Merge pull request #214120 from dansisson/avd-ignite

AVD for HCI

Author: JamesJBarnett

.openpublishing.redirection.json

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             "redirect_url": "/troubleshoot/azure/azure-kubernetes/troubleshoot-kubernetes-event-driven-autoscaling-add-on?context=/azure/aks/context/aks-context",
             "redirect_document_id": false
         }
+
     ]
 }
 

.openpublishing.redirection.virtual-desktop.json

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
             "source_path_from_root": "/articles/virtual-machines/windows/using-visual-studio-vm.md",
             "redirect_url": "/visualstudio/install/using-visual-studio-vm",
             "redirect_document_id": false
-        }        
+        },
+        {
+            "source_path": "articles/virtual-desktop/azure-stack-hci-faq.yml",
+            "redirect_url": "/azure/virtual-desktop/azure-stack-hci",
+            "redirect_document_id": false
+        }       
     ]
 }

articles/virtual-desktop/TOC.yml

@@ -142,11 +142,7 @@
       - name: Security baseline
         href: /security/benchmark/azure/baselines/virtual-desktop-security-baseline?context=/azure/virtual-desktop/context/context
   - name: Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI
-    items:
-      - name: Overview (preview)
-        href: azure-stack-hci-overview.md
-      - name: Azure Stack HCI FAQ (preview)
-        href: azure-stack-hci-faq.yml
+    href: azure-stack-hci-overview.md
   - name: Tag Azure Virtual Desktop resources
     href: tag-virtual-desktop-resources.md
   - name: Fair Share technologies

articles/virtual-desktop/azure-stack-hci-faq.yml

@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
 ---
-title: Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview) - Azure
-description: A brief overview of Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview).
-author: Heidilohr
+title: Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview) overview
+description: Overview of Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview).
+author: dansisson
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 11/02/2021
-ms.author: helohr
+ms.date: 10/14/2022
+ms.author: v-dansisson
+ms.reviewer: daknappe
 manager: femila
 ms.custom: ignite-fall-2021
 ---
 # Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview)
 
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI is currently in preview.
-> See the [Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/preview-supplemental-terms/) for legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta, preview, or otherwise not yet released into general availability.
+Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview) lets you deploy Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts on your on-premises Azure Stack HCI infrastructure. You manage your session hosts from the Azure portal.
+
+## Overview
 
-Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview) lets you deploy Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts to your on-premises Azure Stack HCI infrastructure. You can also use Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI to manage your session hosts from the Azure portal. If you already have an existing on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment, Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI can improve your administrator and end-user experience. If you're already using Azure Virtual Desktop in the cloud, you can extend your deployment to your on-premises infrastructure to better meet your performance or data locality needs.
+If you already have an existing on-premises Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) deployment, Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI can improve your experience. If you're already using Azure Virtual Desktop in the cloud, you can extend your deployment to your on-premises infrastructure to better meet your performance or data locality needs.
 
-Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI is currently in public preview. Azure Stack HCI doesn't currently support certain important Azure Virtual Desktop features. Because of these limitations, we don't recommend using this feature for production workloads yet.
+Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI is currently in public preview. As such, it doesn't currently support certain important Azure Virtual Desktop features. Because of these limitations, we don't recommend using this feature for production workloads yet.
 
-## Key benefits
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> See the [Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews](https://azure.microsoft.com/support/legal/preview-supplemental-terms/) for legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta.
 
-We've established what Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI is. The question remains: what can it do for you?
+> [!NOTE]
+> Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI is not an Azure Arc-enabled service. As such, it is not supported outside of Azure, in a multi-cloud environment, or on Azure Arc-enabled servers besides Azure Stack HCI virtual machines as described in this article.
+
+## Benefits
 
 With Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI, you can:
 
@@ -34,40 +39,59 @@ With Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI, you can:
 
 - Simplify your VDI deployment and management compared to traditional on-premises VDI solutions by using the Azure portal.
 
+- Achieve best performance by leveraging [RDP Shortpath](rdp-shortpath.md?tabs=managed-networks) for low-latency user access.
+
+- Deploy the latest fully patched images quickly and easily using [Azure Marketplace images](/azure-stack/hci/manage/virtual-machine-image-azure-marketplace?tabs=azurecli).
+
+
+## Supported platforms
+
+Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI supports the same [Remote Desktop clients](user-documentation/index.yml) as Azure Virtual Desktop, and supports the following x64 operating system images:
+
+- Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session
+- Windows 11 Enterprise
+- Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session, version 21H2
+- Windows 10 Enterprise, version 21H2
+- Windows Server 2022
+- Windows Server 2019
+
 ## Pricing
 
 The following things affect how much it costs to run Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI:
- - Infrastructure costs. You'll pay monthly service fees for Azure Stack HCI. Learn more at [Azure Stack HCI pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/azure-stack/hci/).
+
+ - **Infrastructure costs.** You'll pay monthly service fees for Azure Stack HCI. Learn more at [Azure Stack HCI pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/azure-stack/hci/).
 
-- User access rights for Azure Virtual Desktop. The same licenses that grant access to Azure Virtual Desktop in the cloud also apply to Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI. Learn more at [Azure Virtual Desktop pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/virtual-desktop/).
+- **User access rights.** The same licenses that grant access to Azure Virtual Desktop in the cloud also apply to Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI. Learn more at [Azure Virtual Desktop pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/virtual-desktop/).
+
+- **Hybrid service fee.** This fee requires you to pay for each active virtual CPU (vCPU) of Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts you're running on Azure Stack HCI. This fee will become active once the preview period ends.
 
-- The Azure Virtual Desktop hybrid service fee. This fee requires you to pay for each active virtual CPU (vCPU) of Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts you're running on Azure Stack HCI. This fee will become active once the preview period ends.
+## Data storage
+
+Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI doesn't guarantee that all data is stored on-premises. You can choose to store user data on-premises by locating session host virtual machines (VMs) and associated services such as file servers on-premises. However, some customer data, diagnostic data, and service-generated data are still stored in Azure. For more information on how Azure Virtual Desktop stores different kinds of data, see [Data locations for Azure Virtual Desktop](data-locations.md).
 
 ## Known issues and limitations
 
-We're aware of the following issues affecting the public preview version of Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI:
+The following issues affect the preview version of Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI:
+
+- Templates may show failures in certain cases at the domain-joining step. To proceed, you can manually join the session hosts to the domain. For more information, see [VM provisioning through Azure portal on Azure Stack HCI](/azure-stack/hci/manage/azure-arc-enabled-virtual-machines).
 
 - Azure Stack HCI host pools don't currently support the following Azure Virtual Desktop features:
 
     - [Azure Monitor for Azure Virtual Desktop](azure-monitor.md)
     - [Session host scaling with Azure Automation](set-up-scaling-script.md)
-    - [Autoscale (preview)](autoscale-scaling-plan.md)
-    - [Start VM on connect](start-virtual-machine-connect.md)
+    - [Autoscale plan](autoscale-scaling-plan.md)
+    - [Start VM On Connect](start-virtual-machine-connect.md)
     - [Multimedia redirection (preview)](multimedia-redirection.md)
     - [Per-user access pricing](./remote-app-streaming/licensing.md)
 
-- The Azure Virtual Desktop tab in the Azure portal can't create new virtual machines directly on Azure Stack HCI infrastructure. Instead, admins must create on-premises virtual machines separately, then register them with an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool.
-
-- When connecting to a Windows 10 or 11 Enterprise multi-session virtual desktop, users may see activation issues, such as a desktop watermark saying "Activate Windows," even if they have an eligible license.
-
 - Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI doesn't currently support host pools containing both cloud and on-premises session hosts. Each host pool in the deployment must have only one type of host pool.
 
+- When connecting to a Windows 10 or Windows 11 Enterprise multi-session virtual desktop, users may see activation issues, such as a desktop watermark saying "Activate Windows", even if they have an eligible license.
+
 - Session hosts on Azure Stack HCI don't support certain cloud-only Azure services.
 
 - Because Azure Stack HCI supports so many types of hardware and on-premises networking capabilities that performance and user density may vary widely between session hosts running in the Azure cloud. Azure Virtual Desktop's [virtual machine sizing guidelines](/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/virtual-machine-recs) are broad, so you should only use them for initial performance estimates.
 
-If there are any issues you encounter during the preview that aren't on this list, we encourage you to report them.
-
 ## Next steps
 
-Now that you’re familiar with Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI, learn how to deploy this feature at [Set up Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview)](azure-stack-hci.md).
+[Set up Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Stack HCI (preview)](azure-stack-hci.md).