How to Deploy a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Pilot in ...

How to Deploy a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Pilot in Under Two Hours with Nerdio for Azure Core

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Can't wait to get your newly released Windows Virtual Desktop but are not sure where to start?

You've come to the right place! This guide will walk you through the stepby-step process and show you how you go from zero to having functional Windows 10 desktops running in Microsoft Azure in under two hours. You may think it is impossible to deploy Azure desktops in such a short time, but read on.

Assumptions about your deployment

1. This will be a pilot deployment, meaning you are not expecting to use these desktops in production because WVD is still in preview and not generally available. You will be able to convert this to a production environment later, but for the purpose of this document it is a non-disruptive pilot.

2. WVD will be deployed into your existing Azure AD tenant but into a new Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) deployment running in Azure. This will not cause any issues or conflict with your existing AD DS deployment. Once the pilot is deployed it is possible to "plug" it into your existing AD DS and start using it, but because this is a pilot, we will not be touching your production AD DS.

3. To meet our two hour deployment benchmark, we will be using Nerdio for Azure Core to automatically build out an Azure environment prior to deploying WVD desktops. The alternative is to read lots of documentation, learn a ton of PowerShell scripting, and spend days building everything by hand.

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Prerequisites

You will need the following before you get started:

1. Office 365 account with at least 1 unassigned E3 license 2. The E3 license is needed for deployment and testing. You can remove the license later

and desktops will continue working. 3. Azure subscription within the same Azure AD tenant as the Office 365 account

(e.g. company.)

? Must have at least two BS-series core quota and four Dsv3-series core quota

available. Most subscriptions meet this requirement out of the box, but you can verify this in the Azure Portal under Subscription->Usage and Quotas and Request Increase if needed.

4. Admin user account with global administrator access to Office 365 and owner role on the Azure subscription

5. Nerdio account ? if you don't have a Nerdio account you can sign up for a free 30-day trial (no credit card required)

The deployment process

1. Deploy an NFA Core account into your Office 365 and Azure subscription 2. Gather needed information 3. Grant WVD Consent to AAD 4. Deploy WVD 5. Install Remote Desktop client and connect

The end-result will be a brand-new Azure environment with an Active Directory Domain Controller integrated with your Azure AD and a WVD Host Pool containing two D2sv3 VMs (two CPUs / 8GB RAM each). You will also have four demo user accounts that are going to be server "pooled" (non-persistent) desktops from this pool of two Windows 10 Enterprise Multi-session VMs.

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Step 1: Deploy a Nerdio for Azure Core account

(Estimated time: 1 hour) 1. Log into the Nerdio Admin Portal 2. Click Add NFA account button on bottom right

3. Section 1: Connect to Azure using a global administrator account

? Select your Subscription and the Region you want to deploy into ? Specify Resource Group name (optional) ? Set AHU to Yes

4. Section 2: Connect to Office 365 using a global administrator account

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5. Section 3: Specify Company name

? Select Core from the Plan dropdown

6. Click Save and OK to proceed

7. Once the NFA Core account is provisioned, click Login to the right of the account name

8. Click on Users on the left and Andy IT Admin

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