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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

Before we can start provisioning MSIX images and applications to users, we first need to package some applications into the MSIX app attach format.

Important Note

You will need a code-signing certificate to create MSIX packages, and MSIX app attach. The certificate can either be a public, domain, or self-signed certificate.

The five steps to prepare your package for MSIX applications are as follows:

It is important to note that you cannot use Azure Active Directory Domain Services with MSIX app attach.

Tip

Azure Files has a maximum concurrent handle limit of 2,000. It is advised that enterprises use Azure NetApp Files when planning to use MSIX app attach. Read more on this limitation here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-scale-targets#file-scale-targets.

In the next section, we look at creating an MSIX package.