You’ve probably encountered messages urging people to “make the most” of the COVID-19 pandemic by spending their newfound “free” time doing something productive. Although these intend to motivate, the pressure to be productive during a global crisis is, in reality, stress-inducing for many.

Virtualization greatly enhances computing efficiency by consolidating resources into a flexible, software-defined architecture. One of the core components of such an infrastructure is the hypervisor, a specialized software application that separates your desktop operating systems from the underlying hardware.