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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)....

Azure Windows Virtual Desktop and Language Packs - Detecting Host Pool and Tenant Name issue

Language packs on Windows sometimes cause some issues or strange behaviors to some applications. One problem I can reproduce is the impact of the RDAgent from Microsoft - the agent...

Azure Windows Virtual Desktop - Azure Starter for WVD

This month I started to build my fourth tool around Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop. This new one, called “Azure Starter for WVD” is a self-service portal for users using WVD....

Using WVDAdmin for Azure Windows Virtual Desktop in 2-AAD-Environment (Microsoft Demo Case)

Using Azure Starter for Azure Windows Virtual Desktop in 2-AAD-Environment (Microsoft Demo Case)

Automatic MSIX App Attach script for Windows Virtual Desktop

Automatic MSIX App Attach script for WVD