> remote desktop works with VM:s just like it does with other PC:s.
> So if you have XP-Pro or higher on your VM:s ten people can use RDP to
> work with them.

> I'm convinced that Virtual Server can't do this, but I wanted to check here
> before giving up.
>
> We are a training department. Some of our self study courses require custom
> set up VMs for the labs. We don't want to ship many GB of .vhd files to
> students. So, we're looking for a way to host this over the web. A student
> logs in, gets their VMs, and can do their labs. Many modules require a set
> of 2 or 3 VMs talking to each other.

>I'm convinced that Virtual Server can't do this, but I wanted to check here
>before giving up.
>
>We are a training department. Some of our self study courses require custom
>set up VMs for the labs. We don't want to ship many GB of .vhd files to
>students. So, we're looking for a way to host this over the web. A student
>logs in, gets their VMs, and can do their labs. Many modules require a set
>of 2 or 3 VMs talking to each other.
>
>Is this possible with Virtual Server? Some other other way? (Letting people
>in via the Administration Web site might work if it were only one student at
>a time, but with two or more at a time it seems unusable.)
>
>Thanks for any help, even if it is just to tell me that it can't be done.
>

> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:05:02 -0500, Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:01:37 +0100, Bo Berglund wrote:
>>
>>> remote desktop works with VM:s just like it does with other PC:s.
>>> So if you have XP-Pro or higher on your VM:s ten people can use RDP to
>>> work with them.
>>
>>XP, like all client OS' that support RDP, only support a single RDP
>>connection at any one time.
>
> I did not think the OP would need several persons to be logged on at
> the same time. This would not work in the classroom anyway so why via
> RDP?

>On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:01:37 +0100, Bo Berglund wrote:
>
>> remote desktop works with VM:s just like it does with other PC:s.
>> So if you have XP-Pro or higher on your VM:s ten people can use RDP to
>> work with them.
>
>XP, like all client OS' that support RDP, only support a single RDP
>connection at any one time.

> William Bernat wrote:
>
>> I'm convinced that Virtual Server can't do this, but I wanted to check
>> here before giving up.
>>
>> We are a training department. Some of our self study courses require
>> custom set up VMs for the labs. We don't want to ship many GB of .vhd
>> files to students. So, we're looking for a way to host this over the web.
>> A student logs in, gets their VMs, and can do their labs. Many modules
>> require a set of 2 or 3 VMs talking to each other.
>
> This can be done. I am an engineer working for a company that provides
> this kind of product and solution we call virtual labs that includes
> web-based registration, configuring multiple virtual machines from a
> library of VHD images, networked with one or NICs and networks connected
> to each other and connected to the Internet.
>
> All VMs are available via a browser interface with multiple tabs, one for
> each VM. Supporting Internet Explorer and Firefox (Java RDP client)
>
> For students that can not RDP out of their corporate networks we tunnel
> RDP, VNC and Citrix using https over the Internet and connect through
> proxies.
>
> The backend manages tens to hundreds of physical servers running Virtual
> Server or VMware ESX Server. Multi VM configs can even span these two
> virtualization products (64-bit database on ESX, but XP workstations on
> Virtual Server)
>
> Also integrates with Learning Management Systems like Saba Centra.
>
> I work for Surgient. We built and hosted the first version of MSDN
> Virtual Labs for Microsoft back in 2003.
>
> Sorry if this is spamish, I'm proud of the product I work on and training
> is one of our big focuses.

> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 07:55:08 -0500, Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
> wrote:
>
>>you have XP-Pro or higher on your VM:s ten people can use RDP to work with
>
> Misspelling that in this case created a grammatically understandable
> sentence with the wrong contents...
> Should have been:
>
>>you have XP-Pro or higher on your VM:s *then* people can use RDP to work
>>with
>
> I never meant that more tyhan one single login would be active at a
> time....
>

>you have XP-Pro or higher on your VM:s ten people can use RDP to work with
>you have XP-Pro or higher on your VM:s *then* people can use RDP to work with