licenses are mandatory for users to access Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) sessions. Even if the host pool is configured as Azure AD joined, users need to have the appropriate licenses assigned to their accounts to use AVD

Question

Are licenses are mandatory for users to access Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) sessions. Even if the host pool is configured as Azure AD joined, users need to have the appropriate licenses assigned to their accounts to use AVD? Given that the host pool is Azure AD joined and users are able to log in with local accounts but not with their Azure AD (Entra ID) accounts and getting sign in error

Answer 1

Hi Yasar Shaikh ,

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You must provide an eligible license for each user that accesses Azure Virtual Desktop. The license you need also depends on whether you're using a Windows client operating system or a Windows Server operating system for your session hosts, and whether it's for internal or external commercial purposes.

Please follow this link for your reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/licensing#eligible-licenses-to-use-azure-virtual-desktop

Verify that the Azure AD configuration is correct, and the users are properly synced with Azure AD.

Check if there are any conditional access policies that might be blocking the users from accessing AVD with their Azure AD accounts.

Authentication issues, such as password or MFA problems, that might be preventing users from signing in with their Azure AD accounts.

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