Automated desktop placement

A system for computing resource allocation at a data center, the system comprising:

• a Program Execution Service (PES) platform comprising a number of data centers, each data center including one or more computing systems configurable to provide one or more computing resources to one or more users;
• a data center from the number of data centers configured to receive, from a computing device of a user, a request to obtain access to a computing resource;
• a management component stored in a memory, the management component configured to:
• identity the user associated with the computing device;
• access user metadata associated with the user based, at least in part, on the user's identity;
• and
• selecting a set of resource placement rules based, at least in part, on the user metadata;
• a deployment component stored in a memory, the deployment component configured to:
• identify a computing system from one or more computing systems of the data center based, at least in part, on the set of resource placement rules;
• determine whether an active instance of the computing resource associated with the user exists;
• and
• identify a second computing system that includes the active instance and determine whether the second computing system satisfies the set of resource placement rules in response to determining that the active instance of the computing resource associated with the user exists,
• wherein identifying the computing system from the one or more computing systems of the data center comprises identifying the second computing system in response to determining that the second computing system satisfies the set of resource placement rules;
• and
• the management component further configured to provide the user with access to the computing resource on the computing system.

A non-transitory physical computer storage comprising computer-executable instructions that direct a computing system to perform a method for computing resource allocation at a data center, the method comprising:

• receiving a request at a data center of a Program Execution Service (PES) platform to obtain access to a computing resource, the request received from a computing device of a user;
• identifying the user associated with the computing device;
• accessing user metadata associated with the user based, at least in part, on the identity of the user;
• selecting a set of resource placement rules based, at least in part, on the user metadata;
• identifying a computing system from one or more computing systems of the data center based, at least in part, on the set of resource placement rules;
• providing the user with access to the computing resource on the computing system;
• determining whether an active instance of the computing resource associated with the user exists;
• and
• in response to determining that the active instance associated with the user exists, the method further comprises:
• identifying a second computing system that includes the active instance;
• and
• determining whether the second computing system satisfies the set of resource placement rules,
• wherein identifying the computing system from the one or more computing systems of the data center comprises identifying the second computing system in response to determining that the second computing system satisfies the set of resource placement rules.