Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a processor having programmed instructions to receive a request for a computing device associated with a user to remotely access a session on an operating system of a non-domain joined instance (non-DJI) virtual machine (VM). The processor includes programmed instructions to, automatically and responsive to the request, cause a server to attach, to the VM, a disk for storing a profile of the user, assign an account of the operating system to the user, reset a password for the account, login the user to the session on the VM using the account and the password, mount, on the VM, the profile, and cause a connection to be established between the computing device and the VM.

Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a processor with programmed instructions to receive, from a user device and via a network, encrypted credentials for logging on a user associated with the user device to a virtual machine. The processor is coupled to the virtual machine via a hypervisor. The processor has programmed instructions to decrypt the credentials, send, to an operating system of the virtual machine, the decrypted credentials, and cause the operating system to log the user on to the virtual machine.

Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a processor having programmed instructions to receive a request for a computing device associated with a user to remotely access a session on an operating system of a non-domain joined instance (non-DJI) virtual machine (VM). The processor includes programmed instructions to, automatically and responsive to the request, cause a server to attach, to the VM, a disk for storing a profile of the user, assign an account of the operating system to the user, reset a password for the account, login the user to the session on the VM using the account and the password, mount, on the VM, the profile, and cause a connection to be established between the computing device and the VM.

Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is an apparatus including a processor with programmed instructions to receive, from a user device and via a network, encrypted credentials for logging on a user associated with the user device to a virtual machine. The processor is coupled to the virtual machine via a hypervisor. The processor has programmed instructions to decrypt the credentials, send, to an operating system of the virtual machine, the decrypted credentials, and cause the operating system to log the user on to the virtual machine.