In a web browser, point to https://www.wvd.uwaterloo.ca/
A prompt will appear asking you to sign in. Sign in using your WatIAM credentials.
![](https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/42894655561/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-14%20at%201.57.54%20PM.png?version=1&modificationDate=1642610222848&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
It does not require using the campus VPN (it’s in the MS cloud). It looks like this:
![](https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/42894655561/MicrosoftTeams-image.png?version=1&modificationDate=1642610222852&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
Single click ArtsPool1 or ArtsPool2 and eventually you’ll be presented with a prompt for credentials that looks like this:
![](https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/42894655561/WVD.png?version=1&modificationDate=1642610222865&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)
Eventually, you’ll be logged in a ‘tab’ that has a full Windows 10 desktop.
Users need to sign out of the "Arts Desktop" when they are done using it.
![](https://uwaterloo.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/42894655561/Screen%20Shot%202020-09-14%20at%204.00.31%20PM.png?version=1&modificationDate=1642610222867&cacheVersion=1&api=v2)