Azure IaaS Details

Enter details of the desktop pool.
1. Region: Select the region from the dropdown where you want to set up your desktop pool
2. Desktop Configuration: Select the configuration of the desktop from the dropdown
3. License Type: Based on the use case, select the license type from the drop down (persistent or non-persistent)
4. VM Disk Size: Select the storage that you would want to attach to the VM
5. VM hrs/mo: Enter the expected number of hours per month for each VM in your pool (typical knowledge worker VMs run 160 hours per month)
6. Number of VMs: Enter the number of VMs expected to be in the desktop pool

Customer IaaS Discounts

Enter the discounts you might have received from your IaaS provider.
1. PAYG: Enter the discounts that you get for PAYG (pay as you go) on compute resources
2. 1yr RI: Enter the discounts that you get for 1yr RI (reserved instances) on compute resources
3. 3yr RI: Enter the discounts that you get for 3yr RI (reserved instances) on compute resources
4. Storage: Enter the discounts that you get on managed disk storage

Estimated Cost / Month

The estimated costs for running the desktop pool are summarized here.
1. A monthly $ estimate of the resources required to run the desktop pool based on a choice between PAYG, 1yr RI and 3yr RI. It recommends the cheapest option of the three.
2. Summary provides a split of compute, storage, disk operations and networking costs.
3. Overview of all the resources that would be required based on the desktop configuration you have selected along with their quantity, size, estimated $/Desktop/mo