Azure virtual Desktop Implementation

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Azure virtual Desktop Implementation

Saran Swamy S 1

Hi All,

We are trying to implement a azure vdi environment in azure . We currently have a free azure ad account not a premium one with users .

Need to know about azure active directory premium is needed to implement virtual desktop ? and Azure ad domain service is a

must for vdi setupping ?. (We currently have no on premise active directory)

Please suggest .....

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Your client has migrated some applications to Azure Virtual Desktop. Each user has been given a hybrid-joined personal AVD desktop where the migrated applications have been installed, along with other apps the users typically require on a daily basis. Six months post-implementation your client is raising concerns about costs being higher than anticipated – what strategies could you recommend to reduce the overall cost of the solution?

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Hi @Saran Swamy S ,
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Your client has migrated some applications to Azure Virtual Desktop. Each user has been given a hybrid-joined personal AVD desktop where the migrated applications have been installed, along with other apps the users typically require on a daily basis. Six months post-implementation your client is raising concerns about costs being higher than anticipated – what strategies could you recommend to reduce the overall cost of the solution?

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Hi @Saran Swamy S .
Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft QnA. Happy to answer your question.
I understand you want to know if Azure AD premium is required to implement Azure Virtual Desktop. The answer is No. You do not require a premium license to join a VM to Azure AD.
Secondly, no Azure ADDS is no longer mandatory for AVD setup.

Azure Virtual Desktop supports cloud-only identities when using Azure AD-joined VMs. Originally AVD domain join required both Azure AD and AD DS domain controllers. Traditional Windows Server AD DS domain controllers were on-premises machines, Azure VMs, or both. Azure Virtual Desktop accessed the controllers over a site-to-site virtual private network (VPN) or Azure ExpressRoute. Alternatively, Azure Active Directory Domain Services platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provided AD DS in Azure and supported trust relationships to existing on-premises AD DS. Users had to sign in to both Azure AD and AD DS. But Azure Virtual Desktop itself no longer requires AD DS. Removing this requirement reduces cost and complexity.

However,

Please refer to the below to documents where you can find more information on the same.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/wvd/azure-virtual-desktop-azure-active-directory-joinn
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/authentication
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/deploy-azure-ad-joined-vm

An important note here would be, to access Azure AD joined host pool VMs, your local computer must be:

Azure AD-joined or hybrid Azure AD-joined to the same Azure AD tenant as the session host.
Running Windows 10 version 2004 or later, and also Azure AD-registered to the same Azure AD tenant as the session host.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

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