Transitioning from RDS to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) eliminates aging infrastructure and reduces licensing complexity. This pre-migration checklist provides MSPs with a roadmap to accurately scope projects, avoid performance pitfalls, and ensure a seamless shift to a modern cloud experience.
By engaging with this checklist, you will learn:
- Strategic Scoping: How to benchmark current RDS specs to right-size AVD environments for performance and cost efficiency.
- Data Hygiene: Why archiving unnecessary data before migration is critical for minimizing monthly storage costs in Azure.
- Vendor Coordination: Best practices for validating app compatibility and involving vendors early to prevent rollout delays.
- Risk Mitigation: How starting with a pilot surfaces technical issues and builds client confidence before a full deployment.