Utilities toolbox for remote session and client architecture

A system for executing utility applications in a remote session, the system comprising:

• a client device having a memory and a processor,
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• establish a remote session between the client device and a remote application server;
• determine one or more characteristics of the client device;
• responsive to receiving a user request to execute a utility component on the client device, wherein the utility component performs an action on a target file, determine an execution location of the utility component based on both the characteristics of the client device and a location of the target file;
• responsive to determining the execution location of the utility component is on the client device, execute the utility component on the client device;
• and
• responsive to determining the execution location of the utility component is on the remote application server, transmit the user request to be executed within the remote session.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for executing utility applications in a remote session, including instructions for:

• establishing, by a remote session client, a remote session between a client device and a remote application server;
• determining one or more characteristics of the client device;
• responsive to receiving a user request to execute a utility component on the client device, wherein the utility component performs an action on a target file, determining an execution location of the utility component based on both the characteristics of the client device and a location of the target file;
• responsive to determining the execution location of the utility component is on the client device, executing the utility component on the client device;
• and
• responsive to determining the execution location of the utility component is on the remote application server, transmitting the user request to be executed within the remote session.