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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

Planning for Azure Virtual Desktop client deployment

The Windows Remote Desktop client can access Azure Virtual Desktop on devices within Windows 10, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, and Windows 7.

In this example, we will deploy a Windows Remote Desktop client.

Important Note

The Windows Desktop client does not support Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.

Installing the Windows Desktop client

In this section, we will cover how to install and set up Windows Desktop Client:

  1. Open the Remote Desktop Setup client and click Next:
Figure 3.7 – Remote Desktop Setup wizard

Figure 3.7 – Remote Desktop Setup wizard

  1. Select I accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next:

Figure 3.8 – Licence agreement

  1. After downloading the Remote Desktop client installer, when you run it, you will have two options:
    • Install just for you
    • Install for all users of this machine (requires admin rights):

Figure 3.9 – Installation...