Methods and apparatus for connecting a thin client to a virtual desktop

An apparatus, comprising:

• a boot module within a housing, the boot module configured to receive a boot request signal from a thin client device, the boot module configured to send, in response to the boot request signal, a thin client operating system image to the thin client device such that the thin client device can execute a thin client operating system associated with the thin client operating system image;
• a server module within the housing, the server module configured to execute a plurality of virtual desktops;
• and
• a broker module within the housing, the broker module configured to receive, from the thin client operating system executing at the thin client device, a virtual desktop request signal including an identifier of a virtual desktop from the plurality of virtual desktops, the broker module configured to initiate, based on the identifier, a communication session between the virtual desktop at the server module and the thin client operating system executing at the thin client device.