How to create a Windows virtual desktop from local image

Question

I'm not familiar with Microsoft Azure and have a question about Windows Virtual Desktop.

Is it possible to create a Windows virtual desktop from a system image of an existing Windows physical computer?

In other words, we have a physical computer (not a vm) running on Windows 10 and we would like to know if it is possible, with a system image or other process, to create an Azure Windows virtual desktop that would be a "copy" of this physical computer. The goal is to be able to keep certain configuration.

Answer 1

Hi @Isha Sharma,

Thanks for contacting Microsoft Q&A platform.

Follow below steps to achieve your requirement.

You could use Disk2vhd to create a vhd-file from a disk of a physical computer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd

Prepare a Windows VHD or VHDX to upload to Azure -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/prepare-for-upload-vhd-image

Upload a generalized VHD and use it to create new VMs in Azure -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/upload-generalized-managed

Create a managed image of a generalized VM in Azure -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource

Create a VM from a managed image -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/create-vm-generalized-managed

Hope this helps you.