Is there a URL to a remote desktop app in AVD?

Question

Hi all,

We want to directly start a AVD remote APP within a portal with shortcuts. There is URL for the workspace, is this also possible for a Remote App?

Answer 1

Hello @Hans van Deursen

Yes, it is possible to create a URL that directly launches a remote app within an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) workspace. You can use the following URL format to launch a remote app directly from a web browser.

https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com/arm/webclient/index.html?token=<token>&appName=<appname>&tenantId=<tenantid>&hostPoolName=<hostpoolname>&rdshHostName=<rdshhostname>

Replace the following placeholders with the appropriate values:

• <token>: The access token for the user. You can obtain this token by using the Azure AD authentication endpoint.
• <appname>: The name of the remote app that you want to launch.
• <tenantid>: The ID of the Azure AD tenant that's associated with the AVD workspace.
• <hostpoolname>: The name of the host pool that's associated with the AVD workspace.
• <rdshhostname>: The name of the remote desktop session host (RDSH) that's associated with the remote app.

For example, the following URL launches a remote app named "MyApp" in an AVD workspace:

https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com/arm/webclient/index.html?token=<token>&appName=MyApp&tenantId=<tenantid>&hostPoolName=<hostpoolname>&rdshHostName=<rdshhostname>

You can create a shortcut to this URL on your desktop or in your browser bookmarks to quickly launch the remote app.

For details, please refer to the following link: Uniform Resource Identifier schemes with the Remote Desktop client for Azure Virtual Desktop (preview) | Microsoft Learn

Here are more resources to look at around the URI schemes for AVD

https://gbbblog.azurewebsites.us/index.php/2023/04/11/build-your-own-web-launcher-for-avd/

https://gbbblog.azurewebsites.us/index.php/2023/04/17/avd-web-launcher-using-only-local-stuff/

https://gbbblog.azurewebsites.us/index.php/2023/04/18/auto-start-avd-session-using-uri-schemes/

Hope this helps!

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