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Mastering Azure Virtual Desktop

By : Ryan Mangan
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Mastering Azure Virtual Desktop

By: Ryan Mangan

Overview of this book

Azure Virtual Desktop is a cloud desktop virtualization platform that securely delivers virtual desktops and remote apps. Mastering Azure Virtual Desktop will guide you through designing, implementing, configuring, and maintaining an Azure Virtual Desktop environment effectively. This book can also be used as an exam preparation guide to help you sit the Microsoft AZ-140 exam. You’ll start with an introduction to the essentials of Azure Virtual Desktop. Next, you’ll get to grips with planning an Azure Virtual Desktop architecture before learning how to implement an Azure Virtual Desktop environment. Moving ahead, you’ll learn how to manage and control access as well as configure security controls on your Azure Virtual Desktop environment. As you progress, you’ll understand how to manage user environments and configure MSIX app attach and other Azure Virtual Desktop features to enhance the user experience. You’ll also learn about the Azure Active Directory (AD) join and getting started feature. Finally, you’ll discover how to monitor and maintain an Azure Virtual Desktop environment to help you support your users and diagnose issues when they occur. By the end of this Microsoft Azure book, you’ll have covered all the essential topics you need to know to design and manage Azure Virtual Desktop and prepare for the AZ-140 exam.
Table of Contents (29 chapters)
1
Section 1: Introduction
3
Section 2: Planning an Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture
8
Section 3: Implementing an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
13
Section 4: Managing Access and Security
16
Section 5: Managing User Environments and Apps
21
Section 6: Monitoring and Maintaining an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Configuring user settings using Microsoft Endpoint Manager

This section will briefly look at ways you can configure and manage user settings on Azure Virtual Desktop. You can manage user settings using local policies and registry entries, group policy settings, and Microsoft Endpoint Manager.

Endpoint Manager is a cloud-based platform that focuses on both mobile and device management. This type of service offering is referred to as Mobile Device Management (MDM) or Mobile Application Management (MAM).

Microsoft Endpoint Manager enables you to control and manage your organization's devices and how they are used. This is the same for Azure Virtual Desktop and Microsoft's latest offering, which is known as Windows 365 or, as some call it, Cloud PC.

In the Devices | Windows section, there are several Windows policies you can configure. This includes compliance, configuration, the use of PowerShell scripts, and Windows updates/feature updates.

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