Welcome to the 25th Azure Virtual Desktop community newsletter! We now release our newsletter on Thursdays to get a wider reach and give you the ability to engage with us in a better way!
Community Stats
- Slack channel: 1186 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: 2323 Followers – Follow us here – wvdcommunity (@wvdcommunity) / Twitter
Sponsors
Nerdio
Windows 365 Licensing
Nerdio have released further details around their latest integration with Windows 365. They can now save customers up to 55% on Windows 365 licensing costs using their various methods of licene amanagement. You can view more info at their website here – https://getnerdio.com/windows-365/
IGEL
How to Use Shared Workspace on IGEL OS – Video
IGEL have shared a video in which Sebastian Perusat goes through an installation of the IGEL Shared Workspace solution. IGEL Shared Worksplace allows user-dependent configuration using the IGEL UMS profiles linked to AD User Accounts. You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eLr3DbvPzR4
Community
AVD Tech Fest
The AVD Tech Fest team have announced that their next event will be on April 20-21st 2022!! The event will be held in Amsterdam at the Hilton Amsterdam Schipol!! If you want to present then you can submit your sessions here – https://sessionize.com/avd-tech-fest-2022/
Azure Virtual Desktop Master Class
Microsoft have scheduled an Azure Virtual Desktop Master Class which you can sign up for here. This is a free event consisting of 5 different sessions. If you want to learn some new stuff this is a great class to sign up for! Register here – https://info.microsoft.com/ww-azure-virtual-desktop-master-class.html?ocid=AID3043608_QSG_564860
AVD Health Checks using Azure Portal | Monitoring | KQL Queries
Anoop C Nair has written a blog post in which he shows you how to perform AVD Health Checks using the Azure Portal. In the post he discusses the various options, what you can monitor and a few examples. You can read his post here – https://www.anoopcnair.com/avd-health-checks-using-azure-portal-monitoring/
They don’t want you to know Azure Security
Dean Cefola from the Azure Academy has produced a great video on some best security pratices in Azure Virtual Desktop which covers network security, identity security and session host security. It’s a great video to watch so check it out here:
Using PowerShell to get the Windows version
Guy Leech shared a nice tip on twitter around determine whether a Windows 10 OS is single session or multi-session. The code to use is: gcim Win32_OperatingSystem|select caption,producttype,OSProductSuite
ControlUp AVD Capability Beta
ControlUp have announced their Real-Time DX v8.6 beta which has built in integration with Azure and Azure Virtual Desktop. If you are interested in kicking the tyres then you can apply to be a beta tester here – https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:6887834197319311360/
