# Virtual desktops
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The virtual desktop interface (VDI) module allows users 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) 
+ Ubuntu 22.04.03 (x86) 
+ RHEL 8 (x86), and 9 (x86)
+ Windows Server 2019, 2022 (x86) 
+ Windows 10, 11 (x86) 

**Topics**
+ [Launch a new desktop](launch-desktop.md)
+ [Access your desktop](access-desktop.md)
+ [Control your desktop state](control-desktop-state.md)
+ [Modify a virtual desktop](modify-virtual-desktop.md)
+ [Retrieve session information](retrieve-session-information.md)
+ [Schedule virtual desktops](schedule-virtual-desktops.md)
+ [Virtual desktop interface autostop](virtual-desktops-autostop.md)