Azure RemoteApp (ARA) now supporting Office 365 ProPlus!

The Microsoft RDV Team released a new bog post about support for Office 365 in Azure RemoteApp (ARA). This means that you can now publish Office 365 ProPlus applications as a RemoteApp to your end-users!

As a results, you can now choose from three different Microsoft Images to create Azure RemoteApp cloud collections which are available out of the box in Azure!

Below is a description of the images currently available today!

Windows Server 2012 R2 (a.k.a. "the vanilla image")

• This image is based on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter operating system and has the following roles and features installed to meet the requirements of Azure RemoteApp template images:
  • .NET Framework 4.5, 3.5.1, 3.5
  • Desktop Experience
  • Ink and Handwriting Services
  • Media Foundation
  • Remote Desktop Session Host
  • Windows PowerShell 4.0
  • Windows PowerShell ISE
  • WoW64 Support
• This image also has the following applications installed:
  • Adobe Flash Player
  • Microsoft Silverlight
  • Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player

Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus (Office 365 Enterprise E3 or E4 subscription required)

• Office 365 is the most requested application and therefore we have provided you with a pre-created "custom" image for you to work with.
• This image is an extension of the vanilla image and has the following components of Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus installed in addition to the components described in the Windows Server 2012 R2 image:
  • Access
  • Excel
  • Lync
  • OneNote
  • OneDrive for Business
  • Outlook
  • PowerPoint
  • Project
  • Visio
  • Word
  • Microsoft Office Proofing Tools
• Full functionality of Office 365 ProPlus apps is available only for users who have Office 365 Enterprise E3 or E4 subscriptions. Please contact your Microsoft account representative for more details on Office licensing.

Microsoft Office 2013 ProPlus (trial only)

• During the preview, we thought that it would be good idea to provide a pre-created "custom" image for you to test the service with.
• This image is an extension of the vanilla image and has the following components of Microsoft Office 2013 ProPlus installed in addition to the components described in the Windows Server 2012 R2 image:
  • Access
  • Excel
  • Lync
  • OneNote
  • OneDrive for Business
  • Outlook
  • PowerPoint
  • Project
  • Visio
  • Word
  • Microsoft Office Proofing Tools
• Our legal team wanted us to emphasize: This image does not include Microsoft Office license and hence cannot be used for production. Office 2013 ProPlus is for preview only and if you want to use Office apps in Azure RemoteApp for production, please use Office 365 ProPlus image. For more details on Office licensing, please contact your Microsoft account representative.

Source and more info: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2014/12/02/azure-remoteapp-now-supporting-office-365-proplus.aspx