A virtual desktop means that a user’s desktop environment (the icons, wallpaper, windows, folders, toolbars, widgets, etc.) is stored remotely on a server, rather than on a local PC or other client ...

While futurists have contemplated for years what virtual reality computing might one day look like, there’s a simple solution to using your Windows computer in VR today, it’s called Virtual Desktop, ...

A Features Writer at Pocket-lint.com, Abhinav Lal has over a decade of experience in tech journalism. He was formerly the Managing Editor & Product Head at NDTV Gadgets 360 and News Editor at Digit.in ...

Microsoft had offered the Virtual Desktop Manager as part of the Windows XP PowerToys and, a little while later, released the SysInternals Desktops add-on, which enabled similar functionality. Not ...

Want to keep your work email and Word documents separate from the games you play after hours? In Windows, you can turn to virtual desktops, which seal off groups of apps, making them easier to manage.

It took Microsoft a long time to integrate virtual desktop functions into its operating system. While virtual desktops had been established under Linux and macOS for years, they only made their way ...

I think a lot of people confuse these two virtualization technologies and maybe you're one of them. The distinction is not apparent from the names given to them but rather in the scale of the ...

Virtual Desktops allow us to segregate our work. It has a lot of advantages, such as decluttered workspace, multitasking capabilities, and more. However, some users complain that Virtual Desktop is ...

I'm typing this review in virtual reality. I have an Oculus Rift strapped to my head, and I'm staring at a giant text editor on a curved screen floating in front of my face. I can do this thanks to ...

Elegant, feature-rich virtual desktop manager Finestra works very well–most of the time. If Finestra Virtual Desktops (free/donationware) hadn’t crashed on me once or twice, it would’ve scored at ...

Cloud-based DaaS offers several advantages to a remote workforce. This guide to Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) assesses the platform and what it can offer.