Azure Virtual Desktop
All pages referring or tutorials for Azure Virtual Desktop.
Configure Start VM on Connect for Azure Virtual Desktop
Thursday, August 14, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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4 minute read
In short, the process works as follows: The user initiates a connection to the host pool from Windows App. The user completes authentication, which may include multiple authentication factors. Azure Virtual Desktop checks whether a suitable session …
Clean up old FSLogix profiles with Logic Apps
Thursday, August 07, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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9 minute read
I will give you a step-by-step guide to build this Logic App yourself. Make sure you have backups ofenabled on your storage account so when a file is deleted but you need it for some reason after some time, you can restore it from a monthly or yearly …
Using FSLogix App Masking to hide applications on Virtual Desktops
Thursday, July 31, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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9 minute read
Requirements Around 45 minutes of your time An environment with Active Directory and separate client machine with FSLogix pre-installed Basic knowledge of Active Directory Basic knowledge of Windows and FSLogix What is FSLogix App Masking? FSLogix …
Sysprep script for Azure Virtual Desktop images
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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4 minute read
One of the most common Sysprep errors is: Failure Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation. Review the log file at %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log for details. And/or this one in the setupact.log file: Failure Package …
RDP Multipath - What is it and how to configure?
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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4 minute read
Let’s take a look what RDP Multipath adds to your connections: Green: The normal paths of connecting with RDP/Shortpath Purple: The paths added by RDP Multipath This adds extra ways of connecting session hosts to the end device, selects the …
Pooled Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure AD cloud users only
Thursday, June 12, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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11 minute read
This deployment option is superseded by the more easy and secure Entra Kerberos option, check out the updated deployment guide here: https://justinverstijnen.nl/azure-virtual-desktop-fslogix-and-native-kerberos-authentication/ Since the beginning of …
Configure Scaling Plans in Azure Virtual Desktop
Saturday, June 07, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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6 minute read
Step 1: Create scaling plan Open the Azure Portal at https://portal.azure.com and go to “Azure Virtual Desktop”, then to “Scaling plans”. At this screen, click “+ Create”. This will open the Scaling Plan wizard. …
Test Azure Virtual Desktop connectivity and RTT
Thursday, May 22, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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3 minute read
I created a script to test the connectivity, if it is allowed through Firewall and also test the RTT to the Azure Virtual Desktop service. The script then gives the following output: The script to test Azure Virtual Desktop connectivity I have the …
Windows Search optimization on Azure Virtual Desktop
Thursday, May 15, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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3 minute read
The video In this video you will see that it takes around 5 seconds till I can begin searching for applications and Windows didnt respond to the first click. This is on a empty session host, so in practice this is much slower. How to solve this minor …
Monitor Azure Virtual Deskop logon speed
Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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4 minute read
The script is not made by myself, the source of the script is: https://www.controlup.com/script-library-posts/analyze-logon-duration/ The script used in practice I have a demo environment where we can test this script. There we will run the script. …