Configure Storage for FSLogix Components FSLogix is the tool used to manage user profiles for pooled desktops since pooled desktops are not persistent desktops. FSLogix allows you to configure the user profile location on the desktop, and the user profile gets attached to the desktop whenever the user logs in to the desktop. Pooled desktops…
Apply OS and Application Updates to a Running Azure Virtual Desktop Host There are multiple ways to patch the virtual desktop environment. •\ Group Policy: You can configure Group Policy to set the Windows update or registry setting. The Group Policy can found under Computer Configuration ➤ Administrative Templates ➤ Windows Components ➤ Windows Update…
Apply Security and Compliance Settings to Session Hosts Azure Virtual Desktop is a managed virtual desktop service that includes many security capabilities for keeping your organization safe. In an Azure Virtual Desktop 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,…
Configure Dynamic Application Delivery by Using MSIX App Attach In this section, you’ll learn how to configure dynamic application delivery. What Is MSIX App Attach? MSIX is a packaging format that offers many features to improve the application packaging experience for all Windows apps. MSIX app attach is different from regular MSIX because it’s made…
How to Create a Package with the MSIX Packaging Tool? – Install and Configure Apps on a Session Host
How to Create a Package with the MSIX Packaging Tool? The MSIX Packaging tool is a Microsoft tool that allows you to repackage your existing desktop applications to the MSIX format. It offers both an interactive UI and a command line for conversions and gives you the ability to convert an application without having the…
After you choose to package your application on an existing virtual machine, you must provide information about to the app. The tool will try to autofill these fields based on the information available from the installer. If not, then you must provide all the information on the package information page. See Figure 9-5. Figure 9-5. …
Implement Application Masking As you learned earlier, application masking is one of the options you can use to allow only specific groups of users to access specific applications in a pooled environment. The main challenge with a pooled full desktop is the application access if you have different set of applications needed by different groups…
Plan forFSLogix FSLogix enhances and simplifies nonpersistent Windows computing environments. AVD recommends FSLogix profile containers as a user profile solution. FSLogix is designed to roam user profiles in Azure Virtual Desktop by storing a complete user profile in a single container on remote storage. A user profile contains data elements about an individual, including configuration…
Create File Shares File shares need to be created once the storage account is ready. FSLogix will be using the Azure storage account file share to store user profiles in the storage account. Follow these steps to create file shares in the storage account created in the earlier step: \ 1.\ Go to the storage…
Profile Storage Performance Requirements FSLogix depends on the storage type used for the user profile VHDx files, as well as on the host pool location and storage location. Profile storage IOPS needs to be considered and calculated properly for all users while selecting profile storage. For example, you may need around 1,000 input/output operations per…