The document details the architecture and features of a remote desktop virtualization solution, emphasizing its easy deployment, management, and scalability through a unified console. It outlines the capabilities for both personal and pooled virtual machines (VMs), including user personalization, resource management, and dynamic user configurations, alongside significant improvements in application virtualization via App-V 5.0. Key functionalities like streamlined VM management, remote user experience optimization, and advanced application configuration are highlighted, showcasing its benefits for various use cases.

2. Component Architecture
Remote Desktop
Virtualization Host
Server
Manager
Remote
Remote Desktop
Desktop Web Connection
Access Broker
SQL Remote Desktop
Databas Session Host
e
Remote
Desktop
Gateway
Remote
Desktop
Licensing

3. Remote Desktop Management Server

4. Remote Desktop Session Host

5. Remote Desktop Connection Broker

6. Remote Desktop Web Access

7. Remote Desktop Gateway

8. User Profile Disks

9. Certificate Management

10. Remote
Remote
Desktop Remote Desktop
Remote
Desktop Remote Desktop
Connection
Desktop Remote DesktopHost
Virtualization
Connection Virtualization Host
Broker
Connection Virtualization Host
Remote Broker
Remote Web
Desktop Broker
Remote
Desktop Web Remote
Access
Desktop Web
Access Desktop
Access Connection
SQL Cluster
Broker
Databas
e
Remote Desktop
Session Desktop
Remote Host
Session Desktop
Remote Host
Session Host
Remote
Remote
Desktop
Remote
Desktop Remote
Gateway
Desktop
Gateway Remote
Desktop
Gateway Remote
Desktop
Licensing
Desktop
Licensing
Licensing

12. An example configuration

13. Simple to deploy, intuitive to manage, easy to expand at scale
 Set up a simple VDI deployment easily and quickly
 Wizard-based setup and deployment for multiple scenarios
 Automatic creation of VM with settings
Easy Deployment
 One, integrated console for roles, servers, collections, users, and VMs
 Consistent publishing apps and desktops
Unified  Automate and manage at scale with Powershell
Administration
 Master images for personal and pooled VMs
 Avoid patch storms by queuing maintenance updates
Streamlined VM  Streamlined VM mgmt: Fast sysprep, optimized logon, auto rollback
Management

14. GPU Management

16. RemoteFX delivers a consistently rich user experience to users over LAN or WAN
(irrespective of deployment model)
RemoteFX
Corporate LAN
Hardware and Software GPUs
Rich multimedia
USB
Redirection
Multi Touch
WAN acceleration
Internet or
Single Sign On
WAN

18. Powered by Windows Server 2012
Remote Desktop Services
Desktop Pooled VMs Personal VMs
Corporate
Sessions
Office
Branch
Office
FIREWALL
1 platform | 1 experience | 3 deployment choices
Efficient Management
Best Value for VDI
Home Library /
Coffee Rich Experience everywhere
house

19. Personal VM Collection Pooled VM Collection
• VMs created in bulk from gold image • VMs created in bulk from gold image
Creating VMs
• A full clone of gold for each VM • A diff disk chaining to gold for each VM
• Update in bulk by modifying gold image
• Each VM updated individually
Update / Patch • VMs are recreated as users log off
• VMs queued to avoid patch storms
• VMs retain identity
Importing • Update / Patch disabled for collections with
• Fully Supported
existing VMs imported VMs.
• Each user is automatically assigned a • User Profile Disk retains user data, settings
dedicated VM at first logon • User connects to a fresh VM at each logon
Personalization
• User can be local admin, e.g. install apps • VMs rollback at logoff
• Practically identical to physical PC • User cannot install apps
• High-end desktop for knowledge workers • Knowledge worker desktop
Typical Use
• Dev/test offshore development • Task worker desktop
Cases
• Engineering workstation • Legacy app hosting

20. Key Platform Capabilities
A B C  User disk enables personalization on pooled VMs or sessions.
D E F
 User data and settings are stored on a separate vhd.
User Disks  Simplifies deployment of lower cost VDI (pooled VMs / Sessions)
 Fairshare ensures high performance across all user VMs / Sessions
 Dynamically distributes resources (bandwidth, CPU and I/O)
Fair Share  Applicable to both Sessions and VMs
 Direct Attached Storage, Network Attached Storage, and Clustered/SAN Storage
 Configuration options to optimize for tiered storage
Storage  Reduce storage cost while maximizing IOPS
 Active/Active Broker
 Scale-out File Server, HyperV Clustering
 Up to 32 nodes and 4000 VMs per cluster with Hyper-V
Highly Available  Increase density further by using RDSH (>2X compared to VMs).

21. Good Sessions Pooled VMs Personal VMs
Better
Best
Personalization
App Compatibility
Image Management
Cost Effectiveness

23. App-V 5.0 Application Virtualization & What’s New in 5.0
Managing App-V 5.0 More Ways to Manage App-V 5.0
Virtual Application
Next Generation Dynamic Suite Composition
Connection
Virtual Application Extension Managing Virtual Application Interactions
Shared Content Store Next Generation VDI Deployment

24. 2006: 2008: 2010: 2011: Now: App-V 4.6 SP2
acquired App-V 4.5 App-V 4.6 App-V 4.6 SP1 Server App-V App-V 5.0
 Scale  64-bit  Sequencer  Manage
 Distributed  Office 2010, Workflow Server Apps
deployments Windows 7  Package  Separate
Accelerators Apps from
 Best Practices Config

25. Integrated Platform
• Virtual applications work like installed applications
• Virtual applications use Windows standards
• No dedicated drive letter required
Flexible Virtualization
• Multiple App-V applications can share the same virtual environment
• Designed to support highly integrated applications
• Preserve existing investments in App-V
Powerful Management
• New web-based management interface
• Optimize for VDI with one management workflow
• Rich PowerShell scripting allows automation and customization

26. App-V 4.6 App-V 5.0
 No dedicated drive letter required
 No 4GB limit
 Virtual Application Extension
 Share peer applications with Virtual
Application Connection
 Shared Content Store can be updated with
normal App-V workflow
 Rich PowerShell scripting for sequencer,
client and server
 Web-based management

27. Sequencer
 Similar UI from App-V 4.6 SP1
 New package file format
Package Converter
 Customers can carry forward
existing investments
 Easily convert 4.5+ packages
to the new format

28.  Global scope: all users on the machine
 Specify Dynamic Deployment Configuration file per package on the machine
 Stored when the package is added
 User scope: affects the user on the machine
 Specify Dynamic User Configuration file per user, per package on the machine
 Stored when the package is published

29.  Virtual subsystem overrides
Modifies a Package’s
 Disable virtual subsystems
Virtual Environment  Scripts
 Dynamic Deployment Configuration
Dynamic  Dynamic User Configuration
Configuration Types  Can combine
No Package Update  Modify existing package content
Is Needed  Add to an existing package

30. App-V Management Dynamic User Configuration
PowerShell
User Interface Modified the Virtual Environment
 Browser-based  Shortcuts & Applications can be  PowerShell is available to
 Easily manage the lifecycle of a modified in the UI automate all the tasks you’ve
virtual application  Advanced configuration can be just seen.
imported directly to the console
 One package, many
configurations

31.  App-V Packages can be deployed in multiple
Next Generation DSC Virtual Application Connection Groups
 Configuration is separate from the packages
Integrated with App-  Create and configure via Server User Interface or PowerShell
V Management
 Know the dependencies
Server
Manage in
 Can use PowerShell to create and manage
Standalone Mode
 Applications + Plugins
Supported
 Applications + Middleware
Configurations
 Applications + Applications

32. Supported
Subsystems
• Shortcuts
Extension Point is Global Visibility • File Type Associations (FTA)
registered natively • Native –to– Virtual • AppPath
with Windows • Virtual –to– Virtual • URL Protocols
• Software Clients
• Set Program Access and
Computer Defaults (SPAD)
• COM Local Servers

33.  Is the interaction well defined?  Does the Virtual Application
 Does the OS or a native need to interact with another
application need to interact Virtual Application?
with the Virtual Application?
Use Virtual Application Extension Use Virtual Application Connection

34.  Store applications centrally
 Save disk space in VDI/RDS
 Applications are executed on the shared store
 Applications can be updated per the usual process

35. App-V Packages App-V Client App-V Server
 Modify the Virtual Environment  Configure with Group Policy  Web-based User Interface
with Dynamic Deployment  Manage with PowerShell  Manage with PowerShell
Configuration or Dynamic  Standard Windows tools:  HTTP support for publishing,
User Configuration PowerShell, Event Logs, ETW streaming
 Combine packages at runtime tracing  SMB streaming
with Virtual Application  Co-exist with App-V 4.6 client
Connection
 Expose virtual application to
native using Virtual Application
Extension