(RDS) Tip of the Day: Which graphics virtualization technology is right for you?

Today's tip...

You have a range of options when it comes to enabling graphics rendering in Remote Desktop Services.

In Windows Server 2016, you have two graphics virtualization technologies available with Hyper-V that let you leverage the GPU hardware:

• Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) - For the highest performance using one or more GPUs dedicated to a VM providing native GPU driver support inside the VM. The density is low because it is limited by the number of physical GPUs available in the server.
• Remote FX vGPU - For knowledge worker and high-burst GPU scenarios where multiple VMs leverage one or more GPUs through para-virtualization. This solution provides higher user density per server.

The following illustration shows the graphics virtualization options in Windows Server 2016.

Which should you use?

• Here is a brief table regarding DDA and RemoteFX vGPU capabilities

References:

• Which graphics virtualization technology is right for you? - /en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-graphics-virtualization#which-should-you-use
• Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) -  /en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-graphics-virtualization#discrete-device-assignment
• Remote FX vGPU - /en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-graphics-virtualization#remotefx-vgpu
• Plan for deploying Discrete Device Assignment - /en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/plan/plan-for-deploying-devices-using-discrete-device-assignment
• Set up and configure RemoteFX vGPU for Remote Desktop Services - /en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-remotefx-vgpu