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(That’s been possible with Windows Server, but you don’t get the full compatibility of the Windows client desktop so there’s no Cortana or Windows Store apps, and it hasn’t shown up in cloud Desktop as a Service offerings.) Microsoft hasn’t published exact numbers for every scenario yet, but at Ignite there was talk of running 120 users on five VMs or having 24 users whose peak usage needs two virtual CPUs and 4GB of RAM, each running on a single VM with 8 virtual CPUs and 32GB of RAM, rather than 24 VMs with a total of 48 virtual CPUs and 96GB of RAM. That means that one WVD VM on Azure can support two or more Windows users at the same time, all logged in with their own desktop and running their own applications in Windows and accessing their own files. SEE: Top desktop as a service (DaaS) providers: Amazon, Citrix, Microsoft, VMware, and more (TechRepublic)Īnd you don’t need one VM per user: WVD is the only way to run what Microsoft calls ‘multi-user Windows’ virtually. You can pick the VM size you want to use, and if your usage is predictable you can do that with budget Azure Reserved VM Instances.

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All you’re paying for is the Azure compute and storage to run Windows 10 Enterprise and the Office applications (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Access, Project, Publisher and Visio), using Azure VM scale sets so you get as much compute as necessary for the users who are logged on. WVD usage rights are included in the Windows E3 and Office 365 Pro Plus licences that many enterprises already have - they’re effectively virtual desktop access rights and Office 365 subscription rights, and the full list is: Microsoft 365 E3, E5 and F1 licences, including educational E3, E5 and F1, plus Windows E3 and E5. When it launches, WVD will make Azure an even more appealing place to run virtual Windows desktops.įirst, you don’t need to pay for any extra licences or CALs to use it. So much easier, in fact, that if you put your Windows 7 desktops there, Microsoft will give you the extended security updates - which usually cost a deliberately high percentage of your support arrangement - free for three years (until January 2023).Īzure is already a popular destination for Windows desktop virtualisation using the traditional Remote Desktop Session Host (Terminal Services) approach with Windows Server - RDSH accounts for nearly 10 percent of Azure compute hours.

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Or you can use WVD to put Windows on Azure as virtual desktops, where they’re much easier to patch and protect. If you don’t want the work of managing PCs and applications like Office 365, you can hand all that over to Microsoft. Part of that is the ( not always successful) regular updates every six months, but Microsoft Managed Desktop and the new Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service on Azure are the other half of this. Windows is getting ever closer to being a service. Defend your network with Microsoft outside-in security services

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