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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

What is MSIX app attach?

MSIX app attach a relatively recent technology advancement and addition to the Azure Virtual Desktop feature portfolio. This technology facilitates the delivery of applications to a user session within Azure Virtual Desktop by dynamically attaching the applications in an MSIX image. This new capability delivers applications on logon and/or in-session hence the term dynamic.

One of the critical benefits of MSIX app attach over other application delivery technologies is that it has been designed to deliver applications that do not impact or delay user login times. It also offers reduced management that IT needs to perform as applications are not installed natively on the Azure Virtual Desktop image. This allows organizations to modernize/enhance their virtual desktop estate and move from dedicated/specific virtual machines for applications. When using MSIX app attach, applications are delivered dynamically to any VM that a user may log in to. This saves on...