A secure, scalable AVD environment for remote work, contractor access, or specialized workloads — sized to actual usage patterns and integrated with the rest of your Microsoft Cloud.
Azure Virtual Desktop delivers Windows 11 multi-session or personal desktops from Azure to any device, anywhere. It's what replaced Terminal Services for most organizations that still needed remote desktops after the move to modern endpoints.
AVD looks like a single product but it's really a set of architecture decisions you have to make — pooled or personal host pools, where to put FSLogix profile containers, how to handle image lifecycle, when to scale up and when to scale down. Wrong decisions early on translate directly into either a slow experience or a bill that surprises you.
We've designed AVD for organizations replacing legacy Citrix, organizations consolidating contractor access, and organizations supporting specialized workloads — CAD, finance trading desks, regulated environments. The architecture is different each time.
AVD host pools deployed with the right session model for your use case — pooled multi-session for general productivity, personal hosts for power users who need dedicated machines. FSLogix profile containers stored on Azure Files or Azure NetApp Files, sized to your user count and growth rate.
Autoscaling configured so hosts spin up during peak hours and spin down overnight, keeping cost aligned with actual usage. Image management workflow set up — golden image with the applications your users need, update process documented.
Identity and security integrated with the rest of your Microsoft Cloud — Conditional Access, MFA, Intune compliance, Defender for Endpoint on every session host. Not a separate world, but part of the one you already manage.
Weeks 1–3. Capacity planning based on real user counts, peak concurrent usage, and the applications they need. Decide pooled vs personal vs both. Choose profile storage. Design network topology — most AVD deployments connect into an existing Azure landing zone. Document image lifecycle.
Weeks 4–8. Deploy the AVD environment — host pools, application groups, workspaces, FSLogix profile storage. Build the golden image with required applications, tested and validated. Configure autoscaling rules based on the usage patterns we modeled in Design.
Weeks 9–12. Pilot with a small group across the user types AVD will serve. Refine the image based on real usage. Tune autoscaling thresholds against actual peak times. Expand to production. Integrate fully with Conditional Access, Intune, and Defender.
If you want to talk through your situation — use case, user count, applications, what you have today — write to us.
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