A service manager for managing services made available to front end devices operably connected to backend devices via managed network devices includes a storage device for storing a services network use information repository that associates the services with network functions enabled by the managed network devices and a processor. The processor makes an identification of a front end device of the front end devices that will provide virtualized desktop infrastructure services, using at least one of the backend devices, to a user; in response to the identification: identifies a set of the services to be provided to the user; identifies: at least one of the managed network devices that provides network connectivity to the front end device, and network use information for the set of services using the services network use information repository; and configures the at least one managed network device based on the network use information.

The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and machine-readable media for passwordless access to virtual desktops. A request can be received to launch a virtual desktop provided by a software defined data center from a client having previously authenticated a user via a passwordless login. The client can be authenticated to a connection server and a virtual desktop. Authenticating the client to the virtual desktop can include receiving a request from the connection server to initiate a session, wherein the request includes an identifier generated by the client in association with the passwordless login, caching the identifier with the session, connecting to the client to establish a virtual channel connection, specifying a key storage provider to perform the authentication via the cached identifier, and performing cryptographic operations with the client via the virtual channel connection. The virtual desktop can be launched responsive to authenticating the client to the virtual desktop.

The technology herein involves accessing content of an electronic document and a shared layout for the electronic document, wherein the shared layout provides a layout for user devices having different dimensions of display areas; rendering the content of the electronic document onto a primary rendering surface and a secondary rendering surface, wherein the primary rendering surface is associated with a native platform of a user device and the secondary rendering surface is associated with the shared layout of a server; applying operation commands to modify the primary rendering surface, the operation commands resulting from a user interaction with the electronic document; merging the operation commands into a merged operation call; and invoking the merged operation call to modify the secondary rendering surface, wherein the merged operation call reduces a number of operation calls that modify the secondary rendering surface and is shared with the server to modify the shared layout.

A computing device can intercept a request to launch a requested application. The request can be intercepted by a calling process executed by the computing device. The request can include information identifying the requested application. The computing device can determine that a user interaction is required before launching the requested application by consulting a set of application policies based on the information identifying the requested application. The computing device can establish that the calling process is associated with a controlling terminal provided by an operating system in response to determining that the user interaction is required. A process session group containing processes launched within a user session can be selectively associated with the controlling terminal by the operating system. The computing device can perform the user interaction using the controlling terminal in response to establishing that the calling process is associated with the controlling terminal.

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for providing a unified cross-platform experience are provided. A connection between a first device and a second device may be established, wherein the first device operates on a first platform and the second device operates on a second platform. A plurality of executable actions that are specific to the second device may be identified by the first device. Execution of at least one of the plurality of executable actions by the second device may be requested by the an application executed on the first device. Information obtained via execution of the at least one executable action may be received by the first device and the first device may present and/or display that information.

A virtual teaching system includes a semi-autonomous device to perform a task such as cleaning a target environment. The semi-autonomous device includes one or more sensors configured to record environmental data from the target environment that can be used to construct a virtual environment. The semi-autonomous device is operably coupled to an analysis system. The analysis system includes a processor to perform multiple functions, such as constructing the virtual environment from the recorded environmental data and supporting operation of a user interface. The user interface can be operably coupled to the processor, allowing a human operator to teach a virtual device in the virtual environment to perform an action sequence. Once the virtual device has been taught an action sequence in the virtual environment, the analysis system can transfer the recorded action sequence to the semi-autonomous device for use in the target environment.

Virtual memory space may be saved in a clone environment by leveraging the similarity of the data signatures in swap files when a chain of virtual machines (VMs) includes clones spawned from a common parent and executing common applications. Deduplication is performed across the chain, rather than merely within each VM. Examples include generating a common deduplication identifier (ID) for the chain; generating a logical addressing table linked to the deduplication ID, for each of the VMs in the chain; and generating a hash table for the chain. Examples further include, based at least on a swap out request, generating a hash value for a block of memory to be written to a storage medium; and based at least on finding the hash value within the hash table, updating the logical addressing table to indicate a location of a prior-existing duplicate of the block on the storage medium.

Methods and systems for application virtualization are described herein. The system may provide a plurality of endpoint devices with access to an application. The application may be hosted by a computing device and configured to run on a mobile computing device. The computing device may determine instructions to execute the application for different endpoint devices of the plurality based on information about the plurality of endpoint devices. The computing device may modify output from execution of the determined instructions into graphics data and may provide the graphics data to at least one of the plurality of endpoint devices to enable that endpoint device to render a user interface in which to access the application.

Systems and methods are provided for grouping remote desktop sessions on servers in remote desktop environments according to predicted user logoff times so that sessions with similar predicted logoff times can be placed together on the servers, allowing for more efficient utilization of servers. A user can request a virtual desktop session. Once the request is received, a predicted logoff time for the session can be determined and the session can be placed on one of available host servers based on the predicted logoff time. Different logoff time ranges can be assigned to different servers and sessions can be grouped on the servers according to predicted logoff time.

Methods and systems for a transportation vehicle are provided. One method includes initializing a first browser at an electronic device to communicate with a remote virtual loader having access to data for an in-flight entertainment (IFE) system of an aircraft; authenticating the first browser by the remote virtual loader; providing IFE data for the IFE system to the first browser by the remote virtual loader with an instruction to grant access to the IFE data by a second browser of the electronic device, the second browser authenticated by the IFE system to send information to the IFE system; and transferring the IFE data from the electronic device to the IFE system by the second browser that obtains access to the IFE data from the first browser in response to the instruction from the remote virtual loader.