Configuring the location for the Azure Virtual Desktop metadata

Azure Virtual Desktop is currently available for deployment in all Azure regions. IT admins can select the geographical location to store metadata in when creating their host pool virtual machines and associated services. You would want to store the metadata locally to your organizations for data soverancy purposes.

You can find out more about Azure geographies using the Azure data center map: https://azuredatacentermap.azurewebsites.net/. There is no region restriction or limit to where you can access user- and app-specific data.

Azure Virtual Desktop metadata is collected, and the information that's captured includes host pool names, app group names, workspace names, and user principal names in a data center.

When an admin creates a service object, they will be asked to select a location for the service object. The location that's selected essentially determines where the metadata for the object will...