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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">September&nbsp;2019<span style="display:none">&nbsp;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2019-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">1.2.5713.0
/ 12&nbsp;November 2024<span style="display:none">&nbsp;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2024-11-12</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, and <a href="HTML5" title="HTML5">HTML5</a> <a href="Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browsers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Cross-platform_software" title="Cross-platform software">Cross-platform</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Desktop_virtualization" title="Desktop virtualization">Desktop virtualization</a> service</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/virtual-desktop">Official site</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Azure Virtual Desktop</b> (<b>AVD</b>), formerly known as <b>Windows Virtual Desktop</b> (<b>WVD</b>),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Microsoft Azure</a>-based system for virtualizing its <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> operating systems, providing <a href="Desktop_virtualization" title="Desktop virtualization">virtualized desktops</a> and applications securely <a href="Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">in the cloud</a> (over the Internet) using the <a href="Remote_Desktop_Protocol" title="Remote Desktop Protocol">Remote Desktop Protocol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is aimed at <a href="Enterprise_software" title="Enterprise software">enterprise customers</a> rather than at individual users.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Azure Virtual Desktop with Windows 10/11 Enterprise Multi-Session is a cloud-based alternative to an on-premise <a href="Remote_Desktop_Services" title="Remote Desktop Services">Remote Desktop Server</a> (RDS). AVD is deployed in Azure Cloud as a virtual machine. License costs are already included in several Microsoft 365 subscriptions, including Microsoft 365 Business Premium or Microsoft 365 E3.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>Azure Virtual Desktop was first announced by Microsoft in September 2018,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> available as a public preview in March 2019,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and generally available at the end of September 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Client_software">Client software</h2></div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="List_of_Remote_Desktop_Protocol_clients" title="List of Remote Desktop Protocol clients">List of Remote Desktop Protocol clients</a></div>
<p>Azure Virtual Desktops can be accessed with the <a href="Remote_Desktop_client_for_Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote Desktop client for Windows">Remote Desktop client for Windows</a>, also called Azure Virtual Desktop, on Windows and with <a href="Microsoft_Remote_Desktop" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Remote Desktop">Microsoft Remote Desktop</a> on other platforms, including the web.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other <a href="List_of_Remote_Desktop_Protocol_clients#Non-Microsoft" title="List of Remote Desktop Protocol clients">non-Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol clients</a> can also be used to connect to Azure Virtual Desktops.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Availability/compatibility">Availability/compatibility</h2></div>
<p>Azure Virtual Desktop supports Windows 10/11 multi-session, Windows 10/11 single-session, Windows Server 2012 R2 and newer operating systems.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Windows_365" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 365">Windows 365</a></li>
<li><a href="Remote_Desktop_Services" title="Remote Desktop Services">Remote Desktop Services</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Virtual_PC" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Virtual PC">Windows Virtual PC</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Content_as_a_service" title="Content as a service">Content as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Data_as_a_service" title="Data as a service">Data as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Desktop_as_a_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Desktop as a service">Desktop as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Function_as_a_service" title="Function as a service">Function as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Infrastructure_as_a_service" title="Infrastructure as a service">Infrastructure as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Cloud-based_integration" title="Cloud-based integration">Integration platform as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Backend_as_a_service" title="Backend as a service">Backend as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Network_as_a_service" title="Network as a service">Network as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Platform_as_a_service" title="Platform as a service">Platform as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Security_as_a_service" title="Security as a service">Security as a service</a></li>
<li><a href="Software_as_a_service" title="Software as a service">Software as a service</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Technologies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cloud_database" title="Cloud database">Cloud database</a></li>
<li><a href="Cloud-native_computing" title="Cloud-native computing">Cloud-native computing</a></li>
<li><a href="Cloud_storage" title="Cloud storage">Cloud storage</a></li>
<li><a href="Cloud_storage_gateway" title="Cloud storage gateway">Cloud storage gateways</a></li>
<li><a href="Data_center" title="Data center">Data centers</a></li>
<li><a href="Dew_computing" title="Dew computing">Dew computing</a></li>
<li><a href="Distributed_file_system_for_cloud" title="Distributed file system for cloud">Distributed file system for cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Hardware_virtualization" title="Hardware virtualization">Hardware virtualization</a></li>
<li><a href="Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a></li>
<li><a href="Mobile_cloud_computing" title="Mobile cloud computing">Mobile cloud computing</a></li>
<li><a href="Native_cloud_application" title="Native cloud application">Native cloud application</a></li>
<li><a href="Computer_network" title="Computer network">Networking</a></li>
<li><a href="Personal_cloud" title="Personal cloud">Personal cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Cloud_computing_security" title="Cloud computing security">Security</a></li>
<li><a href="Serverless_computing" title="Serverless computing">Serverless computing</a></li>
<li><a href="Comparison_of_structured_storage_software" title="Comparison of structured storage software">Structured storage</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_appliance" title="Virtual appliance">Virtual appliance</a></li>
<li><a href="Web_API" title="Web API">Web APIs</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_private_cloud" title="Virtual private cloud">Virtual private cloud</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Box_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Box (company)">Box</a></li>
<li><a href="Dropbox" title="Dropbox">Dropbox</a></li>
<li><a href="Google" title="Google">Google</a>
<ul><li><a href="Google_Workspace" title="Google Workspace">Workspace</a></li>
<li><a href="Google_Drive" title="Google Drive">Drive</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="HP_Cloud" title="HP Cloud">HP Cloud</a> (closed)</li>
<li><a href="IBM_Cloud" title="IBM Cloud">IBM Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Lark_(software)" title="Lark (software)">Lark</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_365" title="Microsoft 365">Office 365</a></li>
<li><a href="OneDrive" title="OneDrive">OneDrive</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Nextcloud" title="Nextcloud">Nextcloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Oracle_Cloud" title="Oracle Cloud">Oracle Cloud</a></li>
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<li><a href="Zoho_Corporation" title="Zoho Corporation">Zoho</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Alibaba_Cloud" title="Alibaba Cloud">Alibaba Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Amazon_Web_Services" title="Amazon Web Services">Amazon Web Services</a></li>
<li><a href="AppScale" title="AppScale">AppScale</a></li>
<li><a href="Box_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Box (company)">Box</a></li>
<li><a href="CloudBolt" title="CloudBolt">CloudBolt</a></li>
<li><a href="Cloud_Foundry" title="Cloud Foundry">Cloud Foundry</a></li>
<li><a href="Cocaine_(PaaS)" title="Cocaine (PaaS)">Cocaine (PaaS)</a></li>
<li><a href="Engine_Yard" title="Engine Yard">Engine Yard</a></li>
<li><a href="HPE_Helion" title="HPE Helion">Helion</a></li>
<li><a href="Predix_(software)" title="Predix (software)">GE Predix</a></li>
<li><a href="Google_App_Engine" title="Google App Engine">Google App Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="GreenQloud" title="GreenQloud">GreenQloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Heroku" title="Heroku">Heroku</a></li>
<li><a href="IBM_Cloud" title="IBM Cloud">IBM Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Inktank_Storage" title="Inktank Storage">Inktank</a></li>
<li><a href="Jelastic" title="Jelastic">Jelastic</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Microsoft Azure</a></li>
<li><a href="MindSphere" title="MindSphere">MindSphere</a></li>
<li><a href="Netlify" title="Netlify">Netlify</a></li>
<li><a href="Oracle_Cloud" title="Oracle Cloud">Oracle Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="OutSystems" title="OutSystems">OutSystems</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenQRM" title="OpenQRM">openQRM</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenShift" title="OpenShift">OpenShift</a></li>
<li><a href="PythonAnywhere" title="PythonAnywhere">PythonAnywhere</a></li>
<li><a href="RightScale" title="RightScale">RightScale</a></li>
<li><a href="Scalr" title="Scalr">Scalr</a></li>
<li><a href="Salesforce#Force.com" title="Salesforce">Force.com</a></li>
<li><a href="SAP_BTP" title="SAP BTP">SAP Business Technology Platform</a></li>
<li><a href="Splunk" title="Splunk">Splunk</a></li>
<li><a href="Vercel" title="Vercel">Vercel</a></li>
<li><a href="VCloud_Air" title="VCloud Air">vCloud Air</a></li>
<li><a href="WaveMaker" title="WaveMaker">WaveMaker</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Alibaba_Cloud" title="Alibaba Cloud">Alibaba Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Amazon_Web_Services" title="Amazon Web Services">Amazon Web Services</a></li>
<li><a href="Abiquo_Enterprise_Edition" title="Abiquo Enterprise Edition">Abiquo Enterprise Edition</a></li>
<li><a href="Apache_CloudStack" title="Apache CloudStack">CloudStack</a></li>
<li><a href="Citrix_Cloud" title="Citrix Cloud">Citrix Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Deft_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deft (company)">Deft</a></li>
<li><a href="DigitalOcean" title="DigitalOcean">DigitalOcean</a></li>
<li><a href="EMC_Atmos" title="EMC Atmos">EMC Atmos</a></li>
<li><a href="Eucalyptus_(software)" title="Eucalyptus (software)">Eucalyptus</a></li>
<li><a href="FUJITSU_Cloud_IaaS_Trusted_Public_S5" title="FUJITSU Cloud IaaS Trusted Public S5">Fujitsu</a></li>
<li><a href="Google_Cloud_Platform" title="Google Cloud Platform">Google Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="GreenButton" title="GreenButton">GreenButton</a></li>
<li><a href="GreenQloud" title="GreenQloud">GreenQloud</a></li>
<li><a href="IBM_Cloud" title="IBM Cloud">IBM Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Iland" title="Iland">iland</a></li>
<li><a href="Joyent" title="Joyent">Joyent</a></li>
<li><a href="Linode" title="Linode">Linode</a></li>
<li><a href="Lunacloud" title="Lunacloud">Lunacloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Microsoft Azure</a></li>
<li><a href="Mirantis" title="Mirantis">Mirantis</a></li>
<li><a href="Netlify" title="Netlify">Netlify</a></li>
<li><a href="Nimbula" title="Nimbula">Nimbula</a></li>
<li><a href="Nimbus_(cloud_computing)" title="Nimbus (cloud computing)">Nimbus</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenIO" title="OpenIO">OpenIO</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenNebula" title="OpenNebula">OpenNebula</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenStack" title="OpenStack">OpenStack</a></li>
<li><a href="Oracle_Cloud" title="Oracle Cloud">Oracle Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="OrionVM" title="OrionVM">OrionVM</a></li>
<li><a href="Rackspace_Cloud" title="Rackspace Cloud">Rackspace Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Safe_Swiss_Cloud" title="Safe Swiss Cloud">Safe Swiss Cloud</a></li>
<li><a href="Zadara" title="Zadara">Zadara</a></li>
<li><a href="Libvirt" title="Libvirt">libvirt</a></li>
<li><a href="Libguestfs" title="Libguestfs">libguestfs</a></li>
<li><a href="OVirt" title="OVirt">OVirt</a></li>
<li><a href="Virt-manager" title="Virt-manager">Virtual Machine Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="Wakame-vdc" title="Wakame-vdc">Wakame-vdc</a></li>
<li><a href="Vercel" title="Vercel">Vercel</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_Private_Cloud_OnDemand" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand">Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand</a></li></ul>
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<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Microsoft_Azure78" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Microsoft_Azure78" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Microsoft Azure</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Azure Platform</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Microsoft Azure</a></li>
<li><a href="ThreadX" title="ThreadX">Azure RTOS ThreadX</a></li>
<li><a href="Azure_Sphere" title="Azure Sphere">Azure Sphere</a></li>

<li><a href="Azure_Linux" title="Azure Linux">Azure Linux</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compute</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Azure_Web_Apps" title="Azure Web Apps">Azure Web Apps</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Storage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Azure_Cognitive_Search" title="Azure Cognitive Search">Azure Cognitive Search</a></li>
<li><a href="Cosmos_DB" title="Cosmos DB">Azure Cosmos DB</a></li>
<li><a href="Azure_Data_Explorer" title="Azure Data Explorer">Azure Data Explorer</a></li>
<li><a href="Azure_Data_Lake" title="Azure Data Lake">Azure Data Lake</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Azure_SQL_Database" title="Microsoft Azure SQL Database">Azure SQL Database</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Azure_Stream_Analytics" title="Azure Stream Analytics">Azure Stream Analytics</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Developer Tools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Azure_DevOps_Server" title="Azure DevOps Server">Azure DevOps Server</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Visual_Studio" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Visual Studio">Azure DevOps Services</a></li>
<li><a href="Azure_Kinect" title="Azure Kinect">Azure Kinect</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Entra_ID" title="Microsoft Entra ID">Entra ID</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Entra_Connect" title="Microsoft Entra Connect">Entra Connect</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Azure_Dev_Tools_for_Teaching" title="Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching">Azure Dev Tools for Teaching</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_SMA" title="Microsoft SMA">Service Management Automation</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Azure_Caching" title="Windows Azure Caching">Windows Azure Caching</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="History_of_Microsoft" title="History of Microsoft">History</a></li>
<li><a href="Outline_of_Microsoft" title="Outline of Microsoft">Outline</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a></li>
<li><a href="Paul_Allen" title="Paul Allen">Paul Allen</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a> (Chairman and CEO)</li>
<li><a href="Reid_Hoffman" title="Reid Hoffman">Reid Hoffman</a></li>
<li>Hugh Johnston</li>
<li>Teri List</li>
<li><a href="Catherine_MacGregor" title="Catherine MacGregor">Catherine MacGregor</a></li>
<li><a href="Mark_Mason_(executive)" title="Mark Mason (executive)">Mark Mason</a></li>
<li><a href="Sandi_Peterson" title="Sandi Peterson">Sandi Peterson</a></li>
<li><a href="Penny_Pritzker" title="Penny Pritzker">Penny Pritzker</a></li>
<li><a href="Carlos_A._Rodriguez" title="Carlos A. Rodriguez">Carlos A. Rodriguez</a></li>
<li><a href="Charles_Scharf" title="Charles Scharf">Charles Scharf</a></li>
<li><a href="John_W._Stanton" title="John W. Stanton">John W. Stanton</a></li>
<li><a href="Emma_Walmsley" title="Emma Walmsley">Emma Walmsley</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a> (CEO)</li>
<li>Takeshi Numoto (CMO)</li>
<li><a href="Scott_Guthrie" title="Scott Guthrie">Scott Guthrie</a></li>
<li><a href="Carolina_Dybeck_Happe" title="Carolina Dybeck Happe">Carolina Dybeck Happe</a> (COO)</li>
<li><a href="Amy_Hood" title="Amy Hood">Amy Hood</a> (CFO)</li>
<li><a href="Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)" title="Kevin Scott (computer scientist)">Kevin Scott</a> (CTO)</li>
<li><a href="Brad_Smith_(American_lawyer)" title="Brad Smith (American lawyer)">Brad Smith</a> (CLO)</li>
<li><a href="Harry_Shum" title="Harry Shum">Harry Shum</a></li>
<li><a href="Phil_Spencer_(business_executive)" title="Phil Spencer (business executive)">Phil Spencer</a></li>
<li><a href="Kathleen_Hogan" title="Kathleen Hogan">Kathleen Hogan</a> (CPO)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Corporate VPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Joe_Belfiore" title="Joe Belfiore">Joe Belfiore</a></li>
<li><a href="Richard_Rashid" title="Richard Rashid">Richard Rashid</a> (SVP)</li>
<li><a href="C%C3%A9sar_Cernuda" title="Cรฉsar Cernuda">Cรฉsar Cernuda</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Global_LGBTQIA%2B_Employee_%26_Allies_at_Microsoft" title="Global LGBTQIA+ Employee &amp; Allies at Microsoft">Global LGBTQIA+ Employee &amp; Allies at Microsoft</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_and_unions" title="Microsoft and unions">Microsoft and unions</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Products</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Microsoft_hardware" title="Microsoft hardware">Hardware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Azure_Kinect" title="Azure Kinect">Azure Kinect</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_HoloLens" title="Microsoft HoloLens">HoloLens</a></li>
<li><a href="LifeCam" title="LifeCam">LifeCam</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Surface" title="Microsoft Surface">Surface</a>
<ul><li><a href="Surface_Duo" title="Surface Duo">Duo</a></li>
<li><a href="Surface_Go" title="Surface Go">Go</a></li>
<li><a href="Surface_Hub" title="Surface Hub">Hub</a></li>
<li><a href="Surface_Laptop" title="Surface Laptop">Laptop</a></li>
<li><a href="Surface_Laptop_Go" title="Surface Laptop Go">Laptop Go</a></li>
<li><a href="Surface_Neo" title="Surface Neo">Neo</a></li>
<li><a href="Surface_Pro" title="Surface Pro">Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="Surface_Studio" title="Surface Studio">Studio</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Xbox" title="Xbox">Xbox</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_Microsoft_software" title="List of Microsoft software">Software</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Clipchamp" title="Clipchamp">Clipchamp</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Dynamics_365" title="Microsoft Dynamics 365">Dynamics 365</a></li>
<li><a href="Havok_(software)" title="Havok (software)">Havok</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_365" title="Microsoft 365">Microsoft 365</a>
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Office</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Teams</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_and_open_source" title="Microsoft and open source">Open source software</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Power_Platform" title="Microsoft Power Platform">Power Platform</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Servers" title="Microsoft Servers">Servers</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Start" title="Microsoft Start">Start</a></li>
<li><a href="Tay_(chatbot)" title="Tay (chatbot)">Tay</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Microsoft_video_games" title="List of Microsoft video games">List of video games</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_Studio" title="Visual Studio">Visual Studio</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_Studio_Code" title="Visual Studio Code">Visual Studio Code</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="Xbox_system_software" title="Xbox system software">Xbox OS</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Programming<br>languages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="BASIC" title="BASIC">BASIC</a>
<ul><li><a href="Visual_Basic_(.NET)" title="Visual Basic (.NET)">VB.NET</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_Basic_for_Applications" title="Visual Basic for Applications">VBA</a></li>
<li><a href="VBScript" title="VBScript">VBScript</a></li>
<li><a href="Visual_Basic_(classic)" title="Visual Basic (classic)">Visual Basic</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="C_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a></li>
<li><a href="C/AL" title="C/AL">C/AL a.k.a. Navision Attain</a></li>
<li><a href="F_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="F Sharp (programming language)">F#</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Visual_Programming_Language" title="Microsoft Visual Programming Language">MVPL</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Power_Fx" title="Microsoft Power Fx">Power Fx</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerShell" title="PowerShell">PowerShell</a></li>
<li><a href="Q_Sharp" title="Q Sharp">Q#</a></li>
<li><a href="Transact-SQL" title="Transact-SQL">Transact-SQL</a></li>
<li><a href="TypeScript" title="TypeScript">TypeScript</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Visual_J%2B%2B" title="Visual J++">Visual J++</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Visual_J_Sharp" title="Visual J Sharp">Visual J#</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Web properties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Azure</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Bing" title="Microsoft Bing">Bing</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Copilot" title="Microsoft Copilot">Copilot</a></li>
<li><a href="GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Learn" title="Microsoft Learn">Learn</a>
<ul><li><a href="Channel_9_(Microsoft)" title="Channel 9 (Microsoft)">Channel 9</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Developer_Network" title="Microsoft Developer Network">Developer Network</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_TechNet" title="Microsoft TechNet">TechNet</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>
<ul><li><a href="LinkedIn_Learning" title="LinkedIn Learning">LinkedIn Learning</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="MSN" title="MSN">MSN</a></li>
<li><a href="Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com">Outlook.com</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Store</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Translator" title="Microsoft Translator">Translator</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Company</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conferences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Build" title="Microsoft Build">Build</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Ignite" title="Microsoft Ignite">Ignite</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Inspire" title="Microsoft Inspire">Inspire</a></li>
<li><a href="MIX_(Microsoft)" title="MIX (Microsoft)">MIX</a></li>
<li><a href="Professional_Developers_Conference" title="Professional Developers Conference">PDC</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Hardware_Engineering_Conference" title="Windows Hardware Engineering Conference">WinHEC</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href=".NET_Foundation" title=".NET Foundation">.NET Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Digital_Crimes_Unit" title="Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit">Digital Crimes Unit</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_engineering_groups" title="Microsoft engineering groups">Engineering groups</a>
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_Mobile" title="Microsoft Mobile">Mobile</a></li>
<li><a href="Skype_Technologies" title="Skype Technologies">Skype unit</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Gaming</a>
<ul><li><a href="Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a></li>
<li><a href="Xbox_Game_Studios" title="Xbox Game Studios">Xbox Game Studios</a></li>
<li><a href="ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Garage" title="Microsoft Garage">Garage</a></li>
<li><a href="Outercurve_Foundation" title="Outercurve Foundation">Outercurve Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Press" title="Microsoft Press">Press</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Research" title="Microsoft Research">Research</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Store_(retail)" title="Microsoft Store (retail)">Retail stores</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Estates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Microsoft_campus" title="Microsoft campus">Microsoft campus</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_India" title="Microsoft India">Microsoft India</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Japan" title="Microsoft Japan">Microsoft Japan</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Campaigns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li>"<a href="Where_do_you_want_to_go_today%3F" title="Where do you want to go today?">Where do you want to go today?</a>" (1994)</li>
<li>"<a href="Champagne_(advertisement)" title="Champagne (advertisement)">Champagne</a>" (2002)</li>
<li>"<a href="Mojave_Experiment" title="Mojave Experiment">Mojave Experiment</a>" (2006)</li>
<li>"<a href="I'm_a_PC" title="I'm a PC">I'm a PC</a>" (2008)</li>
<li>"<a href="Scroogled" title="Scroogled">Scroogled</a>" (2012)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Criticism_of_Microsoft" title="Criticism of Microsoft">Criticism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bundling_of_Microsoft_Windows" title="Bundling of Microsoft Windows">Bundling of Microsoft Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="Office_Assistant" title="Office Assistant">Clippy</a></li>
<li><a href="ILoo#Reaction" title="ILoo">iLoo</a></li>
<li><a href="Internet_Explorer#Security_vulnerabilities" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Bob" title="Microsoft Bob">Microsoft Bob</a></li>
<li><a href="NSAKEY" title="NSAKEY">_NSAKEY</a></li>
<li><a href="Criticism_of_Microsoft_Windows" title="Criticism of Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>
<ul><li><a href="Criticism_of_Windows_XP" title="Criticism of Windows XP">XP</a></li>
<li><a href="Criticism_of_Windows_Vista" title="Criticism of Windows Vista">Vista</a></li>
<li><a href="Criticism_of_Windows_10" title="Criticism of Windows 10">10</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Microsoft_litigation" title="Microsoft litigation">Litigation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Apple_Computer%2C_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corp." title="Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.">Apple v. Microsoft</a></i> (1994)</li>
<li><i><a href="United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp." title="United States v. Microsoft Corp.">United States v. Microsoft</a></i> (2001)</li>
<li><i><a href="Microsoft_Corp._v._Lindows.com%2C_Inc." title="Microsoft Corp. v. Lindows.com, Inc.">Microsoft v. Lindows</a></i> (2004)</li>
<li><i><a href="Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft" title="Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoft">Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoft</a></i> (2004)</li>
<li><i><a href="Microsoft_Corp._v._Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Corp. v. Commission">Microsoft v. Commission</a></i> (2007)</li>
<li><i><a href="Alcatel-Lucent_v._Microsoft_Corp." title="Alcatel-Lucent v. Microsoft Corp.">Alcatel-Lucent v. Microsoft</a></i> (2009)</li>
<li><i><a href="Microsoft_Corp._v._Shah" title="Microsoft Corp. v. Shah">Microsoft v. Shah</a></i> (2011)</li>
<li><i><a href="Microsoft_Corp._v._United_States" title="Microsoft Corp. v. United States">Microsoft v. United States</a></i> (2018)</li>
<li><i><a href="FTC_v._Microsoft" title="FTC v. Microsoft">FTC v. Microsoft</a></i> (2022)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Microsoft" title="List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft">Acquisitions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Wunderlist" title="Wunderlist">6Wunderkinder</a></li>
<li><a href="Access_Software" title="Access Software">Access Software</a></li>
<li><a href="Acompli" title="Acompli">Acompli</a></li>
<li><a href="Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a>
<ul><li><a href="Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard_by_Microsoft" title="Acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft">acquisition</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Altamira_Software" title="Altamira Software">Altamira Software</a></li>
<li><a href="AltspaceVR" title="AltspaceVR">AltspaceVR</a></li>
<li><a href="AQuantive" title="AQuantive">aQuantive</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Amalga" title="Microsoft Amalga">Azyxxi</a></li>
<li><a href="Mixer_(service)" title="Mixer (service)">Beam</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Blue_Ribbon_SoundWorks" title="The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks">The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks</a></li>
<li><a href="Bungie" title="Bungie">Bungie</a></li>
<li><a href="Clipchamp" title="Clipchamp">Clipchamp</a></li>
<li><a href="Colloquis" title="Colloquis">Colloquis</a></li>
<li><a href="Compulsion_Games" title="Compulsion Games">Compulsion Games</a></li>
<li><a href="Connectix" title="Connectix">Connectix</a></li>
<li><a href="Consumers_Software" title="Consumers Software">Consumers Software</a></li>
<li><a href="Danger%2C_Inc." title="Danger, Inc.">Danger</a></li>
<li><a href="Double_Fine" title="Double Fine">Double Fine</a></li>
<li><a href="Farecast" title="Farecast">Farecast</a></li>
<li><a href="FASA_Studio" title="FASA Studio">FASA Studio</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Development_Center_Norway" title="Microsoft Development Center Norway">Fast Search &amp; Transfer</a></li>
<li><a href="Firefly_(website)" title="Firefly (website)">Firefly</a></li>
<li><a href="Forethought%2C_Inc." title="Forethought, Inc.">Forethought</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Defender_Antivirus" title="Microsoft Defender Antivirus">GIANT Company Software</a></li>
<li><a href="GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="Great_Plains_Software" title="Great Plains Software">Great Plains Software</a></li>
<li><a href="GreenButton" title="GreenButton">GreenButton</a></li>
<li><a href="Groove_Networks" title="Groove Networks">Groove Networks</a></li>
<li><a href="Havok_(company)" title="Havok (company)">Havok Group</a></li>
<li><i><a href="High_Heat_Major_League_Baseball" title="High Heat Major League Baseball">High Heat Major League Baseball</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com">Hotmail</a></li>
<li><a href="InXile_Entertainment" title="InXile Entertainment">inXile Entertainment</a></li>
<li><a href="Jellyfish.com" title="Jellyfish.com">Jellyfish.com</a></li>
<li><a href="LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="LinkExchange" title="LinkExchange">LinkExchange</a></li>
<li><a href="Lionhead_Studios" title="Lionhead Studios">Lionhead Studios</a></li>
<li><a href="Maluuba" title="Maluuba">Maluuba</a></li>
<li><a href="Massive_Incorporated" title="Massive Incorporated">Massive Incorporated</a></li>
<li><a href="Metaswitch" title="Metaswitch">Metaswitch</a></li>
<li><a href="MileIQ" title="MileIQ">Mobile Data Labs</a></li>
<li><a href="Mojang_Studios" title="Mojang Studios">Mojang Studios</a></li>
<li><a href="Ninja_Theory" title="Ninja Theory">Ninja Theory</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Mobile" title="Microsoft Mobile">Nokia Devices and Services</a></li>
<li><a href="Npm" title="Npm">npm</a></li>
<li><a href="Nuance_Communications" title="Nuance Communications">Nuance Communications</a></li>
<li><a href="Obsidian_Entertainment" title="Obsidian Entertainment">Obsidian Entertainment</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Live_Toolbar#Onfolio" title="Windows Live Toolbar">Onfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="Pando_Networks" title="Pando Networks">Pando Networks</a></li>
<li><a href="Perceptive_Pixel" title="Perceptive Pixel">Perceptive Pixel</a></li>
<li><a href="PlaceWare" title="PlaceWare">PlaceWare</a></li>
<li><a href="Playground_Games" title="Playground Games">Playground Games</a></li>
<li><a href="Powerset_(company)" title="Powerset (company)">Powerset</a></li>
<li><a href="Press_Play_(company)" title="Press Play (company)">Press Play</a></li>
<li><a href="ProClarity" title="ProClarity">ProClarity</a></li>
<li><a href="Rare_(company)" title="Rare (company)">Rare</a></li>
<li><a href="Revolution_Analytics" title="Revolution Analytics">Revolution Analytics</a></li>
<li><a href="RiskIQ" title="RiskIQ">RiskIQ</a></li>
<li><a href="Simplygon" title="Simplygon">Simplygon</a></li>
<li><a href="Skype_Technologies" title="Skype Technologies">Skype</a></li>
<li><a href="Sunrise_Calendar" title="Sunrise Calendar">Sunrise Atelier</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_SwiftKey" title="Microsoft SwiftKey">SwiftKey</a></li>
<li><a href="TakeLessons" title="TakeLessons">TakeLessons</a></li>
<li><a href="Teleo" title="Teleo">Teleo</a></li>
<li><a href="Tellme_Networks" title="Tellme Networks">Tellme Networks</a></li>
<li><a href="Twisted_Pixel_Games" title="Twisted Pixel Games">Twisted Pixel Games</a></li>
<li><a href="Undead_Labs" title="Undead Labs">Undead Labs</a></li>
<li><a href="Vermeer_Technologies" title="Vermeer Technologies">Vermeer Technologies</a></li>
<li><a href="Visio_Corporation" title="Visio Corporation">Visio Corporation</a></li>
<li><a href="Flux_(graphics_software)" title="Flux (graphics software)">Vivaty</a></li>
<li><a href="VoloMetrix" title="VoloMetrix">VoloMetrix</a></li>
<li><a href="NetShow" title="NetShow">VXtreme</a></li>
<li><a href="MSN_TV" title="MSN TV">WebTV Networks</a></li>
<li><a href="Sysinternals" title="Sysinternals">Winternals Software</a></li>
<li><a href="Xamarin" title="Xamarin">Xamarin</a></li>
<li><a href="Xandr" title="Xandr">Xandr</a>
<ul><li><a href="AppNexus" title="AppNexus">AppNexus</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Viva_Engage" title="Viva Engage">Yammer</a></li>
<li><a href="Yupi" title="Yupi">Yupi</a></li>
<li><a href="ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>
<ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"></span></span> Category</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Adaptive_Domain_Environment_for_Operating_Systems" title="Adaptive Domain Environment for Operating Systems">Adeos</a></li>
<li><a href="CP/CMS" title="CP/CMS">CP/CMS</a></li>
<li><a href="Hyper-V" title="Hyper-V">Hyper-V</a></li>
<li><a href="Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine" title="Kernel-based Virtual Machine">KVM</a>
<ul><li><a href="OVirt" title="OVirt">oVirt</a></li>
<li>KubeVirt</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Oracle_VM_Server_for_SPARC" title="Oracle VM Server for SPARC">LDoms / Oracle VM Server for SPARC</a></li>
<li><a href="Logical_partition" title="Logical partition">Logical partition</a> (LPAR)</li>
<li><a href="LynxSecure" title="LynxSecure">LynxSecure</a></li>
<li><a href="PikeOS" title="PikeOS">PikeOS</a></li>
<li><a href="Proxmox_Virtual_Environment" title="Proxmox Virtual Environment">Proxmox VE</a></li>
<li><a href="QNX" title="QNX">QNX</a></li>
<li><a href="SIMMON" title="SIMMON">SIMMON</a></li>
<li><a href="VMware_ESXi" title="VMware ESXi">VMware ESXi</a>
<ul><li><a href="VMware_vSphere" title="VMware vSphere">VMware vSphere</a></li>
<li><a href="VCloud_Air" title="VCloud Air">vCloud</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="VMware_Infrastructure" title="VMware Infrastructure">VMware Infrastructure</a></li>
<li><a href="Xen" title="Xen">Xen</a>
<ul><li><a href="XenServer" class="mw-redirect" title="XenServer">XenServer</a></li>
<li><a href="XCP-ng" title="XCP-ng">XCP-ng</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="XtratuM" title="XtratuM">XtratuM</a></li>
<li><a href="Z/VM" title="Z/VM">z/VM</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hosted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specialized</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Basilisk_II" title="Basilisk II">Basilisk II</a></li>
<li><a href="Bochs" title="Bochs">Bochs</a></li>
<li><a href="Cooperative_Linux" title="Cooperative Linux">Cooperative Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="DOSBox" title="DOSBox">DOSBox</a></li>
<li><a href="DOSEMU" title="DOSEMU">DOSEMU</a></li>
<li><a href="PCem" class="mw-redirect" title="PCem">PCem</a></li>
<li><a href="86Box" title="86Box">86Box</a></li>
<li><a href="PikeOS" title="PikeOS">PikeOS</a></li>
<li><a href="SheepShaver" title="SheepShaver">SheepShaver</a></li>
<li><a href="SIMH" title="SIMH">SIMH</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_on_Windows" title="Windows on Windows">Windows on Windows</a>
<ul><li><a href="Virtual_DOS_machine" title="Virtual DOS machine">Virtual DOS machine</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Win4Lin" title="Win4Lin">Win4Lin</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Independent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bhyve" title="Bhyve">bhyve</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_Virtual_Server" title="Microsoft Virtual Server">Microsoft Virtual Server</a></li>
<li><a href="Parallels_Workstation" title="Parallels Workstation">Parallels Workstation</a> (<a href="Parallels_Workstation_Extreme" title="Parallels Workstation Extreme">Extreme</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac" title="Parallels Desktop for Mac">Parallels Desktop for Mac</a></li>
<li><a href="Parallels_Server_for_Mac" class="mw-redirect" title="Parallels Server for Mac">Parallels Server for Mac</a></li>
<li><a href="PearPC" title="PearPC">PearPC</a></li>
<li><a href="QEMU" title="QEMU">QEMU</a></li>
<li><a href="UTM_(software)" title="UTM (software)">UTM</a></li>
<li><a href="VirtualBox" title="VirtualBox">VirtualBox</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_Iron" title="Virtual Iron">Virtual Iron</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_PC" title="Virtual PC">Virtual PC</a></li>
<li><a href="VMware_Fusion" title="VMware Fusion">VMware Fusion</a></li>
<li><a href="VMware_Server" title="VMware Server">VMware Server</a></li>
<li><a href="VMware_Workstation" title="VMware Workstation">VMware Workstation</a> (<a href="VMware_Workstation_Player" title="VMware Workstation Player">Player</a>)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tools</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ganeti" title="Ganeti">Ganeti</a></li>
<li><a href="System_Center_Virtual_Machine_Manager" title="System Center Virtual Machine Manager">System Center Virtual Machine Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="Virt-manager" title="Virt-manager">Virt-manager</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="OS-level_virtualization" title="OS-level virtualization">Operating<br>system</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">OS containers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="FreeBSD_jail" title="FreeBSD jail">FreeBSD jail</a></li>
<li>iCore Virtual Accounts</li>
<li><a href="Linux-VServer" title="Linux-VServer">Linux-VServer</a></li>
<li><a href="LXC" title="LXC">Linux Containers</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenVZ" title="OpenVZ">OpenVZ</a></li>
<li><a href="Solaris_Containers" title="Solaris Containers">Solaris Containers</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtuozzo_(company)#Software" title="Virtuozzo (company)">Virtuozzo</a></li>
<li><a href="Workload_Partitions" title="Workload Partitions">Workload Partitions</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Application containers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Docker_(software)" title="Docker (software)">Docker</a></li>
<li><a href="Podman" title="Podman">Podman</a></li>
<li><a href="Lmctfy" title="Lmctfy">lmctfy</a></li>
<li><a href="Container_Linux#Overview" title="Container Linux">rkt</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Virtual kernel architectures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Rump_kernel" title="Rump kernel">Rump kernel</a></li>
<li><a href="User-mode_Linux" title="User-mode Linux">User-mode Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="Vkernel" title="Vkernel">vkernel</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related kernel features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Solaris_Containers#Branded_zones" title="Solaris Containers">BrandZ</a></li>
<li><a href="Cgroups" title="Cgroups">cgroups</a></li>
<li><a href="Chroot" title="Chroot">chroot</a></li>
<li><a href="Linux_namespaces" title="Linux namespaces">namespaces</a></li>
<li><a href="EBPF" title="EBPF">eBPF</a></li>
<li><a href="Seccomp" title="Seccomp">seccomp</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Orchestration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Amazon_Web_Services" title="Amazon Web Services">Amazon ECS</a></li>
<li><a href="Kubernetes" title="Kubernetes">Kubernetes</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenShift" title="OpenShift">OpenShift</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Desktop_virtualization" title="Desktop virtualization">Desktop</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Citrix_Virtual_Apps" title="Citrix Virtual Apps">Citrix Virtual Apps</a></li>
<li><a href="Citrix_Virtual_Desktops" title="Citrix Virtual Desktops">Citrix Virtual Desktops</a></li>
<li><a href="Remote_Desktop_Services" title="Remote Desktop Services">Remote Desktop Services</a></li>
<li><a href="VMware_Horizon" class="mw-redirect" title="VMware Horizon">VMware Horizon</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Application_virtualization" title="Application virtualization">Application</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ceedo" title="Ceedo">Ceedo</a></li>
<li><a href="Citrix_Virtual_Apps" title="Citrix Virtual Apps">Citrix Virtual Apps</a></li>
<li><a href="Dalvik_(software)" title="Dalvik (software)">Dalvik</a></li>
<li><a href="InstallFree" title="InstallFree">InstallFree</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_App-V" title="Microsoft App-V">Microsoft App-V</a></li>
<li><a href="Remote_Desktop_Services" title="Remote Desktop Services">Remote Desktop Services</a></li>
<li><a href="Symantec_Workspace_Virtualization" title="Symantec Workspace Virtualization">Symantec Workspace Virtualization</a></li>
<li><a href="Turbo_(software)" title="Turbo (software)">Turbo</a></li>
<li><a href="VMware_ThinApp" title="VMware ThinApp">VMware ThinApp</a></li>
<li><a href="ZeroVM" title="ZeroVM">ZeroVM</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Network_virtualization" title="Network virtualization">Network</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Distributed_Overlay_Virtual_Ethernet" title="Distributed Overlay Virtual Ethernet">Distributed Overlay Virtual Ethernet</a> (DOVE)</li>
<li><a href="Ethernet_VPN" title="Ethernet VPN">Ethernet VPN</a> (EVPN)</li>
<li><a href="Network_Virtualization_using_Generic_Routing_Encapsulation" title="Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation">NVGRE</a></li>
<li><a href="Open_vSwitch" title="Open vSwitch">Open vSwitch</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_security_switch" title="Virtual security switch">Virtual security switch</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_Extensible_LAN" title="Virtual Extensible LAN">Virtual Extensible LAN</a> (VXLAN)</li>
<li><a href="Generic_Network_Virtualization_Encapsulation" title="Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation">Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation</a> (GENEVE)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="BlueStacks" title="BlueStacks">BlueStacks</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="List_of_emulators" title="List of emulators">List of emulators</a>, <a href="List_of_computer_system_emulators" title="List of computer system emulators">List of computer system emulators</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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