A company is evaluating whether to migrate its legacy on-premises Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environment to Azure. The IT team is comparing two solutions: deploying a standard Azure Virtual Machine (VM) running Windows Server with RDS roles enabled, or deploying Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). Is the following statement regarding their management responsibilities true or false? Statement: If the company deploys a standard Azure VM running Windows Server with RDS, they must manually install and maintain the RDS Connection Broker and Gateway roles, whereas if they deploy Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft manages these infrastructure components on their behalf.
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The statement is correct because standard Azure VMs represent an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering where the customer must manually manage the operating system, roles, and software stack such as Remote Desktop Services (RDS) infrastructure components (Connection Broker, Gateway). In contrast, Azure Virtual Desktop is a managed desktop and application virtualization service where Microsoft manages the control plane infrastructure, including the connection broker, gateway, web access, and licensing components, on behalf of the customer.
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Azure Virtual Machines vs. Azure Virtual Desktop Management Responsibilities