Viterbi MyDesktop VDI
What is Viterbi MyDesktop?
Viterbi MyDesktop (VDI or Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) is the virtual
computing resource available to students of select engineering classes.
Viterbi MyDesktop is intended to provide Viterbi students with access to
engineering and scientific software packages whose licensing terms prohibit
their installation on personally owned computers involves complex installation
procedures or require elevated hardware resources for satisfactory experience.
The intent is to provide access to installed software on any device from
anywhere and at any time.
You can access the VDI by following this link
https://mydesktop.vlab.usc.edu/
Please note that this is different from the USC ITS-administered Cloudapps.
For more information on Cloudapps, please click on this link.
FAQs
Can I install software on the VDI?
No, you may not install software on the VDI. Students can communicate with
their instructors to put in an ISR request to install new software in the VDI.
You can learn about ISR Requests here.
My instructor asked me to install software on VMWare. How do I do
that?
You are allowed to install software on VMWare academic license. You can request a license by emailing engrhelp@usc.edu. In the email, please include who your instructor is and what course you require the VMWare license for. You can find more information about the VMWare academic licenses here.
Who has access to Viterbi MyDesktop?
All Viterbi classes have access to the Enhanced and General desktop pools.
My class has access. How do I get on?
Please click MyDesktop-Logon-Instructions
How do I request for software to be installed?
Please click here for how to request installation of new instructional software
Virtual Desktop Pools
Viterbi MyDesktop currently uses VMWare Horizon virtual desktop technology.
Virtual desktops supported on MyDesktop run Windows software only.
- General Desktop with light 3D graphics acceleration.
- Enhanced Desktop with heavier 3D graphics requirements.
- C-Enhanced Desktop with higher computational requirements with modest 3D
graphics requirements. - Forensics Desktop with higher computational requirements with modest 3D
graphics requirements. This pool is sandboxed.