This whitepaper explains how to extend the life of legacy Visual FoxPro (VFP) applications by virtualizing them instead of rewriting or migrating. Virtualization offers low cost, security, scalability, and modern UI delivery via services like AWS AppStream 2.0, Azure Virtual Desktop, Cybelesoft Thinfinity, and FoxinCloud. Key considerations include handling 32-bit architecture, file-based vs relational databases, session management, authentication, and external hardware integration. The paper provides a step-by-step guide for deploying VFP on AWS AppStream, covering setup, storage, authentication, scaling, and monitoring.

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