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 of desktop virtualization provided by RDS.
Describe the benefits of RemoteFX and its requirements.
Articulate the other technologies required for a complete virtualized desktop
solution.