diff --git a/src/cascadia/Remoting/Monarch.cpp b/src/cascadia/Remoting/Monarch.cpp
index c35ed452cc8..5bb9693361e 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/Remoting/Monarch.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/Remoting/Monarch.cpp
@@ -705,7 +705,8 @@ namespace winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Remoting::implementation
             // If no name was provided, then just summon the MRU window.
             if (searchedForName.empty())
             {
-                windowId = _getMostRecentPeasantID(true);
+                // TODO!: let this optionally be true, in the SummonWindowSelectionArgs
+                windowId = _getMostRecentPeasantID(false);
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/AppHost.cpp b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/AppHost.cpp
index 19acc879ae6..931e911271c 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/AppHost.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/AppHost.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "../types/inc/User32Utils.hpp"
 #include "../WinRTUtils/inc/WtExeUtils.h"
 #include "resource.h"
+#include "VirtualDesktopUtils.h"
 
 using namespace winrt::Windows::UI;
 using namespace winrt::Windows::UI::Composition;
@@ -721,10 +722,52 @@ winrt::fire_and_forget AppHost::_createNewTerminalWindow(Settings::Model::Global
     co_return;
 }
 
+GUID _currentlyActiveDesktop()
+{
+    // // HWND desktop = GetDesktopWindow();
+
+    // static const wchar_t* const PSEUDO_WINDOW_CLASS = L"Pseudo1ConsoleWindow";
+    // WNDCLASS pseudoClass{ 0 };
+    // pseudoClass.lpszClassName = PSEUDO_WINDOW_CLASS;
+    // pseudoClass.lpfnWndProc = DefWindowProc;
+    // RegisterClass(&pseudoClass);
+    // // Attempt to create window
+    // wil::unique_hwnd hwnd{ CreateWindowExW(
+    //     0, PSEUDO_WINDOW_CLASS, nullptr, WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 0, 0, 0, 0, HWND_DESKTOP, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr) };
+    // HWND h = hwnd.get();
+    // GUID currentDesktopGuid{ 0 };
+    // try
+    // {
+    //     const auto manager = winrt::create_instance<IVirtualDesktopManager>(__uuidof(VirtualDesktopManager));
+    //     if (manager)
+    //     {
+    //         DebugBreak();
+    //         LOG_IF_FAILED(manager->GetWindowDesktopId(h, &currentDesktopGuid));
+    //     }
+    // }
+    // CATCH_LOG();
+    GUID currentDesktopGuid;
+    VirtualDesktopUtils::GetCurrentVirtualDesktopId(&currentDesktopGuid);
+    return currentDesktopGuid;
+}
+
 void AppHost::_HandleSummon(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable& /*sender*/,
                             const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable& /*args*/)
 {
     _window->SummonWindow();
+
+    const auto currentWindowDesktop{ _CurrentDesktopGuid() };
+    const auto currentlyActiveDesktop{ _currentlyActiveDesktop() };
+    // DebugBreak();
+    try
+    {
+        const auto manager = winrt::create_instance<IVirtualDesktopManager>(__uuidof(VirtualDesktopManager));
+        if (manager)
+        {
+            LOG_IF_FAILED(manager->MoveWindowToDesktop(_window->GetHandle(), currentlyActiveDesktop));
+        }
+    }
+    CATCH_LOG();
 }
 
 GUID AppHost::_CurrentDesktopGuid()
diff --git a/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/IslandWindow.cpp b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/IslandWindow.cpp
index 2c5612b02ad..aef5192ac73 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/IslandWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/IslandWindow.cpp
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ void IslandWindow::UnsetHotkeys(const std::vector<winrt::Microsoft::Terminal::Co
                       TraceLoggingInt64(hotkeyList.size(), "numHotkeys", "The number of hotkeys to unset"),
                       TraceLoggingLevel(WINEVENT_LEVEL_VERBOSE));
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < hotkeyList.size(); i++)
+    for (int i = 0; i < ::base::saturated_cast<int>(hotkeyList.size()); i++)
     {
         LOG_IF_WIN32_BOOL_FALSE(UnregisterHotKey(_window.get(), i));
     }
diff --git a/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/VirtualDesktopUtils.cpp b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/VirtualDesktopUtils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29ff96da18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/VirtualDesktopUtils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+//
+// Shamelessly copied from PowerToys
+
+#include "pch.h"
+
+#include "VirtualDesktopUtils.h"
+
+// Non-Localizable strings
+namespace NonLocalizable
+{
+    const wchar_t RegCurrentVirtualDesktop[] = L"CurrentVirtualDesktop";
+    const wchar_t RegVirtualDesktopIds[] = L"VirtualDesktopIDs";
+    const wchar_t RegKeyVirtualDesktops[] = L"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\VirtualDesktops";
+    const wchar_t RegKeyVirtualDesktopsFromSession[] = L"Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\SessionInfo\\%d\\VirtualDesktops";
+}
+
+namespace VirtualDesktopUtils
+{
+    bool GetDesktopIdFromCurrentSession(GUID* desktopId)
+    {
+        DWORD sessionId;
+        if (!ProcessIdToSessionId(GetCurrentProcessId(), &sessionId))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        wchar_t sessionKeyPath[256]{};
+        if (FAILED(StringCchPrintfW(sessionKeyPath, ARRAYSIZE(sessionKeyPath), NonLocalizable::RegKeyVirtualDesktopsFromSession, sessionId)))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        wil::unique_hkey key{};
+        if (RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sessionKeyPath, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &key) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            GUID value{};
+            DWORD size = sizeof(GUID);
+            if (RegQueryValueExW(key.get(), NonLocalizable::RegCurrentVirtualDesktop, 0, nullptr, reinterpret_cast<BYTE*>(&value), &size) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                *desktopId = value;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool GetVirtualDesktopIds(HKEY hKey, std::vector<GUID>& ids)
+    {
+        if (!hKey)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        DWORD bufferCapacity;
+        // request regkey binary buffer capacity only
+        if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, NonLocalizable::RegVirtualDesktopIds, 0, nullptr, nullptr, &bufferCapacity) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        std::unique_ptr<BYTE[]> buffer = std::make_unique<BYTE[]>(bufferCapacity);
+        // request regkey binary content
+        if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, NonLocalizable::RegVirtualDesktopIds, 0, nullptr, buffer.get(), &bufferCapacity) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const size_t guidSize = sizeof(GUID);
+        std::vector<GUID> temp;
+        temp.reserve(bufferCapacity / guidSize);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < bufferCapacity; i += guidSize)
+        {
+            GUID* guid = reinterpret_cast<GUID*>(buffer.get() + i);
+            temp.push_back(*guid);
+        }
+        ids = std::move(temp);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    HKEY OpenVirtualDesktopsRegKey()
+    {
+        HKEY hKey{ nullptr };
+        if (RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, NonLocalizable::RegKeyVirtualDesktops, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
+        {
+            return hKey;
+        }
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    HKEY GetVirtualDesktopsRegKey()
+    {
+        static wil::unique_hkey virtualDesktopsKey{ OpenVirtualDesktopsRegKey() };
+        return virtualDesktopsKey.get();
+    }
+    bool GetVirtualDesktopIds(std::vector<GUID>& ids)
+    {
+        return GetVirtualDesktopIds(GetVirtualDesktopsRegKey(), ids);
+    }
+
+    bool GetVirtualDesktopIds(std::vector<std::wstring>& ids)
+    {
+        std::vector<GUID> guids{};
+        if (GetVirtualDesktopIds(guids))
+        {
+            for (auto& guid : guids)
+            {
+                wil::unique_cotaskmem_string guidString;
+                if (SUCCEEDED(StringFromCLSID(guid, &guidString)))
+                {
+                    ids.push_back(guidString.get());
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool GetCurrentVirtualDesktopId(GUID* desktopId)
+    {
+        // Explorer persists current virtual desktop identifier to registry on a per session basis, but only
+        // after first virtual desktop switch happens. If the user hasn't switched virtual desktops in this
+        // session, value in registry will be empty.
+        if (GetDesktopIdFromCurrentSession(desktopId))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+        // Fallback scenario is to get array of virtual desktops stored in registry, but not kept per session.
+        // Note that we are taking first element from virtual desktop array, which is primary desktop.
+        // If user has more than one virtual desktop, previous function should return correct value, as desktop
+        // switch occurred in current session.
+        else
+        {
+            std::vector<GUID> ids{};
+            if (GetVirtualDesktopIds(ids) && ids.size() > 0)
+            {
+                *desktopId = ids[0];
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/VirtualDesktopUtils.h b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/VirtualDesktopUtils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41ce71d068e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/VirtualDesktopUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+#pragma once
+
+namespace VirtualDesktopUtils
+{
+    bool GetCurrentVirtualDesktopId(GUID* desktopId);
+}
diff --git a/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/WindowsTerminal.vcxproj b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/WindowsTerminal.vcxproj
index fba24855f8e..806c83c0bf3 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/WindowsTerminal.vcxproj
+++ b/src/cascadia/WindowsTerminal/WindowsTerminal.vcxproj
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="BaseWindow.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="IslandWindow.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="NonClientIslandWindow.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="VirtualDesktopUtils.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="pch.cpp">
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="AppHost.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="IslandWindow.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="NonClientIslandWindow.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="VirtualDesktopUtils.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="icon.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>