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If you have the hardware, VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) can deliver a thin client experience similar to that of a desktop PC, but challenges remain

Now practically synonymous with desktop virtualization, VDI uses a hypervisor to run many instances of a desktop VM (virtual machine) on one or more physical servers, providing a customizable environment for each user. While VDI makes sense for some deployments, broader proliferation awaits such advances as the client hypervisor, which runs VMs on client hardware.