Published: Jul 08, 2024
Key Takeaways:
- The new Connection Reliability tab in Azure Virtual Desktop Insights enables administrators to track and improve the stability of user connections to Azure Virtual Desktop host pools.
- The feature provides visual graphs and tables to help admins analyze disconnection events, understand the root causes of connectivity issues, and identify patterns based on client versions and IP ranges.
- The Connection Reliability tab helps IT admins reduce downtime and improve overall system reliability.
Microsoft has introduced a new Connection Reliability tab in Azure Virtual Desktop Insights. This feature empowers administrators to closely monitor and enhance the connection stability between users and Azure Virtual Desktop host pools.
Azure Virtual Desktop Insights is a dashboard that helps IT professionals understand their Azure Virtual Desktop environments. It offers key metrics like user activity, host performance, and resource utilization. This dashboard also provides insights into the number of active sessions, CPU and memory usage, as well as latency.
Microsoft emphasized that connection reliability is crucial for smooth application interactions, minimal disruptions, and uninterrupted work. Azure Virtual Desktop Insights allows customers to analyze disconnection events and identify error patterns that affect the end-user experience.
The new Connection Reliability tab offers two main visuals to help users understand their connection reliability. The first visual is a graph that displays the number of disconnections compared to the concurrent connections within a specific time frame.
“This allows administrators to easily detect clusters of disconnects that are impacting connection reliability. Administrators can also analyze connection errors by different pivots—for example client version and IP range—to determine the root cause of disconnects and improve connection reliability,” Microsoft explained.
Additionally, the Connection Reliability tab features a table detailing the most frequent disconnection events in Azure Virtual Desktop environments. This table lists the top 20 time intervals when disconnections occurred. IT admins can select a row in the table to highlight specific segments on the connection graph, allowing them to pinpoint the exact moments when users experienced connectivity issues.
To view connection reliability information, administrators will need to sign in to Azure Virtual Desktop Insights in the Azure portal. Choose one or more subscriptions, resource groups, host pools, and then specify a time range. Finally, click the Connection Reliability tab to view the table and graph.
Microsoft’s new Connection Reliability tab in Azure Virtual Desktop Insights offers IT admins powerful tools to monitor and improve connection stability. With Microsoft’s commitment to continuously enhance Azure Virtual Desktop Insights, IT admins can look forward to even more robust capabilities to meet evolving customer needs. We invite you to check out this support page for more details about Azure Virtual Desktop Insights.