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Azure Virtual Desktop - Per User External User Licensing?
Hello, Does the "Per user access pricing for external users" support allowing external parties to connect to a full Virtual Desktop? The first link below shows the license as an option for "Virt...
- Both remote apps and desktops can be accessed by the external users. There is an extra cost for allowing access to desktops over only allowing remote app access. More info can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/remote-app-streaming/licensing
Given the external users need to be created under the same ADDS and Azure AD within the tenant of where the AVD deployment will be, how does Microsoft identify the difference between "internal" and "external" users?
JasonMasten
Microsoft
Microsoftjanzhang yes, your link is correct. Once the user has been assigned to an app group, they will be able to connect with the client. When you enroll your subscription for Remote App Streaming, any user connecting to AVD in that subscription will be charged for the Remote App Streaming service. So you would be billed double if you deploy your internal users to the same subscription.
- Thanks Jason so technically those users are not external users/Guest users. Inviting guest(external) users to our Azure AD, and assign them to WVD app group is still not possible?
- JasonMastenjanzhang The recommended architecture for Remote App Streaming is to setup a dedicated tenant and subscription for your external users. So following that approach, you would never mix your internal and external users together in the same AD / Azure AD. Users cannot be invited in to use AVD (No B2B and B2C). https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/remote-app-streaming/architecture-recs#deploying-azure-virtual-desktop-for-users-outside-your-organization
- Thanks for this info! was looking for it!
But how about MFA functions for your external users? Would you then also need to hava an Azure P1 per external user or is this function part of the billing Remote App Streaming Service?
