RD Role Service Scale Limitations RDSH: most common bottleneck RDGW: next most common bottleneck RDCB: large deployments during logon/restart storms RDWEB: typically not limiting factor

RDSH Workload Configuration TechEd 2013 RDSH Workload Configuration 5/28/2018 12:47 PM Light Medium HD Heavy LoginVSI 4.0 Workload © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

RDSH Test Configuration TechEd 2013 RDSH Test Configuration 5/28/2018 12:47 PM System Under Test Light RDSH VM1 10vCPU 31GB Memory RDSH VM2 10vCPU 31GB Memory Medium RDSH VM3 10vCPU 31GB Memory RDSH VM4 10vCPU 31GB Memory Each workload was run against the Dell Poweredge R720 system hosting 4 RDSH VM with 10 vCPU’s and 31 GB Memory Heavy Dell PowerEdge R720 Dual Socket 10C Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600v2  40 Logical cores, 128 GB Memory © 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

On-Premises RDSH Sizing 5/28/2018 Workload Profile Users/vCPU Memory/user Light 8 270 MB Medium 5 450 MB Heavy 4 630 MB Example: Sizing Tenant with 30 Medium Users 30 Users requires VMs with 6vCPUs,14GB Memory On-Premises Processors: 30/5 = 6 vCPU Memory: 450*30 = ~14GB © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Example: On-Premises to Azure Migration 5/28/2018 Example: On-Premises to Azure Migration Workload Profile On-Premises* Users/vCPU Azure * On-Premises Memory/user Azure Memory/user LoginVSI Medium 5 4 450 MB 450MB *Azure VM uses AMD Opteron CPU’s and On-Premises setup uses Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 CPU’s Example: Sizing 30 Medium Users On-Premises & Azure: 6vCPU,14GB Memory On-Premises 8vCPU,14GB Memory Azure 1x A4 VM or 4x A2 VMs © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

RDSH & RDGW Scale Guidance Summary Role Service Light Medium Heavy RD Session Host 6 users / vCPU 270 MB RAM / user 4 users / vCPU 450 MB RAM / user 2 users / vCPU 630 MB RAM / user RD Gateway 200 connections / vCPU 1 Mbps / connection

Connection Broker Scale Improvements 5/28/2018 Connection Broker Scale Improvements Logon Storm Scenario (RDSH example) Adding RDSH servers to broker (e.g. broker restart) Fixes available for WS2012 R2 also. KB3091411 Connections Initial burst /sec Success Fail Broker Mem Before Broker Mem After Min connection time (ms) Max connection time (ms) Average connection time (ms) WS2012R2 10,000 100 2 2,319 7,681 43,696 1,480,144 531 2,360,469 109,836 WS2016 2,532 22,284 78 4,062 214 Startup parameters Server joins Add times (ms) # Servers Delay (ms) between add # Sess/server Successful Failed Min Max Average WS2012 R2 1,000 5 478 522 26,062 6,513,515 2,598,140 WS2016 281 16,141 2,108 © 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

SPLA and SAL Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) allows partners to use RDS to host Windows desktops and applications using Windows Server. RD Subscriber Access License (SAL) is paid to Microsoft monthly based on the number of users “authorized” to use the RDS-based service during the month.

RD License Server Activate the server Set to per-user mode Enter the SPLA number in add license wizard Optional: Use RD license reports to help track usage

5/28/2018 Stay Current © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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5/28/2018 © 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. © 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.