Both Azure Virtual Desktop and Universal Print offer solutions that allow organizations to simplify their IT infrastructure and lower their costs. They also allow users to access their organization’s resources virtually anywhere.

 

The upcoming Windows 11 22H2 release will offer an improved printing experience that combines the benefits of Azure Virtual Desktop and Universal Print for Windows 11 multi-session users.

Experience improvements 

There are three improvements that streamline the printing experience on virtualized shared desktops. 

Printers are installed as part of the user profile

Instead of printers being installed as a machine-wide resource (i.e., all installed printers are visible to all users who sign into the session host), printers are installed per user, so people see only those printers.

Printers roam with user profiles

When user profiles are configured to roam (e.g., using FSLogix), printers installed in one session will be automatically installed in other sessions for that person across session hosts. This behavior also works when people remove printers from their profile.

Location-based printer search the local device location

Instead of finding printers close to the location of the session host where the person is signed in (e.g., a VM hosted in a data center), the admin can configure location services so that printer search will find printers based on the location of the device the person is connecting from.

Try it and share your feedback

Try these improvements today on Windows 11 multi-session builds available through the Windows Insider Program. To deploy an Insider image from the Azure Gallery, select the Windows 11 version 22H2 Enterprise [multi-session], (Preview) image when deploying a new session host in Azure Virtual Desktop. For example:

 

For more information, please visit https://aka.ms/AVDwithUniversalPrint

You can share your feedback or ask for assistance at https://aka.ms/UniversalPrintDiscussions