Ansys Lumerical Virtual Desktop

Ansys Lumerical is supported on Windows and Linux virtual desktops.

Follow the instructions in Creating a Virtual Desktop in the Administration Guide.

When creating a virtual desktop, use the following guidelines:

• Operating system: Windows or Linux

  On Windows, Ansys 2025 R2 applications are only supported on the Windows Server 2022 operating system, while 2025 R1 and earlier releases are supported on both Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2019.

  If creating a Linux virtual desktop using the Rocky Linux by CIQ image, see What You Should Know About the Rocky Linux OS Image by CIQ in the Administration Guide.

• Applications: Ansys Lumerical

  If installing Ansys Lumerical for Linux, GNOME Desktop and XRDP for GNOME are automatically added as well.

  Note: Ansys recommends that you create the virtual desktop without any applications, and then add the application after the virtual desktop has been created. See Adding Applications to a Virtual Desktop in the User's Guide. Sometimes, Windows updates are triggered on newly created virtual machines, causing application installation to fail.

• GPU workflows Standard_NC40ads_H100_v5 Standard_NC96ads_A100_v4 Standard_NC24ads_A100_v4	Supports Unified Memory
  HPC Compute Nodes HBv4/HBv3/HBv2/HB series (for example, Standard_HB120rs_v4) HC series (for example, Standard_HC44rs)

When the resource is in the Running state and the Connect button is displayed at the bottom of the tile, you can connect to the virtual desktop. See Launching a Virtual Desktop Session in the User's Guide.