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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MS has given the Diwali Gift to the Azure Virtual Desktop admins by the introduction of GUI based auto scale scheduler for AVD. There are definetely smiles on the faces of the thousands of AVD admins, who have struggled a lot to manage the present Auto Scale Script. There was a session on #MSignite 2021
If you not opted for the 3 years contract with Microsoft for the reserved instances for your AVD Hostpool and you are using the dedicated session hosts, VM start on connect is an excellent way to save the cost. Today I will show you how you can automate that. This was first announced in MS
As you are aware that Microsoft has recently rebranded its Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service as “Azure Virtual Desktop.” At the same time, the company has announced the new price for its external user access. Let’s quickly understand how the new licensing will be. Azure Virtual Desktop pricing includes two parts. 1. User access rights:
It’s great pleasure to announce that today, I have passed the AZ-140 exam (Configuring and Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop) specialty certification, this is a brand new exam to judge your Azure Virtual Desktop skills and this exam has been released in India yesterday, it was in beta stage in many countries outside India, regardless
