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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

Planning and configuring name resolution for Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Domain Services

Azure Virtual Desktop can be used in a cloud-only organization or a hybrid environment. Hybrid is an approach that's used within IT where some of your IT resources are in-house and others are cloud-based services. You need to ensure that the following is configured/set up before proceeding with an Azure Virtual Desktop project.

For hybrid environments that use Azure AD and Active Directory services, you'll need the following:

  • An Azure Active Directory domain.
  • A domain controller that is configured and synced with Azure Active Directory. You can configure this with one of the following:
    • Azure AD Connect
    • Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS)
  • An Azure subscription that contains a virtual network connected to Windows Server Active Directory (AD) or Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

For cloud-only organizations, you'll need...