You are designing an Azure Virtual Desktop deployment. You identify the network latency between the locations where users reside and the planned…

The Azure Virtual Desktop Experience Estimator is a web-based tool specifically designed to help plan AVD deployments. It measures the round-trip time (RTT) from a user's current location, through the AVD service, to each Azure region where session hosts can be deployed. This allows administrators to evaluate connection latency and identify the Azure region that will provide the lowest latency and, therefore, the best user experience for their end-users. This tool is intended for the pre-deployment and planning phase.

A. Azure Traffic Manager is a DNS-based load balancer that distributes traffic to existing public-facing applications across different Azure regions; it does not estimate latency for planning purposes.

C. Azure Monitor for Azure Virtual Desktop is a monitoring solution that provides insights into the performance and health of an existing AVD deployment, not for initial planning.

D. Azure Advisor is a recommendation service that analyzes existing Azure resources and provides guidance on optimizing for cost, security, performance, and reliability, not for pre-deployment latency tests.

1. Microsoft Learn. "Estimate Azure Virtual Desktop connection latency." Azure Virtual Desktop documentation. This document explicitly states

"The Azure Virtual Desktop Experience Estimator is a web-based tool that helps you evaluate the connection quality to Azure Virtual Desktop by determining the round-trip time (RTT) from your current location... to each Azure region in which you can deploy virtual machines."

2. Microsoft Learn. "What is Traffic Manager?" Azure Traffic Manager documentation. This source describes Traffic Manager as a service to "distribute traffic to your public facing applications across the global Azure regions

" confirming its role in traffic routing for existing services

not planning.

3. Microsoft Learn. "Use Azure Monitor for Azure Virtual Desktop to monitor your deployment." Azure Virtual Desktop documentation. This article details how the tool is a "dashboard built on Azure Monitor Workbooks that helps IT professionals understand their Azure Virtual Desktop environments

" confirming its use for monitoring existing deployments.

4. Microsoft Learn. "Introduction to Azure Advisor." Azure Advisor documentation. This page defines Advisor as a "personalized cloud consultant that helps you follow best practices to optimize your Azure deployments

" focusing on existing resources.