AVD Community Newsletter – 13th Feb 2026

Greetings from the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Community Newsletter (February 13th, 2026)

We are delighted to present the 119th edition of our community newsletter, released on February 13th, 2026. Our primary objective is to provide you with indispensable insights, tactics, and guidance to enhance your experience with Azure Virtual Desktop.

As our community thrives and grows, we greet all our new members with a heartfelt greeting. Whether you’re an experienced IT professional or just starting your journey in virtual desktop infrastructure, we encourage you to actively participate in discussions, share your expertise, and provide valuable feedback. Your input is precious to us as it allows us to improve our services and foster a supportive environment for everyone involved. Welcome aboard!

Community Contributions

Build an AVD “Golden Image” with Terraform + Azure VM Image Builder (and publish to Azure Compute Gallery)

Aresh Sarkari has written a blogpost on cloud only AVD golden image with Terraform. You can read more here –

Build an AVD “Golden Image” with Terraform + Azure VM Image Builder (and publish to Azure Compute Gallery)

If you’ve been running Azure Virtual Desktop for a while, you already know the pain: keeping session hosts consistent is easy until you start chasing app versions, Windows Updates, Teams changes, a…

AVD going Hybrid with Nerdio - Johan Vanneuville

Hello everyone, I recently had a chat with my friends from Nerdio and we were talking about the big announcement from Microsoft last year. Off course the conversation was about Azure virtual Desktop going Hybrid. There is a lot of buzz around this announcement, but what exactly does it mean for the AVD world, for…

DaaSLikeAPRO Survey 2026

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🚀 NOW OPEN! The DaaS Like A Pro Survey 2026–2027 is LIVE! Please help reposting / sharing... The EUC landscape is moving fast—AI, DaaS, VDI, Cloud PC—and we want to capture what’s really happening. Our team w/ Christiaan, Mark, Dennis, and Ruben, are opening the #DAASLIKEAPRO Survey 2026–2027 to gather real-world insights from the community that will shape one of the most-referenced EUC whitepapers out there. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gGwgre6v Built by the community, for the community. Let’s make this the survey everyone bookmarks, debates, and quotes. 💬 #DAASLIKEAPRO #EUC #DaaS #VDI #CloudPC #AI #DigitalWorkspace

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