Welcome to the 17th Azure Virtual Desktop community newsletter! We now release our newsletter on Thursday’s to get a wider reach and give you the ability to engage with us in a better way!
As you can see below, one of our first changes is the categorisation of content, which allows you to read the content easier.
Community Stats
- Slack channel: 1175 members and we´re still growing! You can find us here: https://communityinviter.com/apps/wvdcommunity/join
- Podcast: 2500 downloads – You can view all podcast downloads here – WVD Community Podcast (buzzsprout.com)
- Twitter Followers: 2284 Followers – Follow us here – wvdcommunity (@wvdcommunity) / Twitter
Sponsors
Nerdio
Neil McLoughlin has announced that he will be speaking at the Computerworld Define Tomorrow event on the 1st and 2nd December. He will be talking about Azure Virtual Desktop and Nerdio! You can sign up and register here – https://t.co/QUJLXKk4IN?amp=1
IGEL
IGEL has announced a Technical Year-in-Review Meetup with IGEL CTO Matthias Haas and the rest of the Team! The event is virtual and you can sign and register here – Webinar Registration – Zoom
Community News
New website!!
As you have probably figure out now, things look a bit different! We are starting to migrate across to our new website! The new website has been renamed from WVD Community to Virtual Desktops Community. We intend to do a lot more than Azure Virtual Desktop, and will break into Azure, MEM, Azure AD, Windows 365 etc. Lots of exciting stuff going on!
Please bear with us whilst we get things built up. If you have any idea’s or anything you want to see then please let us know!
AVD Tech Fest Line-up revealed
It’s nearly time for AVD Tech Fest!! On the 18th November 2021 the finest minds in the AVD Industry will be presenting on various topics throughout the day. Lots of great content guaranteed to make sure you get signed up! You can still register here – AVD Tech Fest 2021 – The AVD Event of the year! (wvdtechfest.com)
Calls for Speakers – MSIX App Attach – Meet the Experts Winter Edition
Ryan Mangan has announced his call for speakers for the MSIX App Attach Meet the Experts Winter Edition! He is looking for speakers who want to present on anything related to MSIX App Attach. If you want to present something, and get more involved with the community then submit your session here – https://sessionize.com/MSIXAA-MeetTheExperts-WinterED/
Secure Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure Private Endpoint
Johan Vanneuville has written a blog article around securing AVD with Azure Private Endpoint. In the post he goes through the requirements and then the process of creating a private endpoint. You can read his post here – https://johanvanneuville.com/avd/secure-azure-virtual-desktop-with-azure-private-endpoint/
Azure Virtual Desktops on Azure Stack HCI – First Impressions and Configuration Walkthru
Ernie Costa has shared a really detailed blog post in which he goes through the full end to end process of configuring Azure Stack HCI for Azure Virtual Desktop. Ernie was lucky to get his hands on the technology in preview so this is a really great post which shows us what it looks like. Check it out here –
Hybrid Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure Stack HCI
Anoop C Nair has written a blog post around running Azure Stack HCI and Azure Virtual Desktop. In the post he gives a high level overview of what Azure Stack HCI is and how you can use it to run AVD on-prem. Check out his post here – https://www.anoopcnair.com/hybrid-azure-virtual-desktop-azure-stack-hci/
Intune Configuration Profiles for AVD Optimization
Daniel Weppeler has created a document on GitHub where gives an overview of how to optimize your AVD Hosts via Microsoft Endpoint Manager/Intune. In the document he shows you which settings to configure for an optimized desktop. You can view it here – https://github.com/DanielWep/Intune-ConfigProfiles-AVD-Optimization
Azure Virtual Desktop Mindmap
Aresh Sarkari has shared a blog post in which he introduces a mindmap covering Azure Virtual Desktop. His mind map covers a high level overview of all the different components. Interesting stuff! You can view it here – https://askaresh.com/2021/11/01/mindmap-azure-virtual-desktop-avd-quick-start-guide-to-virtual-desktop-applications/
Microsoft
Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure Stack HCI
At Microsoft Ignite Microsoft have announced that we now have on-prem Azure Virtual Desktop using Azure Stack HCI!!! This has been a big ask for a while now with many customers wanting to work on a Hybrid model. Well now that is possible, using Azure Stack HCI on your on-prem environment. You can read all about it here – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop/hybrid-cloud-meets-hybrid-work-with-azure-virtual-desktop-for/ba-p/2912191
Azure Active Directory Join Architecture Guide
Tom Hickling has announced that Microsoft has released an Azure AD Join Architecture Guide. The architecture guide covers the pre-reqs and how to create a host pool using Azure AD Join. You can check it out here – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/wvd/azure-virtual-desktop-azure-active-directory-join
Azure Virtual Desktop Autoscale has gone into public preview
Microsoft have announced that Azure Virtual Desktop autoscale has gone into public preview, which means it’s available for everyone. This means we can now create autoscaling configuration via the Azure portal. You can view more info here – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-virtual-desktop/hybrid-cloud-meets-hybrid-work-with-azure-virtual-desktop-for/ba-p/2912191
Support for Azure AD joined Cloud PCs in Windows 365 Enterprise
Microsoft have announced that Azure AD Join will be available for Cloud PCs for Windows 365 Enterprise SKU very soon. To read more about the announcement view here – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/support-for-azure-ad-joined-cloud-pcs-in-windows-365-enterprise/ba-p/2912575
