A Brief Lesson About Azure RemoteApp

Step 1: Login to Windows Azure portal.

Step 2: Select Virtual machine (Classic) and click on Add button.

The screen shown below will appear. Select “Windows Server Remote Desktop Session Host on Windows Service 2012” image from the list. Click Create button.



Step 3: Provide the basic information and click Next button as shown below:



Step 4: Select the VM size.



Step 5: Set the configuration options.



Step 6: Details of the VM will be shown on Summery page. Click OK button.



Step 7: Once VM is created, connect to the VM.

Step 8: Copy release the folder of your Windows Application to VM(C:\RemoteApp\). Double click .exe file and run your Application to see if everything is working or not.

Step 9: As our VM is based on Remote Desktop Session Host image, we will have a PowerShell script. “ValidateRemoteAppImage”shortcut is present on the desktop. Run it and it will start the process of validating the VM against remote app requirements.



Step 10: When prompted to launch Sysprep, provide “Y”. Sysprep is a utility used for the generalization of VMs. Once process is completed, you can capture the image of your VM.

Step 11: Go to Azure portal, click Capture.

Step 12: Provide inputs and check on I’ve run Sysprep check box and click OK button.



Now the image is ready to use.

Upload VM image to Azure Remote Apps

Step 1: Go to Azure portal click Browse, select RemoteApp collections.

Step 2: Go to Template Imagestab. Click on “Import or Upload a template image”.

Step 3: Select “Import an image from your Virtual Machine library (recommended)”.



Step 4: VM Image, which we created, is listed in drop down list. Check the check box and click Next button.



Step 5: Provide template name, location and click OKbutton.



Create Remote App Cloud collection

Step 1: Select RemoteApp Collection tab.

Step 2: Click on Create RemoteApp Collection.

Step 3: You will note that RemoteApp template, which we created, is listed in Template image drop box. Provide the required inputs and click “Create Remote App Collection”.



Step 4: Once the collection status becomes active, click it and go to “Publishing” tab. Click the “Publish” button at the bottom and select “Publish Program using Path”.



Step 5: Provide the name of a program and path where we had copied .exe file and click OK button.



Step 6: Click “User Access” tab and verify that your Microsoft account has an access. You can also give the access to another Microsoft account.

Consume the Application from Remote Apps on client device

Step 1: Open “https://www.remoteapp.windowsazure.com/”, go to Downloads tab and download remote desktop client exe.



Step 2: Run the exe to install, once installation is complete, it will ask to login,use your Account, which has an access to remote app collection.

Step 3: Your App will be listed as shown below. Double click on the app and a RDP session will be activated automatically and you will be able to access Windows Application.