Managing user state of cloud desktops

A cloud computing system comprising:

• a computing device comprising at least one processor;
• a memory communicatively coupled to said processor when said system is operational;
• said memory having stored therein computer instructions that upon execution by the at least one processor cause:
• instantiating one or more remote desktop configurations that makes available, to a plurality of users via a remote network connection, remote desktop configurations comprising an operating environment and software applications to be included in the operating environment;
• receiving a first request for a first remote desktop session from one of a plurality of users, the first remote desktop session conforming to one or more remote desktop configurations;
• in response to the first request, assigning a first virtual machine endpoint to the requested first remote desktop session from a pool of available virtual machine endpoints, wherein the first request may be associated with any one of the available virtual machine endpoints in the pool;
• loading previously saved user state data associated with the one of the plurality of users, the previously saved user state data saved as a virtual profile comprising the user's preference and personal data indicative of a standard desktop configuration for a user role, wherein the previously saved user state is saved independently of the requested first remote desktop session and the assigned first virtual machine endpoint and the virtual profile initially comprises data operable to initially configure a user's desktop in accordance with the standard desktop configuration for the user role;
• updating the saved user state information during the first remote desktop session;
• and
• in response to a request from the one of the plurality of users for a second remote desktop session, assigning a second virtual machine endpoint to the second remote desktop session from the pool of available virtual machine endpoints, wherein the second virtual machine endpoint is different from the first virtual machine endpoint.

A computer readable storage device storing thereon computer executable instructions for managing a cloud computing infrastructure, the computer readable storage device comprising:

• instructions for instantiating one or more remote desktop configurations that makes available, to a plurality of users via a remote network connection, remote desktop configurations each comprising an operating environment and software applications to be included in the operating environment;
• instructions for receiving a first request for a first remote desktop session from one of the plurality of users, the first remote desktop session conforming to one of the one or more remote desktop configurations;
• instructions for, in response to the first request, assigning a first virtual machine endpoint to the requested first remote desktop session from a pool of available virtual machine endpoints, wherein the first request may be associated with any one of the available virtual machine endpoints in the pool, and loading previously saved user state data associated with the one of the plurality of users and included in a virtual profile associated with the one of the plurality of users, wherein the previously saved user state is indicative of a standard desktop configuration for a user role and is saved independently of the requested first remote desktop session and the assigned first virtual machine endpoint and the virtual profile initially comprises data operable to initially configure a user's desktop in accordance with the standard desktop configuration for the user role;
• instructions for updating the saved state data during the first remote desktop session;
• and
• in response to a request from the one of the plurality of users for a second remote desktop session, assigning, by the computing device, a second virtual machine endpoint to the second remote desktop session from the pool of available virtual machine endpoints, wherein the second virtual machine endpoint is different from the first virtual machine endpoint.