Desktop virtualization is a technology that simulates a workstation load to access a desktop from a connected device remotely or locally. This separates the desktop environment and associated application software from the physical client device used to access it.
Desktop virtualization works in many ways, but the basic two types of desktop virtualization are based on whether the operating system instance is local or remote.
Local Desktop Virtualization : It denotes the operating system runs on a client device where all processing and workloads occur on local hardware. This type of desktop virtualization works when users don’t need a continuous network connection and can meet application computing requirements with local system resources. Although this requires processing to be done locally, you cannot use local desktop virtualization to share VMs or resources across a network to thin clients or mobile devices.
Remote Desktop Virtualization : Remote desktop virtualization is a commonly used virtualization that operates in a client/server computing environment. It allows users to run operating systems from a server while all user interactions occur on a client device. The result is that IT departments have more centralized control over applications and desktops and can maximize the investment of organization in IT hardware through remote access to shared computing resources.
