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@simon Do you have access to Azure Virtual Desktop?

Like 16 August at 4:14 | Wall-to-wall | Open on toot.cafe

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@slightlyoff oh that's different from "Azure Virtual Machines", this might be what I want!

Not sure why it thinks I'm called "allison", or what a "host pool" is

Azure Zirtual Desktop portal

"allison, create a host pool!"

16 August at 4:28 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net

@slightlyoff I think I'm too much of a coward to risk clicking through this thing, I'm going to dig out an external SSD and try VirtualBox locally instead!

16 August at 4:36 | Open on fedi.simonwillison.net

@simon AVD is the "right" answer, AFAICT. It's what we (Edge) use for remote development and fast bring-up for new Chromium/Edgium instances, and the machines can be super beefy if you need that. No idea what the admin/acquisition story is like, but it's a cromulent answer if it meets your needs.

16 August at 5:40 | Open on toot.cafe

Patrick Reynolds

@simon @slightlyoff UTM, which is based on qemu, may be a smoother experience than VirtualBox at this point.

16 August at 13:55 | Open on hachyderm.io