Chapter 2: Designing the Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
We will start this book by looking at the design of Azure Virtual Desktop. Design is an integral part of any suitable technology solution, and in this chapter, we will look at the areas you should consider when designing Azure Virtual Desktop.
In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:
- Assessing existing physical and Virtual Desktop environments
- Assessing the network capacity and speed requirements for Azure Virtual Desktop
- Identifying an operating system for an Azure Virtual Desktop implementation
- Planning and configuring name resolution for Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Domain Services
- Planning a host pools architecture
- Recommended resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
- Configuring the location for the Azure Virtual Desktop metadata
- Calculating and recommending a configuration for capacity and performance requirements
