Licensing and authentication with virtual desktop manager

摘要

A computer-implemented method for virtual desktop system to license and authenticate various user devices to access virtual desktop system, includes one or more of following operations: (a) establishing network connection between a user device and a virtual desktop manager, (b) receiving request from user device to obtain access token to access a target virtual desktop of a virtual machine, (c) verifying the user device registration and security policy, (d) generating a unique token with expiration by virtual desktop manager if user device is authorized, (e) providing unique token with expiration and security policy to user device, (f) establishing connection between user device and target virtual desktop of virtual machine using unique token with expiration and security policy, (g) verifying token with virtual desktop manager by virtual machine of target virtual desktop, and (h) allowing user device to access target virtual desktop of virtual machine if user device is authorized.

主权项

1. A virtual desktop system, comprising:
a plurality of virtual machines operating on a hypervisor server, configured to provide a plurality of virtual desktops to a plurality of users; a plurality of user devices configured to allow the plurality of users to access the plurality of virtual desktops through a network; and a virtual desktop manager operating on the hypervisor server, configured to register the plurality of user devices, to assign and encrypt security policy to the plurality of registered user devices, to manage the access to the plurality of virtual desktops by the plurality of registered user devices, and to generate a unique token with expiration, wherein an expiration time of the unique token is determined by factors including a security level of an authorized user.