PRESENTED BY:
Tim J Doel
Senior Technical Architect
Bulletproof
WINDOWS VIRTUAL
DESKTOP: REMOTE VIRTUAL
WORKER SOLUTIONS FOR
THE NEW NORMAL
LET’S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
TIM J. DOEL
SENIOR TECHNICAL ARCHITECT
BULLETPROOF
• Microsoft 365 Modern Workplace Expert
• 25+ Years Technology Evangelist, Architect,
Consultant, Engineer & Trainer
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM TODAY’S SESSION
BREAKOUT SESSION OVERVIEW
• Introduction: The “New Normal” & Remote Workers
• Tech Overview: “What is Windows Virtual Desktop?”
• Understand what you need to get started!
QUESTIONPERIOD
COMPLETE POLL QUESTION TO THE RIGHT OF THE SESSION VIDEO →
What is your current level of knowledge with Windows Virtual Desktop?
CHOOSE YOUR OPTION:❑ This is all new to me!
❑ I’ve seen some videos and content online
❑ We are actively evaluating or planning to start
❑ We are already using it
OK, SO WE HAD TO CHANGE…FAST
Challenges: Accelerating Remote Workers
❑ Lack of available device stock
❑ Cost of acquiring new “temporary” devices
❑ Personal devices not compatible
❑ Cannot trust personal device state
❑ No Mobile Device Management
❑ No remote connectivity for Remote Workers
❑ Apps and Data are all on-prem
OK, SO WHAT NOW?
Planning for what’s to come
❑ The “Old” normal and “New” normal
❑ Business Continuity Planning
❑ Accelerating Mobile Device Management
❑ Getting Data to Cloud
❑ Modernising Apps
❑ Security Data, Identities and Devices
…but at what cost ?
QUESTIONPERIOD
COMPLETE POLL QUESTION TO THE RIGHT OF THE SESSION VIDEO →
What was the biggest issue you faced with an immediate demand for a remote work force?
CHOOSE YOUR OPTION:❑ Lack of available "mobile" corporate hardware?
❑ Security concerns with accessing corporate data, either on-premises or in cloud?
❑ Lack of, or capacity issues with your remote access solution?
❑ General accessibility to on-premises resources, perhaps legacy applications?
WHEN IS VIRTUALIZATION USEFUL?
Security
& Regulation
Financial services
Health care
Government
Elastic
Workforce
Mergers and acquisition
Short-term employees
Contractors and partners
Remote
Employees
BYOD and mobile
Call centers
Branch workers
Specialized
Workloads
Design and engineering
Legacy apps
Software dev test
WHY WINDOWS VIRTUAL DESKTOP?
Blends Cloud Services & Security
Microsoft 365
Conditional Access
Compliance
Multi-Factor Authentication
Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Extensive Partner Ecosystem
Azure
Datacenters in 54 regions/140 countries
>90 compliance offerings
>3,500 global cybersecurity experts
6.5 trillion global signals daily
$1 billion annual cybersecurity investment
WHY WINDOWS VIRTUAL DESKTOP?
Benefits
Reduce the costs and time spent managing on-premises infrastructure
• Well suited for Hybrid Migration efforts
Provide a full-desktop, authenticated experience for users at every level
• On pretty much any client platform
Benefits all organization sizes and scales through partners
• Deploy and scale in minutes !
Simplify management, provisioning and access to corporate data and apps
• Provide a low-cost continuity option
QUESTIONPERIOD
COMPLETE POLL QUESTION TO THE RIGHT OF THE SESSION VIDEO →
What User Licensing model do you currently have, or are planning to move to?
CHOOSE YOUR OPTION:❑ Windows VDA per User
❑ RDS CALs with Software Assurance
❑ Windows Enterprise E3, E5, A3, or A5 Subscription
❑ Microsoft 365 E3, E5, A3, A5, F3 or Business Premium
❑ None of the above
WHAT IS WINDOWS VIRTUAL DESKTOP?
Optimized for
Microsoft 365 Apps
Alternative to traditional
RDS Desktop & App Solutions
The only multi-sessionWindows 10 experience
Deploy and scale in minutes
Quickly virtualize and deploy modern and legacy desktop app
experiences in minutes with unified management in the Azure portal.
Connect from any deviceConnect from any place
VDI/RDSH management as
a service on Azure
User density, VM sizing, and scaling policies
WHAT IS WINDOWS VIRTUAL DESKTOP?
Quickly deploy Virtual Desktops & apps to enable secure remote work.
Windows 10 Enterprise Single or Multi-Session
Windows 7 Enterprise*
Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019
Hybrid Solution ( Today ), providing the added
security of Microsoft 365 to protect on-premises
resources
Host Modern or Traditional apps as either
Remote Desktop Applications, or within Remote
Desktop
*Free Windows 7 Extended Security Updates
FSLOGIX TECHNOLOGY
Available at no additional cost for Microsoft 365 customers
Profile Container
Replacement for roaming profiles and folder redirection.
Dramatically speeds up logon and application launch times.
Java Redirection
Helps protect the enterprise from vulnerabilities of multiple
installed versions of Java by mapping specific versions to
individual apps or websites.
App Masking
Minimize number of gold images by creating a single image
with all applications. Excellent app compatibility with no
packaging, sequencing, backend infrastructure, or virtualization.
FLEXIBLE CLIENT CONNECTIVITY
Don’t have any spare laptops?
❑ Connect with Remote Desktop App
• Windows / Android (P) / ioS / MacBook
❑ Connect with HTML 5 Browser
❑ Samsung Desktop Experience (Dex)
OK, THAT’S GREAT, BUT HOW MUCH WILL IT COST US?
Windows Client – 7/10 Enterprise (Single) & Windows 10 Multi-Session
Users with one of the following software licenses can use Windows Virtual Desktop:
• Microsoft 365 E3/E5
• Microsoft 365 A3/A5/Student Use Benefits
• Microsoft 365 F3
• Microsoft 365 Business Premium
• Windows 10 VDA per user
• Windows 10 Enterprise E3/E5
• Windows 10 Education A3/A5
Customers can access Windows
Virtual Desktop from their non-
Windows Pro endpoints if they
have one of these user licenses
Windows Server – 2012 R2, 2016 & 2019
Customers are eligible to access server workloads with Windows
Virtual Desktop if they have one of the following user or device
licenses:
• RDS CAL license with active Software Assurance (SA)
OK, THAT’S GREAT, BUT HOW MUCH WILL IT COST US?
An Azure user account and subscription are required to
deploy and manage a virtual machine.
Pricing factors include:
• Virtual machines and operating system (OS) storage
• Data disk (personal desktop only)
• User profile storage
• Networking
Pay only for the virtual machines (VMs), storage, and
networking consumed when the service is in use.
Calculating your costs
• Windows Virtual Desktop session host virtual
machines are charged at Linux compute rate.
• Customer only needs to bring appropriate Windows
license
Only Infrastructure cost with BYOL
• Pricing options such as 1 or 3 years Reserved Instances,
for savings of up to 72% vs Pay-As-You-Go
• Reserved virtual machines can be exchanged or
returned
Making it work for you
Ok, that’s great, but how much will it cost us?
WINDOWS VIRTUAL DESKTOP EXPERIENCE
DEMO
SO, WHAT NEXT?
❑Review: Your Current Licensing
❑Plan: Remote Worker Scenarios
❑Build: A PoC
➢ Partners: We’re here to help !
❑Check Out https://aka.ms/wvd
❑Pricing, FaQs, Documentation, Training
Thank You!SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS!
G E T I N TO U C H
SPEAKER NAME
Tim J Doel
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