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Virtual desktops - Research and Engineering Studio

Virtual desktops

The virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) module allows users to create and manage Windows or Linux virtual desktops on AWS. Users can launch Amazon EC2 instances with their favorite tools and application pre-installed and configured.

Supported operating systems

RES currently supports launching virtual desktops using the following operating systems:

  • Amazon Linux 2 (x86 and ARM64)

  • Amazon Linux 2023 (x86 and ARM64)

  • RHEL 8 (x86), and 9 (x86)

  • Rocky Linux 9 (x86)

  • Ubuntu 22.04.03 (x86)

  • Windows Server 2019, 2022 (x86)

  • Windows 10, 11 (x86)

Note

Starting with release 2026.03, Amazon Linux 2 and RHEL 8 are no longer included as default software stacks. Custom software stacks with these operating systems can still be registered if required.

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