Azure Virtual Desktop documentation

Securely deliver virtual desktops and applications remotely with maximum control to any device from a flexible cloud virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) platform. Bring together Microsoft 365 and Azure to provide users with the only multi-session Windows 11 and Windows 10 experience, with exceptional scale and reduced IT costs.

• Azure Virtual Desktop
• Overview
  • What is Azure Virtual Desktop?
  • Terminology
  • Service architecture and resilience
  • What's new?
    • Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Azure Virtual Desktop Agent
      • Agent
      • SxS Network Stack
    • Documentation
    • FSLogix
    • Insights
    • MSIXMGR tool
    • Multimedia redirection
    • Remote Desktop app
      • Windows
      • macOS
      • iOS/iPadOS
      • Android/Chrome OS
    • WebRTC Redirector Service
    • Windows App
• Tutorials
  • Deploy a sample Windows 11 desktop
• Plan
  • Internal and external commercial purposes
  • Licensing and costs
    • Understand and estimate costs
    • Licensing
  • Identities and authentication
  • Infrastructure
    • Virtual machine sizing guidance
    • Understanding network connectivity
    • Bandwidth considerations
    • Azure Local
    • Azure Extended Zones
  • Security recommendations
  • Data locations
  • Prerequisites
• Deploy
  • Host pool management approaches
  • Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Quickstart
  • Identity and access management
    • Azure RBAC
      • Available RBAC roles for Azure Virtual Desktop
      • Assign RBAC roles to the service principals
    • Single sign-on
      • Configure single sign-on using Microsoft Entra ID
      • Active Directory Federation Services
        • Configure single sign-on using AD FS
        • Use a KDC proxy
    • Enforce Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication
    • Delegated access
  • Network connectivity
    • FQDNs and endpoints
      • Required FQDNs and endpoints
      • Check access to required FQDNs and endpoints
    • RDP Shortpath
      • RDP Shortpath overview
      • Configure RDP Shortpath
      • Implement Quality of Service for RDP Shortpath
    • Private Link
      • Private Link with Azure Virtual Desktop
      • Configure Private Link with Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Proxy support guidelines
    • Use Azure Firewall to protect Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Session hosts
    • Azure Virtual Desktop Agent
    • Microsoft Entra joined session hosts
    • Customize session host images
      • Custom image templates
        • Custom image templates overview
        • Create custom images with Custom image templates
      • Manual image creation
        • Create a session host image with Azure
        • Create a session host image with Hyper-V
        • Install Office on a VHD image
        • Add languages
          • Windows 10 multi-session images
          • Windows 11 Enterprise images
    • Add session hosts to a host pool
    • Multimedia redirection
      • Redirect video playback and calls
      • Developer integration for WebRTC call apps
    • Graphics encoding
      • Graphics encoding overview
      • Enable GPU acceleration
      • Increase chroma value to 4:4:4
    • Windows Enterprise multi-session FAQ
    • Fair Share technologies
  • User profile management
    • FSLogix profile container overview
    • Storage options for FSLogix profile container
    • FSLogix profile container storage guides
      • Use Azure Files and Microsoft Entra ID
      • Use Azure Files and Active Directory
      • Use Azure NetApp Files
    • Configure FSLogix profile containers
  • Applications
    • Publish applications with RemoteApp
    • Microsoft Teams supported features
    • Preferred application group type
      • Preferred application group type overview
      • Set preferred application group type
    • App attach
      • App attach overview
      • Create an MSIX image
      • Add and manage app attach applications
      • Test MSIX packages
      • Migrate from MSIX app attach to app attach
      • Partner solutions with app attach
      • MSIXMGR tool parameters
    • Specific applications
      • Use Microsoft Teams
      • Launch OneDrive with RemoteApp
  • Migrate from classic
    • Migrate automatically
    • Migrate manually
  • Azure Virtual Desktop FAQ
• Manage
  • Host pools
    • Set custom RDP properties
    • Configure load balancing method
    • Configure personal desktop assignment
    • Configure a validation environment
    • Schedule Agent updates
    • Customize resource display names
    • Delete a host pool
  • Session hosts
    • Manage session hosts
      • Management overview
      • Manage with Intune
        • Manage Windows single-session
        • Manage Windows multi-session
      • Deploy updates with Configuration Manager
    • Drain session hosts
    • Update session hosts
      • Session host update overview
      • Use session host update
      • Session host update diagnostic queries
    • Scale session hosts
      • Autoscale
        • How autoscale works
        • Autoscale glossary
        • Autoscale FAQ
        • Create and assign a scaling plan
        • Monitor Autoscale operations
        • Set up diagnostics for Autoscale
      • Azure Automation and Azure Logic Apps
        • How the scaling tool works
        • Scale with a runbook and logic app
    • Power management
      • Configure Start VM on Connect
      • Start VM on Connect FAQ
    • Administrative template
  • Security
    • Apply Zero Trust principles
    • Security baseline
    • Screen capture protection
    • Watermarking
    • Onboard to Purview forensic evidence
  • Licensing and pricing
    • Enroll in per-user access pricing
    • Use Azure Virtual Desktop license
  • Disaster recovery concepts
  • Use Azure CLI and Azure PowerShell
  • Move resources between regions
  • Set up email discovery
  • Tag resources
• Connect
  • Windows App
    • What is Windows App?
    • Connect to Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Windows App documentation
  • Remote Desktop app
    • Remote Desktop app overview
    • Connect to Azure Virtual Desktop
    • Use Remote Desktop app features
      • Windows
      • Web browser
      • macOS
      • iOS/iPadOS
      • Android/Chrome OS
    • Compare the Remote Desktop app across platforms
    • Install the Remote Desktop app for Windows on a per-user basis
    • Uniform Resource Identifier schemes
  • Peripheral and resource redirection
    • Peripheral and resource redirection overview
    • Guides
      • Audio and video
      • Cameras, webcams, and video capture
      • Clipboard
      • Clipboard transfer direction and data types
      • Drives and storage
      • Location
      • MTP and PTP
      • Printers
      • Serial/COM ports
      • Smart cards
      • USB
      • WebAuthn
    • Configure client redirection using Intune
  • Supported RDP properties
  • Print using Universal Print
  • Thin client partners
• Monitor
  • Azure Virtual Desktop Insights
    • Estimate Azure Monitor costs
    • Glossary
    • Use cases for Azure Virtual Desktop Insights
    • Enable Insights
  • Connection quality
    • User connection quality data
    • Collect and query user connection quality data
  • Send diagnostic data to Log Analytics
  • Session host status and health checks
  • Monitor Agent updates
  • Create Azure Service Health alerts
  • Resolve Azure Advisor recommendations
• Troubleshoot
  • Troubleshooting overview, feedback, and support
  • Host pools and session hosts
    • Host pool creation
    • Quickstart
    • Session host update
    • Session host virtual machine configuration
    • Session host statuses and health checks
  • Management issues
  • Azure Virtual Desktop PowerShell
  • Azure Virtual Desktop Agent
  • Remote Desktop service connections
  • Remote Desktop app
    • Windows Desktop client basic troubleshooting
    • Windows Desktop client
    • Azure Virtual Desktop Store app
    • Web client
    • macOS client
    • iOS/iPadOS client
    • Android/Chrome OS client
    • Remote Desktop app for Windows
  • Diagnosing graphics performance issues
  • Connections to Microsoft Entra joined VMs
  • Device redirections
  • Azure Virtual Desktop Insights
  • Azure Files authorization
  • Connection quality issues
  • RDP Shortpath
  • Multimedia redirection
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Custom image templates
  • App attach
• Reference
  • Azure CLI
  • Azure PowerShell
  • Bicep
  • Azure Resource Manager template
  • Terraform
  • REST API
  • MSIXMGR tool parameters
• Resources
  • Pricing
    • Azure Virtual Desktop pricing
    • Pricing calculator
  • [Learning paths](https://learn.microsoft.com/training/browse/?expanded=azure&products=azure-virtual-desktop&resource_type=learning path)
  • Framework and architectures
    • Cloud Adoption Framework
    • Azure Architecture Center
    • Example architecture scenarios
      • Azure Virtual Desktop for the enterprise
      • Multiple identity sources
        • AD DS and Microsoft Entra ID
        • Microsoft Entra ID, AD DS, and Microsoft Entra Domain Services
  • How-to videos
  • Microsoft Tech Community
  • Azure Resource Manager templates
  • Terraform samples
  • App Assure for Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Azure compliance offerings
  • Azure Virtual Desktop classic documentation