All pages referring or tutorials for Azure Virtual Desktop.
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…
Sometimes we want to know why a Azure Virtual Desktop logon took longer than expected. Several actions happen at Windows logon, like FSLogix profile mounting, Group Policy processing and preparing the desktop. I found a script online that helps us monitor the sign-ins and logons and basically tells us why Read more…
Choosing the right performance tier of Azure Storage Accounts can be very complex. How much size and performance do we need? How many users will login to Azure Virtual Desktop and how many profile size do we want to assign them? In this blog post I will explain everything about Read more…
The problem/bug described When testing the new FSLogix 25.02 version, I came across a very annoying problem/bug in this new version. “The Recycle Bin on C:\ is corrupted. Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive?” I tried everything to delete the folder of the Recycle bin Read more…
If you have the Office Apps installed with OneNote included, sometimes the OneNote printer will be installed as default: This can be very annoying for our end users and ourselves as we want real printers to be the default printer. Today I will show you how to delete this printer Read more…
When using Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) or Windows (W365), we sometimes use the mobile apps for Android, MacOS or iOS. But those apps rely on filling in a Feed Discovery URL instead of simply a Email address and a password. Did you know we can automate this process? I will Read more…
By default, Microsoft Store applications are not supported when using FSLogix. The root cause is that Windows stores some metadata that is not roamed in the profile folder and cleared at every new logon. You will encounter this behaviour in every environment where you use FSLogix. Now a long time Read more…
When using Windows 11 on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) – without the right optimization – the experience can be a little laggy, stuttery and slow. Especially when you came from Windows 10 with the same settings. You definitely want to optimize some settings. After that we will look into the Read more…