Back in the day, mandatory profiles were fairly popular. They have commonly been used in educational insititutions or kiosk environments or anywhere you needed to discard the copy of the user’s profile at logoff time. Since Mandatory profiles are going the way of the dodo, it’s great to see another great article from James Rankin […]
Continue readingShadowing and Controlling User Sessions with Nerdio Manager for WVD
Shadowing and remote controlling a user session in #WindowsVirtualDesktop is possibly but not natively from the #WVD console today. In this video, you’ll see a quick demonstration of how to shadow and control user sessions with Nerdio (@getnerdio) Manager for #WVD. via Shadowing and Controlling User Sessions with Nerdio Manager for WVD (Demo of the […]
Continue readingWindows Virtual Desktop Remote Work Webinar – Tue June 16
Come learn what’s new with Windows Virtual Desktop and how you can use it for remote work in this webinar on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 10:00 AM–11:00 AM Pacific Time You’ll learn how to: Rapidly deploy virtual desktops and apps with Windows 10 and Windows Server on Azure. Use key partner solutions such as Citrix Cloud […]
Continue readingWindows Virtual Desktop Session Host Security
Dean Cefola of the Azure Academy (@MSAzureAcademy) has a video up that explains 18 ways to help secure your #WVD Session Hosts today ! Here’s what he covers: Azure Security Center Azure Advisor Azure Monitor Azure Sentinel Azure Disk Encryption FSLogix Backup FSLogix Security WVD Security AppGroup Assignments HostPool Validation HostPool RDP Properties WVD Client […]
Continue readingTroubleshooting an Azure VM when you can’t RDP to it
Sometimes, for whatever reason, you may find that you can’t RDP to a server. This can also happen in #WVD. Of course, it is easier to reply a VM with the right settings but sometimes you may want to troubleshoot why you can’t connect. Since this is a VM in Azure legacy on-prem technologies like […]
Continue readingMicrosoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop, recap, videos and slide decks!
In late April Microsoft hosted the first Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop event. Christiaan Brinkhoff (@brinkhoffc) mentions that all the content from this popular events is now available to watch and for download. Check it out! via Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop, recap, videos and slide decks! | LinkedIn
Continue readingUpdate #WVD Session Hosts from Latest Image
When it comes to updating your #WVD machines there’s basically two choices: you can either patch VMs in place which is more of a traditional way of doing things or you can focus on a rip and replace strategy of some kind where you’re going to roll out new systems and then throw the old […]
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 readingWindows Virtual Desktop security best practices
In a #WindowsVirtualDesktop deployment, Microsoft manages portions of the services on the customer’s behalf. The service has many built-in advanced security features, such as Reverse Connect, which reduce the risk involved with having remote desktops accessible from anywhere. This article describes additional steps you can take as an admin to keep your customers’ #WVD deployments […]
Continue readingWindows Virtual Desktop on Surface
One of things customer like most about #WindowsVirtualDesktop is that you can work from almost any device. One of the most popular devices to use #WVD from is (a) #Microsoft #Surface. This new docs page explains why and how #WindowsVirtualDesktop and #Surface are better together. via Windows Virtual Desktop on Surface – Surface | Microsoft […]
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