Azure Virtual Desktop integration

Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and app virtualization service running on Microsoft Azure, providing access to RD Session Hosts and VDI, including the new offering of Windows 10 and Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session hosts. Parallels RAS provides the ability to integrate, configure, maintain, support and access Azure Virtual Desktop workloads on top of the existing technical capabilities of Parallels RAS.

The diagram below illustrates a hybrid deployment of Parallels RAS and Azure Virtual Desktop with the following characteristics:

• Workload hosts are available both on-premises through standard Parallels RAS deployment and on Microsoft Azure through the service.

• Azure Virtual Desktop objects such as workspaces, host pools, desktop and RemoteApp groups are created and configured from the Parallels RAS Console.

• Azure Virtual Desktop hosts (multi-session or single-session) contain both Azure Virtual Desktop Agent and RAS Agent for management and configuration purposes.

• Parallels Client for Windows is connecting to both Parallels RAS Secure Gateway and Azure Virtual Desktop service providing resource availability to end-users from a single interface.

As highlighted earlier, the complete Parallels RAS environment can also reside on Microsoft Azure for a full cloud deployment with Azure Virtual Desktop.

Extended values and capabilities

• Simplify and enhance Azure Virtual Desktop deployment and management.

• Unify administration and UX – single pane of glass – Parallels Clients and Parallels RAS Console.

• Extend reach with flexibility to use hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

• Automate and streamline administrative routines, provisioning, and management of Azure Virtual Desktop workloads.

• Built in Auto-scale capability on Microsoft Azure and/or on-premises.

• Management of users, sessions, and processes.

• Utilize RAS Universal Printing and Scanning.

• Utilize AI based session prelaunch for ultra-fast logons.

• Accelerated file redirection with the use of the Enable drive cache redirection option.

• Integrated automatic image optimizations and FSLogix Profile Containers.

• Client management.

• Security policies for clients.

• Leverage RAS Reporting and Monitoring from the RAS Console.