Graphics acceleration on Azure VMs

1. When creating a cloud resource, we recommend using a Windows 10 image. To create a virtual machine with graphics support, select the workload "High" and then one of the NV-VM in the desired size.
2. Create a destination pool in which you can include one or more destinations that belong together.
3. If you would like to access the destinations via the oneclick™ streaming, configure the app access for your destination…
4. … and then create App instances for your oneclick™ users.

 

Access the app and do the following:

1. Install the appropriate NVIDIA driver on the open VM.
2. Enter "pedit" in the Windows search and open the "Group Policy".
3. Now go to the following position: Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Remote Desktop Services / Remote Desktop Session Host / Remote Session Environment / Use hardware graphics adapters for all Remote Desktop Service sessions. Switch the "State" to Enabled here.
4. In the Windows search, type "cmd" and open Command Prompt.
5. Type in the following and confirm with Enter: gpupdate /force
6. Sign out of the virtual machine.
7. Restart the app. Now the GPU hardware is used.

If you are not sure whether graphics support is being used, test this as follows:

1. Type "cmd" again in the Windows search and open "Command Prompt".
2. Type in the following and confirm with Enter: "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI>nvidia-smi" If a percentage higher than 0 is displayed here, graphics acceleration is supported. If you see 0% here, try to repeat the steps.