How It Works
UserPwd™ is a fully-functioning remote workstation. Instead of being held on local hardware, all software and data is housed in state-of-the-art data centers. This data is then sent via the internet to an end-user’s workstation (such as a PC or thin client), whilst industry-standard SSL encryption ensures that no information can be accessed by external parties. Keystrokes and mouse movements are then relayed from the remote workstation to UserPwd™ data centers.
You can connect to your virtual server from any location you choose, as long as you have an internet or network connection. Just browse to our login portal from your laptop, desktop or thin client and NinjaTrader appears as if it was running locally on your machine. You can print documents, transfer files to a USB stick and use your applications just as if the machine was under your desk.
This is an entirely seamless process and the end user’s Windows experience is identical to that offered by a traditional desktop PC, allowing interaction with the exact same applications in the exact same way. You‘d never notice the difference! All the functionality you’d expect is available and the environment is personalized, meaning you can install applications, store your data, print on your home or office printer and so on. UserPwd™ manages, backs up and looks after the environment for you; plus it’s running on highly available grid technology, offering you almost infinite power and resources at the touch of a button. |
Instead of running a local copy of the Windows operating system on each user’s desktop, UserPwd™ creates a common image and stores it on one or more servers in the data center. A hypervisor then deploys the image to a server. A hypervisor is a layer of software that lets you run several operating systems simultaneously on a common computer while maintaining isolation between the different operating systems. Hyper-V is the Windows Server hypervisor. Each of these desktops reacts as a standalone Windows 7 desktop. Unlike using Remote Desktop Services (RDS), the users connecting to a virtual desktop can have full access to all features of that virtual machine without impacting the other virtual desktops or the host server. In fact, you can still use the Remote Desktop Client to connect to your virtual desktop.
A user connected to a virtual desktop requires a constant connection to the network, whether this is through a LAN or across a wide area network (WAN) or a remote connection. If you are a mobile user, or if you only work when you’re connected to the network, then UserPwd™ is the perfect solution.
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