Today’s challenges
•
Deliver applications to multiple mobile platforms (BYOD)
•
Provide access to legacy applications
•
Respond to the dynamic business requirements for IT:
•
Seasonal/temporary workers
•
Vendors
•
New employees (mergers and acquisitions)
•
Reduce infrastructure costs (move CAPEX to OPEX)
•
Protect corporate resources and ensure compliance
Session-based
computing
Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure
RDS
on IaaS
Azure
RemoteApp
User
Session-based desktops
and RemoteApp
Access to pooled or personal
Virtual Desktops running
Windows Client OS
Remote Desktop Session
Host deployed on cloud
infrastructure services
Windows Server sessionbased applications delivered
from the Azure Cloud
Cost-effective, easy to
manage
High performance, app
compatibility
Customizable with minimum
capital expenditure
Turnkey solution, scale
without large CAPEX
On-premises
In cloud
Azure RemoteApp
combines Windows
application experience
and powerful RDS
capabilities
on Azure’s reliable
platform and helps IT
to bring, scale, agility
and global access to
corporate applications.
Scale
Enable
Protect
Scale up or down to meet
dynamic business needs
without large capital expense
or management complexity
Provide access to
corporate applications
from anywhere, on any
device
Centralize and
protect corporate
resources on Azure’s
reliable platform
Remote applications
delivered from the
reliable Azure platform
Access from Windows,
iOS, Mac OS X, and
Android devices
Delivered via Microsoft
Remote Desktop
Protocol and
RemoteFX
Scale without large
capital expense
Flexible hybrid
or cloud deployment
options
RemoteApp
cloud deployment
RemoteApp
hybrid deployment
• Image available with Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013
preinstalled
• Rapid provisioning: apps quickly available
• Automatic maintenance of platform image: OS and apps
always up-to-date, Microsoft antimalware
• User logon with Microsoft account or corporate credentials
federated with Azure Active Directory
Windows Server
2012 R2 session
virtualization
Dynamic
scalability
Global
presence
• Fully customizable apps, OS, and settings
• IT can manage template images and apply
updates via Azure Portal
• Full access to on-premises network
• User logon with corporate credentials federated
with Azure Active Directory
High fidelity
with RDP
Secure,
WAN-ready
connectivity
Clients for
Windows, Mac,
iOS, Android
Azure RemoteApp
Elastic runtime
RDP
User
Persistent user
data
(50GB per user)
Authentication
Published apps
Microsoft
account
Identity options
Azure Active
Directory
Prebuilt template image
automatically maintained
On-premises network
DirSync (optional)
Windows Server
Active Directory
Federated
Identity
Hybrid
Networking
Hybrid
Management
• Core technology: Azure Active
• Core technology: Azure Virtual
• Core technology: Windows Server
Directory with DirSync
• RemoteApp leverages Azure AD to
Networking with Site-to-Site VPN
• RemoteApp Virtual Networks build
Active Directory on-premises
• RemoteApp hybrid resources are
control user access and enable Single
on Azure networking to seamlessly
domain-joined and conform to
Sign-On
access on-premises resources
on-premises policies
Azure
RemoteApp
RDP
User
On-premises network
Elastic runtime
Domain
Joined
Subject to IT policy via
GP, System Center, or
other enterprise
management tools
Corporate Apps
Persistent user
data
(50GB per user)
Corporate apps
Custom template image
Maintained via Azure Portal
Azure VPN
Authentication
Identity options
Azure Active
Directory
DirSync
Windows Server
Active Directory
RemoteApp
cloud deployment
RemoteApp
hybrid deployment
• Image with Office 2013 ProPlus pre-installed available
• Ideal for corporate LOB apps
• Access to cloud-connected data and services
• Hybrid Networking provides secure access to
on-premises resources
• Users sign on with Microsoft Account or with federated identity
with Azure AD
• Rapid provisioning, automatic maintenance, turn-key
• Federated identity with Azure AD
• Domain-joined and conforms to on-premises IT policy
• Image-based software update via Azure Portal
Windows Server
2012 R2 session
virtualization
Dynamic
scalability
Global
presence
High fidelity
with RDP
Secure,
WAN-ready
connectivity
Clients for
Windows, Mac,
iOS, Android
Cloud
deployment
Automatically
maintained
(platform image)
Hybrid
deployment
Updates under
IT control
Latest OS and
application updates
rolled out on an
ongoing basis
Ongoing updates:
Update running RDSH
VMs with GP, WSUS,
SC, and other
management tools
from on-premises
Image-based updates:
Upload a new
template image and
apply it to a
RemoteApp service
instance
Updates rolled out
automatically
Feature
RemoteApp
Window Server version
Windows Server 2012 R2
Office
Existing Office 365 ProPlus customer are allowed to use one of your installs at no extra cost.
Bring your own applications

Device/OS support
Windows 8.x, Windows 7, Windows RT, Windows Phone 8.1, iOS, Android, Mac OS X, ;
Windows Embedded Standard 7 with Service Pack 1, Windows Embedded POSReady7,
Windows Embedded Thin PC, Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry.
Microsoft account support

Active Directory, virtual network (optional)

Storage (per user)
50 GB
Regions
Central US, East US, East US 2, North Central US, South Central US, North Europe, West
Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan East, Japan West, Brazil South
Two tiers: Basic and Standard
• Differentiated based on performance
• Plan types for users can be changed any point in time
Priced per user/per month
No additional Windows
Server or RDS licenses
needed
Compute, Ingress\Egress
and storage costs
included
Basic
Standard
Designed for light weight applications
(e.g. data entry, expense reporting)
Designed for knowledge workers or
information workers to use Productivity
applications such as Microsoft Office
Basic
Standard
Target user
Task worker
Information worker
Application types
Lightweight LOB / data entry
applications
Productivity applications
Starting price (user/month)
$10
$15
Hours included in starting price
(month)
40
40
Hourly overage rate (Hour)
$0.175
$0.20
Cap price (user/month)*
$17
$23
Office
Existing Office 365 ProPlus customers can use one of their installs
with Azure RemoteApp at no extra cost.
• Prices listed above are for each user accessing one App Collection.
• Rounded off to nearest integer; might vary depending on the currency.
What is an App
Collection?
RemoteApp template
image that contains the
applications or programs
shared by a set of users.
Basic
Low starting price at $10 per user per month, pay no more than $17
Price ($)
$17
$10
0
40
$10
Starting price includes
40 hours/month
$17
80
$10 + (80hrs-40hrs) * $0.175
$0.175/hour
Hourly overage charge from
40 hours to 80 hours.
Hours of use
$10 + (80hrs-40hrs) * $0.175
$17
Above 80 hours, pay no
more than $17
Standard
Low starting price at $15 per user per month, pay no more than $23
Price ($)
$23
$15
0
40
$15
Starting price includes
40 hours/month
$23
80
$15 + (80hrs-40hrs) * $0.20
$0.20/hour
Hourly overage charge from
40 hours to 80 hours.
Hours of use
$15 + ((80hrs-40hrs) * 0.20 = Fixed
Capped Price
$23
Above 80 hours, pay no
more than $23
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/remoteapp
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/remoteapp/