Greetings from the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Community Newsletter (July 11th, 2024)
We are delighted to present the 72nd edition of our community newsletter, released on July 11th, 2024. 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
The Biggest Change to Azure No One is Talking About!!
Dean Cefola has shared his latest YouTube video in which he describes an up and coming behaviour change regarding how AVD Session Hosts will access outbound internet access. This is a must watch video as it could affect your environment! You can watch it here –
Common issues with Azure Virtual Desktop Session Hosts
Marcel Meurer has released a blog post describing some common issues with AVD Session hosts and how to fix and resolve them! You can read his post here – Common issues in Azure Virtual Desktop (VMs-Session Hosts relations) | ITProCloud Blog
Guide to App Attach v2
Neil McLoughlin has released a video in which he goes over the new App Attach v2 functionality which recently went GA! You can watch his video here:
AVD SignIn and SignOut taking to long
Prachi Trivedo from Microsoft has shared a recent experience he had around FSLogix signing in and out taking to log and the solution to the issue. If you are intrigued to find out what was causing this issue then you can read more about it here – https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-infrastructure-blog/avd-signin-sign-out-taking-too-long-fslogix-appservices-error/ba-p/4187456?WT.mc_id=EM-MVP-5004264
Social Contribution
Vendor Links
Microsoft Links
Andres Bohren has shared that the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client has now been updated to v1.2.5552. In this release there is a fix to an issue where users were getting prompted twice for MFA Prompts. You can read more about it here – https://blog.icewolf.ch/archive/2024/07/11/microsoft-remote-desktop-for-AVD-and-windows-365-1-2-5552/
