Azure Virtual Desktop: The flexible cloud VDI platform for the hybrid workplace
Posted on June 7, 2021
Kam VedBrat Partner Group Program Manager
When we launched Windows Virtual Desktop nearly two years ago, no one predicted a global pandemic would force millions of workers to leave the office and work from home. Organizations around the world migrated important apps and data to the cloud to gain business resilience and agility. And to support the new remote workforce, many of you turned to Windows Virtual Desktop to give remote users a secure, easy to manage, productive personal computing experience with Windows 10 from the cloud. It has been humbling to work alongside you as you pivoted your operations to meet new challenges—from supporting frontline healthcare workers at NHS to engineers at Petrofac to educators and students—hear from some of the top UK universities on their experience with Azure Virtual Desktop.
Going forward, organizations will need to support an evolving set of remote and hybrid work scenarios. To help our customers and partners meet these new hybrid work demands, we are expanding our vision to become a flexible cloud VDI platform for nearly any use case—accessible from virtually anywhere. A modern VDI platform needs to be secure, scalable, and easy to manage, while delivering a seamless, high-performance experience to end users. It should also empower organizations with the flexibility to customize and build solutions with its core technology.
To support this broader vision and the changing needs of our customers, today we are announcing new capabilities, new pricing for app streaming, and changing the name of the Windows Virtual Desktop service to Azure Virtual Desktop.
What is Azure Virtual Desktop remote app streaming?
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Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and app virtualization service that runs on the cloud and lets you access your remote desktop anytime, anywhere. However, did you know you can also use Azure Virtual Desktop as a Platform as a Service [PaaS] to provide your organization's apps as Software as a Service [SaaS] to your customers? With Azure Virtual Desktop remote app streaming, you can now use Azure Virtual Desktop to deliver apps to your customers over a secure network through virtual machines.
If you're unfamiliar with Azure Virtual Desktop [or are new to app virtualization in general], we've gathered some resources here that can help you get your deployment up and running.
Using Azure Virtual Desktop with Intune
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Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Microsoft Azure. It lets end users connect securely to a full desktop from any device. With Microsoft Intune, you can secure and manage your Azure Virtual Desktop VMs with policy and apps at scale, after they're enrolled.