Deploying VDI
To see simplified VDI deployment at work, let’s walk through the initial steps of deploying a Quick Start VDI deployment. Begin by starting the Add Roles And Features Wizard from Server Manager. Then on the Select Installation Type page, begin by selecting the Remote Desktop Services Scenario-based Installation option, as shown here:
Select the Quick Start option on the Select Deployment Type page:
On the Select Deployment Scenario page of the wizard, choose the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure option:
Select a server from your server pool for deploying RDS role services onto:
On the next page, browse to select a virtual hard disk (VHD) file on
which a VDI-capable client operating system like Windows 8 or Windows 7
has been installed together with any locally installed applications
needed on the virtual desktop. The Windows installation on this VHD must have been prepared by running sysprep /generalize on it so that it can function as a reference image for adding new virtual desktops to your collection.
Completing the wizard and clicking Deploy begins the process of deploying your VDI environment. Three RDS role services (Connection
Broker, RD Virtualization Host, and RD Web Access) are first installed
on the selected server, which is then restarted to complete installation of these role services. A virtual
desktop template is then created from the previously specified VHD
file, and a new pooled virtual desktop collection named
QuickVMCollection is created with two pooled virtual desktops based on
the virtual desktop template:
The VDI deployment process also creates a new Hyper-V network switch named RDS Virtual and assigns the pooled virtual desktops to that switch.
