How can I host VMs on my Ubuntu Server for remote access within my LAN?

I've read a bunch about KVM, installed it and then successfully create a VM inside it using this guide.

Now I would like to be able to access it from my other computers (Windows and Ubuntu) within my LAN.

I noticed that in Virtual Machine Manager, I can add a connection (presumably to be used from a client?). So I would probably need to configure a server/daemon... where should I start?

Then, how would I access it from my clients (windows/ubuntu).

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I've found a way to get what I wanted. I'm not sure it's the best way to do it but it seems to work very well.

1. I setup SSH access to my Ubuntu server (with keys) and enabled X11 forwarding (this guide helped me through this).
2. I setup KVM using the guide mentioned in my original post (here)
3. I installed Putty and Xming on my Windows client (guide here).
4. From my client, with Putty, I connect to my Ubuntu Server then launch virt-manager which then opens a XMing GUI where I can run & launch my VM in another XMing window (see picture of end state).

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