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Difficulty: Very hardAzure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop

An organization is planning to deploy a remote work infrastructure for 200 developers. The solution must allow multiple active user sessions to run concurrently on each virtual machine using Windows 11 Enterprise to maximize resource utilization and reduce compute costs. Additionally, the organization wants to delegate the management of the connection broker, gateway routing, and web access interface to Microsoft, while retaining administrative control over the operating system configuration and applications installed on the session hosts. Which deployment configuration should the organization use to meet these requirements?

  1. Azure Virtual Desktop host pools running Windows 11 Enterprise multi-sessionAnswer
  2. B
    Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets running Windows 11 Enterprise
  3. C
    Azure Virtual Machines running Windows Server with Remote Desktop Services (RDS) roles configured
  4. D
    Azure Virtual Machines running Windows 11 Enterprise configured with autoscale rules to dynamically add new virtual machine instances

Answer

Azure Virtual Desktop host pools running Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session
The correct deployment is Azure Virtual Desktop host pools running Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session. This service supports hosting multiple concurrent user sessions on a single Windows 11 virtual machine to maximize density and save costs, while Microsoft fully manages the underlying virtualization control plane infrastructure (including connection broker, gateway, diagnostics, and web access).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the requirement for hosting multiple user sessions concurrently on a single Windows 11 operating system instance.
Identify that Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session is a capability exclusive to Azure Virtual Desktop.
Standard Windows client operating systems on traditional VMs do not support concurrent multi-session hosting.
2
Evaluate the responsibility for the virtualization infrastructure components (connection broker, gateway, web access).
Determine that Azure Virtual Desktop delegates the management of the control plane to Microsoft.
This reduces administrative overhead compared to manually deploying and managing Remote Desktop Services roles on standard virtual machines.
3
Assess the customer management boundary for the session hosts.
Confirm that the customer retains control over the VM images, applications, and operating system configurations.
This satisfies the requirement for administrative control over the developers' workspace configuration.

Key Concept

Distinction between Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop capabilities and management responsibilities
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Azure Virtual Machines and Azure Virtual Desktop

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