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Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) Cluster

Remote Desktop Services (RDS) requires a domain-joined file server for user profile disks (UPDs). To deploy a high availability domain-joined scale-out file server (SOFS) in Azure, use Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) with Windows Server 2016.

Installation

We are going to deploy this architecture from the last template published from Microsoft, but if you want to deploy it manually you can follow this guide.

  1. Create a Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) Cluster with Windows Server 2016 on an existing VNET Deploy to Azure

    • Remember the parameters:

  2. After the deployment you can use the path that show the output of the previous deploy.

    • Output example: \\sofsName\shareName

    TemplateOutpu

  3. In Server Manager, click Remote Desktop Services > Collections > Your Collection > TASKS > "Edit Properties".

    EditProperties

  4. In the the "User Profile Disks".

    • Select Enable user profiles disks
    • In the Location field, we have to use the deploy output. Example: \\sofsName\shareName

    userprofiledisk