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Regional host pools for Azure Virtual Desktop reached general availability on September 30, 2026, initially in East US 2 and Central US. The change addresses a real operational concern for AVD administrators: control plane outages caused by problems in a different Azure region. Microsoft says additional regions will follow in phases and that it declared GA before every region was ready. The same regional resiliency work is also planned for Windows 365 through a gradual, Microsoft-managed rollout that should leave the customer experience unchanged. Coverage here focuses on what this means for virtual desktop deployments and regional availability.
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    Azure Virtual Desktop Regional Host Pools Reach GA in East US 2 and Central US

    Regional host pools for Azure Virtual Desktop are now generally available. If you run AVD and have worried that your control plane could go down because of a problem in a different Azure region, this change addresses that risk. Microsoft announced general availability on September 30, 2026. The...
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