1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:05,540 Migrate RDS Hosts to Windows Server 2022. 2 00:00:05,540 --> 00:00:09,270 What we're talking about here is Remote Desktop Services, or RDS. 3 00:00:09,270 --> 00:00:12,600 Now you can do a lot of things with RDS, but what I'm looking at 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:16,190 particularly in this slide is the desktop, 5 00:00:16,190 --> 00:00:20,940 the virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI capabilities. 6 00:00:20,940 --> 00:00:23,630 And in particular, when you're looking to migrate 7 00:00:23,630 --> 00:00:26,230 on‑prem from one server to another, 8 00:00:26,230 --> 00:00:31,480 this is an AZ‑801 exam alert. The most likely thing you'll be asked about is 9 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:36,110 migrating the Remote Desktop Services Client Access Licenses, 10 00:00:36,110 --> 00:00:40,430 you know, because on your RDS hosts, you're going to have these desktops, 11 00:00:40,430 --> 00:00:44,460 these Windows VDI desktops, potentially virtual machines, 12 00:00:44,460 --> 00:00:47,640 you're going to need licenses for those connections. 13 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,440 All I want you to know here is that, and you may already 14 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:52,610 know this if you've administered RDS, 15 00:00:52,610 --> 00:00:58,640 is that in the graphical RDS Manager console, you can open the Manage licenses 16 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:03,820 Wizard, and that allows you, as the screenshot shows you here actually, to 17 00:01:03,820 --> 00:01:06,860 migrate those licenses from one server to another. 18 00:01:06,860 --> 00:01:12,840 That's the main thing to be concerned with here with RDS on‑premises. Now, 19 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,400 what about doing a migration to Azure? You might be 20 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:20,010 aware of Azure Virtual Desktop, or AVD. 21 00:01:20,010 --> 00:01:24,090 This is one of the Azure Migrate scenarios that we looked at elsewhere in 22 00:01:24,090 --> 00:01:27,930 this course. You should understand from a bird's‑eye perspective how you 23 00:01:27,930 --> 00:01:33,590 might go about migrating your on‑premises RDS farm to Azure Virtual 24 00:01:33,590 --> 00:01:36,540 Desktop. Here we go. First, in Azure, 25 00:01:36,540 --> 00:01:41,990 you'll create your Azure Migrate project, and here, in a break from convention, 26 00:01:41,990 --> 00:01:45,290 you have to use a third‑party independent software vendor, 27 00:01:45,290 --> 00:01:49,520 or ISV, tool called Lakeside SysTrack in order to assess 28 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,740 your current RDS environment. 29 00:01:51,740 --> 00:01:56,050 Remember that in Azure Migrate, it's super important for you to assess your 30 00:01:56,050 --> 00:02:00,960 existing or source environment to make sure you take advantage of Microsoft's 31 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,840 recommendations in sizing your Azure deployment. 32 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:05,370 We'll then, 33 00:02:05,370 --> 00:02:10,540 speaking of Azure deployments, create our Azure Virtual Desktop environment, 34 00:02:10,540 --> 00:02:13,470 images, persistent VMs. Next, 35 00:02:13,470 --> 00:02:19,520 we'll need to convert our existing user profile disks, or UPDs to FSLogix 36 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,140 profile containers that are used in Azure Virtual Desktop. 37 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:25,540 And then lastly, 38 00:02:25,540 --> 00:02:31,340 you can replicate, synchronize, and then failover persistent VMs into Azure. 39 00:02:31,340 --> 00:02:32,980 So that's the high‑level view. 40 00:02:32,980 --> 00:02:39,380 Now, remember that AZ‑801 is not going deep on Azure Virtual Desktop or RDS, 41 00:02:39,380 --> 00:02:42,190 there's actually at least one separate Microsoft 42 00:02:42,190 --> 00:02:49,000 certification exam specifically on AVD that I would encourage you to look at if you're interested.