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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

Troubleshooting

In this section, we'll look at some of the common issues when working with MSIX app attach.

Important Note

To use MSIX app attach, you need to use one of the following supported versions: Windows 10 Build 2004 onwards, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2022.

You will not be able to use MSIX app attach on any other version of Windows or Server operating systems.

It is also important to note that MSIX app attach using Azure Virtual Desktop is not supported when using Azure Active Directory joined virtual machines.

One of the most common issues is the certificate not being installed on the target session hosts or having expired. You need to ensure that the certificate is installed on all the required session hosts and the MSIX image certificate is in date or time-stamped.

When expanding the MSIX image, you need to make sure that the required ACL permissions are applied or the applications within the MSIX image will be unusable.

Another issue that...