1. 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

2. RDSH Workload Configuration
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RDSH Workload Configuration
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Light
Medium HD
Heavy
LoginVSI 4.0 Workload
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3. RDSH Test Configuration
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RDSH Test Configuration
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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
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4. On-Premises RDSH Sizing
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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
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5. Example: On-Premises to Azure Migration
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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 E 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
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6. 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

7. Connection Broker Scale Improvements
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Connection Broker Scale Improvements
Logon Storm Scenario (RDSH example)
Adding RDSH servers to broker (e.g. broker restart)
Fixes available for WS2012 R2 also. KB
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
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8. 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.

9. 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

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Stay Current
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11. Keep Up with a Fast Changing World
RD Team Blog – RD team lets you know of new features and capabilities, hotfixes, etc.
Azure Blog – latest Azure capabilities announced

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