Hello,
I have a server running ESXi 5.1 with a dozen VMs each with its own public facing IP. The VMs all run a version of Windows, either XP, Vista or 7, though mostly XP. The problem I want to solve is that often a single VM should perform more than one task simultaneously or have a second user work on the machine directly in a different area than the first.
What is the best product from VMWare or tool outside VMWare that allows a user running Windows to have a separate application running in the background? For example, while a user works on the VM, he wants to run a program to check a website or perform another action on the machine. In order to do that he must give up control of the mouse, which makes it impossible to do two tasks at once.
The software to solve this must be lightweight and not slow down/inhibit the machine much at all.