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Virtual Desktops Community News Blog Post 28th July 2022 – 11th August 2022

Welcome to the 47th Azure Virtual Desktop community newsletter! We now released our newsletter on Thursdays to get a wider reach and give you the ability to engage with us in a better way!

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Nerdio

Nerdio have announced that registration is now open or Nerdiocon 2023!! The event will be held in Cancun Mexico again and will also feature an Enterprise track for the first time. You can sign up and register here – NerdioCon 2023 in Cancun, Mexico – Register Now!

IGEL

IGEL recently released their Teams Optimization feature which brings the Teams Optimization feature which Windows users have been enjoying for so long!! They have created a quick video which they did with Scott Manchester which you can view here:

Community

FSLogix Installation, Configuration and Management – Customer Experience Survey

Microsoft have released a survey to provide feedback on FSLogix, which is widely used within the AVD Community. If you want to help improve FSLogix then you should definetly fill this in and provide your honest feedback and suggestions for the future of the product. You can find it here – FSLogix Installation, Configuration and Management – Customer Experience Survey (Page 1 of 6) (office.com)

Citrix (CVAD) vs Azure Virtual Desktop – Part One

Marius Sandbu has written a really outstanding, in-depth blog post in which he describes how Azure Virtual Desktop differs from Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. It’s a really great summary and is a very similar conversation I have with customers daily. You can read Part 1 here, looking forward to Part 2! Citrix (CVAD) vs Azure Virtual Desktop – Part One | Marius Sandbu (msandbu.org)

Deploy Azure Firewall and rules for AVD with Terraform

Johan Vanneuville has created a blog post in which he describes how to Deploy an Azure Firewall and create the rules for AVD with Terraform! In the blog post he covers creating the policy, route tables and more. You can find the Terraform code for this on his GitHub page. You can read the blog post here – Deploy Azure Firewall and rules for AVD with Terraform – Johan Vanneuville

Troubleshooting Azure Virtual Desktop Session Host Networking

Ryen Tang has written a great blog post on how he approached a problem where he wanted to validate that the AVD Agent is able to report a heartbeat when he was unable to establish a connection to the host. To resolve this problem he created a custom PowerShell module for which you can view the details here – Troubleshooting Azure Virtual Desktop session host networking – Geek Notebook (kiazhi.github.io)

Mounting CIM Disk Image Files with PowerShell

Jim Moyle has created a PowerShell module which will mount a CIM Disk Image File on your AVD Session hosts! This is a really cool script so be sure to go and check it out! You can find his YouTube video where he shows how it works here. You can also it on his GitHub page here – GitHub – JimMoyle/CimDiskImage-PowerShell: PowerShell module to mount dismount and discover cimfs disk images

How Users Connect to AVD RD Vs Web Vs IGEL Client Version | AVD Gateway Details

Anoop C Nair has written a blog post in which he describes how you can configure AVD Azure Monitor to show how people are connecting to their AVD Desktops. He shows us what the different types of clients are, and how to display them in the Log Analytics Workspace. You can view his post here – How Users Connect To AVD RD Vs Web Vs IGEL Client Version | AVD Gateway Details HTMD Blog (anoopcnair.com)

Resize Azure VM Disk Storage without Downtime

Jitesh Kumar has shared a quick guide on how to resize the disk of your VM in Azure without having to restart it. This is made possible by the LiveResize feature. You can read more about it here – Resize Azure VM Disk Storage Without Downtime HTMD Blog (anoopcnair.com)

How to configure RDP properties for a Host Pool – AV redirection

Jorge Bernhardt has shared a blog post in which he discusses how you can configure device redirections on your host using PowerShell and Azure CLI. In the post he shows you how to configure AV Redirection, and custom RDP Properties. You can view his post here – How to configure RDP properties for a Host Pool – AV redirection » Jorge Bernhardt

Setting up Azure Monitor with Log Analytics for Azure Virtual Desktop

Terence Luk has created a really indepth blog post in which he explains the steps which he performs to create a Log Analytics workspace and dashboard to be used for Azure Virtual Desktop. If u want to learn more about how this all works then I highly suggest you go and give this a read here – Terence Luk: Setting up Azure Monitor with Log Analytics for Azure Virtual Desktop

Azure Virtual Desktop advantages on Azure Stack HCI

Darryl van der Peijl has created a great blog post where he describes the advantages of running Azure Stack HCI for AVD. This is quite a new service and certainly has a lot of benefits for which Darryl has outlined here. Give it a read – Azure Virtual Desktop advantages on Azure Stack HCI – Splitbrain

Step by Step Guide for Creating Cloud PC

Amal Abraham has shared a blog post in which he describes the full deployment process of deploying Cloud PC. In his post goes over the provisioning policy, user settings, and more. You can read his guide here – Step by Step guide for Creating W365 aka Cloud PC ( On Microsoft Hosted Network) – VDI Tech Blogs (wordpress.com)

Microsoft

GA for Autoscale

Microsoft have announced General Availability of Autoscale for Pooled Host Pools on Azure Virtual Desktop. This enables you to easily create scaling plans from the Azure Portal. You can find more info here: Announcing General Availability of Autoscale for Pooled Host Pools on Azure Virtual Desktop – Microsoft Tech Community

AVD Client v1.2.3401 released to the Public

Microsoft have released the AVD Client v1.2.3401. This client includes fixes to the narrator and text size. You can view more details here – What’s new in the Windows Desktop client | Microsoft Docs