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I suppose this is more of a question of whether the VB6 Runtime runs on Windows Server 2012 R2.

I was thinking about Azure app migration scenarios, and Azure RemoteApp could be a great way to allow an enterprise to migrate to the cloud and Windows 10, while still supporting their legacy LOB applications; such as those written in VB6.

I wasn't able to find any information in the Azure documentation specifically on this, so I thought I'd ask it here.

Does anyone know if a VB6 app can run in Azure RemoteApp?

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    Dunno about RemoteApp but *VB6 Runtime runs on Windows Server 2012 R2* - Yes it does. – Alex K. Jul 29 '15 at 16:10
  • That's good to know! Thanks! – Chris Pietschmann Jul 29 '15 at 16:11
  • basically anything that runs on Windows Server 2012 R2 remotely using remote desktop with support to multi user sessions works on remoteapp. Another pre-requisite is that your application can't save anything locally like a local database because Azure will spawn several VMs for your app and your app needs to work independently where the user connected. – Bruno Faria Jul 29 '15 at 17:08
  • VB6 Runtime does run on Windows Server although only using Windows-On-Windows (i.e. running as a 32-bit process). See [Microsoft support statement for VB6 runtime](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ms788708.aspx) – MarkJ Aug 03 '15 at 11:40

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It seems that perhaps VB6 apps did run in Azure RemoteApp, but this is no longer really relevant, right? Long live VB6! :)

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