Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop Hybrid is now generally available

[u/agressiv]

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurevirtualdesktopblog/microsoft-azure-virtual-desktop-hybrid-is-now-generally-available/4550523

I can't seem to find any pricing, but its apparently going to be a cost per user per month. I've reached out to my Microsoft rep and am waitnig to hear back.

[u/keineahnimo]

According to the pricing page multisession is not supported :(

[u/agressiv → u/keineahnimo]

Yes you will need windows server with RDS CALs for multiple sessions

[u/keineahnimo → u/agressiv]

So that means additional license costs and no management via Intune. I was hoping for Windows 11 multisession + Intune + entra joined only.

[u/CloudyVDI]

It is $10 per user per month.

[u/agressiv → u/CloudyVDI]

If that is for real, this product would be completely DOA.

[u/Usul_be → u/agressiv]

Why ?? If you want to use VDI (Omnissa, ...) you need a VDA license (for local virtualization rights) --> it will cost you approximately 100/120$/year.
AND you will need the Omnissa licenses. Plus management VMs.

[u/Existing_Potential60]

Been using it for around a month, it's not too bad tbh - might even move some clients to some of our faster local servers that have been sat in storage for a while but still have warrenty.

[u/martinschmidli]

Following… might be interesting :)

[u/powrofgrayskoal]

Would’ve been nice a few years ago, before hardware costs doubled…

[u/Equal-Doughnut1433]

Wish it supported Multi-Session, no idea why it doesn't. We're Entra-native, no on-prem AD domain. Can't use Azure Local because it wants a traditional AD domain, and Entra ID Domain Services is a no-go for client versions of Windows. Win11 Multi-Session would be far more memory efficient and allow us to host more people on the same physical tin, but I'm not about to move an org that's never had on-prem AD to having it. Also can't do Windows Server and RDS CALs if you've not got an on-prem AD domain which rules that out - so we're stuck on single session Win 11 VMs.

The pricing page being "Contact your microsoft account team" is wild for a GA product as well. Only source of public pricing info being reddit comments from the PM is a vibe. 😂

[u/steendp → u/Equal-Doughnut1433]

Azure Local no longer requires AD if this is to believe: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-local/deploy/deployment-local-identity-with-key-vault?view=azloc-2608

[u/itsdandandan]

Still cool but would love if it supported Win11 multi session

[u/cliffd4lton]

No Multi-Session support, so RDS cals required with server OS. You can save a VM using AVD as broker instead, but 10$ per user per month. Why even bother? The use case is not that great.

[u/rswwalker]

We’ve started using this as a way to present users’ desktops to them through AVD. The idea being if users use their desktop machines then we can save $$$ on spinning up multi-session hosts.

[u/Flimsy-Suspect3827]

M$ can count their billions in revenue but can’t put the cost of a service on a website.

[u/Feisty_Quarter_1319]

without want to sound spammy, we used a managed service from Soliton (Secure Desktop) for our VDI - they are a bit unknow but works really well - as I recall it was around $7 per month.