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- 1. Optimising Azure Virtual Desktop performanceSpeed of your Azure Virtual Desktop 2. Optimising Azure Virtual Desktop costSwitch off your virtual machines when they’re not in useAutoscale to minimise your costsGain discounts by committing to reserved instances Choose the right AVD licenseYour không lấy phí consultationWant to keep in touch?
One of the key benefits of Windows Virtual Desktop is that it provides access to a special version of Windows 10, known as Windows 10 Enterprise for Virtual Desktops. As far as I know, this is the only Windows 10 version that supports multiple user sessions. In other virtual desktop scenarios Windows Server had to be used because that natively supported multiple user sessions. Now users can get the best experience in a virtual environment with Windows 10 while still sharing resources to minimize cost.
Now that we know the importance – let’s set it up!
Start by heading over to the Azure portal, and going to Windows Virtual Desktop, and clicking Create a host pool:
On the Create a host pool page, under Host pool, be sure to select the following settings:
- Host pool type: Pooled
- As the name of this blog post suggest, we’ll be creating pooled host pools. Selecting personal here would effectively create individual virtual machines for each user.
Load balancing algorithm: Depth-first
- From the info icon: “Breadth-first load balancing distributes new user sessions across all available session hosts in the host pool. Depth-first load balancing distributes new user sessions to an available session host with the highest number of connections but has not reached its maximum session limit threshold.”I’m selecting Depth-first because I’d like to experiment with maximum amount of users before a session becomes overloaded, but you can select Breadth-first for a better overall user experience.
Max session limit: 5 (depends on your VM size)
- This will be the maximum number of concurrent sessions on a host. For depth-first, once a VM hits 5 users, then the next VM will begin accepting users.
WVD Host Pool settings
Now we can define the virtual machine settings. Select the following settings:
- Resource group: Same as host poolName prefix: Anything, but note that it will be followed by -1, -2, etcAvailability options: As needed (for my lab, set to no infrastructure redundancy required)Image type: Gallery
- If you wanted to create a golden image to use with WVD, here’s where you would select it (after uploading it to an Azure blob)
Image: Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session, latest versionVirtual machine size: As needed (for my lab, set to B2s)Number of VMs: As neededOS disk type: Standard SSD
WVD VM settings
As we covered in our How to quickly deploy Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) – Step by Step blog post, all WVD machines must be joined to your domain. The following settings are used for both the networking of the WVD machines and to domain joined them as they are built:
- Virtual network: Existing virtual network that has line of site to DC (if you don’t see one here, make sure you selected the same location as the resource group it’s deployed in)Subnet: DefaultNetwork security group: BasicPublic inbound ports: NoSpecify domain or unit: YesDomain to join: Fully qualified domainAD domain join UPN: Account used for domain join
WVD Network and security settings
Next we’ll configure the Workspace settings. I’ll create a new workspace with “Pooled” in the name:
WVD Workspace
Perfect! Now we’re good to click Create and watch the deployment happen:
WVD Deployment
Once the deployment completes, all we need to do is assign users to it so they can access the environment.
Open up the Windows Virtual Desktop pane, and select Applications -> and the new application group. Then click Assignments -> + Add -> the user group that you want to have access.
WVD assignment
And that’s it! Now any user in that group can access the pooled WVD environment, using any method (web, Windows Desktop client, mobile client, etc.)
To click verify, head to ://rdweb.wvd.microsoft/arm/webclient and log in with a user who is in the application group.
WVD Desktop via web client
Happy pooling! ?️
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) has changed the trò chơi for remote working. Affordable and easier to set up and manage than traditional solutions, it makes virtual desktops accessible for all businesses. So how do you go about optimising AVD?
In our first two blog posts in this series we discussed why you would use Azure Virtual Desktop and how to set it up. This third blog post gives the IT lead in your organisation high-level guidance on optimising the cost and performance of AVD (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop_ according to your particular business needs. The only IT knowledge you will need to manage this environment is traditional desktop management skills.
You may be looking for a virtual desktop or remote app solution or your organisation may have already set up Azure WVD, we outline how you can make the most of Microsoft’s best-in-class solution.
Want advice from a trusted Azure Virtual Desktop expert? We are an Azure Gold Partner and can help. Book a không lấy phí, no-obligation consultation or read on to find out about the key considerations for optimising AVD in your business.
AVD – Book your không lấy phí consultation
As many IT professionals will know, there is often a trade-off between cost and performance – if you want better IT performance, it usually costs more. While this is true for many elements of Azure Virtual Desktop, there are some key ways to optimise the performance of your Azure WVD environment that won’t cost a penny.
1. Optimising Azure Virtual Desktop performance
For optimizing AVD, there are two, key performance considerations – latency and speed.
Latency
Latency is the round-trip time (RTT) and primarily based on the physical distance from your users to the virtual desktop session host (or server) and back again. All things being equal, the latency decreases the closer the network points of a connection are to each other. Therefore, it is important to consider which Azure region your session host is deployed in.
For a decent virtual desktop experience, the round-trip latency should be less than 100ms. Between 100ms and 200ms is still reasonable, however anything above 200ms will be noticeable by the end-user.
Choose the right location for your session hosts
The Microsoft AVD Experience estimator allows you to estimate the connection round-trip time (RTT) from your current location, through the Azure Virtual Desktop service, to each Azure region in which you can deploy virtual machines.
For example, if your users are in the UK, logically you’ll choose a UK data centre for your session hosts. If you also have a set of users on another continent, then you can deploy their session hosts in an Azure datacentre that’s local to them.
However, if you have a set of users on another continent that need access to back-end systems in the UK, you’ll need to balance the user latency to the virtual desktop and the virtual desktop latency to the back-end system. Therefore, you may want to consider locating your session hosts between the back-end system and your users. Our AVD specialists can help you identify the right option for your requirements.
Consider RDP Shortpath for direct connectivity
RDP Shortpath is a new Microsoft service in public preview designed to establish direct connectivity between the remote desktop client and the session host with a number of potential benefits:
- reduces dependency on the Azure Virtual Desktop gateways
improves the connection’s reliability
increases the bandwidth available for each user session
The removal of additional relay reduces RTT, which can improve user experience with latency-sensitive applications and input methods.
Speed of your Azure Virtual Desktop
The second key consideration is the speed which your virtual desktop is running your applications and performing tasks such as opening Outlook or creating a new Word document for example.
Size session hosts according to user needs
The speed your virtual desktop runs is determined by how resource intensive the workload is (according to the applications that you’re running and how intensively you use them) and how much compute resource (processors and memory) you allocate to each user. The more compute resource you allocate to a user, the faster their virtual desktop will run.
To help estimate the amount of compute resource you need, Microsoft have published this useful guidance on the types of remote desktop workloads from ‘light’ through to ‘power’ with corresponding recommendations for virtual machine sizing.
For example, if your workloads are deemed to be ‘heavy’ then the recommendation is a maximum of two virtual desktop sessions (users) per vCPU, with a minimum virtual machine specification of four vCPUs and 16 GB of RAM such as the D4s_v3, which is a commonly used virtual-machine size for AVD session hosts. Therefore, you could have eight virtual desktop sessions on this session host. Our AVD consultants will advise you on how best to scale your deployment depending on the expected need of each type of user.
Test performance and refine
Once you’ve deployed your virtual machines, the first priority is to test their performance for your users. If the virtual desktop sessions are performing well, you can try increasing user density per processor – either by allocating more users per session host or by decreasing the size of the session host. Whilst this decreases your cost, you will need to monitor and ensure the trade off on performance.
Optimising Windows 10 for Azure Virtual Desktop
Windows 10 comes with a number of preinstalled applications. Removing those that aren’t wanted and not running unnecessary processes will make virtual desktop sessions more efficient. This will improve performance for the allocated compute resource, or alternatively, you can reduce the amount of compute resource and its costs accordingly. By optimising in this way, you can increase user density by up to 15%. Watch this 10-minute video from the Azure Academy for a useful overview of this optimisation plus Virtual Desktop Optimization tool with the scripts and instructions you’ll need.
NB You can’t use this code to optimise the image itself as some of the code won’t survive the sysprep process, instead run the code against the AVD session hosts once you’ve deployed them from the image.
If you’d like to find out more about the most suitable options for your business to ensure an efficient network connection, our Azure WVD consultants will be happy to help.
AVD – Book your không lấy phí consultation
2. Optimising Azure Virtual Desktop cost
Your Azure virtual machines or session hosts represent the primary cost of an AVD environment. Therefore, increasing user density as discussed above will reduce your costs. Once you’ve identified your optimum user density, there are steps you can take to reduce your costs further.
Switch off your virtual machines when they’re not in use
Azure virtual machines are billed on a pay-as-you-go basis, so there can be considerable cost savings if you’re able to switch your machines off outside working hours. You’ll continue to pay for any virtual machine discs, however this is typically a minor cost in comparison to the virtual machine.
If you only need your AVD environment to be available to users during office hours i.e. 08.30 to 17.30, Monday to Friday, and you’re able to switch off your virtual machines outside those hours, then you may pay as little as 27% of the full monthly virtual machine cost.
Autoscale to minimise your costs
Microsoft provides an autoscaling solution for AVD. This automatically turns session hosts on and off and manages user sessions for you. Whilst there are some limitations, autoscaling allows you to establish core hours so that you only pay for what you use:
- You define core hours such as 09:00 to 17:00. Parameters apply seven days a week, weekends can’t be defined separately.
You determine how many session hosts (zero upwards) that should remain on outside of core hours.
It turns on session hosts as needed when users sign in during core hours. However it won’t shut these down again until the end of core hours. Further, it can only turn on session hosts in the host pool (pool of servers) and can’t add extra session hosts to the host pool.
Read this Microsoft article for a detailed explanation of how to scale session hosts using Azure Automation or for a refresher on the some of some of the typical technology and concepts involved, read our article How to implement Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) | Compete366.
Gain discounts by committing to reserved instances
By default, all the resources you deploy in Azure are Pay As You Go (PAYG) and without minimum commitments or tie-ins. However, Azure also offers other pricing options such as Reserved Instances (RI) for virtual machines. This means that you can benefit from a significant discount in return for committing to resources for one or three years. You can still pay monthly and have the flexibility to cancel within the agreed period, subject to a cancellation fee.
The key point to note is that if you buy an RI for a virtual machine, then you pay for it whether you turn the virtual machine on or not. So the idea is that you apply RIs to the virtual machines that are going to be on all the time, as you don’t make any saving by turning them off with RI pricing.
For further details of how to save more with RI read Microsoft’s article Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances | Microsoft Azure.
We normally recommend:
- Use PAYG pricing for virtual machines that you can switch on and off because you don’t pay when they are turned off.
Use RI pricing for virtual machines that are on 24×7 when you can commit to usage for least one year.
Mix and match your price options
There is also a crossover between the two pricing options that you may need to consider. If you get a 40% discount for a one-year RI on a particular virtual machine, then that machine would need to be switched on for more than 60% of the time for RI to be cheaper than PAYG. For example, if the PAYG price of the virtual machine is £100 per month and it’s on for 50% of the time, then the cost would be £50. If you applied the RI pricing option, then the cost would be £60.
You can mix and match PAYG and RI pricing, so for example if you always wanted to leave two session hosts on and turn the rest on and off, then you could use RI pricing for two and PAYG for the rest.
Choose the right AVD license
Wondering what license you need for AVD and what is the most cost-effective licensing option for you?
When deploying resources in Azure, typically the costs are included in the monthly bill for the solution you’re deploying and there are no additional licensing fees. For example, if you deploy an Azure virtual machine running a Windows Server, your monthly Azure consumption bill will include the cost of the compute part of the virtual machine (CPU and memory) and the operating system (Windows Server) – you essentially pay for what you use.
However, with Azure Virtual Desktop you may need additional licensing for services purchased outside Azure such as Office 365 or Microsoft 365.
Windows 10 licensing
AVD session hosts are automatically charged the Linux compute rates so you won’t be charged for the Windows 10 license as part of the virtual machine cost. However, each AVD user will need to be licensed for Windows 10 with one of the following licenses which include it:
- Microsoft 365: E3, E5, A3, A5, F3, Business Premium
Windows: E3, E5, A3, A5
Licenses are automatically applied when you deploy from an Azure marketplace image. The following article explains how to apply a Windows license to your session host virtual machines.
Office 365 licensing
If you’re going to deploy the Office suite on your virtual desktops, you’ll need to be licensed for Office with shared computer activation. This means you will need an O365 E3 or E5 plan or M365 Business Premium and above plans which include this.
FSLogix
If you’re going to use FSLogix for the user profile container, each AVD user will need to be licensed for FSLogix with one of the following licenses which include it:
- Microsoft 365: E3, E5, A3, A5, F3, Business Premium
Windows: E3, E5, A3, A5
Microsoft’s guide to Azure Virtual Desktop Pricing gives full details on AVD licensing requirements.
You can certainly optimise your costs by choosing the right licensing. In practice we find that Microsoft 365 Business Premium is often the best option in the most common scenarios. It does of course depend on what licensing you already have and which of the above you need to be licensed for in your Azure WVD environment.
Your không lấy phí consultation
If you need to weigh up how best to optimise Azure Virtual Desktop costs and performance for your business, then please contact us for a không lấy phí discussion.
As Azure Gold partners, our certified consultants will work with you to identify and implement the right solution for your business, with guidance on all Azure and Microsoft Office 365 elements. It means that the only IT knowledge you’ll need to implement and manage this environment are traditional desktop management skills.
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