{"id":15108,"date":"2020-01-28T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/?p=15108"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:25:39","slug":"azure-virtual-machines-and-windows-virtual-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/azure-virtual-machines-and-windows-virtual-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure Virtual Machines and Windows Virtual Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\nMicrosoft Azure Cloud offers a large variety of resources and services that can\nbe used to create a virtual infrastructure. Users and business owners,\ntherefore, need to understand the types of VMs available in the world&#8217;s most\npopular cloud Microsoft Azure. This also includes the latest desktop\nvirtualization service by Microsoft, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/what-is-windows-virtual-desktop-wvd\/\">Windows\nVirtual Desktop (WVD). <\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Azure virtual machines (VMs)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azure\nis Microsoft&#8217;s cloud service and offers a variety of virtualization options. Perhaps\nmost than anyone else and suitable for any kind of users such as Linux, Oracle,\nIBM, SAP, Windows Server, SQL Server. Customers can either make their own VM or\nselect choose from a range of pre-configured Azure VMs suiting the varying\nrequirements and can also opt for pay-as-you-go payment option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Types of Azure VMs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft\nAzure offers hundreds of VM options tailored to suit various requirements like\nRAM, storage, the purpose of use like low-cost option, general computing, data\nprotection, running heavy-memory applications (SAP for example), high\nperformance, storage and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\ncould be categorized as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Economical &amp; entry-level VMs<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Suitable\nfor entry level workloads such as testing and development and bring a low-cost\nVM option to start with. These come under A-Series VMs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Economical burstable VMs<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Known\nas Bs-series, these offer low-cost VMs for carrying out workloads needing low\nto moderate CPU usage but need to burst into higher CPU usage whenever\nrequired. Low traffic web servers, small databases, development and test\nservers are some of the use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>General purpose&nbsp; <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Known\nas the D-series VMs, with fast CPU and optimal CPU-to-memory configuration,\nbetter local disk performance, higher memories these are meant for production\nworkloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Data protection<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nDC-series VMs are best used for the protection and confidentiality of business\ndata and code. These get processed through secure enclaves and the built-in\nencryption protecting the data both in transit and rest in Azure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memory\noptimized&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming\nunder E-series, these Azure VMs are optimized to run heavy in-memory\napplications like SAP HANA and are configured to high memory-to-core ratios\nmaking them suitable for relational database servers with large caches and\nin-memory analytics. The M-series and the latest Mv2 series are the VMs with\nlargest memory optimization and suitable for large in-memory critical business\nworkloads needing huge parallel computing power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Computing\noptimized<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These\nF-series VMs offer a higher CPU-to-memory ratio and are suitable for analytics,\ngaming, web servers and batch processing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heavy\nmemory and storage optimized<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Called\nthe G-series VMs, these offer twice the memory and four times more Solid State\nDrive storage (SSDs) than the General Purpose D-series we have discussed\nbefore. Suitable for ERP, SAP, Large SOL and NoSQL databases and data\nwarehousing solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>High-performance\ncomputing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Called\nthe HC-series, these VMs are used in cases like finite element analysis,\nseismic processing, fluid dynamics, risk analysis, electronic design\nautomation, rendering, quantum simulation and many other such scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storage\noptimized<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nLs-series VMs are optimized for storage and are ideal for applications needing\nlow latency and high throughput (number of transactions an app can handle per\nsecond) while the latest Lsv2-series are the new members in the lot. Data\nwarehousing applications and large transactional databases are some of the use\ncases where these VMs are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GPU\nenabled<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under N-series, the VMs are suitable for graphics-intensive workload, simulation, deep learning, rendering video editing, gaming and remote visualization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Azure-vm-vs-WVD-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Azure-vm-vs-WVD-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Azure-vm-vs-WVD-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Azure-vm-vs-WVD-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Azure-vm-vs-WVD.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apps4rent.com\/windows-virtual-desktop-azure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Windows Virtual Desktop<\/a> is a cloud-based platform service, a part of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that uses a set of Microsoft technologies on Azure cloud for virtualizing and managing desktops and applications.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/azure-windows-10-enterprise-multi-session\/\">multi-session\nWindows 10<\/a>, optimizations for Office\n365 ProPlus and support for RDS environments. Other\nbuilt-in key features include profile\nmanagement in containers with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/windows-virtual-desktop-profile-management\">FSLogix<\/a>, Terminal Services\nSession Broker (keeps tracks of sessions on a server) and control plane. It\nalso allows running the single session <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/windows-7-virtual-desktop-support\">Windows\n7<\/a> with free security updates till January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WVD brings the best profile management\nsolution in a virtual environment with virtualized GPU (vGPU) to run high-end graphics,\ncomplex and demanding design applications all coming with tight multi-layered\nsecurity system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To sum up, WVD is a combination of all\nthe different Azure virtual machines and goes even beyond bringing some unique\nfeatures for the first time in the journey of virtualization. The kind of VM a\nbusiness needs will depend on its specific requirement and available\nbudget.&nbsp; A good virtual desktop infrastructure\nprovider or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/blog\/questions-to-ask-desktop-as-a-service-vendors\">Desktop-as-a-service\n(DaaS) vendor<\/a> should bring the tailor-made solution\nafter understanding a company\u2019s goal and business requirements with an easy\nstep-up\/down or pay-as-you-use offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Apps4Rent,\nis a US-based cloud solution and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddesktoponline.com\/hosted-desktop-service\/\">hosted desktop\nas a service<\/a> solution provider company. This\nMicrosoft Gold Partner is in the market for over 18 years having served more\nthan 10,000 large and small businesses in 90 countries worldwide. For any of\nyour Azure service or WVD requirements please free to contact 24\/7 by\nchat or phone 1-866-716-2040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Azure Cloud offers a large variety of resources and services that can be used to create a virtual infrastructure. Users and business owners, therefore, need to understand the types of VMs available in the world&#8217;s most popular cloud Microsoft Azure. 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