Will Azure AVD automatically connects the users to the VM's in closest region

Question

In our current existing setup, we have a single hostpool deployed in a US region and users are spread across the globe. which affects their RTT and cause performance issue.
So if we deploy a hostpool in a US region and build few VM's inside it from a nearby region. Will Azure AVD automatically connects the users to the VM's in closest region?

Or should we need to implement any load balancing to reroute the traffic to nearest location?

Can anyone share any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Hello Nazeer, Shalomon,

Welcome to the microsoft Q&A, thankyou for posting query here.

Azure Virtual Desktop does not route users to the nearest VMs automatically, if all the VMs are part of a single host pool in one region.

Users will connect to the host pool they are assigned to, regardless of their geographic location.

To overcome round-trip times (RTT) issue you need to deploy host pools in multiple regions and each host pool should have session hosts in its respective region.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/deploy-azure-virtual-desktop?tabs=portal

You can use Azure Traffic Manager to route user connections to the appropriate regional host pool.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/host-pool-load-balancing

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-overview

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-routing-methods

Assign users to the host pool in their nearest region Assign users to the host pool in their nearest region using AD and group policy management.

Hope this helps you.

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