A computer system configured to deploy a virtual desktop session, comprising: a processor; a memory (104, 110) coupled to the processor, the memory including computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause the processor to: establish an inter-partition communication channel between a virtualization platform and a virtual machine, the virtual machine executing a guest operating system, wherein the guest operating system is not in the same network as the virtualization platform and wherein the inter-partition communication channel is implemented at least in part as a region of memory shared between the virtualization platform and the virtual machine and wherein clients have no access to a domain of the virtualization platform because the inter-partition communication channel is not network based and wherein further the virtual machine is configured to automatically trust messages received via the inter-partition communication channel without authenticating the messages; send, via the inter-partition communication channel, virtual desktop configuration information to the virtual machine; configure the guest operating system in accordance with the received virtual desktop configuration information; and establish a virtual desktop session between the virtual machine and a remote client. a processor; a memory (104, 110) coupled to the processor, the memory including computer-executable instructions that upon execution cause the processor to: establish an inter-partition communication channel between a virtualization platform and a virtual machine, the virtual machine executing a guest operating system, wherein the guest operating system is not in the same network as the virtualization platform and wherein the inter-partition communication channel is implemented at least in part as a region of memory shared between the virtualization platform and the virtual machine and wherein clients have no access to a domain of the virtualization platform because the inter-partition communication channel is not network based and wherein further the virtual machine is configured to automatically trust messages received via the inter-partition communication channel without authenticating the messages; send, via the inter-partition communication channel, virtual desktop configuration information to the virtual machine; configure the guest operating system in accordance with the received virtual desktop configuration information; and establish a virtual desktop session between the virtual machine and a remote client. establish an inter-partition communication channel between a virtualization platform and a virtual machine, the virtual machine executing a guest operating system, wherein the guest operating system is not in the same network as the virtualization platform and wherein the inter-partition communication channel is implemented at least in part as a region of memory shared between the virtualization platform and the virtual machine and wherein clients have no access to a domain of the virtualization platform because the inter-partition communication channel is not network based and wherein further the virtual machine is configured to automatically trust messages received via the inter-partition communication channel without authenticating the messages; send, via the inter-partition communication channel, virtual desktop configuration information to the virtual machine; configure the guest operating system in accordance with the received virtual desktop configuration information; and establish a virtual desktop session between the virtual machine and a remote client.