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title: "Connect to Virtual Computer Labs (AppStream)"
canonical: "https://tech.calpoly.edu/space/CPKB/33128466/Connect%20to%20Virtual%20Computer%20Labs%20(AppStream)"
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Learn how to connect to Virtual Computer Labs (AppStream).
1. Go to **[software.calpoly.edu](http://software.calpoly.edu)**** **([Cal Poly Software Hub](https://calpoly.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPKB/pages/1785495553))
2. Use the search feature to **find the application **you wish to launch.
3. Click the **Virtual Computer Labs** button.
> ❌ When ending a Virtual Computer Lab session, all work not saved to OneDrive or downloaded to your computer will be lost and unrecoverable. Learn how to [move files in Virtual Computer Labs](https://calpoly.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPKB/pages/780140618).
## NEW - Performance Upgrades **for 2025-26 academic year**
### Statistics, engineering, and simulation apps
- Previously: 2 CPU cores / 8 GB RAM
- Upgrade: 4 CPU cores / 30.5 GB RAM
### CAD and Graphics-intensive apps
- Previously: 4 CPU cores / 15 GB RAM / 2 GB GPU
- Upgrade: 8 CPU cores / 32 GB RAM / 16 GB GPU
> ℹ️ - The first launch can take up to 2 minutes.
> ℹ️ *Subsequent app connections should result in faster loading times.*
> ℹ️ - If your browser has popup blocking enabled, you will have to allow/unblock the window to launch the virtual computer labs.
> ℹ️ *(see browser support for how to allow/unblock in **[Safari](https://support.apple.com/is-is/guide/safari/sfri40696/mac)**, **[Chrome](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95472?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop)**, **[Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pop-blocker-settings-exceptions-troubleshooting)**, or **[Edge](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/block-pop-ups-in-microsoft-edge-1d8ba4f8-f385-9a0b-e944-aa47339b6bb5)*
> ℹ️ - Virtual Computer Labs timeouts after an hour of inactivity.
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