TU Dublin ''Azure Virtual Desktop’’ (AVD)
A range of cloud based software applications
The TU Dublin ‘’Azure Virtual Desktop’’ (AVD) system is a cloud-based multi-session Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) system that provides TU Dublin students and staff with access to a range of academic software applications (e.g. MATLAB SolidWorks, etc...) from their personal devices.
Connecting to the system
The AVD system can be accessed by downloading a copy of the AVD client software as follows:
- Open ‘Microsoft Store’ (‘Mac App Store’ for Mac users):
- Within Microsoft Store/ Mac App Store, search for ‘Windows App’:
- Select "Get":
- Open Windows App
- Sign into Windows App using your TU Dublin email credentials
- Select "Apps" on the left hand side to see a list of available apps:
Contact Us For further information please contact IT Support.
Additional step-by-step guidance
Click on the following dropdowns for guidance on various additional AVD functions:
Microsoft OneDrive files may be accessed natively from within the AVD system by first ‘activating’ OneDrive.
Follow these steps to activate OneDrive:
Open the OneDrive app
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When prompted, enter your TU Dublin studentnumber@mytudublin.ie email address,
and select ‘Sign In’
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Enter you TU Dublin email password
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Enter the code sent to you phone as a text message
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Select ‘Next’
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Select ‘Next’
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Select ‘Next’
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Select ‘Next’
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Select ‘Later’
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Select ‘Open my OneDrive folder’
Your OneDrive access is now activated.
Please note that you need only activate OneDrive once.
Accessing AVD OneDrive files video
Once activated, your OneDrive files will be accessible from within any AVD app:
Files stored on client drives may be accessed from any ‘file->open’ dialogue, as follows:
Please note that files accessed from a local drive are un-cached and that working from a local drive space may cause a sever reduction in the performance of AVD applications.
It is important to note that batch processing/ modelling performance may be impacted when input data is stored on client disks.
To avoid such issues, ensure that input data is stored directly on the AVD storage and not on a client disk.