When running workloads on cloud services ones of the challenges is to manage them in a secure way; this especially true when you have to manage virtual machines. Accessing and managing virtual machines in an on-premises environment is usually done either using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) for Windows machines or Secure Shell (SSH) for Linux …
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As you may be already aware you have been able to manage Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) virtual machines using Intune for some time now. Well, you were able to only manage devices settings with Intune. Good news, you can now also manage user settings with Intune on AVD. What user settings can you manage with …
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If you use Teams on Windows/Mac you already know that you can pop-out chat, meetings or document into a separate window, as well as the capability to use a background image. If you are using Azure Virtual Desktop (aka AVD, aka Windows Virtual Desktop, aka WVD) you may also already know that Microsoft has been …
As you know, Azure Virtual Desktop (aka AVD, aka Windows Virtual Desktop) is the Microsoft solution to securely provide virtualized remote desktop virtualized on Azure. To connect to an AVD session you need to use the remote desktop client (available here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/user-documentation/connect-windows-7-10/?WT.mc_id=M365-MVP-7836) and then get your end-users to subscribe to a workspace. Well, good news …
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As you know if you are deploying and managing Azure Virtual Desktop (aka AVD, aka Windows Virtual Desktop, aka WVD) you have (had) the requirement to use either an Active Directory Domain Service (AD DS) or Azure Active Directory Domain Service to join your virtual machine (AAD DS). Well, good news, this requirement is no …
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If you are using Windows Virtual Desktop (aka WVD, aka Azure Virtual Desktop, aka AVD) you may have a need to provide multimedia redirection to your users, allowing the use of the local client capabilities to play multimedia content instead of running it on the WVD session. Well, good new, you can now have multimedia …
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By now, you may already know that a new Windows version – Windows 11 – is coming by the end of this year. You may already know that you can deliver Windows 10 experience on the cloud using Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD – now known as Azure Virtual Desktop, AVD) and Azure Virtual Machine. Well, …
If you are using Windows Virtual Desktop (aka WVD, aka Azure Virtual Desktop, aka AVD) you know you need to use a specific remote desktop client. The AVD Remote Desktop client is being updated frequently to introduce new capabilities and fixes. Well, starting July 27th 2021, Microsoft is enforcing a minimum remote desktop client. You …
By now, you already know that Intune/Endpoint Configuration Manager is the Microsoft solution for managing devices (either Windows, iOS or Android) by deploying configuration policies (configuration profiles), deploying applications to the devices or protect your corporate data with application protection policies. You may already know the Windows Virtual Desktop, the Windows 10 multi session solution …
Intune – You can now enroll and manage Windows Virtual Desktop (preview) Read More »
By now you should already know Azure Migrate, the migration toolkit helping you to migrate your on-premises infrastructure to Azure. Well, Azure Migrate is now able to help you assess your Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) on Azure using the Lakeside tool. Lakeside will help you assess your VDI (Windows Remote …
