Windows Server 2012 VDI/RDS Infrastructure and Management Adam Carter Product Marketing Manager Microsoft Corporation Dean Paron Group Program Manager.

Windows Server 2012 VDI/RDS Infrastructure and ManagementAdam CarterProduct Marketing ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

Dean ParonGroup Program ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

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Centralized Manageme

nt

Anywhere, Any Device

BYODData

Security

VDI helps deliver on this promise.

Windows Server 2012 provides a scalable, easy to manage, and high fidelity VDI solution.

VDI with Windows Server 2012

FIREWALL

Corporate Office

Branch Office

Library / Coffee house

Home

Powered by Windows Server 2012Remote Desktop Services

1 platform | 1 experience | 3 deployment choices

Desktop Sessions

Pooled VMs Personal VMs

Efficient ManagementBest Value for VDI

Rich Experience everywhere

Efficient managementSimple to deploy, intuitive to manage, easy to expand at scale

Set up a simple VDI deployment easily and quicklyWizard-based setup and deployment for multiple scenariosAutomatic creation of VM with settings

Easy Deployment

One, integrated console for roles, servers, collections, users, and VMs

Consistent publishing apps and desktops Automate and manage at scale with Powershell

UnifiedAdministration

Master images for personal and pooled VMsAvoid patch storms by queuing maintenance updatesStreamlined VM mgmt: Fast sysprep, optimized logon, auto rollback

Streamlined VM Management

Getting started with RDS

Best Value for VDIKey Platform Capabilities

User disk enables personalization on pooled VMs or sessions.User data and settings are stored on a separate vhd.Simplifies deployment of lower cost VDI (pooled VMs / Sessions) User Disks

Fairshare ensures high performance across all user VMs / SessionsDynamically distributes resources (bandwidth, CPU and I/O)Applicable to both Sessions and VMsFair Share

Active/Active Broker Scale-out File Server, HyperV ClusteringUp to 32 nodes and 4000 VMs per cluster with Hyper-V Increase density further by using RDSH (>2X compared to VMs).Highly Available

Direct Attached Storage, Network Attached Storage, and Clustered/SAN Storage

Configuration options to optimize for tiered storageReduce storage cost while maximizing IOPSStorage

A B C

D E F

Feature Drilldown

Session Collection

Virtual Desktop CollectionRemote

Desktop Web Access

Remote Desktop Gateway

Remote Desktop Licensing

Remote Desktop Session Host

Detail: Remote Desktop Services ComponentsComponent Architecture

Server Manager

SQL Datab

ase

Remote Desktop

Connection Broker

Remote Desktop Virtualization

Host

Detail: Personal vs. Pooled VMs

Personal VM Collection Pooled VM Collection

Creating VMs• VMs created in bulk from gold image• A full clone of gold for each VM

• VMs created in bulk from gold image• A diff disk chaining to gold for each

VM

Update / Patch

• Each VM updated individually• VMs queued to avoid patch storms

• Update in bulk by modifying gold image

• VMs are recreated as users log off• VMs retain identity

Importing existing VMs • Fully Supported • Update / Patch disabled for collections

with imported VMs.

Personalization

• Each user is automatically assigned a dedicated VM at first logon

• User can be local admin, e.g. install apps

• Practically identical to physical PC

• User Profile Disk retains user data, settings

• User connects to a fresh VM at each logon

• VMs rollback at logoff• User cannot install apps

Typical Use Cases

• High-end desktop for knowledge workers

• Dev/test offshore development• Engineering workstation

• Knowledge worker desktop• Task worker desktop• Legacy app hosting

Detail: Personalization with User Profile DiskBenefits:

Available with Pooled VM collections and RDSH collectionsStores all user settings and dataContainer for:

Roaming User ProfileFolder Redirection cacheUser Environment Virt.

Roams with user within collectionAppears as local disk, improves app compat

User Profile Disk with Pooled VM collections

User Profile Disk with RDSH collections

What should I deploy? User Profile Disk with

every VM Pool and RDSH Collection

UEV to roam settings across collections

FR to roam user data across collections

FR to centralize user data backup

Detail: Storage Options

New in WS2012:Storage SpacesSMB3, HyperV SMB supportCluster Storage VolumeScale-out File Server

We support it all!

VDI Storage Configuration:Direct Attached, Central SMB, or Central CSV / SANStorage location of User Profile Disks, Parent VHD, & VMs can be configured separately for each collectionOptimum use of high IOPS vs. high volume storage

RDVH RDVH RDVH RDVH

RDVH RDVH RDVH RDVH

File Serve

r

File Serve

r

File Serve

r

File Serve

r

JBOD

SSD

SSD

SSD

SSD

JBOD

15K

15K

15K

15K

JBOD

10K

10K

10K

10K

Space

sSO

FSC

lust

er

HyperV

Clu

ster

//CSV1/ Parent

//CSV2/VMs

//CSV3

/UserDsk

An example configuration

SMB3

Detail: High Availability

Remote Desktop Web

Access

Remote Desktop Gateway Remote

Desktop Licensing

Remote Desktop Session Host

Database

Remote Desktop

Connection Broker

Remote Desktop Virtualization

HostRemote Desktop Web

Access

Remote Desktop Web

Access

Remote Desktop Gateway

Remote Desktop Gateway

Remote Desktop Virtualization

Host

Remote Desktop Virtualization

Host

Remote Desktop Session HostRemote Desktop

Session Host

Remote Desktop Licensing

Remote Desktop Licensing

Web Farm

HyperV

Cluster

Web Farm

Cluster

RDSH Farm

New in WS2012: Active/Active HA mode for Broker

Scale out and resiliencyRequires SQL ServerAutomatic data migration from single instance to HA

Remote Desktop

Connection Broker

SQL Cluster

Remote Desktop

Connection Broker

Remote Desktop

Connection Broker

Detail: GPU Choices

CPU-Emulated DirectX 11 software GPU provides 3D capabilities to sessions and VMs at high scale

Optimized for knowledge worker workloads, such as Office, Web BrowsingHighest scale for Session Host and VDI

RemoteFX vGPU provides a virtualized hardware-accelerated DirectX 11 GPU for VDI, optimized for

Best performance for 3D graphics-intensive applicationsBest experience with full shading, animations and transitions Best application compatibility, running as a console session in VM

Note: The RemoteFX vGPU requires a DX11 compatible GPU to be installed in the host.

Rich Experience Everywhere

RemoteFX delivers a consistently rich user experience to users over LAN or WAN (irrespective of deployment model)

Internet or WAN

Corporate LAN

RemoteFX

Rich multimedia

USB Redirection

WAN acceleration

Multi Touch

Single Sign On

Hardware and Software GPUs

End User Experience

Detail: Tuning RemoteFX

By default, RemoteFX balances bandwidth and scale to give best UXGroup policies help customize deployments differently

Optimize only for scale or only for bandwidthAdjust visual quality of images, e.g. lossless mode for workloads with pixel perfect needEnforce choice of transport – UDP / TCP

New performance counters to monitor and troubleshoot bandwidth and UX

Sessions Personal VMsPooled VMs

Recap: Choosing the right VDI architecture

Image Management

App Compatibility

Personalization

Cost Effectiveness

Good

Better

Best

* When choosing a VDI architecture customers also need to consider the appropriate access device

Personal VMs

Sessions +

User Disk + App-V

Pooled VMs +

User Disk +

App-V

Management Costs Compute Costs DAS Storage Costs SAN Storage Costs

Each Image = OS+App+User DataEach user has a personal image

Costs

With App-V, Storage for apps

Storage for OS images

Images to manage

Server infrastructureManagement effort

+ App-V

Reduce costs across all deployment types using Windows 8 and DAS (DAS is ~25% the cost of SAN)

Comparing and Reducing VDI Costs

Support WAN

Adaptive Encoding

Multi-Touch

USB remoting for Sessions, VM’s,

Physical

Simplified user discovery and SSO

RDWeb Folders and file type

association

Easily extended by partners &

customers

Rich Experience Everywhere

Increase use cases for pooled

desktops

Cheaper storage alternativesSimplified VM creation, assignment,

and patchingFair share: network, disk I/O, and

processor

GPU optional, synthetic GPU supplied

Full partner extensible platform

Best VDI Platform Value

Single management UI for Simplified

Scenario and advanced administrationActive/Active Connection Brokering

Powershell administration across RDS

Reduced number of roles to manage

SimplifiedManagement

Remote Desktop Services Summary

Related ContentBreakout Sessions

WSV202 – Overview of Windows MultiPoint Server

WCL303 – Microsoft Desktop Virtualization: The Right Technology for Your Scenario

VIR313 - RemoteFX and RDP Rocking RDS in Windows Server 2012

WCL283 - Windows 8: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Product Demo Stations

Remote Desktop Services (VIR 2) Windows MultiPoint Server (WSV 3) Windows Server Partner Pavilion (5 RemoteFX Partners)

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