AMA: Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI

In addition to the questions posted on this page, we also answer questions posted in reply to the event on LinkedIn and X (Twitter). Here are the questions we answered:

Question -- What is Azure Stack HCI? - answered at 4:40

Question -- How does pricing for Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI work and how should I plan for costs? - answered at 8:50

Question -- Are there built-in controls that helps you manage workloads? - answered at 12:30

Question -- Are Azure domain services supported in Azure Stack HCI? - answered at 15:25

Question -- What is the max scalability for Azure Stack nodes? Can we still go with max of 16 per cluster? - answered at 17:40

Question -- Can customers deploy the Enterprise multisession image onto Azure Stack HCI? - answered at 18:25

Question -- In Azure Public Cloud, you're able to turn on security features. Which ones are supported for VMS on Azure Stack HCI? - answered at 19:45

Question -- With Azure Stack HCI, can you create GPU based VMs? - answered at 20:50

From LinkedIn -- Does the HCI sizer tell me broadly what to configure or does it give me specifics based on devices?- answered at 22:05

Question -- Can I run this on prem? - answered at 22:50

From X -- Can I mix Azure and Azure Stack HCI session hosts in the same host pool? - answered at 29:15

From LinkedIn -- Is there a test drive where I can use this product before buying? - answered at 31:50

Question -- What is the best way for customers to give feedback to the product group on this stuff? - answered at 33:20

Question -- If the session host can only join active directory and not Entra ID, does this mean we have to manage Azure Virtual Desktop users by AD group policies and we can't use Intune to manage policy settings? - answered at 34:00

From X -- Can I scale for holidays or other periods of downtime? - answered at 40:50

From X -- Does this solution support Windows Server 2022? - answered at 43:05

Question -- What would be a common user case for running Azure Virtual Desktop workloads on Azure Stack HCI either separately or combined with a deployment in the Public Cloud? - answered at 45:00