Scalability Tool improvements - embed in management portal + auto provision VM's

Currently the scalability tool is not satisfying in large environment. The tool only starts/stops VM's based on load. This still means we have to provision VM's ourselves. Please provide enhancements...

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Michelle_Moya

Microsoft

Jan 07, 2026

Status changed:

Planned

Completed

Hello! We would like to provide an update on this idea. We are proud to announce that Dynamic autoscaling is currently in public preview. Learn more about this feature here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/autoscale-create-assign-scaling-plan
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/event/windowsevents/azure-virtual-desktop-hostpool-management-at-scale/4376249
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurevirtualdesktopblog/enhanced-host-pool-management-for-azure-virtual-desktop/4302771

Please keep a close eye on our Tech Community for more announcements!