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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...
Azure Windows Virtual Desktop - Monitoring the Spring Backend - WVD
The long await update from WVD/AVD is public. It comes with a full ARM integration and is natively useable in the Azure Portal. Some things changed from the Fall to...
Migrate Azure Windows Virtual Desktop Host Pools from Fall to Spring Release - WVD
The long await update from WVD/AVD is public. It comes with a full ARM integration and is natively useable in the Azure Portal. The change from Fall to Spring (the...
Azure Windows Virtual Desktop - Spring Release / Spring Update with WVDAdmin
Azure Windows Virtual Desktop - Spring Release / Spring Update goes public today. I’m tremendously happy about that while this is the next big step that we have eagerly awaited....
Using Azure AD groups to assign users to Azure Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)
Today (early April), it’s not possible to join groups to application groups or desktop in Windows Virtual Desktop. Users have to be assigned directly with their user principal name (UPN)....
