What is the Windows Azure RemoteApp?

Cloud-enabling and "webifying" applications is the hot topic these days, and thus as a developer, you need to be aware of your options. One quick option is to make your application available as a remote application. This works nicely, if you have an existing desktop application, and your users want to get access to it no matter where they are.

Microsoft's Azure cloud service contains a feature called RemoteApp, which is an evolution to the Windows Server feature Remote Desktop Services (RDS), or more traditionally, Terminal Services (TS). Azure RemoteApp allows you to host your desktop applications in the cloud, and simply give access to your users using an easy web interface. Azure manages the platform and networking infrastructure, and you can focus on your applications.

In case you are interested, check out this recent blog post from MSDN blogs about RemoteApp. A good read, and allows you to have yet another solution in your bag of tricks.

Good luck!