# Virtual desktops

A virtual desktop is a virtualized computing environment with a graphical user interface (GUI) easily accessible through a web browser. A group of students can use preconfigured virtual desktops (virtual classroom) in a similar way as a physical classroom but with more flexibility as it can be accessed from home and at any time. High-performance server infrastructure hosting virtual classrooms can provide better computing capabilities for highly demanding simulation software.
  
## Access
Virtual desktops as part of HPC offering are available through Waldur resourse reservation portal: [https://nohap.hpc-net.lv/](https://nohap.hpc-net.lv)  

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## Invite members to project

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## Requesting a Virtual destkop (demonstration)

The following videos are in Latvian.

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