Planning and implementing a disaster recovery plan for Azure Virtual Desktop
This section looks at the five critical components for implementing a disaster recovery plan for Azure Virtual Desktop. First, we will look at virtual networks, which underpin the Azure Virtual Desktop environment.
Virtual network
In this section, we take a look at the network requirements for disaster recovery in an Azure Virtual Desktop environment.
Connectivity is the first consideration when planning and implementing a disaster recovery plan for Azure Virtual Desktop. Before resources can communicate in a secondary region, you need to ensure that VNet has been set up in your secondary region/location. You may also need to consider connectivity between on-premises and the secondary region.
The most common connectivity type to use between on-premises and the Azure virtual network would be a VPN gateway. The following diagram depicts a simple VPN gateway connecting to an on-premises site: