Add Microsoft Azure as a VDI Provider

To add Microsoft Azure as a VDI provider:

1. In the RAS Console, navigate to Farm / Site / VDI.
2. On the Providers tab, click Tasks > Add.
3. The Add VDI Provider wizard opens.
4. On the Select VDI provider type page, select Cloud computing.
5. Click Next.
6. The page opens where you configure Microsoft Azure as a VDI provider. The properties that you need to specify on this page are described below.

General properties

At the top of the page, you need to type a name for the new host and an optional description if you wish.

Subscription details

In the Subscription details section, specify the following:

• Authentication URL: Prepopulated with the Microsoft authentication site URL. Unless otherwise required or indicated, keep the default value provided.
• Management URL: Prepopulated with the Microsoft Azure management site URL. Unless otherwise required or indicated, keep the default value provided.
• Resource URI: Prepopulated with the Microsoft Azure resource URI. Unless otherwise required or indicated, keep the default value provided.
• Tenant ID: The "Directory (tenant) ID" value of the Azure AD app that you created earlier.
• Subscription ID: Your Microsoft subscription ID.

Service principle details

In the Service principle details section, specify the following:

• Application ID: The "App (client) ID" value of the Azure AD app that you created earlier.
• Application key: The "Client secret" value of the Azure AD app that you created earlier.

Advanced Settings

Click the Advanced Settings link to open a dialog where you can configure the following optional settings:

• Use dedicated VDI Agent: When this option is cleared (default), the built-in RAS VDI Agent will be used. If you want to use a dedicated agent installed separately, select this option and specify the server FQDN or IP address.
• Preferred Publishing Agent: Select a RAS Publishing Agent to be the preferred agent for this VDI provider. Select Automatic to let the system select an agent (this option is enabled and selected by default if you have at least three Publishing Agents installed). The automatic selection is especially important to ensure that the VDI provider and guest VMs always have a VDI Agent they communicate with in case of other Publishing Agent(s) failure. For more info, see Enabling High Availability for VDI.

Click OK to close the Advanced VDI Provider Settings dialog.

Complete the wizard

When done entering the Microsoft Azure information, click Next in the Add VDI Provider wizard. The wizard will display the new VDI provider information and will indicate the RAS VDI Agent status. If everything is OK, click Finish to exit the wizard. If something is not as expected, click Back and correct any mistakes if necessary.

The new VDI provider will now appear on the Providers tab in the RAS Console. Complete the VDI provider addition as follows:

1. Click Apply to apply the changes.
2. Verify the value of the Status column. If it's anything other than OK, right-click the VDI provider and choose Troubleshooting > Check agent. Verify the agent status and install it if necessary, then click OK. The Status column on the Providers tab should now say OK.

Modifying the VDI provider configuration

To view and modify the VDI provider configuration, right-click it and choose Properties. In the dialog that opens, view and modify the VDI provider properties.