My colleague Jason Parker has taken the tools, processes, and logic used in a large #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) deployment to create a public repo which will allow you and your customers to leverage these tools and processes. Check it out here: GitHub – msft-jasonparker/Automated-WVD-Deployment
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Learning Terraform to Deploy WVD
Terraform is quite a popular way to deploy / provision #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD). Dean Lawrence (@typicallawrence) has shared his experiences provided a Terraform-for-WVD 101. Read it here: https://virtuallyflatfeet.wordpress.com/2020/10/28/learning-terraform-deploying-wvd/
Continue readingWINDOWS VIRTUAL DESKTOP WITH ARM AND AZURE DEVOPS
I think that using #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) is the future of app and image management (especially with #MSIX #AppAttach). Stein-Erik Alvestad (@salvestad) does a excellent and detailed job of explaining how you can deploy WVD Desktops with Arm and Azure DevOps. Read it here: https://alven.tech/windows-virtual-desktop-with-arm-and-azure-devops/
Continue readingWindows Virtual Desktop Image Management Automated – Part 4 – WVD Clean up unused resources
Sander Rozemuller (@SandeRozemuller) has been writing on automating #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD). In this article he explains how, using PowerShell and automation, to delete unused resources. Read the post here – https://rozemuller.com/windows-virtual-desktop-image-management-automated-part-4-wvd-clean-up-unused-resources/
Continue readingScript to reboot all the VM’s in a Windows Virtual Desktop Host Pool
Nicolas Rogoff (@nrogoff) has created a script that will allow you to reboot only the VM’s in a WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) Host Pool that have a status of ‘Need Assistance’ and that have no active sessions on them. Read more here: https://blog.nicholasrogoff.com/2020/09/14/reboot-all-the-vms-in-a-windows-virtual-desktop-host-pool-safely/
Continue readingWVD Set Drain Mode Powershell
Niels Kok (@nielskok5) has written an article about a script to set drain mode for all session hosts via powershell in one #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) hostpool. This is a script for the ARM release. The fall release CMDLets of WVD uses other CMDlets. Read it here: https://www.nielskok.tech/windows-virtual-desktop/wvd-set-drain-mode-powershell/
Continue readingExperimenting with Windows Virtual Desktop and Orchestration groups
My colleague Seif Bassen has written a nice article about ways you can think of using SCCM Orchestration groups with WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) to effectively manage session hosts, to keep them up-to date with the latest security updates and new builds with the least disruption possible to the multiple sessions connected to the same session host. […]
Continue readingPower on Personal WVD Desktops Using PowerApps And Microsoft Flow
Mahmoud Atallah (@Mahmoud_Atallah) walks you through how you can power on (and power off if needed) Personal WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) desktops Using PowerApps And Microsoft Flow so minimize the cost. Read more here: https://3tallah.com/reduce-wvd-cost-using-powerapps-and-microsoft-flow/
Continue readingImprove WVD logon times without impacting the UX
Patrick Köhlher (@wvdlogix) provides some great information on how to optimize a #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) Session Host for performance and density. He uses a script with DSC to achieve it for our existing Session Hosts. Source: https://wvdlogix.net/ux-series-improve-logon-times-without-impacting-the-ux
Continue readingManage WVD with the new Azure Image Builder
Dean Cefola of the Azure Academy (@MSAzureAcademy) explains the 4 steps of an Image Pipeline with the NEW Azure Image Builder, starting with an Azure Image Builder tutorial ending with creating a full #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) Pipeline with WVD ARM Templates. via You’ve never seen an Image Pipeline like this one | Azure Image Builder – […]
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