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Microsoft

Aug 23, 2022

RDP Shortpath for public networks in Azure Virtual Desktop

We are pleased to announce that we will start deploying RDP Shortpath for public networks on September 6th. The feature will be delivered to validation host pools before going live in production host...

Roger1175

Brass Contributor

Oct 26, 2022

Rinku_Dalwani could you please expand on this feature or provide a link to documentation that further expands upon this? It appears that I have both public and managed enabled in our environment but when I look at the WVDCheckpoints logs, the connection always seems to use the public shortpath over the managed one.

ShortpathRequested {"ShortpathPublicEnabled":"True","ShortpathPrivateEnabled":"True","udpPort":"3,390"}

ShortpathEstablished

{"udpType":"ShortpathPublic"}

This happens despite being connected over VPN and with the appropriate ports being opened. Is there a way to specify precedence when both options are available and if not, how is it decided which one to use?

Also, this is currently being tested in our validation host pool. How will we know when it is available in our production host pools?

Rinku_Dalwani

Microsoft

Oct 27, 2022

Hi Roger1175 - Until the feature gets completely rolled out, you can have either public or managed shortpath at a time. However, once the feature rolls outs in R1 completely both can co-exist. And that point "found-first" logic will be triggered. This means that whichever connections gets established first will be considered.

We will announce when the feature deployment is complete in production host pool.

Roger1175
Brass Contributor
Dec 07, 2022
Rinku_Dalwani I now see this working as you described. Thank you!!