rdmi in practice by Erik loef

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RDMI IN PRACTICE

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4. Erik Loef
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5. The next 60 minutes
• The trigger to RDMI
• RDMI?
• WVD & RDS 2019 & Office

6. 9 to 5 application

7. 9 to 5 application

8. Matching App and Infra usage

10. Learning 1: Critical mass in many, small tenants
65% have between 10-1000
tenants
63% have between 5 and 50
users/tenant
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Less than 10
10-100
100-1000
More than 1000
Not sure
% of Hosters
#ofTenants
How many customer organizations
(aka tenants) subscribe to your
service?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
1 - 4
5-9
10-49
50-99
More than 100
% of Hosters
#ofUsers
What is the average number of
users per customer?

11. Learning 2: Platform choice
MS Hyper-V
45%
VMWare ESX
34%
Citrix
XenServer
4%
MS Azure
13%
Amazon
AWS
4%
Which type of compute fabric do you
use for the majority of your users?
Microsoft
Remote
Desktop
Services
65%
Citrix
XenApp or
XenDesktop
31%
VMWare
View
0%
Dell/Quest
vWorkspace
4%
What is your primary virtualization
platform?
Azure deployments are gaining traction About 2/3 use RDS pure stack

12. Learning 3: Multi-tenancy pains

13. Your Feedback, Our Goals
Hosting operations User experience
Cost effective
<$15/user/month (SAL+infra) @ <100 users/tenant Connection time <10s
Secure
• Each tenant in an isolated environment
• Multi-Factor Authentication
Single Sign on with Azure Active Directory
front end
Simple
• Deployment
• Scaling out/in
• Management
Improved device redirection

14. RDMI a.k.a
RDS on Azure
230% YoY growth in Azure compute hours

15. FIREWALL
RD Clients
RDS on Azure – Traditional / IAAS
Remote Desktop Services IAAS
Windows Server AD
Domain ServicesSQL DB
RD infra User environment
VMs

16. Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft-managed Azure services
FIREWALL
FIREWALL
RDS
Customer-managed Azure VMs & services
RD clients
Customer-managed
Windows Virtual Desktop / RDMI
A A
Consists of: Azure service to manage connections between RD clients and Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session VMs
• Connect to Windows desktops and applications from their favorite client device from anywhere on the internet
Azure SQL DB
VMsAzure AD

17. Azure AD Authentication
Enables Azure AD security features, such as Conditional Access, Multi-factor Authentication, and Intelligent Security Graph
Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft-managed Azure services
FIREWALL
FIREWALL
RDS
Customer-managed Azure VMs & services
RD clients
Customer-managed
A A
Azure SQL DB
VMsAzure AD
1

18. Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft-managed Azure services
FIREWALL
FIREWALL
RDS
Customer-managed Azure VMs & services
RD clients
Customer-managed
A A
Azure SQL DB
VMsAzure AD
1
User Connection Flow
0
42
3

19. Improved Isolation: Reverse Connect
Bidirectional communications between VMs and RD infra over https (443)
Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft-managed Azure services
FIREWALL
FIREWALL
RDS
Customer-managed Azure VMs & services
RD clients
Customer-managed
A A
Azure SQL DB
VMsAzure AD
0
4

20. Multitenancy
Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft-managed Azure services
FIREWALL
FIREWALL
RDS
Customer-managed Azure VMs & services
RD clients
Customer-managed
Azure AD
Domain Services
User Profile
Azure Files
A A
Azure SQL DB
VMsAzure AD
Azure AD
Domain Services
User Profile
Azure Files
A A
VMsAzure AD
VPN

21. Benefits of Azure AD Authentication

22. RDS HTML5 demo

23. RDMI roadmap

24. Roadmap Inspire 2017
AAD DS
ARM vnet
2017 2018
Private
Preview
Public
Preview
General
Availability
RDmi v2LLUNITE

25. Roadmap Ignite 2017
2017 2018
Public
Preview
General
Availability
RDmi v2LLUNITE

28. Windows Virtual Desktop timeline
June July August September October November December 2019
Today
Announcing WVD
Announcing Public Preview later 2018
WVD GA
General Available - Early 2019
Roadmap Ignite 2018

29. What is Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft service on Azure for VDI/RDSH management
• Enables a multi-user Windows 10 experience,
optimized for Office 365 ProPlus
• Most scalable service to deploy and manage
• Most flexible service allowing you to virtualize both
desktops and apps
• Windows 7 virtual desktop with free Extended
Security Updates
• Integrated with the security and management of
Microsoft 365

30. Provides virtualization infrastructure as a managed
service
Tools for easy diagnostics and load balancing
Utilizes Azure Active Directory identity management
service
Deploy and manage VMs in Azure subscription
Simply connect to on-premise resources
High level architecture
Y O U R V M S
Windows 7
Enterprise
RemoteApp
Web access
Management
Diagnostics Gateway
Broker
Windows 10
Enterprise
M A N A G E D B Y M I C R O S O F T
Windows
Server 2012
R2 and up
Windows 10
Enterprise Multi-
session
Load balancing

31. WVD Not-Live Demo

33. Licensing
Windows Virtual Desktop requires either:
• M365 E3/E5
• M365 Business/F1
• Windows E3/E5
Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 10 Enterprise
Multisession or Windows Server 2012 R2+ in own
Azure subscription

34. Deployment Demo
portal.azure.com

35. migration scenario

36. Azure
Customer1
Hoster
AAD
User1.1
RD Client
RDSH
Cust1 CSP Subscription
User1.2
RD Client
RDSH RDSH ...
Cust1
AAD
RDS Infra:
Web, GW,
Broker, LS,
Scaling
AAD DS
AzSQL DB
Cust2 On-Prem
AD DSOn-Prem
Resources
VPN/ExpRte
AAD ConnectRDSH
Cust2 CSP Subscription
RDSH RDSH ...
Cust2
AAD
RDS Infra:
Web, GW,
Broker, LS,
Scaling AzSQL DB
Customer2
User2.1
RD Client
User2.2
RD Client
...
...
...
AAD DS
...
Hoster
userHoster.1
userHoster.2
...
Customer1
user1.1
user1.2
...
Customer2
user2.1
user2.2
...
Simple migration:
RDS2016 or 12R2
to RDmi

37. Azure
Customer1
Hoster
AAD
User1.1
RD Client
RDSH
Cust1 CSP Subscription
User1.2
RD Client
RDSH RDSH ...
Cust1
AAD
RDS Infra:
Web, GW,
Broker, LS,
Scaling
AAD DS
AzSQL DB
Cust2 On-Prem
AD DSOn-Prem
Resources
VPN/ExpRte
AAD ConnectRDSH
Cust2 CSP Subscription
RDSH RDSH ...
Cust2
AAD
RDS Infra:
Web, GW,
Broker, LS,
Scaling AzSQL DB
Customer2
User2.1
RD Client
User2.2
RD Client
...
...
...
AAD DS
...
RDS modern infra
• Web
• GW
• Broker
• Diagnostics
• Web client
Hoster Subscription
Hoster
userHoster.1
userHoster.2
...
Customer1
user1.1
user1.2
...
Customer2
user2.1
user2.2
...
Simple migration:
RDS2016 or 12R2
to RDmi

38. Azure
Customer1
Hoster
AAD
User1.1
RD Client
RDSH
Cust1 CSP Subscription
User1.2
RD Client
RDSH RDSH ...
Cust1
AAD
AAD DS
AzSQL DB
Cust2 On-Prem
AD DSOn-Prem
Resources
VPN/ExpRte
AAD ConnectRDSH
Cust2 CSP Subscription
RDSH RDSH ...
Cust2
AAD
RDS Infra:
Web, GW,
Broker, LS,
Scaling AzSQL DB
Customer2
User2.1
RD Client
User2.2
RD Client
...
...
...
AAD DS
...
RDS modern infra
• Web
• GW
• Broker
• Diagnostics
• Web client
Hoster Subscription
Hoster
userHoster.1
userHoster.2
...
Customer1
user1.1
user1.2
...
Customer2
user2.1
user2.2
...
Simple migration:
RDS2016 or 12R2
to RDmi

39. And there is RDS 2019

40. Windows Server 2019
RD Session Host
Scalable multi-user legacy
Windows environment.
Windows Server 2019
Multiple users
Win32
Office 2019 Perpetual
Long-Term Servicing Channel
Windows 10
Enterprise
Native single-session modern
Windows experience.
Windows 10
Single user
Win32, UWP
Office 365 ProPlus
Semi-Annual Channel
Virtualization hosts of the future
Windows 10
Enterprise multi-user
Scalable multi-user modern
Windows user experience with
Windows 10 Enterprise security
Windows 10
Multiple users
Win32, UWP
Office 365 ProPlus
Semi-Annual Channel

41. RDS 2019 and Windows Virtual Desktop
Windows Virtual Desktop ideal if you want…
• Microsoft to manage the brokering platform as a service
• Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session capabilities, free Windows 7 ESU
• Office365 ProPlus capabilities
RDS 2019 ideal if you want…
• full end-to-end control of the desktop virtualization environment
• in-place upgrade of existing Windows Server RDS environment
• to extend current deployments

42. Office 365 ProPlus support in virtual environments
Office 365 ProPlus
always supported
Client Supported
Until
Service Use
Supported Until
Win10 SAC
always supported
No end date No end date
Win8/8.1
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 Jan 2023
Win7 w/ ESU
Jan 2023
Jan 2023 Jan 2023
WS 2019
Oct 2028 n/a
Win10 EVD
always supported No end date No end date
WS 2016
Jan 2027
Oct 2025 Oct 2025
WS 2012
Oct 2023
Jan 2020 Jan 2020
Win10 LTSC 2018
Oct 2028 n/a
Win10 LTSB 2016
Oct 2026
Jan 2020 Jan 2020
Win10 LTSB 2015
Oct 2025
Jan 2020 Jan 2020

43. Spot the difference
Office 2019 is a one-time purchase that does not receive feature updates. Office 365 is a subscription-based offering that receives feature updates.

44. User Input Delay performance counters
Another measure to troubleshoot poor
application performance
Correlate with other perfmon counters (Active
Sessions, CPU, etc.)
Enabled by default in WS2019 RDSH and
Windows 10, version 1809

45. Network bandwidth by video resolution
Minimum connection speed per resolution (@ 30 fps)
Minimum required speed 0.5 Mbps
1024 × 768 px 1.5 Mbps
1280 × 720 px 3.0 Mbps
1920 × 1080 px 5.0 Mbps
3840 × 2160 px (4K) 25.0 Mbps

46. Network bandwidth and workloads
Scenario 0.5 Mbps 1.5 Mbps 3.0Mbps 5.0 Mbps 25 Mbps
Connect l l l l l
Excel l l l l l
Word l l l l l
PowerPoint l l l l
Browser l l l l
Illustration/Publishing l l l
CAD/CAM l l
Voice Chat l l l
Video Conferencing
Resolution
640 × 480 px
Resolution
1280 × 720 px

47. RECAP
• Microsoft aims for RDS workloads on Azure
• RDMI is now Azure Only, Microsoft Managed
• Windows 10 Multi User – Azure Only
• WVD is also Remote App
• RDS 2019 – Office 2019 , no Office 365 support !
https://aka.ms/wvdpreview

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