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Copper Contributor

Dec 20, 2023

Region placement of AVD ressources

Hi all, What is best practice in terms of placement of AVD resources (workspace, app.group and host pool) in terms of performance/latency? AVD services isnt available in all Azure Regions as ...

Kidd_Ip

MVP

Dec 20, 2023

mikkelmoeller

I would rate to choose an Azure region that is geographically close to your users to minimize network latency.

mikkelmoeller

Copper Contributor

Dec 20, 2023

Thank you for the reply Kidd_Ip !

Obviously the Workspace is the gateway. And if this is placed far from from where Session Host are placed this would result in latency.

I'm not doubting you're right. But do you know if there's any documentation or test result that proves this theory? Thinking design document etc.

MathieuVandenHautte
Steel Contributor
Dec 29, 2023
Hi mikkelmoeller

The Azure Virtual Desktop Experience Estimator provides the lowest connection RTT from a current location.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/virtual-desktop/assessment/#estimation-tool

Microsoft recommends that you store all resources in the same Azure Region as your deployment of Azure Virtual Desktop.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/wvd/eslz-resource-organization

It is also important to compare costs between Azure regions and to check the availability of Azure VM sizes in those regions.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-desktop