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# At the login screen, provide your CS credentials | # At the login screen, provide your CS credentials | ||
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# Connect to the server by clicking '''Virtual Desktop Lab''' | # Connect to the server by clicking '''Virtual Desktop Lab''' | ||
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# Navigate to [https://vdportal.cs.odu.edu/RDWeb] | # Navigate to [https://vdportal.cs.odu.edu/RDWeb] | ||
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# At the login screen, provide your CS credentials in the format '''CS\username''' | # At the login screen, provide your CS credentials in the format '''CS\username''' | ||
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# Download the pre-configured RDP file by ''clicking'' '''Virtual Desktop Lab''' | # Download the pre-configured RDP file by ''clicking'' '''Virtual Desktop Lab''' | ||
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# You will be prompted to download a pre-configured RDP file | # You will be prompted to download a pre-configured RDP file | ||
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# This file can be renamed and saved for future sessions. This example below, the file is renamed and saved to the Desktop. | # This file can be renamed and saved for future sessions. This example below, the file is renamed and saved to the Desktop. | ||
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# If you have saved to your Desktop, you will see the following shortcut. Double clicking the icon will launch an RDP connection | # If you have saved to your Desktop, you will see the following shortcut. Double clicking the icon will launch an RDP connection | ||
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Revision as of 15:40, 16 May 2019
ODU Computer Science | Virtual Desktop Lab User’s Guide
The Computer Science Department is providing a new VDI solution which aims to be a replacement for VCLab. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) allows ODU faculty and remote students to access lab machine images over their network. Our users can interact with the remote operating system and its applications as if they were running locally.
The new Virtual Desktop Lab will feature major improvements from VClab: Up-to-date operating system Up-to-date applications Modern look and feel HTML5 web browsers as a VDI client
This document is divided into the following sections
- Accessing Virtual Desktop Lab from a web browser
- Accessing Virtual Desktop Lab with a native RDP client
Accessing VDLab from Web Browser
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- Navigate to [1]
- At the login screen, provide your CS credentials
- Connect to the server by clicking Virtual Desktop Lab
Remote Desktop Client
- Navigate to [2]
- At the login screen, provide your CS credentials in the format CS\username
- Download the pre-configured RDP file by clicking Virtual Desktop Lab
- You will be prompted to download a pre-configured RDP file
- This file can be renamed and saved for future sessions. This example below, the file is renamed and saved to the Desktop.
- If you have saved to your Desktop, you will see the following shortcut. Double clicking the icon will launch an RDP connection
