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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

Using the Getting started feature with Azure AD DS and AD DS

This section details how to use the Getting started feature to deploy an Azure Virtual Desktop environment in a subscription that already has Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) or Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS):

  1. First, you need to open the Azure portal.
  2. Once you have signed into Azure, open the Azure Virtual Desktop page using the search bar or navigate through the services.
  3. Within the Azure Virtual Desktop page, select the Getting started tab:
Figure 19.1 – The Getting Started tab within the Azure Virtual Desktop page of Azure

Figure 19.1 – The Getting Started tab within the Azure Virtual Desktop page of Azure

  1. Click the Start button.
  2. Select the required Subscription the select Existing Active Directory in the Identity provider section.
  3. For Identity Service type, select Active Directory or Azure Active Directory Domain Services. For this example, we will choose Active Directory.
  4. Enter a Resource group name...