Azure Virtual Desktop | Microsoft Azure (2024)

• Virtual Machines

  Provision Windows and Linux virtual machines in seconds

• Azure Virtual Desktop

  Enable a secure, remote desktop experience from anywhere

• Azure SQL

  Migrate, modernise, and innovate with the modern SQL family of cloud database services

• Azure Cosmos DB

  Fast NoSQL database with open APIs for any scale

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  Build and scale with managed Kubernetes

• Azure AI services

  Deploy high-quality AI models as APIs

• App Service

  Quickly create powerful cloud apps for web and mobile

• Azure PlayFab

  Everything you need to build and operate a live game on one platform

• Azure functions

  Execute event-driven serverless code functions with an end-to-end development experience

• Azure Quantum

  Jump in and explore a diverse selection of today's quantum hardware, software, and solutions

• Azure Arc

  Secure, develop, and operate infrastructure, apps, and Azure services anywhere

• Microsoft Copilot for Azure

  Simplify operations and management from cloud to edge with an AI companion

• Azure Machine Learning

  Build, train, and deploy models from the cloud to the edge

• Azure AI Studio

  Your platform for developing generative AI solutions and customised copilots

• Azure AI Search

  Enterprise scale search for app development

• Azure OpenAI Service

  Apply advanced coding and language models to a variety of use cases

• Azure AI Speech

  Unified speech services for speech-to-text, text-to-speech and speech translation

• Azure AI Language

  Add natural language capabilities with a single API call

• Azure AI Translator

  Easily conduct machine translation with a simple REST API call

• Azure AI Vision

  Unlock insights from image and video content with AI

• Azure AI Document Intelligence

  Accelerate information extraction from documents

• Azure AI Content Safety

  Use AI to monitor text and image content for safety

• Azure AI Video Indexer

  Extract AI based insights from videos

• Microsoft Copilot for Security

  Protect at the speed and scale of AI with a generative AI-powered assistant

• Azure Synapse Analytics

  Limitless analytics service with unmatched time to insight

• Azure Databricks

  Design AI with Apache Spark™-based analytics

• Microsoft Purview

  Govern, protect, and manage your data estate

• Azure Data Factory

  Hybrid data integration at enterprise scale, made easy

• HDInsight

  Provision cloud Hadoop, Spark, R Server, HBase, and Storm clusters

• Azure Stream Analytics

  Real-time analytics on fast-moving streaming data

• Azure Machine Learning

  Build, train, and deploy models from the cloud to the edge

• Azure Analysis Services

  Enterprise-grade analytics engine as a service

• Azure Data Lake Storage

  Scalable, secure data lake for high-performance analytics

• Azure Data Explorer

  Fast and highly scalable data exploration service

• Microsoft Fabric

  Access, manage, and act on data and insights by connecting every data source and analytics service together on a single platform

• Virtual Machines

  Provision Windows and Linux virtual machines in seconds

• Virtual Machine Scale Sets

  Manage and scale up to thousands of Linux and Windows VMs

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  Build and scale with managed Kubernetes

• Azure Spring Apps

  Build and deploy Spring Boot applications with a fully managed service from Microsoft and VMware

• App Service

  Quickly create powerful cloud apps for web and mobile

• Azure functions

  Execute event-driven serverless code functions with an end-to-end development experience

• Azure Dedicated Host

  A dedicated physical server to host your Azure VMs for Windows and Linux

• Batch

  Cloud-scale job scheduling and compute management

• SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

  Migrate SQL Server workloads to the cloud at lower total cost of ownership (TCO)

• Azure Spot Virtual Machines

  Provision unused compute capacity at deep discounts to run interruptible workloads

• Azure Container Apps

  Build and deploy modern apps and microservices using serverless containers

• Microsoft Dev Box

  Streamline development with secure, ready-to-code workstations in the cloud

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  Build and scale with managed Kubernetes

• Azure Red Hat OpenShift

  Fully managed OpenShift service, jointly operated with Red Hat

• Azure Container Apps

  Build and deploy modern apps and microservices using serverless containers

• Azure functions

  Execute event-driven serverless code functions with an end-to-end development experience

• Web App for Containers

  Easily deploy and run containerised web apps on Windows and Linux

• Container Instances

  Easily run containers on Azure without managing servers.

• Service Fabric

  Develop microservices and orchestrate containers on Windows or Linux

• Container Registry

  Store and manage container images across all types of deployments

• Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager

  Seamlessly manage Kubernetes clusters at scale

• Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials

  Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials is an on-premises Kubernetes implementation of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) that automates running containerized applications at scale.

• Azure SQL

  Migrate, modernise, and innovate with the modern SQL family of cloud database services

• Azure Cosmos DB

  Fast NoSQL database with open APIs for any scale

• Azure SQL Database

  Build apps that scale with managed and intelligent SQL database in the cloud

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL

  Innovate faster with fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL

• Azure SQL Managed Instance

  Modernise SQL Server applications with a managed, always-up-to-date SQL instance in the cloud

• Azure Database for MySQL

  Fully managed, scalable MySQL database

• SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines

  Migrate SQL Server workloads to the cloud at lower total cost of ownership (TCO)

• Azure Cache for Redis

  Accelerate apps with high-throughput, low-latency data caching

• Azure Database Migration Service (classic)

  Accelerate your data migration to Azure

• Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra

  Cloud Cassandra with flexibility, control and scale

• Azure Database for MariaDB

  Managed MariaDB database service for app developers

• Azure DevOps

  Services for teams to share code, track work and ship software

• Azure Pipelines

  Continuously build, test, and deploy to any platform and cloud

• Azure Boards

  Plan, track, and discuss work across your teams

• Azure Repos

  Get unlimited, cloud-hosted private Git repos for your project

• Azure Artifacts

  Create, host, and share packages with your team

• Azure Test Plans

  Test and ship confidently with an exploratory test toolkit

• Azure DevTest Labs

  Quickly create environments using reusable templates and artifacts

• DevOps tool integrations

  Use your favorite DevOps tools with Azure

• Azure Monitor

  Full observability into your apps, infrastructure and network

• Azure Load Testing

  Optimise app performance with high-scale load testing

• Azure Deployment Environments

  Quickly spin up app infrastructure environments with project-based templates

• See all DevOps products

• Visual Studio

  Powerful and flexible environment to develop apps in the cloud

• Visual Studio Code

  A powerful, lightweight code editor for cloud development

• GitHub

  World’s leading developer platform, seamlessly integrated with Azure

• Visual Studio Subscriptions

  Comprehensive set of resources to create, deploy, and manage apps

• Power Apps

  A powerful, low-code platform for building apps quickly

• SDKs

  Get the SDKs and command-line tools you need

• App Centre

  Build, test, release, and monitor your mobile and desktop apps

• Azure Monitor

  Full observability into your apps, infrastructure and network

• Azure Load Testing

  Optimise app performance with high-scale load testing

• Azure Deployment Environments

  Quickly spin up app infrastructure environments with project-based templates

• Microsoft Dev Box

  Streamline development with secure, ready-to-code workstations in the cloud

• Azure Arc

  Secure, develop, and operate infrastructure, apps, and Azure services anywhere

• Azure Sentinel

  Put cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics to work to help protect your enterprise

• Azure Stack

  Build and run innovative hybrid apps across cloud boundaries

• Azure ExpressRoute

  Dedicated private-network fibre connections to Azure

• Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)

  Synchronise on-premises directories and enable single sign-on

• Azure SQL

  Migrate, modernise, and innovate with the modern SQL family of cloud database services

• Azure DevOps

  Services for teams to share code, track work and ship software

• Azure Database for PostgreSQL

  Innovate faster with fully managed, intelligent, and scalable PostgreSQL

• Azure IoT Edge

  Extend cloud intelligence and analytics to edge devices

• Azure Monitor

  Full observability into your apps, infrastructure and network

• Azure Active Directory External Identities

  Consumer identity and access management in the cloud

• Microsoft Entra Domain Services

  Join Azure virtual machines to a domain without domain controllers

• Logic Apps

  Automate the access and use of data across clouds

• Service Bus

  Connect across private and public cloud environments

• API Management

  Publish APIs to developers, partners, and employees securely and at scale

• Event Grid

  Reliable message delivery at massive scale

• Azure Data Manager for Energy

  Reduce time, risk, and cost of energy exploration and production

• Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture

  Azure Data Manager for Agriculture extends the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform with industry-specific data connectors and capabilities to bring together farm data from disparate sources, enabling organisations to leverage high quality datasets and accelerate the development of digital agriculture solutions

• Azure IoT Operations

  Unlock insights for intelligent local actions and global visibility. Enabled by Azure Arc

• Azure IoT Hub

  Connect, monitor and manage billions of IoT assets

• Azure Digital Twins

  Use IoT spatial intelligence to create models of physical environments

• Azure IoT Edge

  Extend cloud intelligence and analytics to edge devices

• Azure IoT Central

  Go from proof of concept to proof of value

• Azure Sphere

  Create, connect, and maintain secured intelligent IoT devices from the edge to the cloud

• Windows for IoT

  Build intelligent edge solutions with world-class developer tools, long-term support and enterprise-grade security.

• Azure RTOS

  Making embedded IoT development and connectivity easy

• Azure Machine Learning

  Use an enterprise-grade service for the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle

• Azure Maps

  Add location data and mapping visuals to business applications and solutions

• Microsoft Azure portal

  Build, manage, and monitor all Azure products in a single, unified console

• Microsoft Purview

  Govern, protect, and manage your data estate

• Azure mobile app

  Stay connected to your Azure resources—anytime, anywhere

• Cloud Shell

  Streamline Azure administration with a browser-based shell

• Azure Advisor

  Your personalised Azure best practices recommendation engine

• Azure Backup

  Simplify data protection and protect against ransomware

• Microsoft Cost Management

  Monitor, allocate, and optimise cloud costs with transparency, accuracy and efficiency

• Azure Policy

  Implement corporate governance and standards at scale

• Azure Site Recovery

  Keep your business running with built-in disaster recovery service

• Azure Chaos Studio

  Improve application resilience by introducing faults and simulating outages

• Azure Monitor

  Full observability into your apps, infrastructure and network

• See all Management and Governance products

• Media Services

  Encode, store and stream video and audio at scale

• Encoding

  Studio grade encoding at cloud scale

• Azure Media Player

  A single player for all your playback needs

• Live and On-Demand Streaming

  Deliver content to virtually all devices with ability to scale

• Content Protection

  Securely deliver content using AES, PlayReady, Widevine, and Fairplay

• Content Delivery Network

  Fast, reliable content delivery network with global reach

• Azure Migrate

  Simplify migration and modernisation with a unified platform

• Azure Site Recovery

  Keep your business running with built-in disaster recovery service

• Azure Database Migration Service (classic)

  Accelerate your data migration to Azure

• Azure Data Box

  Appliances and solutions for data transfer to Azure and edge compute

• Microsoft Cost Management

  Monitor, allocate, and optimise cloud costs with transparency, accuracy and efficiency

• Spatial Anchors

  Create multi-user, spatially aware mixed reality experiences

• Remote Rendering

  Render high-quality, interactive 3D content with real-time streaming

• Azure Digital Twins

  Use IoT spatial intelligence to create models of physical environments

• Kinect DK

  Build computer vision and speech models using a developer kit with advanced AI sensors

• Object Anchors

  Automatically align and anchor 3D content to objects in the physical world

• Notification Hubs

  Send push notifications to any platform from any back-end

• App Centre

  Build, test, release, and monitor your mobile and desktop apps

• Xamarin

  Create cloud-powered mobile apps faster

• Azure Maps

  Add location data and mapping visuals to business applications and solutions

• API Management

  Publish APIs to developers, partners, and employees securely and at scale

• Azure AI Search

  Enterprise scale search for app development

• Azure AI services

  Deploy high-quality AI models as APIs

• Spatial Anchors

  Create multi-user, spatially aware mixed reality experiences

• App Service

  Quickly create powerful cloud apps for web and mobile

• Azure Communication Services

  Build multichannel communication experiences

• Virtual Network

  Create your own private network infrastructure in the cloud

• Application Gateway

  Build secure, scalable, highly available web front ends in Azure

• Azure ExpressRoute

  Dedicated private-network fibre connections to Azure

• Azure Firewall

  Protect your Azure Virtual Network resources with cloud-native network security

• Azure Private Link

  Private access to services hosted on the Azure platform, keeping your data on the Microsoft network

• Load Balancer

  Deliver high availability and network performance to your apps

• VPN Gateway

  Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity

• Azure DDoS Protection

  Protect your Azure resources from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks

• Azure DNS

  Host your Domain Name System (DNS) domain in Azure

• Azure Front Door

  Modern cloud CDN that delivers optimised experiences to your users anywhere

• Virtual WAN

  Optimise and automate branch-to-branch connectivity through Azure

• Web Application Firewall

  A cloud-native web application firewall (WAF) service that provides powerful protection for web apps

• Azure Sentinel

  Put cloud-native SIEM and intelligent security analytics to work to help protect your enterprise

• Application Gateway

  Build secure, scalable, highly available web front ends in Azure

• Key Vault

  Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets

• VPN Gateway

  Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity

• Azure DDoS Protection

  Protect your Azure resources from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks

• Azure Bastion

  Fully managed service that helps secure remote access to your virtual machines

• Web Application Firewall

  A cloud-native web application firewall (WAF) service that provides powerful protection for web apps

• Azure Firewall

  Protect your Azure Virtual Network resources with cloud-native network security

• Azure Firewall Manager

  Central network security policy and route management for globally distributed, software-defined perimeters

• Microsoft Copilot for Security

  Protect at the speed and scale of AI with a generative AI-powered assistant

• Azure Disk Storage

  High-performance, highly durable block storage

• Azure Data Lake Storage

  Scalable, secure data lake for high-performance analytics

• Azure Files

  Simple, secure and serverless enterprise-grade cloud file shares

• Azure NetApp Files

  Enterprise-grade Azure file shares, powered by NetApp

• Azure Backup

  Simplify data protection and protect against ransomware

• Azure Blob Storage

  Massively scalable and secure object storage

• Azure Data Box

  Appliances and solutions for data transfer to Azure and edge compute

• Archive Storage

  Industry-leading price point for storing rarely accessed data

• Azure Elastic SAN

  Elastic SAN is a cloud-native storage area network (SAN) service built on Azure. Gain access to an end-to-end experience like your on-premises SAN

• Azure Container Storage

  Manage persistent volumes for stateful container applications

• Azure Managed Lustre

  Azure Managed Lustre is a fully managed, cloud based parallel file system that enables customers to run their high performance computing (HPC) workloads in the cloud

• Azure Storage Actions

  Simplify storage data management tasks at massive scale

• Web Apps

  Quickly create and deploy mission-critical web apps at scale

• API Management

  Publish APIs to developers, partners, and employees securely and at scale

• Content Delivery Network

  Fast, reliable content delivery network with global reach

• Azure AI Search

  Enterprise scale search for app development

• Azure SignalR Service

  Add real-time web functionalities easily

• Azure web PubSub

  Easily build real-time messaging web applications using WebSockets and the publish-subscribe pattern

• Azure Maps

  Add location data and mapping visuals to business applications and solutions

• Static Web Apps

  A modern web app service that offers streamlined full-stack development from source code to global high availability

• Azure Communication Services

  Build multichannel communication experiences

• Azure Load Testing

  Optimise app performance with high-scale load testing

• Azure Fluid Relay

  Easily add real-time collaborative experiences to your apps with Fluid Framework

• Azure Container Apps

  Build and deploy modern apps and microservices using serverless containers

• Azure Virtual Desktop

  Enable a secure, remote desktop experience from anywhere

• VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure

  Provision Windows desktops and apps with VMware and Azure Virtual Desktop

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops for Azure

  Provision Windows desktops and apps on Azure with Citrix and Azure Virtual Desktop

• Azure Lab Services

  Set up virtual labs for classes, training, hackathons, and other related scenarios

• Microsoft Dev Box

  Streamline development with secure, ready-to-code workstations in the cloud

Use cases

• Build, manage and continuously deliver cloud apps – with any platform or language

• Analyse images, comprehend speech and make predictions using data

• Simplify and accelerate your migration and modernisation with guidance, tools and resources

• Gather, store, process, analyse and visualise data of any variety, volume or velocity.

• Bring the agility and innovation of the cloud to your on-premises workloads

• Connect, monitor, and control devices with secure, scalable, and open edge-to-cloud solutions

• Help protect data, apps and infrastructure with trusted security services

Application development

Application development

• Development and testing

  Simplify and accelerate development and testing (dev/test) across any platform

• DevOps

  Bring together people, processes and products to continuously deliver value to customers and coworkers.

• DevSecOps

  Build secure apps on a trusted platform. Embed security in your developer workflow and foster collaboration between developers, security practitioners, and IT operators.

• Build and modernise intelligent apps

  Create differentiated digital experiences by infusing intelligence into your applications with apps, data and AI solutions.

• E-commerce

  Give customers what they want with a personalised, scalable and secure shopping experience

• Low-code application development on Azure

  Turn your ideas into applications faster using the right tools for the job.

• Microservice applications

  Create reliable apps and functionalities at scale and bring them to market faster.

• Mobile

  Reach your customers everywhere, on any device, with a single mobile app build.

• Modern application development

  Respond to changes faster, optimise costs and ship confidently.

• Serverless computing

  Build apps faster by not having to manage infrastructure.

• Messaging services on Azure

  Connect modern applications with a comprehensive set of messaging services on Azure

• Application and data modernisation

  Accelerate time to market, deliver innovative experiences and improve security with Azure application and data modernisation.

• Business SaaS apps

  Use business insights and intelligence from Azure to build software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps

• Azure SaaS Development Kit

  Move to a SaaS model faster with a kit of prebuilt code, templates, and modular resources.

• Web3

  Explore services to help you develop and run Web3 applications.

AI

AI

• AI

  Build mission-critical solutions to analyse images, comprehend speech and make predictions using data.

• Knowledge mining

  Uncover latent insights from across all of your business data with AI.

• Azure confidential computing

  Protect your data and code while the data is in use in the cloud.

• Hugging Face on Azure

  Build machine learning models faster with Hugging Face on Azure.

Cloud migration and modernisation

Cloud migration and modernisation

• Azure cloud migration and modernisation centre

  Save money and improve efficiency by migrating and modernising your workloads to Azure with proven tools and guidance.

• .NET apps migration

  Optimise costs, operate confidently and ship features faster by migrating your ASP.NET web apps to Azure.

• Development and testing

  Simplify and accelerate development and testing (dev/test) across any platform

• Linux on Azure

  Enhanced security and hybrid capabilities for your mission-critical Linux workloads

• Mainframe and mid-range migration

  Reduce infrastructure costs by moving your mainframe and mid-range apps to Azure.

• SAP on the Microsoft Cloud

  Extend SAP applications and innovate in the cloud trusted by SAP.

• SQL Server migration

  Move your SQL Server databases to Azure with few or no application code changes.

• Windows Server on Azure

  Migrate your Windows Server workloads to Azure for unparalleled innovation and security.

• Azure confidential computing

  Protect your data and code while the data is in use in the cloud.

• Application and data modernisation

  Accelerate time to market, deliver innovative experiences and improve security with Azure application and data modernisation.

• Integration services on Azure

  Seamlessly integrate applications, systems, and data for your enterprise.

• Migration and modernisation for Oracle workloads

  Run your Oracle database and enterprise applications on Azure.

• MongoDB Atlas on Azure

  Migrate MongoDB workloads to the cloud and modernise data infrastructure with MongoDB Atlas on Azure.

• FinOps on Azure

  Maximise cloud business value for your organisation by leveraging Azure products and services to implement FinOps best practises that can support cloud cost optimisation.

Data and analytics

Data and analytics

• Azure Databases

  Build cloud-native applications or modernise existing applications with fully managed, flexible databases.

• Business intelligence

  Drive faster, more efficient decision-making by drawing deeper insights from your analytics.

• Cloud-scale analytics

  Accelerate time to insights with an end-to-end cloud analytics solution.

Hybrid cloud and infrastructure

Hybrid cloud and infrastructure

• Back up and disaster recovery

  Minimise disruption to your business with cost-effective backup and disaster recovery solutions.

• High-performance computing (HPC)

  Get fully managed, single tenancy supercomputers with high-performance storage and no data movement.

• Hybrid and multicloud solutions

  Bring innovation anywhere, to your hybrid environment across on-premises, multicloud and the edge.

• Azure private multi-access edge compute (MEC)

  Deliver ultra-low-latency networking, applications and services at the enterprise edge

• Business-critical applications

  Run your mission-critical applications on Azure for increased operational agility and security.

• Quantum computing

  Experience quantum impact today with the world’s first full-stack, quantum computing cloud ecosystem.

• Azure public multi-access edge compute (MEC)

  Deliver ultra-low-latency networking, applications, and services at the mobile operator edge.

• Web3

  Explore services to help you develop and run Web3 applications.

• 5G and Space

  Bring Azure to the edge with seamless network integration and connectivity to deploy modern connected apps.

• Windows Server on Azure

  Migrate your Windows Server workloads to Azure for unparalleled innovation and security.

Internet of Things

Internet of Things

• Azure IoT

  Connect devices, analyse data and automate processes with secure, scalable and open edge-to-cloud solutions.

• Azure Industrial IoT

  Build open, interoperable IoT solutions that secure and modernise industrial systems.

• Azure IoT for safer workplaces

  Help safeguard physical work environments with scalable IoT solutions designed for rapid deployment.

• IoT for sustainability

  Meet environmental sustainability goals and accelerate conservation projects with IoT technologies.

Security and governance

Security and governance

• Azure governance

  Ensure compliance using built-in cloud governance capabilities.

• Back up and disaster recovery

  Minimise disruption to your business with cost-effective backup and disaster recovery solutions.

• Azure confidential computing

  Protect your data and code while the data is in use in the cloud.

• Azure network security

  Cloud-native network security for protecting your applications, network and workloads.

• Web3

  Explore services to help you develop and run Web3 applications.

Organisation type

• Start-ups

  Get started easily, run lean, stay agile and grow fast with Azure for startups

• Non-profits

  Accelerate mission impact, increase innovation and optimise efficiency – with world-class security

Resources

• Reference architectures

  Find reference architectures, example scenarios and solutions for common workloads on Azure

• Resources for accelerating growth

  Do more with less—explore resources for increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and driving innovation

• Azure Marketplace

  Search from a rich catalogue of more than 17,000 certified apps and services

• Customer enablement

  Plan a clear path forwards for your cloud journey with proven tools, guidance and resources