Live switching of collaborative virtual desktop sessions

A computing device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to perform the steps of:
• establishing a first collaborative virtual desktop session for a plurality of client devices on a first virtual desktop executing on a server by, for each client device in the plurality of client devices:
• connecting via a connection server a virtual desktop client executing on the client device to a first virtual desktop agent of the first virtual desktop and establishing a first remote desktop protocol session between the virtual desktop client and the first virtual desktop, wherein the graphical user interface (GUI) of the first virtual desktop is streamed to the virtual desktop client via the first remote desktop protocol session, and wherein user inputs into the first virtual desktop produced on the virtual desktop client are conveyed by the virtual desktop client to the first virtual desktop agent via the first remote desktop protocol session;
• receiving a request at the connection server to switch the collaborative session from the first virtual desktop to a second virtual desktop, the second virtual desktop belonging to a user of a particular client device in the plurality of client devices;
• in response to the request, establishing a second collaborative virtual desktop session on the second virtual desktop and switching the plurality of client devices from the first collaborative virtual desktop session to the second collaborative virtual desktop session by:
• logging the user into the second virtual desktop;
• and
• for each client device in the plurality of client devices, connecting via the connection server the virtual desktop client executing on the client device to a second virtual desktop agent of the second virtual desktop and establishing a second remote desktop protocol session between the virtual desktop client and the second virtual desktop, wherein the graphical user interface (GUI) of the second virtual desktop is streamed to the virtual desktop client via the second remote desktop protocol session, and wherein user inputs into the second virtual desktop produced on the virtual desktop client are conveyed by the virtual desktop client to the second virtual desktop agent via the second remote desktop protocol session.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions, the instructions when executed by one or more processors causing the one or more processors to execute the operations of:

• establishing a first collaborative virtual desktop session for a plurality of client devices on a first virtual desktop executing on a server by, for each client device in the plurality of client devices:
• connecting via a connection server a virtual desktop client executing on the client device to a first virtual desktop agent of the first virtual desktop and establishing a first remote desktop protocol session between the virtual desktop client and the first virtual desktop, wherein the graphical user interface (GUI) of the first virtual desktop is streamed to the virtual desktop client via the first remote desktop protocol session, and wherein user inputs into the first virtual desktop produced on the virtual desktop client are conveyed by the virtual desktop client to the first virtual desktop agent via the first remote desktop protocol session;
• receiving a request at the connection server to switch the collaborative session from the first virtual desktop to a second virtual desktop, the second virtual desktop belonging to a user of a particular client device in the plurality of client devices;
• in response to the request, establishing a second collaborative virtual desktop session on the second virtual desktop and switching the plurality of client devices from the first collaborative virtual desktop session to the second collaborative virtual desktop session by:
• logging the user into the second virtual desktop;
• and
• for each client device in the plurality of client devices, connecting via the connection server the virtual desktop client executing on the client device to a second virtual desktop agent of the second virtual desktop and establishing a second remote desktop protocol session between the virtual desktop client and the second virtual desktop, wherein the graphical user interface (GUI) of the second virtual desktop is streamed to the virtual desktop client via the second remote desktop protocol session, and wherein user inputs into the second virtual desktop produced on the virtual desktop client are conveyed by the virtual desktop client to the second virtual desktop agent via the second remote desktop protocol session.