Patent ID: 8856917

Claim:
A method for managing a virtualized computing infrastructure, the method comprising: instantiating one or more remote desktop configurations and making available, to a plurality of users via a remote network connection, the remote desktop configurations, wherein the remote desktop configurations each comprise an operating environment and software applications to be included in the operating environment; receiving a request for a remote desktop session from one of the plurality of users, the remote desktop session conforming to one of the one or more remote desktop configurations; in response to authentication of the one of the plurality of users, generating a one-time password for the one of the plurality of users based on identification information for the one of the plurality of users and storing said one time password in a credential store in a virtual machine hosting the remote desktop session; instantiating the requested remote desktop session and loading data and applications associated with the remote desktop session; persisting the one-time password for a duration of the remote desktop session and allowing access to said applications based on the one-time password until the one of the plurality of users indicates that the remote desktop session is to be terminated, wherein the one-time password is deleted or otherwise indicated as no longer valid when the virtual machine hosting the remote desktop session is terminated.