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

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• 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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