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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

Prerequisites

It is important to note that there are a few limitations when using Azure AD join for Azure Virtual Desktop at the time of writing. As you may know, many Microsoft services, third-party platforms, and others require access to an Active Directory environment for authentication and user/group permissions. Therefore, it is important to assess your organization's current requirements to ensure that Azure AD join is a suitable solution:

  • Azure AD join is only supported when using Azure Virtual Desktop for Azure Resource Manager. The classic version of Azure Virtual Desktop is not supported.
  • The session hosts must be Windows 10 Enterprise Version 2004 or later.
  • Azure AD-joined VMs don't currently support external users.

    Important Note

    Azure AD join is different from an Active Directory Domain Services controller in that the session host Virtual Machines (VMs) are automatically joined with the Azure AD tenant of the subscription that deploys the VMs....