Microsoft today announced Windows Virtual Desktop and is starting to roll out the new service globally. The company is also offering some additional new features for the Azure-based virtualization service.
Microsoft officially announced Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) in September 2018 and first released it as a public preview in March 2019.
According to Microsoft, thousands of its customers have tried WVD during the preview of the service. As of today, the service is ready for the first time and the WVD client application is available starting today, for Windows, Android, Mac, iOS and HTML 5 platforms.
Windows Virtual Desktop is a new service that provides Windows 10 virtualization, along with Windows 10 multi-sign-on capabilities and support for Windows Server RDS desktops and applications.
In short, the new WVD service will allow users to virtualize Windows 7, 8, 10, Office 365 ProPlus, and other third-party applications, running them remotely on Azure virtual machines.
Microsoft will also give WVD service users the ability to virtualize on Windows 7 – with free Extended Service Pack Update support until January 2023.
This means that the company's customers who have a license (have purchased) Windows Virtual Desktop will continue to receive security updates for Windows 7 even after Microsoft officially ends support after January 14, 2020, at no additional cost.
“VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) is one of the top ten services,” said Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft 365.
“Enterprises are looking to move to cloud and WVD is really the only way to run Windows 10 clients, with many users, in the public cloud.”
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