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Azure Boost VMs (v6/v7): Workaround for Missing NVMe Temp Disk and Pagefile Placement - Azure Virtual Desktop

While working with newer Azure VM generations, specifically v6 and v7 Azure Boost VMs, I ran into an interesting challenge related to local NVMe storage.

Azure Virtual Desktop - Prepare for Secure Boot Certificate Changes by June 2026

Microsoft has started notifying customers using Azure Virtual Desktop about an important upcoming change: Secure Boot 2011 certificates will begin to expire in June 2026.

Improve AVD User Experience: Warm-Up to decreas User login time

Note: This post and the scripts was updated to run after some changes coming with a Windows Update in February 2026

Shadow a WVD/AVD user with least privileges

This post was updated to use modern PS commandlets instead of wmic

OneDrive Clean-Up for Azure Virtual Desktop

Running OneDrive with Azure Virtual Desktop is a common scenario and enables users to work in a modern way with Teams and SharePoint. If FSLogix is used, there is a...

Why Copy & Paste seems to be broken on new Windows 365 CloudPCs and AVD Deployments (And How to Fix It)

If you recently deployed Windows 365 Cloud PCs or Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and suddenly noticed that copy and paste no longer works, you are not alone. In many environments,...

CountrySwitch - First Logon Experience and language selector and an app starter for remote apps on network paths for AVD

First Logon Experience and language selector and an app starter for remote apps on network paths

Using FSLogix file shares with Azure AD cloud identities in Azure Virtual Desktop - cloud-only, AVD

Note: Since 2025 Azure Files can handle cloud-only identities nativly (in the same tenant). This post is still interesting if you are looking for a workaround to work with external...

Debugging Azure Virtual Desktop errors/issues/network latency and bandwidth with an interactive Workbook

Correctly configured, Azure Virtual Desktop sends diagnostic data to a log analytics workspace (Azure Monitor). There are several logs containing data about the events in the backend:

Creating a Windows Azure VM Generation V2 from a V1 VM

Update 2025.02: Microsoft has provided an additional way to upgrade existing VMs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch-existing-vm-gen-1