Virtual Desktop Extension Manager for Cloud Workload Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing and controlling workloads in cloud and virtualized environments face challenges such as lack of visibility, performance issues, latency, security concerns, and complexity in adding support for diverse technologies, leading to difficulties in interacting with applications and services across different platforms.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that provides virtual desktop extensions on a client desktop, allowing users to access and interact with applications and services in virtualized or cloud data centers by launching appropriate virtual machine instances and enforcing policies, while simplifying the process through a virtual desktop extension manager that authenticates credentials and manages access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cloud computing environments are used to host workloads, then resource scalability and cost efficiency are improved, but visibility and control over workloads are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the cloud infrastructure and end users that provides workload management and visibility capabilities. This intermediary component enables users to monitor and control cloud-hosted workloads without requiring direct access to the underlying cloud platform, thus resolving the contradiction between cloud scalability and workload visibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If generic cloud platforms are deployed, then resource provisioning flexibility is improved, but performance and security are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by allowing different workload types to be assigned to specialized virtual machine instances with specific configurations optimized for their requirements. This enables the system to maintain high performance and security for sensitive workloads while preserving overall provisioning flexibility across the cloud platform.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple siloed systems are used to manage workloads, then functional specialization is improved, but system integration and communication are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple previously siloed workload management functions into a unified virtual machine instance management system. By combining provisioning, monitoring, and control capabilities into an integrated platform, the system maintains functional specialization while eliminating the communication and integration problems of separate siloed systems.
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AI summary
The system and method described herein may identify one or more virtual desktop extensions available in a cloud computing environment and launch virtual machine instances to host the available virtual desktop extensions in the cloud. For example, a virtual desktop extension manager may receive a virtual desktop extension request from a client desktop and determine whether authentication credentials for the client desktop indicate that the client desktop has access to the requested virtual desktop extension. In response to authenticating the client desktop, the virtual desktop extension manager may then launch a virtual machine instance to host the virtual desktop extension in the cloud and provide the client desktop with information for locally controlling the virtual desktop extension remotely hosted in the cloud.