Accessing Azure Virtual Desktop Resources Using Parallels RAS Web Client

This video is part of our Parallels Tech Byte series.

In this video, we'll demonstrate getting access to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) resources. Azure Virtual Desktop is a service in Microsoft Azure providing access to published applications and desktops.

Parallels RAS integrates with Azure Virtual Desktop and also provides additional value.

In this video, we'll take a look at using the Parallels RAS web client to access published applications and desktops as part of our Azure Virtual Desktop integration.

3 steps to Accessing Azure Virtual Desktop Resources Using Parallels RAS Web Client

step 1
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Log on to the Parallels RAS Web client

As you can see, this demo user has access to a mix of resources, both published desktops and applications coming from VDI, RDSH, and Azure Virtual Desktop.

These are all managed from the same Parallels RAS environment, provided in this same client in an intuitive way.

This also unlocks full hybrid scenarios.

Let's start with a full desktop.

step 2
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Open AVD published Desktop from web client

Click on the AVD desktop icon.

A new tab is being opened which uses the AVD Web Client and the desktop is automatically being launched and logged on.

You now have access to a Windows 11 enterprise multi session desktop hosted in Azure Virtual Desktop and managed and maintained by Parallels RAS.

Using the same approach, you can also get access to published applications hosted in Azure Virtual Desktop.

step 3
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Accessing published applications hosted in Azure Virtual Desktop

Open AVD published application from web client.

For this demo, we'll use Microsoft Office.

Again, note that a new tab is being opened which uses the AVD Web Client, and the published application is automatically being launched and is ready for use.

This concludes our video demonstrating how to get access to Azure Virtual Desktop Resources using the Parallels RAS Web Client.

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