Last week my colleague Sandeep Patnaik (@sandeeppatnaik) announced the preview of another piece of #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD): the public preview of Screen Capture Protection. This allows customers to prevent screenshots to be taken from WVD sessions, increasing the WVD security posture even more. Check it out here: Announcing public preview of Screen Capture Protection in Windows […]
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FSLogix Best Practises
My colleague Jim Moyle @JimMoyle recently presented at the Sweden #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) User Group on the subject of #FSLogix. It’s a great video to watch because it discusses the how and why of possible FSLogix scenarios from basic to very advanced. Check it out here:Video recording of the second Sweden WVD User Group (SWVDUG) meetup […]
Continue readingNew WVD RBAC Roles
Last week we released new Role Based Access Control roles for #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD). This enables an organisation to apply deeper granular permissions against the #WVD objects for specific administrative tasks. Check out the new roles here: Built-in roles Windows Virtual Desktop – Azure | Microsoft Docs
Continue readingSMB MC WVD Azure Files
In this video #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) program manager Stefan Georgiev shows a quick proof of concept (POC) showing the preview of multi-channel SMB going to Azure Files Premium in a WVD environment with #FSLogix profiles. This should improve performance at no additional cost: SMB MC WVD Azure Files – YouTube
Continue readingWhy to use GPU powered workstations in Windows Virtual Desktop (#WVD)
In this article my colleague Ben Martin Baur explains why you should use a GPU powered workstations in #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) and provides information on how to do it. Good read! (99+) Why to use GPU powered workstations in Windows Virtual Desktop (#WVD) | LinkedIn
Continue readingMicrosoft meets WVD Community Day
There’s still time to join the Microsoft meets #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) Community. Lots of great sessions from #EUC royalty and WVD Product Management @brinkhoff_c @msandbu @msazureacademy etc Runs from 11.30 – 17.00 CEST. Go here: Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop
Continue readingFSLogix App Masking in WVD
Imran Rashid (@azureacrazy) has written a blog post that explains how you can use a little known feature of FSLogix, called Application Masking. App Masking allows you manage the visibility ( at the file system level) of apps, data and registry. Check it out: FSLogix Application Masking in Windows Virtual Desktop | Cloud Build
Continue readingZoom adds support for WVD
In case want to use Zoom on #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD), Zoom has released a new version of their Zoom client for VDI that now support WVD. This Zoom client for VDI helps by offloading en/decoding to the endpoints and communicates directly with the Zoom cloud vs through (the) VDI. Read more on how it works and […]
Continue readingAzure webinar series Modernize VMware Investments on Azure with Windows Virtual Desktop
Happening today (Dec 10th) at 19.00 CEST there’s a great webinar by #VMwareEUC and Microsoft about how a joint VMware Horizon and #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) solution on Azure can help you provide security for your remote employees who use advanced tooling and analytics and maximize existing on-premises investments with hybrid cloud support and simplify management and […]
Continue readingConnecting to WVD from a Linux device
You can access Windows Virtual Desktop resources from your Linux devices with the web client or the following supported clients, provided by our Linux thin client partners. We’re working with a number of partners to enable supported Windows Virtual Desktop clients on more Linux-based operating systems and devices. If you need Windows Virtual Desktop support on a […]
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