(RDS) Tip of the Day: Plan and design your Remote Desktop Services environment

Today’s Tip…

A highly scalable Remote Desktop deployment requires the use of specific patterns and practices. Designing for optimal performance and scale-out is key. Use the scenarios below to help you envision, architect, and continually refine your deployment.

Use the following information to plan and design your deployment:

• VDI vs. session-based
• Personal or pooled desktops
• Build anywhere
• Cater to different kinds of users
• Access from anywhere
• High availability
• MultiFactor Authentication
• Secure data storage
• Persistent or non-persistent sessions
• Enable high-end graphics remoting
• Connect from any device
• Choose how you pay

Be sure to also review the Desktop Hosting Reference Architecture, which provides an overview of the Remote Desktop architecture and helps you plan a hybrid RDS environment that includes Azure infrastructure.

References:

• “Plan and design your Remote Desktop Services environment” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-and-design
• “Remote Desktop Services - VDI or session-based deployment” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-vdi-session
• “Remote Desktop Services - Personal or pooled desktops” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-personal-pooled
• “Remote Desktop Services - Build anywhere” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-build-anywhere
• “Remote Desktop Services - Cater to different kinds of users” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-cater-to-users
• “Remote Desktop Services - Access from anywhere” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-access-from-anywhere
• “Remote Desktop Services - High availability” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-high-availability
• “Remote Desktop Services - Multi-Factor Authentication” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-mfa
• “Remote Desktop Services - Secure data storage” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-secure-data-storage
• “Remote Desktop Services - Persistent or non-persistent sessions” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-persistent-nonpersistent
• “Remote Desktop Services - Enable high-end graphics remoting with GPUs” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-graphics-rendering
• “Remote Desktop Services - Connect from any device” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-connect-from-any-device
• “Remote Desktop Services - Choose how you pay” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/rds-plan-choose-how-you-pay
• “Desktop Hosting Reference Architecture” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/remote-desktop-services/desktop-hosting-reference-architecture