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An organization wants to provide its customer support agents with remote access to standardized Windows 11 desktops. To minimize hosting costs, the organization requires a solution that allows multiple agents to concurrently share the resources of a single virtualized host. Which Azure service should the organization use?

  1. Azure Virtual DesktopAnswer
  2. B
    Azure Virtual Machines
  3. C
    Azure Virtual Machines where Microsoft manages the operating system patching
  4. D
    An Azure Virtual Machine scale set configured for automatic horizontal scaling

Answer

Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and application virtualization service that runs on the cloud. Its key benefit is support for multi-session Windows 11, allowing multiple users to connect to a single host virtual machine simultaneously to optimize resource usage and reduce costs.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the core requirements of the scenario.
The scenario requires providing remote desktop access using a client OS (Windows 11) where multiple users concurrently share a single host's compute resources.
Understanding the need for client OS multi-session support helps filter out incompatible compute configurations.
2
Evaluate the capabilities of Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop against these requirements.
Azure Virtual Desktop natively supports multi-session Windows 11, whereas standard Azure Virtual Machines do not support concurrent multi-session client connections and operate under a shared responsibility model where the customer manages the operating system patching.
This identifies Azure Virtual Desktop as the only service that satisfies the concurrent multi-session requirement.

Key Concept

Azure Virtual Desktop is a managed desktop virtualization service that supports multi-session configurations for Windows 10 and Windows 11, allowing organizations to optimize costs by hosting multiple user sessions on a single virtual machine.
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Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop

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