Risk-based cloud profile management for VDI in the cloud

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions to be executed in a computer system, wherein the instructions when executed in the computer system cause the computer system to carry out a method of retrieving and storing, in cloud storage that is provisioned with a plurality of storage containers, user data that includes user data and application data that is generated during a remote desktop session to a cloud computing system, the method comprising:

• determining a risk level of the remote desktop session;
• selecting a first storage container if the determined risk level of the remote desktop session is at a first level and a second storage container if the determined risk level of the remote desktop session is at a second level that is lower than the first level;
• and
• storing the user data in the selected storage container,
• wherein the first storage container stores less percentage of the user data than the second storage container.

A cloud computing system comprising:

• one or more computing devices in which a plurality of virtual machines are provisioned;
• and
• one or more storage devices that are configured as a cloud storage that is provisioned with a plurality of storage containers, including a first storage container and a second storage container,
• wherein one of the virtual machines hosts a remote desktop session and includes a profile management agent that executes a method of retrieving and storing user data that includes user data and application data that is generated during the remote desktop session to a cloud computing system, the method comprising:
• provisioning a plurality of storage containers, including first and second storage containers, in the cloud storage;
• determining a risk level of the remote desktop session;
• selecting the first storage container if the determined risk level of the remote desktop session is at a first level and the second storage container if the determined risk level of the remote desktop session is at a second level that is lower than the first level;
• and
• storing the user data in the selected storage container, and
• wherein the first storage container stores less percentage of the user data than the second storage container.