Methods and systems for providing access to a computing environment provided by a virtual machine executing in a hypervisor executing in a terminal services session

An apparatus for providing access to a desktop computing environment, the apparatus comprising:

• a server including a virtual machine management component and a session management component, the session management component having an identification component, an execution component, and a management component, wherein the virtual machine management component selects a virtual machine that can provide:
• the desktop computing environment requested by a user at a client machine;
• an operating system in which to execute the desktop computing environment;
• and
• transmitting an identification of the virtual machine to the identification component, wherein the identification component receives from the virtual machine management component the identification of the virtual machine and selects an execution machine providing a terminal services session in which a hypervisor executes to provide access to hardware resources required by the virtual machine;
• the execution component, providing:
• provisioning the virtual machine;
• launching the virtual machine into the execution machine, the virtual machine executing the operating system;
• and
• launching the desktop computing environment into the executing operating system on the execution machine;
• and
• the management component establishes a connection between the client machine and the desktop computing environment via the terminal services session.