Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Azure Virtual Desk top is a cloud-based desktop and app virtualization solution., Azure Virtual Desktop (previously Windows Virtual Desktop) may be set up in minutes. End customers will appreciate the familiarity and compatibility of Windows 11 or 10combined with the new scalable multi-session experience, and you'll save money by repurposing existing Windows licenses. Within the Azure portal, you can manage your whole Azure Virtual Desktop deployment as well as other Azure services.

General use cases:

• Security and regulation applications: Government, Financial Services, and Healthcare.
• Flexible workforce: Access for remote workers, Contractors, and Partners.
• Employees: Mobile users, Call center Users, Branch workers and bring your own device (BYOD) users
• Workloads that are specialized: Design and engineering, legacy programs, and software development tes

Capabilities of Azure Virtual Desktop

• Without deploying any gateway servers, you may create a full desktop virtualization environment on your Azure subscription.
• Provide your own image or test from the Azure Gallery for production workloads.
• Create as many host pools as you need to support your various workloads.
• Personal(persistent) desktops can be used to give people single ownership.
• With multi-session resources shared, you may save money. You can reduce the number of virtual machines and operating system overhead while still providing the same resources to your users with the new Windows 11 and 10 Enterprise multi-session capability, which is exclusive to Azure Virtual Desktop and Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) role on Windows Server.
• Auto scale helps you control costs by automatically increasing or decreasing capacity based on the time of day, particular days of the week, or as demand fluctuates.
• No need to open any inbound ports since users are established securely using reverse connections to the service.
• Role-based access controls (RBAC) are used by Azure Virtual Desktop to assign roles to users and administrators. These positions allow administrators to carry out specific responsibilities.
• Users may connect to their published Windows desktops and apps using any Azure Virtual Desktop client once they've been allocated. You may connect from any device using either a native app or the Azure Virtual Desktop HTML5 web client.
• Connections to Azure Virtual Desktop with conditional access restrictions
• Continuous Monitoring and Diagnostics from your Azure Virtual Desktop environment

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Azure Virtual Desktop is managed using the Azure portal. You can configure network settings, add users, install desktop programs, and enable security. With Azure Shared Image Gallery, you can automate scaling and manage your images more effectively. Concentrate on your desktop applications and policies while Azure takes care of the rest.

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User Profile Solution

As a user profile solution, the Azure Virtual Desktop offering have FSLogix profile containers. In remote computing environments like Azure Virtual Desktop,FSLogix is built to roam profiles. It keeps a user's whole profile in a single container and VM gets the user profile from the Azure file share.

This container is dynamically attached to the computing environment when you sign in, utilizing natively supported Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) and Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX) technologies.

Utilize the Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office integration

Offer users the same interaction they will get on a local desktop or laptop, such as managing their mailbox with Outlook, exchanging files with OneDrive, or communicating with colleagues on Microsoft Teams.

Pricing

If you have a valid Windows or Microsoft 365 license, you may use Windows Enterprise PCs for free or if you are a Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS)Client Access License (CAL) user, you can access PCs powered by Windows Server Remote Desktop Services at no additional cost. You may access Azure Virtual Desktop for external users for a monthly cost per user, or you can utilize classic Pay as you go or Reserved Instance.

Better risk management

Safely host apps, grant regulated access to company data to overseas staff, and maintain compliance with industry standards such as HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOX, SOC 1, and SOC2.