Pool1: NVv3-series The requirement for "heavy graphic rendering and compute-intensive applications" explicitly calls for a virtual machine with a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). Among the options, only the NVv3-series is optimized for GPU-accelerated graphics applications and virtual desktops, as it is powered by NVIDIA M60 GPUs. The Av2 and Dsv4-series are general-purpose VMs and lack the required GPU for this workload.

Pool2: Dsv4-series This pool requires support for Microsoft Office 365, Teams, and premium storage, while also minimizing costs.

• The Av2-series is ineligible because it does not support premium storage.
• The NVv3-series (a GPU-enabled VM) is significantly more expensive and provides unnecessary capabilities for an Office 365 workload, violating the "minimize costs" requirement.
• The Dsv4-series supports premium storage ("s" indicates premium storage support) and provides the appropriate general-purpose balance of CPU and memory for a standard productivity workload, making it the most cost-effective and correct choice.

Microsoft Azure Documentation, "NVv3-series."

Reference: This document states: "The NVv3-series virtual machines are powered by NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPUs... These VMs are targeted for GPU-accelerated graphics applications and virtual desktops where customers want to visualize their data, simulate results to view, or work on CAD." This directly supports the choice for Pool1.

Microsoft Azure Documentation, "Dsv4 and Dsdv4-series."

Reference: This document notes: "The Dsv4 and Dsdv4-series virtual machines... feature high-performance and low-latency storage... these virtual machines are ideal for applications that demand faster local storage... and a balanced memory-to-CPU ratio." This profile fits the general productivity workload (O365, Teams) of Pool2.

Microsoft Azure Documentation, "Av2-series."

Reference: This document states: "Premium Storage is not supported" for the Av2-series. This explicitly disqualifies the Av2-series for Pool2, which has a premium storage requirement.

Microsoft Azure Documentation, "Virtual machine sizing guidelines for Azure Virtual Desktop."

Reference: In the "Example workloads" section, "GPU-intensive" or "Rendering" workloads (like Pool1) are mapped to N-series (GPU) VMs. "Medium" or "Power" user workloads (like Pool2's O365/Teams) are mapped to general-purpose VMs like the D-series (such as Dsv4) to balance performance and cost.