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Next, install Windows Server 2012 R2 and start the Windows Update process to make sure that the VM is fully patched. Make sure that your VM is configured as Generation 1, not Generation 2, or it won't work in RemoteApp.įigure 2: Create a Generation 1 Hyper-V VM. I've chosen to give my local VM 2GB of RAM and 2CPU cores as well as a network adapter so I can install Windows Updates. It doesn't matter how many CPUs or how much RAM you assign to your VM since you'll configure all of that again when you put the image into RemoteApp. Next, create a new VM named RemoteApp, as shown in Figure 2. Make the disk a dynamically sizing disk with a maximum size of 127GB and name it RemoteApp.vhd, as shown in Figure 1.įigure 1: Create a. To create a Hyper-V image locally, there's a fantastic article ( ) that takes you through each step. I find it much more convenient to work with a local Hyper-V image than an Azure VM image. This image has Remote Desktop Services installed and configured for RemoteApp. Create a new VM in Azure and choose the Windows Server Remote Desktop Session Host image (or the version with Office installed) from the Virtual Machine Image Gallery. You can choose to start with a copy of the images provided by Microsoft. If you want to customize your server with your software, you'll need to create a custom server image instead.
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But images without any of your software on them aren't all that interesting for most of us. You can create a new RemoteApp Collection from the portal at any time using one of these images with no additional prep. If you just want to play around with the technology, Microsoft has provided a Server 2012 R2 image with no additional software installed and a second image that includes Office pre-installed. If you need to update the machine image, you'll have to upload a new one. Azure applies OS patches, monitors the image and the hardware, and collects dev-ops information. You can no longer connect to the VM via a remote desktop session. At that point, Azure takes over your VM and manages it for you. Then you'll prepare the machine image to be loaded into your RemoteApp environment. You'll install and configure the desktop software you want to make available and make sure everything works correctly on the VM. This can be a VM you create in Azure or create locally as a Hyper-V image. This is somewhat analogous to how Azure Web Sites relieves us of having to create, configure, scale, and maintain Windows Servers and IIS in order to deploy Web sites.Ī RemoteApp server starts off as a Windows 2012 R2 Server with Remote Desktop Services installed. Instead of sharing an entire desktop session, it shares individual applications and the server itself is completely managed and updated automatically. So what's so cool about RemoteApp? RemoteApp is remote desktop as-a-service. Talk about extending the life of an old app! That's right, users can even run old VB6 and FoxPro apps from the cloud on their Macs and iPads.
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Users can run Windows and Windows applications from a variety of clients including Macs, iPhones and iPads, Android devices, and Windows phones. Many companies already host Remote Desktop Services in their server rooms and Data Centers or on virtual machines (VM) in Azure.
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The Remote Desktop client has been part of Windows since Windows XP Pro SP2, and Remote Desktop Services has been around since Windows NT, when it was known as Terminal Services.

It also lets training companies pre-configure desktop environments with everything the user needs to get started and lets companies configure, secure, and maintain desktops for remote workers without installing apps remotely onto the end user's equipment. It allows software companies to extend the life of mature desktop systems by offering them as pay-as-you-go services and it removes the installation and maintenance burden from customers. Azure's RemoteApp lets desktop software run as a hosted service in the cloud.
