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I use Ubuntu Linux and my client and I need to do extensive custom application testing on Windows. (I wish his app were Ubuntu only, but his customers all have Windows.) We also need to stop when we encounter an error in a custom application and then let the other guy connect in to see the screen and to try some things. We can't use virtual machines on our workstations because it doesn't provide this kind of collaboration.

Is there a Terminal Services service on the web that we can purchase from some service or web hosting provider where we can get an XP, Vista, and Windows 7 VM that we can reboot and install software as we desire? (We need to test on these 3 Windows versions.)

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Teamviewer? something like that? – Uri Herrera Aug 4 '12 at 3:11
Yeah, close, but unfortunately it doesn't give us a Virtual Machine (VM). What we need are 3 virtual machines with Windows Terminal Services engaged on it, then hooked up to the web so that we could remotely access with any RDP client, no matter the platform. – Volomike Aug 4 '12 at 3:17
Have you considered using VNC, to remote access VMs running (various) Windows on your Ubuntu platform. (No. Sorry, I don't know of such a service like you described.) – david6 Aug 4 '12 at 5:00
Why use VNC when RDP works just as well? Besides, yeah, I need the actual remote VMs installed somewhere to connect to. – Volomike Aug 4 '12 at 15:18

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