Guacamole User Resource Service bundle (Windows)

This is a User Resource Service template. It defines a Windows 11/Server 2019/Server 2022 VM to be used by TRE researchers and to be connected to using a Guacamole server. It blocks all inbound and outbound traffic to the internet and allows only RDP connections from within the vnet.

Prerequisites

• A base workspace bundle installed
• A guacamole workspace service bundle installed
• A Nexus shared service has been deployed

Notes

• Nexus is a prerequisite of installing the Windows VMs given the bootstrap scripts that install data science and Azure tooling.
• The standard Windows VM template exposes checkboxes so you can choose which tools to install during bootstrap. By default it installs Azure CLI, Visual Studio Code, Azure Storage Explorer, Git, Miniforge + JupyterLab, and R + RStudio.
• The airlock review VMs intentionally install only Azure CLI, Visual Studio Code, and Azure Storage Explorer so the review process starts faster.
• In production we recommend using VM images to avoid transient issues downloading and installing packages. The included user resource templates for VMs with bootstrap scripts should only be used for trial/demonstration purposes. More info can be found in the custom templates documentation.

Using Custom Images

For custom image usage, visit this page.