Create a Windows virtual desktop from local image

Question

Hello,

I'm not familiar with Microsoft Azure and have a question about Windows Virtual Desktop.

Is it possible to create a Windows virtual desktop from a system image of an existing Windows physical computer?

In other words, we have a physical computer (not a vm) running on Windows 10 and we would like to know if it is possible, with a system image or other process, to create an Azure Windows virtual desktop that would be a "copy" of this physical computer. The goal is to be able to keep certain configuration.

Best regards.

Answer 1

Sorry, I missed the word "physically" in your question.

You could use Disk2vhd to create a vhd-file from a disk of a physical computer:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd

This created vhd-file could be used to create a VM in Azure with the steps in my first answer.

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Answer 2

Hope this helps:

Prepare a Windows VHD or VHDX to upload to Azure -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/prepare-for-upload-vhd-image
Upload a generalized VHD and use it to create new VMs in Azure -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/upload-generalized-managed
Create a managed image of a generalized VM in Azure -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource
Create a VM from a managed image -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/create-vm-generalized-managed

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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards
Andreas Baumgarten