Reference architecture: Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Local
The AVD service runs in Azure. Session hosts, profiles and application data stay on your Azure Local cluster, close to the systems your users work with.
Design decisions
- Session hosts as Azure Local virtual machines in host pools
- Separate host pools for standard and GPU desktops
- Profile containers on a highly available file service on the cluster
- Directory services and DNS reachable with low latency
- Client connections brokered by the Azure service
- The architecture sized for your user count
- A host pool and image plan
- A pilot plan with measurements to collect
Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.
The layers, top to bottom.
What we check first.
Connection path
Clients reach session hosts through the service or directly on the local network. We design which path each user group takes.
Capacity for updates
The cluster needs room to move desktops while a machine is updated.
Image pipeline
The image is rebuilt on a schedule, not patched by hand.
Four steps, written down.
A call with Keith
You describe the goal, the estate and the deadline. Keith turns it into a written scope with an hour estimate at the hourly rate.
A written design by Gus
Gus reviews the environment and gives you a written design with each decision and its reason.
Hands-on implementation
Gus implements in your tenant and your racks, remotely or on site, with every change logged as it is made.
Documents and a named contact
You receive the as-built record and the runbooks. Keith stays on as your account and project manager.
Asked before every engagement.
Do session hosts need inbound internet access?
No. Session hosts make outbound connections to the service.
Can users keep working if the Azure connection drops?
New connections depend on the Azure service. We explain the failure behavior for your design so it is not a surprise.
What does the consulting cost?
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith sends a written hour estimate after the scoping call, and work starts when you approve it.
Often scoped together.
One rate. Two people.
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith runs sales, project management and your account. Gus does the architecture, the design and the implementation.
per consulting hour, for every consulting service