automatically moved based on use data contained in the user state. In one embodiment, the user can indicate plans to travel from their home location. Based on this information the system determines an appropriate data center for the user desktop image to be located. In another embodiment, the system may select a data center providing a desired bandwidth for the user based on the user's indicated location. An administrator may provide additional parameters that can be used to determine location of the user desktop image. In a further embodiment the system may use information contained in the user desktop image to determine a location for the user desktop image information.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for creating and deploying a user environments for work groups in a cloud computing environment. A user such as an administrator is provided an interface for defining an end user computing environment and a desired IT infrastructure. Based on this information the system creates the infrastructure in the cloud platform. The underlying provisioning of the infrastructure in the cloud is transparent to the administrator.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for automatically logging into a cloud based system that does not accept token log-on credentials generated by a single sign-on service. In an embodiment, a one-time password is automatically generated and persisted. The generated password is used to log in automatically to a cloud based system that does not accept tokens generated by the web-ID providers and for connecting to other services. Examples of such systems may include Windows, Linux, and iOS.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for In a cloud computing infrastructure, a mechanism is provided for balancing client sessions across virtual machines such that the number of virtual machines is efficiently managed. In some embodiments, the total number of virtual machines is minimized to reduce power consumption, cooling, and other cost drivers, while assigning users across the sessions. In one embodiment, the sessions in a virtual machine with low activity are migrated to a virtual machine with higher session rates to allow for the shutdown of the low usage virtual machines. In another embodiment, new user sessions are assigned according to a minimum performance standard.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for deploying software applications in a cloud computing environment. An administrator is provided an interface for allowing a software application that is designed for a single tenant to be used by a plurality of users. An aspect of the invention is to provide a mechanism for quickly and easily giving multi-user qualities to a single tenant application like autoCAD. As such, multiple users can access the application without the need to download and install a version locally on their system. The system is able to determine the period of time for which an application is in use for a given user, because every application is run on a resource that is part of the cloud environment. Therefore, it is possible for the application provider to charge for the application in a usage-based model—e.g. by the hour, or day—without any re-engineering of the existing application.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for scalably creating and deploying a network of virtual computers with common desktop images in a cloud computing environment. An administrator is provided an interface for defining a user desktop comprising an OS and a set of applications and associated settings. The administrator may further enter the number of roles or remote users. Based on this information the system creates a golden image or master template of the desktop and propagates the image throughout the cloud platform. The underlying provisioning of the virtual machines in the cloud is transparent to the user. The same automated mechanism used for creating the golden image is also used to update the golden image whenever there are updates to the OS or any applications and settings. The system automatically propagates the new image throughout the cloud platform.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for presenting a software application to a plurality of users in a cloud computing environment. For example, an application that was designed for use by a single user is provided in a cloud based platform without re-architecting the application. Using a web-based interface, multiple cloud users may launch and execute the application. The various instances of the application are provided to the cloud users as if the application were designed as a multi-user application.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are disclosed for virtualized eco-friendly remote presentation session roles. In an embodiment, a connection broker monitors the servers of a server farm, and, based upon characteristics of remote presentation sessions served by VMs executing on those servers, directs VMs on those servers to be migrated between servers, changed from sleeping to running or vice versa, or other operations that may improve the performance of the server farm as a whole.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media are disclosed for providing a virtual single-user session to a client in a terminal server session. In an embodiment, requests to a resource in the system-space of a system made by an application are intercepted. A determination is made as to whether to virtualize the resource for the application. Where the resource is to be virtualized, a user-specific virtualized resource is created or maintained in user-space and provided to the application.