All pages referring or tutorials for Azure Virtual Desktop.
In this post, we will be looking at the most popular different RDP Properties we can use in Azure Virtual Desktop. I will be talking about local PC’s and remote PC’s alot, where the remote PC is of course the Azure Virtual Desktop host and the local PC is the Read more
When deploying Microsoft Office apps to (pooled) Virtual Desktops, we mostly need to do some optimizations to the installation. We want to optimize performance on pooled and virtual machines, or maybe we want to enable shared computer activation because multiple users need the apps. In this guide I will show Read more
Joining a storage account to Active Directory can be a hard part of configuring Azure Virtual Desktop or other components to work. We must join the storage account so we can do our Kerberos authentication against the storage account. In this guide I will write down the most easiest way Read more
Today I have a Logic App for you to clean up orphaned FSLogix profiles with Logic Apps. As you know, storage in Azure costs money and we want to store as minimum as possible. But in most companies, old and orphaned FSLogix profiles will be forgotten to clean up so Read more
In this blog post I will explain and demonstrate the pro’s and features of using FSLogix App Masking for Azure Virtual Desktop. This is a feature of FSLogix where we can hide certain applications and other components from our users while still having to maintain a single golden image. In Read more
In Azure, you have the option to create Ephemeral OS disks for your machine. This sounds really cool but what is it actually, what pro’s and cons are coming with them, what is the pricing and how do we use them? I will do my best to explain everything in Read more
RDP Multipath is a new protocol for Azure Virtual Desktop and ensures the user always has a good and stable connection. It improves the connection by connecting via the best path and reduces random disconnections between session hosts and users. Let’s take a look what RDP Multipath adds to your Read more
Since the beginning of Azure Virtual Desktop, it is mandatory to run it with an Active Directory. This because when using pooled session hosts, there has to be some sort of NTFS permission for FSLogix to reach the users’ profile disks. This permission is done using NTFS with Kerberos authentication. Read more
Sometimes, we need to check some basic connectivity from end user devices to a service like Azure Virtual Desktop. Most networks have a custom firewall equipped where we must allow certain traffic to flow to the internet. Previously there was a tool from Microsoft available, the Azure Virtual Desktop experience Read more
When using Windows 11 Multi Session images on Azure for Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft has disabled some features and changed the behaviour to optimize it for using with multiple users. One of the things that has been “lazy loading” is Windows Search. The first time after logging in it will Read more