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Shrink and resize an Azure VM disk or session host disk and create smaller images from a Golden Master
A Windows 10 image from the marketplace has a size of 128 Gbyte. So, all of your VM based on that image are deployed with a 128 Gbyte disk -...
Azure Windows Virtual Desktop Fileupload with the HTML5 client
Microsoft is extending the HTML5 web client. Today (May 2021), there is a new function to allow uploading files directly into the session. The user can select the feature while...
Changing the disk type automatically while starting or deallocating a session host / VM for WVD
The costs of running virtual machines in Azure summarize the costs of their components like VM type (compute), storage, network, and some other parts. While the spendings for the compute...
Sysprep error: RunPlatformActions:Sysprep data was marked corrupt; cannot proceed
I'm working in the WVD/AVD area and often create golden images to deploy session hosts for WVD/AVD - mainly based on Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session. To do that, I create...
Push Azure Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Session Host state to Log Analytics to create alerts if hosts become unavailable or failed
Microsoft offers an easy way to monitor a WVD/AVD environment's basic metrics directly integrated into the Azure portal. I mostly extend the monitoring using sepago's Azure Monitor for WVD (https://www.sepago.de/en/azure-monitor-en/),...
WVDAdmin videos on YouTube
WVDAdmin is my free community solution to manage and work with WVD/AVD / Windows Virtual Desktop. Mainly, building images and rolling out session hosts are key-value-adds. But you can also...
Push Azure AD User properties into Azure Monitor Log Analytics to build Azure Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) performance data based on these
Azure Monitor / Log Analytics is my first choice to store log and usage data. Even for Azure Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD/AVD), it is crucial to have an eye on...
Least privileges with custom roles for Azure Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)
Administration, deployment, user support of Azure Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) needs permission in Azure. But these permissions are depending on the task a group of users/administrators have to do. For...
Shadow a WVD/AVD user with least privileges
WVD allows local administrators to shadow user sessions. You can do this easily with WVDAdmin or using the command-line like this:
What's wrong with Windows 10 and UWP and Sysprep?
I'm working in the WVD/AVD area and often create golden images to deploy session hosts for WVD/AVD - mainly based on Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session. To do that, I create...
