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Microsoft Azure RemoteApp
Ultima Engagements
Looking for a turnkey application delivey platform?
Building out an app delivery platform that can scale with demand can be challenging for any organisation, especially when future demand for resources is unknown. As a Microsoft Gold partner for Cloud Platform, Ultima are able to help you use RemoteApp to implement an agile, cloud-based application delivery platform, powered by Azure and Remote Desktop Services and backed by predictable per-user / per month pricing, that can flex with your needs. Ultima is only one of a few certified Microsoft partners in the UK qualified to offer end-to-end IT services. Our continued focus is on the provision of quality and complementary technical and strategic services, delivered across each of the following mature practice areas.
Strategy Asset Consultancy Managed
& Planning Lifecycle Services
Azure and RemoteApp Engagements
Azure Everywhere - We are offering you the opportunity to attend
a two day Cloud Value Workshop, followed by a two day Proof of Concept, funded by Microsoft and delivered by Ultima. Our data centre specialists will discuss your business requirements and advise how RemoteApp can meet your goals.
Advisory Service for Mobility - Based upon a process driven
framework that builds upon Microsoft’s Core IO model and
incorporates the infrastructure lifecycle and our own best practices. It is designed to address the complexities of evaluating, rationalising, optimising or transforming IT to meet demands.
Professional Services - Our experienced and accredited architects,
consultants, engineers and project managers are able to complement your existing team, providing a diverse range of strategic and tactical consultancy services, enabling your business to deliver application delivery projects faster and more effectively.
Furthermore our wider End User Computing practice offers a full ecosystem of Advisory and Consultancy services to ensure you have the support you need to deliver a comprehensive and tailored IT strategy, backed by the experience and expertise you would expect from a top-tier EUC partner.
What is Azure RemoteApp?
Azure RemoteApp allows organisations to provide a flexible application delivery service, which caters for organic growth, seasonal flexing and acquisitions, without having to worry about buying expensive infrastructure. Users can access corporate applications using the devices they want, without the risk of combining personal and corporate data.Windows Apps on any Device Cross Platform Experience Introduce Scalable OpEx Costs
Pure Cloud and Hybrid Options Powered by Microsoft Azure Leverage RDS for a Rich Experience Deliver Office365 on any Platform
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Application delivery from the cloud. No hassle.
A scalable platform: simple and cost-effective
In today’s business environment, we need flexibility and agility to manage increasingly mobile and dynamic workforces. Business requirements are changing as we strive to stay competitive and reduce overall costs—all while supporting the growing number of devices that people choose to use.
Delivering and rewriting corporate resources and native applications, such as sensitive line-of-business (LOB) or legacy applications, to different device platforms simply and cost-effectively is no easy task. We designed Azure RemoteApp to overcome key IT challenges and bring scale, agility, and flexibility to your organization.
Why Azure RemoteApp?
No expensive on-premises costsWith Azure RemoteApp you can take advantage of inherent cloud agility and meet the dynamic needs of your business without getting overwhelmed by expensive on-premises costs. With per-user, per-month pricing, your costs are always predictable—even when the demands of your business change.
Your apps, our cloud
That means no hassles. We take care of the hardware and scaling for you so that you can easily meet the dynamic needs of your business. There’s no need to invest money and time maintaining, upgrading, and installing on-premises servers. Just upload your apps and manage them from the Azure portal.
Works with what you have
With Azure RemoteApp you can deliver your apps from the cloud simply and quickly without the need for rewriting. You can modernize your app delivery infrastructure and run your app in the cloud as is.
Windows apps on any device
Azure RemoteApp runs your company’s applications on Windows Server in the Azure cloud where they’re easier to scale and update. Your users can access these apps through the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) from anywhere and on a variety of devices and platforms, including Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, or Android.
Centralized management, secured data
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Product details
Features
Window Server version Windows Server 2012 R2 Bring your own applications
Device/OS support Windows 8.x, Windows 7, Windows Phone, Windows Embedded, iOS, Android, Mac OS X Microsoft account support (e.g. outlook.com)
Microsoft Active Directory, virtual network (optional) Site-to-site network connection or ExpressRoute support (optional) Storage (per user) 50 GB
Deploy your way
Azure RemoteApp provides you with the freedom to accommodate your infrastructure. Choose from a variety of deployment options to fit your hybrid or cloud-only architecture. You can provision access using the pre-built application collections or custom template images. You can also bring your own applications to this cloud-only architecture.
You can connect your on-premises infrastructure and data with hybrid architecture, or, if your current architecture is in the cloud, you can simply deploy Azure RemoteApp to the same VNET connection where your virtual machines (VMs) reside.
Customize your deployment
Domain join: You can choose to domain join your VM session hosts in Azure RemoteApp to your Active Directory. This way all of your policies and security settings that are already in place are respected.
VPN connection: In order for your users to access corporate data residing on your on-premises network, you can create an Azure VPN connection to your corporate data in your on-premises network. If your data is already in Azure, just deploy Azure RemoteApp to the same VNET connection where your virtual machines reside.
Azure AD Connect:You can create an Azure Active Directory connection to your on-premises Active Directory so your users can access Azure RemoteApp simply with their corporate credentials.
App delivery from the cloud. No hassle.
Azure RemoteApp scales up or down without expensive capital expenditure or management complexity to meet the dynamic needs of your business. We designed our pricing model of the service with the same flexibility.
Azure RemoteApp (ARA) is priced per user and billed on a monthly basis.
The service is offered in four tiers: Basic, Standard, Premium, and Premium Plus.
Pricing: each tier has a starting price that includes 40 hours of service per user. Thereafter, an hourly charge is applied for each user-hour—up to a capped price per user. No additional usage is charged at the capped price in a given month.
Figures are rounded to the nearest integer and may vary based on local currency. Microsoft Office 365 pricing is not included in the above pricing. **Azure RemoteApp offer with EMS is only available via Enterprise Agreement and expires on March 31, 2016.
***Azure RemoteApp offer of up to 80% off with RDS SA is available only in EA when ARA is purchased for every RDS SA per user license. Offer expires on September 30, 2016. Other terms and conditions may apply.
Basic Standard Premium Premium Plus
Target user Task worker Information worker Information worker Designer/Engineer Application types Lightweight LOB apps
(e.g. data entry, expense reporting)
Productivity applications (e.g. Office, SAP, Dynamics)
Productivity apps, large data files (e.g. Excel with Macros)
Design or heavy-compute apps (e.g. Matlab) Storage (user) 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB Starting price (user/month) $10 $15 $20 $25 Hours included in
starting price (per month)
40 40 40 40
Hourly overage rate (per hour) $0.175 $0.20 $0.30 $0.45 Capped price*/unlimited price
(user/month)
$17 $23 $32 $43
Additional discounts
40% off ARA with EMS purchase.** Up to 80% off ARA with RDS SA.*** See page 2 for offer details.Microsoft Azure
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Additional discounts available in Enterprise Agreements 40% off any ARA per-user price with purchase of EMS per-user subscription. (Offer available thru March 31, 2016.)
Up to 80% off ARA Basic and Standard tiers when purchased for every user covered by RDS SA per-user licensing. (Offer available thru September 30, 2016.)
20% off any ARA per-user price for when added to any RDS SA per-user license.
Discounted ARA prices apply during term of EA on all ARA subscriptions purchased during promotion availability. Geographic availability
Azure RemoteApp is available in Azure regions as listed below:
GEO Regions
United States Central US, East US, East US 2, North Central US, South Central US, West US
Europe North Europe, West Europe
Asia Pacific East Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Australia Japan Japan East, Japan West
Brazil Brazil South
Support and SLA
Billing and subscription management support is provided at no cost.
Technical support is available through various Azure support plans listed at: http://azure.microsoft.com/support/plans/ Service Level Agreement (SLA): Azure RemoteApp guarantees a 99.9% monthly availability. Availability is calculated over a monthly billing cycle. To learn more about our SLA please visit the SLA page.
FAQ
Q. What is included in the above-listed monthly prices?
A. The prices are for one user accessing one App Collection. The prices include all associated charges required for the user to access the App Collection (e.g. compute, Ingress\Egress, and 50 GB storage per user). The prices also include the required licensing cost for Windows Server and Remote Desktop Services.
Q. What is an App Collection?
A. An App Collection is a RemoteApp template image that contains the applications or programs shared by a set of users. Several applications can be added into a single App Collection.
Q. Can I create more than one App Collection? Can a set of users access more than one App Collection?
A. Yes, you can create multiple App Collections. Please contact Azure support if you require multiple App Collections per user.
Q. Is there a minimum user requirement for an App Collection?
A. Each App Collection has a minimum requirement of 20 users for Basic and Standard, and 5 users for Premium and Premium Plus.
Q. Is there an upper limit to the total number of App Collections?
A. Currently up to five App Collections per customer are permitted. Please contact Azure support if you need to create more.
Q. Do I also need an RDS license to access this service?
A. No additional licenses are required to use Azure RemoteApp.
Q. How can I use Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus on Azure RemoteApp?
A. If you are an existing Office 365 ProPlus customer, one of your Office 365 ProPlus installations can be in Azure RemoteApp at no additional cost.
Q. If a user is provisioned on Azure RemoteApp for a partial month, will I be charged for a whole month?
A. No, Azure RemoteApp billing is pro-rated per day.
Q. Can I cancel a subscription?
A. Yes, a subscription can be cancelled from the Azure RemoteApp Management Portal.
Q. Can I upgrade between Azure RemoteApp tiers?
A. Yes, you can upgrade at any time.
Q. What versions of Windows Server are supported by Azure RemoteApp?
A. Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported.
Q. Can I customize my ARA deployment with my own applications?
A. Yes, you have the option to customize your Windows Server 2012 R2 image by creating your own template image and uploading to Azure Management Portal. Please note that you are responsible for complying with the use rights of the applications that you bring to the Azure RemoteApp service.
Q. Can I use Azure RemoteApp to host my line-of-business apps?
A. Yes, for applications that run on Windows Server 2012 R2.
Q. Which devices and operating systems are supported by Azure RemoteApp access?
A. You can download the Microsoft Azure RemoteApp client for Windows, Windows Phone, iOS, Mac OS X, and Android devices to access Azure RemoteApp. Download it at:
https://www.microsoft.com/azureremoteapp Find it under the “Client Apps” tab from your device.
Q. Can I use App-V to run an application in an Azure RemoteApp App Collection?
A. Yes, you can install the App-V serialized package on the template image for an application on the template image and run the virtualized app in Azure RemoteApp.
