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<p><b>Desktop virtualization</b> is a software technology that separates the <a href="Desktop_environment" title="Desktop environment">desktop environment</a> and associated <a href="Application_software" title="Application software">application software</a> from the physical client device that is used to access it.

</p><p>Desktop virtualization can be used in conjunction with <a href="Application_virtualization" title="Application virtualization">application virtualization</a> and user profile management systems, now termed <a href="User_virtualization" title="User virtualization">user virtualization</a>, to provide a comprehensive desktop environment management system. In this mode, all the components of the desktop are virtualized, which allows for a highly flexible and much more secure desktop delivery model. In addition, this approach supports a more complete desktop disaster recovery strategy as all components are essentially saved in the <a href="Data_center" title="Data center">data center</a> and backed up through traditional redundant maintenance systems. If a user's device or hardware is lost, the restore is straightforward and simple, because the components will be present at login from another device. In addition, because no data are saved to the user's device, if that device is lost, there is much less chance that any critical data can be retrieved and compromised.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="System_architectures">System architectures</h2></div>

<p>Desktop virtualization implementations are classified based on whether the virtual desktop runs remotely or locally, on whether the access is required to be constant or is designed to be intermittent, and on whether or not the virtual desktop persists between sessions. Typically, software products that deliver desktop virtualization solutions can combine local and remote implementations into a single product to provide the most appropriate support specific to requirements. The degrees of independent functionality of the client device is necessarily interdependent with the server location and access strategy. And virtualization is not strictly required for remote control to exist. Virtualization is employed to present independent instances to multiple users and requires a strategic segmentation of the host server and presentation at some layer of the host's architecture. The enabling layer—usually application software—is called a <a href="Hypervisor" title="Hypervisor">hypervisor</a>.<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>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Remote_desktop_virtualization">Remote desktop virtualization</h3></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Remote_desktop" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote desktop">Remote desktop</a></div>

<p>Remote desktop virtualization implementations operate in a <a href="Client/server" class="mw-redirect" title="Client/server">client/server</a> computing environment. Application execution takes place on a remote operating system which communicates with the local client device over a network using a remote display protocol through which the user interacts with applications. All applications and data used remain on the remote system with only display, keyboard, and mouse information communicated with the local client device, which may be a conventional PC/laptop, a <a href="Thin_client" title="Thin client">thin client</a> device, a <a href="Tablet_computer" title="Tablet computer">tablet</a>, or even a <a href="Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphone</a>. A common implementation of this approach involves hosting multiple desktop operating system instances on a server hardware platform running a <a href="Hypervisor" title="Hypervisor">hypervisor</a>. Its latest iteration is generally referred to as <b>Virtual Desktop Infrastructure</b>, or "VDI" ("VDI" is often used incorrectly to refer to any desktop virtualization implementation<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>).

</p><p>Remote desktop virtualization is frequently used in the following scenarios:

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<ul><li>in distributed environments with high availability requirements and where desk-side technical support is not readily available, such as branch office and retail environments.</li>

<li>in environments where high network latency degrades the performance of conventional <a href="Client/server" class="mw-redirect" title="Client/server">client/server</a> applications </li>

<li>in environments where remote access and data security requirements create conflicting requirements that can be addressed by retaining all (application) data within the data center – with only display, keyboard, and mouse information communicated with the remote client.</li></ul>

<p>It is also used as a means of providing access to Windows applications on non-Windows endpoints (including tablets, smartphones, and non-Windows-based desktop PCs and laptops).

</p><p>Remote desktop virtualization can also provide a means of resource sharing, to distribute low-cost desktop computing services in environments where providing every user with a dedicated desktop PC is either too expensive or otherwise unnecessary.

</p><p>For IT administrators, this means a more centralized, efficient client environment that is easier to maintain and able to respond more quickly to the changing needs of the user and business.<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>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presentation_virtualization">Presentation virtualization</h4></div>

<p>Remote desktop software allows a user to access applications and data on a <a href="Remote_computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote computer">remote computer</a> over a network using a remote-display protocol. A VDI service provides individual desktop operating system instances (e.g., Windows XP, 7, 8.1, 10, etc.) for each user, whereas remote desktop sessions run in a single shared-server operating system. Both session collections and virtual machines support full desktop based sessions and remote application deployment.<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><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>The use of a single shared-server operating system instead of individual desktop operating system instances consumes significantly fewer resources than the same number of VDI sessions. At the same time, VDI licensing is both more expensive and less flexible than equivalent remote desktop licenses. Together, these factors can combine to make remote desktop-based remote desktop virtualization more attractive than VDI.

</p><p>VDI implementations allow for delivering personalized workspace back to a user, which retains all the user's customizations. There are several methods to accomplish this.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Application_virtualization">Application virtualization</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Application_virtualization" title="Application virtualization">Application virtualization</a></div>

<p>Application virtualization improves delivery and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized application is not installed on hardware in the traditional sense. Instead, a hypervisor layer intercepts the application, which at runtime acts as if it is interfacing with the original operating system and all the resources managed by it when in reality it is not.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_virtualization">User virtualization</h3></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="User_virtualization" title="User virtualization">User virtualization</a></div>

<p>User virtualization separates all of the software aspects that define a user’s personality on a device from the operating system and applications to be managed independently and applied to a desktop as needed without the need for scripting, group policies, or use of roaming profiles. The term "user virtualization" sounds misleading; this technology is not limited to virtual desktops. User virtualization can be used regardless of platform – physical, virtual, cloud, etc. The major desktop virtualization platform vendors, Citrix, Microsoft and VMware, all offer a form of basic user virtualization in their platforms.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Layering">Layering</h3></div>

<p>Desktop layering is a method of desktop virtualization that divides a disk image into logical parts to be managed individually. For example, if all members of a user group use the same OS, then the core OS only needs to be backed up once for the entire environment who share this layer. Layering can be applied to local physical disk images, client-based virtual machines, or host-based desktops. Windows operating systems are not designed for layering, therefore each vendor must engineer their own proprietary solution.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Desktop_as_a_service">Desktop as a service</h4></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Data_as_a_service" title="Data as a service">Data as a service</a></div>

<p>Remote desktop virtualization can also be provided via <a href="Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud computing</a> similar to that provided using a <a href="Software_as_a_service" title="Software as a service">software as a service</a> model. This approach is usually referred to as cloud-hosted virtual desktops. Cloud-hosted virtual desktops are divided into two technologies:

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<ol><li>Managed VDI, which is based on VDI technology provided as an outsourced managed service, and</li>

<li><b>Desktop as a service</b> (DaaS), which provides a higher level of automation and real multi-tenancy, reducing the cost of the technology. The DaaS provider typically takes full responsibility for hosting and maintaining the computer, storage, and access infrastructure, as well as applications and application software licenses needed to provide the desktop service in return for a fixed monthly fee.</li></ol>

<p>Cloud-hosted virtual desktops can be implemented using both VDI and Remote Desktop Services-based systems and can be provided through the public cloud, private cloud infrastructure, and hybrid cloud platforms. Private cloud implementations are commonly referred to as "managed VDI". <a href="Public_cloud" class="mw-redirect" title="Public cloud">Public cloud</a> offerings tend to be based on desktop-as-a-service technology.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_desktop_virtualization">Local desktop virtualization</h3></div>

<p>Local desktop virtualization implementations run the <a href="Desktop_environment" title="Desktop environment">desktop environment</a> on the client device using <a href="Hardware_virtualization" title="Hardware virtualization">hardware virtualization</a> or <a href="Emulator" title="Emulator">emulation</a>. For hardware virtualization, depending on the implementation both Type I and Type II <a href="Hypervisor" title="Hypervisor">hypervisors</a> may be used.<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>

</p><p>Local desktop virtualization is well suited for environments where continuous network connectivity cannot be assumed and where application resource requirements can be better met by using local system resources. However, local desktop virtualization implementations do not always allow applications developed for one system architecture to run on another. For example, it is possible to use local desktop virtualization to run Windows 7 on top of <a href="OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="OS X">OS X</a> on an <a href="Apple%E2%80%93Intel_architecture" title="Apple–Intel architecture">Intel-based Apple Mac</a>, using a hypervisor, as both use the same <a href="X86" title="X86">x86</a> architecture.

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<ul><li><a href="Virtual_machine" title="Virtual machine">Virtual machine</a></li>

<li><a href="Remote_mobile_virtualization" title="Remote mobile virtualization">Remote mobile virtualization</a></li></ul>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

<ul><li>Paul Venezia (April 13, 2011) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2623813/virtualization-shoot-out--citrix--microsoft--red-hat--and-vmware.html">Virtualization shoot-out: Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware. The leading server virtualization contenders tackle InfoWorld's ultimate virtualization challenge</a>, <i><a href="InfoWorld" title="InfoWorld">InfoWorld</a></i></li>

<li>Keith Schultz (December 14, 2011) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2618261/vdi-shoot-out--citrix-xendesktop-vs--vmware-view.html">VDI shoot-out: Citrix XenDesktop vs. VMware View. Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 and VMware View 5 vie for the most flexible, scalable, and complete virtual desktop infrastructure</a>, <i>InfoWorld</i></li>

<li>Keith Schultz (December 14, 2011) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2618873/vdi-shoot-out--hdx-vs--pcoip.html">VDI shoot-out: HDX vs. PCoIP. The differences between the Citrix and VMware remote desktop protocols are more than skin deep</a>, <i>InfoWorld</i></li></ul>

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</style><div id="Virtualization_software371" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Virtualization" title="Virtualization">Virtualization</a> software</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="Comparison_of_platform_virtualization_software" title="Comparison of platform virtualization software">Comparison of platform virtualization software</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Hardware_virtualization" title="Hardware virtualization">Hardware</a><br>(<a href="Hypervisor" title="Hypervisor">hypervisors</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%">Native</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="Adaptive_Domain_Environment_for_Operating_Systems" title="Adaptive Domain Environment for Operating Systems">Adeos</a></li>

<li><a href="Hyper-V" title="Hyper-V">Hyper-V</a></li>

<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="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>

<ul><li><a href="XenServer" class="mw-redirect" title="XenServer">XenServer</a></li>

<li><a href="XtratuM" title="XtratuM">XtratuM</a></li>

</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="PikeOS" title="PikeOS">PikeOS</a></li>

<li><a href="SheepShaver" title="SheepShaver">SheepShaver</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>

</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="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>

</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="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%"></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><div><div class="zim-footer">

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