How can i assign an internet static IP on WVD Host ?

Christian_Montoya I think he meant "Windows Virtual Desktop" the new Azure feature (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-desktop/). I would like to know the same, is there any way to assign static IP to the group of WVD VMs or at least to each WVD VM?

Would also like to know the more details on this. This also seems like something you and your team should be testing since there are operations going on in the background with the AVD/WVD control plane and session host that we can't necessarily account for, at least as not as easy as you and your team could.The scenario is that they have web applications that need a static external address.Thanks

You can solve this by using a NAT Gateway. We are using it for a customer who required a static IP. It's fairly easy to set up but there are some additional costs to it.https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/nat-gateway/nat-gateway-resource

Interesting. Then all the WVD pcs would have a single static IP and I could then use port forwarding to direct the traffic?

Giannis Aidinis : Do you mean on one of your virtual machines that are connected to the service? You can do this by going to Azure, finding the virtual machine that you created, then assigning it a public IP address since the virtual machine is in your subscription and in your control.

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tomdw
Brass Contributor
Mar 14, 2022
You can solve this by using a NAT Gateway. We are using it for a customer who required a static IP. It's fairly easy to set up but there are some additional costs to it.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/nat-gateway/nat-gateway-resource
- inkydinky
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 31, 2023
  We have used NAT Gateways with static IP this way for a while now, as we use IP verification for some external resources (online dictionary services). But now we noticed that some websites (godaddy.com as an example) seems to block us from accessing them, most likely due to us using a proxy.
- Tacllem
  Copper Contributor
  Mar 14, 2022
  Interesting. Then all the WVD pcs would have a single static IP and I could then use port forwarding to direct the traffic?
ahart3
Brass Contributor
Mar 13, 2022
Would also like to know the more details on this. This also seems like something you and your team should be testing since there are operations going on in the background with the AVD/WVD control plane and session host that we can't necessarily account for, at least as not as easy as you and your team could.

The scenario is that they have web applications that need a static external address.

Thanks
Christian_Montoya
Microsoft
May 30, 2019
Giannis Aidinis : Do you mean on one of your virtual machines that are connected to the service? You can do this by going to Azure, finding the virtual machine that you created, then assigning it a public IP address since the virtual machine is in your subscription and in your control.
- 4egtfk
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 07, 2019
  Christian_Montoya I think he meant "Windows Virtual Desktop" the new Azure feature (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-desktop/). I would like to know the same, is there any way to assign static IP to the group of WVD VMs or at least to each WVD VM?
  - Christian_Montoya
    Microsoft
    Jun 07, 2019
    4egtfk , Giannis Aidinis : What exactly would the Static IP address be used for? Is this for any communications out from the VMs when you have an active session and you're browsing the Internet, etc.? If so, I did find an article how outbound connections from a load balancer
    
    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/load-balancer/load-balancer-outbound-rules-overview
    
    However, we haven't tested this scenario. Would love to hear how it works for you, if this is what you're looking for and you implement this,.

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