This video explains common uses of the Microsoft Azure Remote Desktop feature followed by an architectural overview. Finally helpful links are shared to facilitate the troubleshooting of cloud services instances. Here are some useful links: How to enable RD in the portal: https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/services/cloud-services/how-to-configure-a-cloud-service How to enable RD in Visual Studio: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg443832.aspxMicrosoft Azure PaaS VM Logs analysis package: https://wc.ficp.support.microsoft.com/Dashboards/Main/SelfHelpCase/CIE Team blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/cieTroubleshooting Best Practices White Paper https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh771389.aspx