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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

Chapter 15: Configuring Apps on a Session Host

In this chapter, we take a look at configuration applications for Azure Virtual Desktop. We start by looking at Application Masking, used to hide applications from users who do not require those specific applications. We then cast our eyes over deploying an application as a RemoteApp. As we progress through the chapter, we will also implement OneDrive for Business on a multi-session environment, implementing Microsoft Teams AV redirection. Then, we will finish off the chapter with some troubleshooting advice and guidance on application issues relating to Azure Virtual Desktop.

In this chapter, we look at the following:

  • Configuring Application Masking
  • Deploying RemoteApp applications
  • Configuring and managing OneDrive for Business for a multi-session environment
  • Configuring and managing Microsoft Teams AV redirection
  • Implementing and managing multimedia redirection
  • Managing internet access for Azure Virtual...