Publish resources

This topic describes how to publish Azure Virtual Desktop resources. Before using the instructions below, please make sure that you've read preceding sections describing how to deploy Azure Virtual Desktop in Parallels RAS.

To publish an Azure Virtual Desktop resource:

1. Select the Publishing category and click Add (at the bottom of the middle pane) to open the publishing wizard.
2. Select a resource type (e.g. Application) and click Next.
3. Select Azure Virtual Desktop as the publishing source and click Next.
4. Select Installed Applications to select an application from a list (or select Single application to specify the application properties yourself).
5. Select a host pool from which to publish an application. Note that depending on what is chosen to be published (Application or Desktop), the corresponding host pools with the same publishing type are shown.
6. Select an application to publish (or specify the application properties yourself if you selected Single application).
7. On the next page, specify the initial status of the resource. Choose from Enabled (end users can launch the resource), Disabled (the resource will not appear in Parallels Client), In maintenance (the resource will appear in Parallels Client but users will not be able to launch it). When a resource is in maintenance and a user tries to launch it, they will see a message. To customize the message, click the Configure button. For more info, see Site defaults (Publishing).
8. Click Next and then click Finish.

To see the properties of the application that you just published:

1. Select the application in the Published Resources list.
2. Review the information and verify that everything is as expected.
3. Select the Filtering tab and examine the User Assignment section. The list should show users or groups mapped to Azure Active Directory objects. This is important because in order for users to see and use this published resource, they must be assigned to the application group in the host pool from which this application is published. In addition to Azure Active Directory user assignment, you can also configure Parallels RAS filtering rules in the section above User Assignment. For details, see Using filtering rules.

You can now open the application from Parallels Client. For details, see Using Parallels Client with Azure Virtual Desktop.