Azure Virtual Desktop is Microsoft’s desktop and app virtualization Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) service that runs on Microsoft Azure. Azure Virtual Desktop allows for multi-session virtual machines with scalability on Azure. As an administrator, it enables you to have a single management experience for multiple Windows operating systems.
With Azure Virtual Desktop, organizations can centrally provide users, both internally and externally, with a full desktop and applications hosted in the Microsoft Azure cloud. This allows organizations to leverage the scalability of the Microsoft Azure cloud for your desktops and desktop applications.
Some key features that Azure Virtual Desktop brings organizations:
Gateway functionality included in the default Azure Virtual Desktop setup You do not have to worry about the connections to the Azure Virtual Desktop machines; this is all integrated into the service.
You can use your own images from your shared image gallery Using your own images will accelerate your machine readiness. You can even share images across your services and even Microsoft Azure tenants.
Option to create pooled (shared), personal (private) machines, and a mix of both The option to choose the machine types gives you the freedom to supply Azure Virtual Desktop machines based on your user requirement.
Autoscaling to increase or decrease resources based on time of day, days of week, and on-demand Scaling itself gives you the flexibility to supply the right amount of machines that you need at any given moment. Adding automation will ensure that you do not have to worry about your capacity.
Azure Virtual Desktop can be used with either the Remote Desktop Client (available on multiple platforms) or the HTML5 web client.