Designing the Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
We will start this book by looking at the design of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). 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 AVD.
In this chapter, we’ll cover the following topics:
- Assessing existing physical and virtual desktop environments
- Assessing the network capacity and speed requirements for AVD
- Identifying an operating system (OS) for an AVD implementation
- Planning and configuring name resolution for Active Directory (AD) and Microsoft Entra Domain Services
- Planning a host pool architecture
- Resource groups, subscriptions, and management groups
- Configuring the location for the AVD metadata
- Calculating and recommending a configuration for capacity and performance requirements
