Azure RemoteApp beta: Screenshot gallery

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  • Log onto Azure's RemoteApp service

    Log onto Azure's RemoteApp service

    To build your first RemoteApp server, log onto the Azure Portal and choose the RemoteApp service.

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  • Choose a remote desktop server image

    Choose a remote desktop server image

    Choose an image from the Azure Gallery, give it a name and assign it to a region, and then sit back and wait for Azure to provision your server.

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  • Set up users and apps

    Set up users and apps

    You'll see a list of all your deployed servers, and any VPNs and templates they use. Click on a server to set up users and apps.

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  • Quick Start view

    Quick Start view

    A Quick Start view makes it easy to complete the configuration of a new server. Once set up, you can hide this view if required.

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  • Azure AD or Microsoft account required

    Azure AD or Microsoft account required

    Users need a Microsoft organisational account (in Azure Active Directory) or a Microsoft Account. This lets you deliver apps not just to managed users, but also to contractors and temporary staff. You can also deliver apps to an Azure AD group.

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  • Choose apps and invite users

    Choose apps and invite users

    Finally, choose the apps that are going to be published to each user. You can let them use all the available apps on a server, or a selection. They're then sent an invitation to the RemoteApp service.

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  • Download client software

    Download client software

    Once they've logged on to the RemoteApp portal, users will be given the option of downloading the appropriate client software for their device — Windows, Mac, Android and iOS are all supported at launch, with Windows Phone 8.1 following soon.

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  • Respond to invitations

    Respond to invitations

    Log into the service from the client, and you're presented with a list of invitations. Click one to register and download the list of available apps.

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  • Load and run apps

    Load and run apps

    Once you've registered a client, you'll be presented with a list of apps. Just click the icon to load and run the app. It'll run on the Azure virtual machine, delivering its UI to your PC or mobile device.

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  • Visio via Azure

    Visio via Azure

    A RemoteApp looks just like — and behaves like — any other app. Here we're running Visio from Azure on a Windows 8.1 PC.

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ZDNet had some hands-on time with Azure RemoteApp at a recent Azure press event in Redmond, setting up a server image and publishing a selection of Office apps.

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Log onto Azure's RemoteApp service

To build your first RemoteApp server, log onto the Azure Portal and choose the RemoteApp service.

Images  Simon Bisson/ZDNet

Caption by: Simon Bisson

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