James Kindon (@james_kindon) has a elaborate blog post up that explains the current options available for hosting #FSLogix Containers in Microsoft Azure (with or without #WVD), with some pros and cons associated with each option based on experiences to date. via Navigating Azure Storage options for FSLogix Containers – James Kindon
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Reclaiming #FSLogix disk space
#FSLogix profile and O365 virtual hard disks are Dynamically Expanding disks and as such do not natively shrink when the volume of data within them reduces, they stay at the ‘High water mark’ of historical data volume within them. This means that Enterprises can wish to reclaim whitespace inside the disks to keep cost down […]
Continue readingMigrating Ivanti/AppSense profiles to FSLogix Profile Containers
Now that #FSLogix is free for almost any customer, we’ve seen a surge in “migration” requests (with or without #WVD). One common one is about Ivanti / AppSense. Microsoft doesn’t natively offer a migration solution for this but James Rankin (@james____rankin) has written a blog post as to how you can do this yourself. via […]
Continue readingAllowing multiple server sessions with FSLogix Profile Containers by using Citrix UPM
One of the more difficult subjects about the otherwise super-simple #FSLogix software is “concurrent sessions”. In a nutshell it comes down to this: you can only have one read-write session. The rest of the session will be read only. If you want to persist changes from the read-only sessions you will need to find a […]
Continue readingSetup Azure NetApp Files & WVD video
In this video the Azure Academy (@MSAzureAcademy) explains how you sey up #Azure NetApp Files and use it with #WVD & #FSLogix from soup to nuts. This #WindowsVirtualDesktop video covers the following subjects: What is ANF? Azure Docs for ANF Build ANF Map New ANF Share to VM WVD & FSLogix with ANF Scale ANF […]
Continue reading#FSLogix release 2004 (2.9.7349.30108) is now generally available
#FSLogix release 2004 (2.9.7349.30108) is now generally available! Release notes and download https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e82cb114-2459-4a99-bcbf-50b7d314b5b9/release-notes-for-fslogix-apps-release-2004-29734930108?forum=FSLogix Changes: OneDrive File Icon may not be updated in certain circumstances, as an example, a file icon may not change from ‘in process’ to ‘cloud’. This issue is RESOLVED. Internal ID# 20804166 CheckLocationsForCreate setting has been deprecated. Internal ID# 23030228 Cloud Cache significant performance degradation […]
Continue readingFSLogix profile container using Azure Files and domain controller
This guide walks an IT administrator through the steps needed to configure an existing #WindowsVirtualDesktop (#WVD) hostpool with #FSLogix profiles stored on an Azure Files storage account. Authentication will be via a domain controller (aka native AD). via FSLogix profile container using Azure Files and domain controller step by step – Microsoft Tech Community – […]
Continue readingApplication Masking with FSLogix in Windows Virtual Desktop demo
#FSLogix is a key component of a #WVD deployment but most of it focuses on the Profile or Office Container. You also have the right to use App Masking though. This video provides a quick overview of how to set it up and use it: Application Masking with FSLogix in Windows Virtual Desktop – YouTube
Continue readingConfiguring FSLogix Profiles and Office Containers for the enterprise
In this 20 minute video, @jimmoyle ( a former FSLogix employee) show how to configure FSLogix Profile and Office 365 Containers and discusses the how and what of the most common configuration options. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv2vXMMg1GU&feature=youtu.be
Continue readingStorage options for FSLogix profile containers in #WindowsVirtualDesktop
Storage solutions that you can use to store your FSLogix profile container. This article compares storage solutions that Azure offers for Windows Virtual Desktop FSLogix user profile containers. Windows Virtual Desktop offers FSLogix profile containers as the recommended user profile solution. FSLogix is designed to roam profiles in remote computing environments, such as Windows Virtual […]
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