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…
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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…
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…
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…
Install and Configure FSLogix FSLogix is mandatory for a pooled host pool with the Windows 10 multisession operating system. You can install FSLogix in the existing Windows 10 multisession golden image, and you can also use a marketplace multisession image, create a VM, and proceed with the FSLogix installation before you start creating a pooled…
Configure the Profile Container Registry Settings The profile container can be enabled through the registry settings and FSLogix user groups. As you have learned, the registry settings may be managed manually inside the image or manually on each session host or with GPOs, and you can make the decision based on your requirements. It is…
Update-AzStorageAccountAuthForAES256 -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName #You can run the Debug-AzStorageAccountAuth cmdlet to conduct a set of basic checks on your AD configuration with the logged on AD user. This cmdlet is supported on AzFilesHybrid v0.1.2+ version. For more details on the checks performed in this cmdlet, see Azure Files Windows troubleshooting guide. \ 11.\ The…
Optional Registry Settings for Profile Container Table 6-3 shows the addition registry keys. Table 6-3. VHDLocation All Extra Registry Keys Can User Groups Be Included and Excluded in FSLogix? Yes, you can include and exclude user groups in an FSLogix profile. There are often users whom you want to keep local profiles for such as…
Configure Registry Settings for the Cloud Cache with SMB The cloud cache can be configured using the registry as a profile container. All the settings are applied here under the registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Fslogix\Profiles. Make sure you remove VHDLocation and replace it with the CCDLocation key with the format shown in Table 6-4. The following are two…
Creating a Golden Image A golden image is a custom operating system image with all the applications and software installed and configured so that you can create a VM with the image. A golden image is like a preconfigured template for a VM; it saves you time installing and configuring applications on all the VMs…