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Azure Virtual Desktop: Logging session host state to Log Analytics to show state and sessions over time
Update October 2022: Check out the following Workbook to use diagnostic logging to get and visualize the data
Azure Virtual Desktop Session Hosts with Azure Disk Encryption
Hydra for Azure Virtual Desktop and WVDAdmin are supporting ADE for AVD Session Hosts.
Automatically add or change Azure Active Directory computer objects on-demand
Hybrid joined AVD session hosts are great for working with conditional access, Intune (MEM), access to Azure files, and other AAD integrated services.
Honey-Potting in Azure and Unfavorable Account Names
As everybody knows, running a Windows system in Azure unprotected is not a good idea. To get access to an Azure VM, Azure Bastion or VPN are recommended.
Securing an app service, a key vault, and a database with private endpoints
A typical Azure application uses an app service representing the front end, a database to store the data and configuration settings, and a key vault to keep secrets (like the...
Azure Trusted Launch and Custom Images - even for AVD
Trusted launch for Azure virtual machines is currently in public preview (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/trusted-launch). The trusted launch has some benefits, like:
WVDAdmin - Azure Windows Virtual Desktop Administration for CSP and Consulting Partners
Azure Windows Virtual Desktop Administration for CSP and Consulting Partners
Get alerted if Azure Virtual Desktop fails - AVD Monitoring and alerting with Loganalytics / Azure Monitor
Monitoring Azure Virtual Desktop is important to get insights into the performance and resource usage and alert if something generally goes wrong. Especially, getting alerted if something goes wrong is...
Azure Virtual Desktop: Reserved Instances or Scaling
A while ago, I wrote a blog post about saving money by smartly switching the disk types of Azure VMs. But what’s about using reserved instances instead of switching VMs...
How to use MSIX AppAttach without having computer accounts synced for Azure Virtual Desktop (AD synced and Azure Files)
Using MSIX AppAttach in Azure Virtual Desktop is great. To stage the MSIX AppAttach packages, the session host needs permission to read the package. If the package is placed on...
Directly connect session hosts with a 3rd party management environment
While working with Azure Virtual Desktop, I still miss some features that seem unavailable through Microsoft or maybe a 3rd party vendor. One of the features is that an admin/helpdesk...
