Most organisations have adopted remote working as the norm since the outbreak of COVID-19.
Azure Virtual Desktop allow organisations to securely deliver full desktops and applications to remote users with the same experience they have in the office including single sign on.
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Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) can address a broad range of business needs.
- Security and Regulations which may need to be adhered to for organisations (charities, healthcare, government bodies)
- Flexible workforce with mergers and acquisitions, contractors, branch workers, BYOD and mobile devices
- Legacy and non-web enabled apps
- Specialised apps for groups to facilitate development and testing
Benefits
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There are several benefits specific to AVD.
- Connect from any device of your choice (Windows, MacOS/IOS, HTML5, Android, Linux)
- Like local Windows experience with extensive support for devices
- Enhanced RDP protocol providing support for Windows Hello for Business and smartcard authentication, dynamically adapting bandwidth utilisation and improved experience with graphics, resolution and scaling
- User profiles using FSLogix for faster logon times
- Native Office 365 performance (uncompromised O365 email and calendar performance, real-time Outlook search, seamless O365 co-authoring and collaboration in non-persistent environments)
Enhanced Security
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- Azure AD Identity Services provides sophisticated security services such as multi-factor authentication and Conditional Access
- Reverse connect eliminates the requirement to open inbound ports to the virtual machines
- AVD role-based access control enables the delegation of admin rights at a granular level
- Isolated user sessions in both single and multi-session environments
Simplified Management
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- Both desktop and RemoteApp are managed through one AVD service
- Familiar Azure AD credentials, to access resources
- AVD customers can leverage a broad set of VM management tools via AVD and Azure (VM deployment, OS and App update tools)
- Advanced Diagnostic Service to identify root cause and fix issues more efficiently
- 3rd party value-added services enabled by APIs
Built on Azure
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Standardised, Global and Secure Cloud Platform
- Consistent infrastructure across regions
- Largest geographical footprint with over 55 regions
- Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center with over 3,500 security professional and $1 billion dollar annual cybersecurity budget
Cost Optimised Infrastructure
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- High utilisation and lower operational costs with Windows 10 multi-session in Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)
- Pay for actual usage rather than having to provision for peak usage with on-premise
- Flexible compute costs with Pay as you Go or Reserved Instance VMs
- Pay for actual outbound data transfer instead of peak two-way data transfer
- WVD doesn’t require Windows Server license for session host VMs (i.e., session host VMs charged at Linux compute rate)
- Efficient Opex cost versus High Upfront Capex cost for on-premise
- Management services included with WVD (no additional management infrastructure required)
- No Remote Desktop Services CAL required for Windows 10 multi-session
- 3-year Extended Security Update is included for Windows 7 VMs running on Azure
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