Patent ID: 9213544
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a virtual desktop management (VDM) server from an administrator device, selection of a virtual desktop; receiving, by the VDM server from a virtual machine, transmission of the virtual desktop, wherein the transmission of the virtual desktop includes display data representing a visual user interface for the virtual desktop running on the virtual machine, and wherein the display data is transmitted concurrently to a remote client device and to the VDM server; determining, by the VDM server, that the received transmission of the virtual desktop includes a policy state; and providing, by the VDM server to the administrator device, management access to the selected virtual machine while, in response to the detected policy state, preventing the administrator device from accessing the display data for the virtual desktop running on the virtual machine.