Support Live Session Migration for Windows 11 Enterprise Multi-Session AVD Hosts
Description Azure Virtual Desktop administrators regularly encounter maintenance scenarios where a Windows 11 Enterprise Multi-Session session host must be removed from service to apply urgent patches, investigate platform issues, replace a host, or perform emergency maintenance. The current approach requires placing the session host into drain mode and waiting for active user sessions to disconnect or forcing user logoff, which can disrupt productivity and user experience. It would be valuable if Azure Virtual Desktop supported live migration of active user sessions between Windows 11 Enterprise Multi-Session hosts within the same host pool, similar to the way virtual machine live migration minimises downtime during infrastructure maintenance. This capability would allow administrators to move active sessions from one session host to another without requiring user disconnection or application interruption. This feature would provide significant operational benefits, including: Reduced user disruption during planned and emergency maintenance. Faster remediation of unhealthy or degraded session hosts. Improved patching and update operations. Reduced dependency on large maintenance windows. Improved service availability for business-critical AVD environments. Better support for future hot patching and rolling maintenance scenarios. While Windows 11 Enterprise Multi-Session differs significantly from Windows Server and traditional VM live migration technologies, the ability to seamlessly relocate active user sessions between healthy hosts in a host pool would be a major enhancement for enterprise Azure Virtual Desktop deployments operating at scale.
Create App Launch URLS
On Remote Desktop Services (RD Web Client), it would be nice to be able to launch an app from a url, something like this: 1. User types in, for example: https://example.domain.com/RDWeb/webclient/app/[App Identifier] into their URL bar. 2. Regular log in page as usual prompts the user to sign in 3. Once successfully logged in, the app launches automatically Why this would be useful in our case: We use Cloudflare Access as our company dashboard so we can put all of our services in one place, cloud and on-prem. A lot of utilities aren't displayed on the dashboard and are hidden behind a "Remote Desktop" tile, making useful apps seem like they're not there for users. This would eliminate unnecessary tickets to IT and save time across the board. So far RD Web Client has worked great, this is just something I feel could make it better.
