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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

Start Virtual Machine on Connect

In this section, we will look at the Start VM on Connect feature. This offers a cost-saving mechanism for organizations as Start Virtual Machine on Connect essentially allows you to turn VMs on when required; when they are not needed, the user can turn them off. Start Virtual Machine on Connect is a great way for you to boot VMs on demand. This can be useful for personal desktops or resources that shut down every evening, as scheduled by the IT department.

The following screenshot shows Start Virtual Machine on Connect in action:

Figure 13.29 – Start Virtual Machine on Connect

Important Note

Start Virtual Machine on Connect is available for personal and pooled host pools and uses the Azure portal and PowerShell.

We now take a look at using the Azure portal to configure Start Virtual Machine on Connect.

Configuring with the Azure portal

Now, let's look at the configuration within the Azure portal...