Sometimes you need to hire an AVD Engineer for your organization and for that you need a very good Job description. Here is a JD I have created for an AVD Engineer which you can use in your requirement. Job description: Excellent knowledge of the AZURE AVD host pool & workspaces. Experience in configuring and
There are a lot of new reporting capabilities coming with some of the best VDI monitoring tools like Control-Up, Systrack and eG-Innovation, however, Microsoft is also continuously trying to improve its AVD monitoring capabilities. In today’s article, I will mention the new feature of AVD insight at scale. Azure Virtual Desktop Insights at Scale is
Today I will publish the best practices for implementing the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). This is a very detailed article. Link for reference: Azure Virtual Desktop for the enterprise – Azure Architecture Center | Microsoft Learn Azure Virtual Desktop object Per Parent container object Service limit Workspace Azure Active Directory tenant 1300 Host Pool Host
Hello Friends, today I will show you how you can create a Custom Image for the Windows 365 Cloud PC. To create and deploy custom images for Windows 365 Enterprise Cloud PC, you’ll need to follow these general steps. 1. Prepare a virtual machine (VM): Set up a virtual machine running Windows 10 or Windows
Today I will discuss a beginner’s guide for Azure Virtual Desktop. Overview Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and app virtualization service that runs on the cloud. Here’s what you can do when you run Azure Virtual Desktop on Azure: Set up a multi-session Windows 10 or Windows 11 deployment that delivers a full Windows
A new feature has been added to Citrix Secure Private Access. To implement this in your enterprise environment, you need the following prerequisites: Citrix DaaS is deployed, and users can access it through the Citrix Workspace platform. DaaS Premium / Premium Plus Secure Private Access Advanced The Citrix Workspace Adaptive Access feature utilizes an advanced
You might have allocated Windows 365 as the default development platform for your developers, and he/she might be using the Laravel framework. Today I will show you how you can use Laravel basic authentication as the breeze. Breeze is a Laravel package that you can install from the command line with the help of the
Microsoft has updated the Windows Remote Desktop Client, the latest client can be downloaded from here. The redesigned connection bar for the Windows Desktop client which is used for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 Cloud PC includes the following: A new, modern design that aligns with the rest of Windows 11. Support for both
Many organizations have already started using the cloud PC since its release last year. Admins of cloud PC can find and review performance and connection metrics and trends for any Cloud PC from the performance tab. Steps to connect to the cloud PC. Sign in to Intune admin center https://endpoint.microsoft.com/ > Devices > All Devices. Select Cloud PC and then
The Windows 365 frontline is currently available for the public preview. Frontline and shift workers may now access the benefits of Windows in the cloud by using Windows 365 Frontline, which makes the process simpler and more inexpensive. Up to three Cloud PCs are supported by a single Windows 365 Frontline license. Any employee may
The recent release of FSLogix 2210 (2.9.8361.52326) came out with the added ability to compact the user’s container during the sign-out phase. This is part of the VHD disk compression technology. To understand it better, let’s first understand what VHD disk compaction is. Picture Credit: Pexels.com What is VHD Disk Compaction? Every time a user
Frontline workers are employees whose primary function is to work directly with customers or the general public, providing services, support, and selling products, or employees directly involved in the manufacturing and distribution of products or services. Microsoft has already released the Microsoft 365 plans for the frontline workers, and they are as follows: Microsoft 365
Customers who are still using Windows 7 session hosts in their AVD infrastructure should plan to move their users to any other supported OS like Windows 10 or Windows 11. As Microsoft has recently announced that the support for Windows 7 has come to an end. As per Microsoft’s update on January 10, 2023, Azure
Even a small leak could sink a great ship; every detail needs to be considered to foresee possible breaches. Looking forward to the security requirement in the VDI world, Microsoft has brought in the watermarking in AVD which Citrix implemented a few years back, however, it has some additional features. Let’s see more details about
If you are managing a large-scale VDI infrastructure, it is advisable to employ comprehensive DevOps-based automation using the latest CI/CD toolset. This article aims to provide valuable insights for IT enterprises planning to introduce CI/CD tools into their daily VDI operations. Lately, I have received numerous inquiries regarding the best CI/CD platform for deploying VDI
Hello everyone, Today we will discuss what to do if your users are not able to connect to their cloud PC. When users click on the cloud PC icon, they may encounter the following issue. It generally try to initiate the remote connection but could not connect. Once it fails to connect, you will see
Internet browsers are one of the most used and active programs on a virtual desktop. In traditional DaaS solutions, the virtual desktop instance is responsible for fetching and rendering browser content, consuming more RAM and CPU resources, which can lead to a poor browsing experience, reduced scalability, and an increased overall cost. Citrix browser content
If you are a Citrix customer, a pre-sales professional, an influencer, or a decision maker of the Citrix VDI roadmap, this article may help you to take an informed decision about the Citrix Features. As you may be aware almost 99% of the enterprise have already migrated some of their workloads to Cloud and there
This article is a continuation of three-part blog series on the installation of Citrix PVS on Azure. Before you read the article you should read the first two parts of the article. 1st part of this blog series can be found here. 2nd part of this blog series can be found here. STEP 4 –
Part-I of this article was published when Citrix PVS was in Preview, this part is published when Citrix PVS is GA. Now many enterprises must have already started planning to start the Citrix PVS in Azure and this article will help them. In today’s article, I will show how to install Citrix PVS in Azure.
Nowadays, large enterprises need to manage thousands of VDI for their customers in the public cloud, In the cloud everything is software-defined, so it’s absolutely necessary to run the entire VDI infrastructure as software. Also, DaaS (Desktop As a Service) is no longer a buzzword it’s became a reality, Citrix has recently renamed their CVAD
In the real VDI world sometimes higher graphics performance makes a lot of sense for thousands of users who need them as the use of graphics is increasing in many industries every day. These design decision for the need for a GPU is subject to the user-base requirements (graphics Applications) due to cost. In the
Hello All, welcome back, this post is a continuation of my last post where I have mentioned the first 8 steps which you should configure to test the SSO for AVD with ADFS. Purchase a domain from Azure Add the domain to Microsoft 365 Portal Buy a certificate from Azure Service Certificates for the ADFS
One of my blogpost on SSO for O365 with ADFS which I have published in Sept. 6th 2017, is one of the most read post on ADFS and has received the views of 47216 till date, one of my close friend who is following my blog from 2017, and who is also the owner of
Hi friends, I hope you are all doing well, IDAM or Identity and Access Management sometimes become very critical and it can make or break an entire VDI design. In today’s post I am going to show you one complex IDAM integration for the Citrix Cloud Workspace. This integration involves working on with the three
Hello all, hope you are doing well, recently I got a request from one of my regular blog readers to write a detailed step-by-step creation of AVD with Azure AD joined session hosts. Also, he would like to see how we can configure FSLogix with cached mode enabled, which can help any organization that is
Enterprises which were using the Citrix ADC (Application Delivery Controller) many times need to depend on multiple 3rd party tools to get the insight of their ADC Gateway for troubleshooting user issues in the VDI environment, which is a great challenge for Citrix Admins since ADC is generally managed by the network team in any
