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An organization plans to host multiple concurrent user desktop sessions on a single virtual machine to reduce compute costs.

Is the following statement true or false?

To host these concurrent sessions, the organization must deploy an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set.

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Answer

The statement is false. Azure Virtual Desktop, not Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets, is used to host multiple concurrent user desktop sessions on a single virtual machine.
The statement is false because Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets are used for horizontal scaling (adding or removing identical virtual machines) to support application workloads. In contrast, hosting multiple concurrent user desktop sessions on a single virtual machine is a feature of Azure Virtual Desktop, which uses specialized multi-session operating systems.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the business requirement.
The requirement is to allow multiple users to connect to and run isolated desktop sessions on the same virtual machine concurrently.
Identifying the target capability (multi-session desktop hosting) is necessary to evaluate the correct service.
2
Evaluate the capabilities of Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets.
Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets scale the number of virtual machine instances (horizontal scaling) to handle load. They do not provide multi-session desktop hosting capabilities on a single VM.
Verifying the proposed service against the requirement determines if the statement is correct.
3
Identify the correct Azure service for the requirement.
Azure Virtual Desktop, specifically running Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session, is the service designed to host multiple concurrent desktop sessions on a single VM.
Confirming the correct service verifies that the statement's claim is false.

Key Concept

Azure Virtual Desktop multi-session capabilities versus Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets horizontal scaling
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Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop

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