{"id":31501,"date":"2023-05-23T11:18:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/?p=31501"},"modified":"2025-04-16T03:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T07:44:04","slug":"rdp-shortpath-monitoring-in-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/rdp-shortpath-monitoring-in-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"RDP Shortpath Monitoring in Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inner_content\">\n<p>Since Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/azure-virtual-desktop-blog\/announcing-general-availability-of-rdp-shortpath\/ba-p\/3691026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">announced<\/a> the RDP Shortpath feature was going to be enabled by default on September 6, 2022 for all Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) customers, monitoring and troubleshooting this feature has become important. RDP Shortpath feature improves the AVD connectivity by establishing a direct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/searchnetworking\/definition\/UDP-User-Datagram-Protocol\">UDP protocol<\/a> between the AVD session hosts and the Remote Desktop Client by reducing the dependency on gateways. You will be charged for egress Internet traffic as per <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/details\/bandwidth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">Azure standard pricing<\/a>. Azure RDP Shortpath feature provides the following key benefits to users:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increases the Bandwidth available for each user session.<\/li>\n<li>Decreases the Round-Trip Time (RTT) and improves User Experience (UX) for latency sensitive applications and input methods.<\/li>\n<li>Allows you to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-desktop\/rdp-bandwidth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">configure<\/a> Quality of Service (QOS) priority for RDP Shortpath connections by specifying a throttle rate.<\/li>\n<li>If the RDP Shortpath is not possible for the user connection, the connection automatically falls back to the TCP based reverse connect transport and uses Azure Gateway for the connectivity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RDP Shortpath provides two configuration options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Managed networks \u2013 In this option, you need to configure Azure Network Security Group to allow inbound UDP port 3390 so that your endpoint can connect to the session host in the host pools. Due to security reasons, this option is meant for trusted connections established through Azure Express Route or Site-To-Site VPNs. More information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-desktop\/shortpath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Public networks \u2013 In this option, no UDP port 3390 to the session host is required. So, Azure Express Route or Site-To-Site VPNs is also not required. More information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-desktop\/shortpath-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">here<\/a>. There are two connection types when using a public connection, which are listed here in order of preference:\n<ul class=\"square_list\">\n<li>A direct UDP connection using the Simple Traversal Underneath NAT (STUN) protocol between a client and session host.<\/li>\n<li>An indirect UDP connection using the Traversal Using Relay NAT (TURN) protocol with a relay between a client and session host. This is in preview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Currently, you can verify the RDP Shortpath feature by clicking the \u201cConnection Information\u201d in the blue bar as shown below. As you can see below, it says \u2018UDP is enabled\u2019 and the further down states UDP as the transport protocol.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-01.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-01.webp 503w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-01-300x265.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-01-310x274.webp 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-01-140x124.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_caption\">Figure 1: Connection Information of RDP Shortpath feature<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"RDP_Shortpath_is_enabled_but_not_working\"><\/span>RDP Shortpath is enabled but not working<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As discussed above if there is a problem with RDP Shortpath, it will automatically fallback to an alternative protocol. Rather than \u201cTransport protocol: UDP\u201d (as seen in Figure 1) you may see \u201cTransport protocol: WebSocket\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>RDP Shortpath for public networks will work automatically without any additional configuration, providing networks and firewalls allow the traffic through and RDP transport settings in the Windows operating system for session hosts and clients are using their default values.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Learn has a very good overview of examples of network configuration for RDP Shortpath. If RDP Shortpath is enabled but not actually working &#8211; it is very likely that somewhere in the network or firewall configuration the traffic is blocked forcing the fallback behaviour. The section \u201cExample Scenarios\u201d on this page &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-desktop\/rdp-shortpath?tabs=managed-networks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">RDP Shortpath &#8211; Azure Virtual Desktop | Microsoft Learn<\/a>, is a very good place to start. It is very important to understand the critical role STUN and TURN servers often play in RDP Shortpath enablement (<em>Note: at the time of writing TURN support is only in preview in Azure and only in some regions<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Problems with STUN servers can impact RDP Shortpath and I\u2019ll cover how eG Enterprise monitors those later in this article. Microsoft also provide a troubleshooting tool for RDP Shortpath avdnettest.exe and advice, <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-desktop\/troubleshoot-rdp-shortpath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">Troubleshoot RDP Shortpath for public networks &#8211; Azure Virtual Desktop | Microsoft Learn<\/a>. Detailed configuration and verification steps for RDP Shortpath are given in &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-desktop\/configure-rdp-shortpath?source=recommendations&amp;tabs=public-networks#verify-rdp-shortpath-is-working\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">Configure RDP Shortpath &#8211; Azure Virtual Desktop | Microsoft Learn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 20px 0; border: 1px solid #ffd392; background: #fcf8ef; margin-bottom: 30px;\">\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_STUN\"><\/span>What is STUN?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/STUN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">STUN<\/a> is used to establish a direct UDP connection between a client and session host. To establish this connection, the client and session host must be able to connect to each other through a public IP address and negotiated port. However, most clients don&#8217;t know their own public IP address as they sit behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) gateway device. STUN is a protocol for the self-discovery of a public IP address from behind a NAT gateway device and the client to determine its own public-facing IP address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Metrics_and_Information_when_Monitoring_RDP_Shortpath\"><\/span>Key Metrics and Information when Monitoring RDP Shortpath<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are managing a larger AVD infrastructure, you need answers to the following key questions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How many of my users are using RDP Shortpath for AVD connectivity?<\/li>\n<li>Does RDP Shortpath affect the logon duration of the AVD user session?<\/li>\n<li>Who are using RDP Shortpath on managed network and where are they connected?<\/li>\n<li>Who are using RDP Shortpath on public internet and where are they connected?<\/li>\n<li>Is the RDP Shortpath listener is enabled and available on session host servers?<\/li>\n<li>What is the latency and bandwidth of the AVD user sessions?<\/li>\n<li>Are STUN servers reachable from the session host servers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-desktop\/insights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noindex noopener\">Azure Virtual Desktop Insights<\/a> does not provide any widgets in their workbook to answer the above questions when monitoring RDP Shortpath.<\/p>\n<p>eG Enterprise AVD Monitoring answers the above questions and help you monitor the entire AVD infrastructure. We have some blogs that cover more information on how to setup and monitor and troubleshoot AVD infrastructure, please see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/azure-virtual-desktop-monitoring-avd\/\">Azure Virtual Desktop Monitoring Technology | eG Innovations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Accessing_RDP_Shortpath_Metrics_using_eG_Enterprise_Monitoring\"><\/span>Accessing RDP Shortpath Metrics using eG Enterprise Monitoring<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Out-of-the-box eG Enterprise will continually monitor and alert on problems in your AVD environments. Beyond this, session host monitoring is also performed on the AVD broker, where key connection data including that on Reverse Connect and RDP Shortpath connections is captured.<\/p>\n<p>Next, in the captions of the next two figures, I\u2019ll describe how to find out all the \u201cUsers using RDP Shortpath (UDP Connections)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-02-view.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31505 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-02.webp\" alt=\"Console screenshot of AVD Broker metrics useful for monitoring and troubleshooting RDP Shortpath\" width=\"750\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-02.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-02-300x178.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-02-310x184.webp 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-02-140x83.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_caption\">Figure 2: Within the layer model select the \u201cAVD Connections By Host Pools\u201d test. To see all the metrics shown above. Clicking on the detailed diagnosis icon (the magnifying glass icon in the columns on the right of the screenshot) for any metric will reveal deep-dive information. Here I clicked on the detailed diagnosis icon on the metric line \u201cTotal completed connections (number)\u201d to see the details of those connections.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-03-view.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-03.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-03.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-03-300x84.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-03-310x87.webp 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-03-140x39.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_caption\">Figure 3: After clicking on the detailed diagnosis icon, you can scroll across to see if \u201cUDP protocol used\u201d for each connection, if UDP is not being used this field will indicate a non-UDP protocol (TCP) is in use and the genre of TCP protocol in use. The active headings can be used to sort and filter these lists.<\/div>\n<p>In the AVD Broker monitoring layer, the \u201cAVD User Logon Details\u201d Test is a good way to access the impact RDP Shortpath is having on logon durations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-04.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-04.webp 421w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-04-232x300.webp 232w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-04-310x401.webp 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-04-140x181.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_caption\">Figure 4: Select an individual user under the AVD User Logon Details test will pull up all the relevant metrics for that user.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-05-view.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31511 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-05.webp\" alt=\"Console showing RDP Shortpath metrics such as RDP logon duration useful for monitoring and troubleshooting RDP Shortpath's role in slow logons\" width=\"750\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-05.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-05-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-05-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-05-310x309.webp 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-05-140x139.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_caption\">Figure 5: The time taken to establish the Shortpath connection is captured under \u201cRDP Shortpath duration\u201d for each and every logon. Allowing administrators to benchmark and compare users for anomalies.<\/div>\n<p>Administrators can also track and monitor the estimated latency and bandwidth of the AVD user sessions in eG Enterprise under the \u201cNetwork Performance \u2013 AVD&#8221; test available in the AVD host pool component model. These metrics are collected from the AVD broker and presented for each user session in the appropriate AVD host pool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-06-view.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-06.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-06.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-06-300x66.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-06-310x68.webp 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-06-140x31.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_caption\">Figure 6: Estimated bandwidth and latency (RTT) are available in the User Experience tab<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_the_STUN_servers_available\"><\/span>Are the STUN servers available?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Stun server availability is monitored continuously and can be viewed via the \u201cSession Host\u201d tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-07-view.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31515 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-07.webp\" alt=\"Console image showing Stun Server availability used when monitoring RDP Shortpath \" width=\"750\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-07.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-07-300x102.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-07-310x105.webp 310w, https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/azure-07-140x47.webp 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"img_caption\">Figure 7: STUN server availability problems will cause RDP Shortpath to fall back to TCP based protocols.<\/div>\n<p>Please do feel free to check out my other blogs, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eginnovations.com\/blog\/author\/babusundaram\/\">Babu Sundaram, Author at eG Innovations<\/a>, many of which are AVD related.<\/p>\n<div class=\"containers mb-4\" style=\"clear:both\">\n \t<div class=\"fixed-free-trial-div mb-3\" id=\"fixedsectioninfo_blog_btn\">\n \t\n \t<style>.containers_hide_row,.all_blogs_bottom{\n \tdisplay:none;\n   \n}\t<\/style>\n                <div class=\"box-style container row pt-4 pb-4  animatedParent animateOnce\" data-sequence=\"100\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;border-top: 1px solid #ddd;background: #4b4b4b;padding: 15px 15px 0 15px;border-radius: 12px;\">\n                \n                <div class=\"text-center animated fadeIn go\"> \n                <p class=\"text-center mb-4\" style=\"    color: #fff;\">\n\neG Enterprise is an Observability solution for Modern IT. 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