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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

Managing connectivity to the internet and on-premises networks

In this section, we look at the different options available to you for VPN gateway design. This should enable you to make an informed choice that best suits your deployment needs. Please note that the VPN is only required for connecting resources between on-premises and cloud platforms. For client connectivity to the AVD platform, you would use the reverse connect feature built into the AVD Management plane.

Types of VPN available to you

The following sections cover several different configurations available for VPN connections. In the following sections, I have provided a summary of each type and a diagram to help you decide on which topology meets your requirements.

Site-to-Site

Site-to-Site, also known as an S2S VPN gateway connection, is an IPsec/IKE (IKEv1 or IKEv2) VPN tunnel. This type of connection can be used for cross-premises and hybrid connectivity. A S2S connection does require an on-premises VPN...