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WIndows Virtual Desktop Personal Desktop
Hi all,
I'm looking to deploy a mixed environment of WVD including pooled and personal desktops. I'm unclear about the set up when creating a personal desktop as the majority of documentation is around pooled desktops. When selecting personal desktop there is then the following 3 options to configure
- The hostpool name
- The default desktop users
- The Total Users
Further info
- I will create a custom image prior to deployment through the UI
- I will have ~ 10 users that require a personal desktop
My questions are as follows
- Should all the personal desktops be in the one host pool?
- Should I just have one deployment for all 10 users? i.e. Add in all the users to the default desktop users in the UI
- Should the Total users be set to 10?
- If I use a custom image, could this one image be used for all the personal desktops?
Or
- Should it be a 1 to 1 deployment therefore create a UI deployment for each personal desktop required?
- If the above is the best practise should they all be in the same host pool?
Thanks
Gerry
HandA : Thanks for reaching out. Yes, understood, the documentation is a bit light on personal desktops and we're looking at improving that. In the meantime, to answer your questions...
- Yes, all of the personal desktops should be in a single host pool.
- Yes, you can certainly add all 10 users in the "Default Desktop Users". Or, you can add them later through PowerShell.
- Yes, you should set Total users to 10 so that it will create 10 VMs.
- Yes, when you get to the 3rd blade, you will see all of the different image sources. You can then select that image, whether it's from VHD or a managed image.
Hope that helps!
- Christian_Montoya
Microsoft
HandA : Thanks for reaching out. Yes, understood, the documentation is a bit light on personal desktops and we're looking at improving that. In the meantime, to answer your questions...
- Yes, all of the personal desktops should be in a single host pool.
- Yes, you can certainly add all 10 users in the "Default Desktop Users". Or, you can add them later through PowerShell.
- Yes, you should set Total users to 10 so that it will create 10 VMs.
- Yes, when you get to the 3rd blade, you will see all of the different image sources. You can then select that image, whether it's from VHD or a managed image.
Hope that helps!
Thanks so much for the feedback Christian. Its a great help having the MS guys actively monitor the forums. One final question on personal desktops. If I create 10 desktops and have 10 users added at time of deployment. Are the personal desktops allocated to the users at a first come first served basis?
i.e.
user1 logs in first so would get personaldesktop1
user2 logs in second so would get personaldesktop2
and so forth
And then from there on in the allocated desktop is 'persistent' to that user
Thanks
Gerry
- Christian_MontoyaAt the moment, yes, they are only allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. We are working on a feature for "pre-assigned" or "direct assignment" for the personal desktops, where you'll be able to specify that a specific VM will be assigned to a specific user.
