Greetings from the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Community Newsletter (December 5th, 2024)
We are delighted to present the 87th edition of our community newsletter, released on 5th December 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
Microsoft AVD -vGPU with and without HDX
Julian Jakob has released a really awesome blog post in which he performs a comparison on how the AVD RDP Protocol compared to the Citrix HDX Protocol on a Azure VM SKU with a GPU. I found this super interesting and the results may suprise you 🙂
Neil McLoughlin released a YouTube video in which he performed some testing around the new V6 SKU’s which Microsoft are releasing, and see how they compare to the V5 VMs. You can see the results here:
AVD App Deployments Made Easy with Nerdio ShellApps and PSADT
Alex Durrant has shared an excellent blog post in which he shares how to use the PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit with Nerdio ShellApps to make deploying applications onto your AVD Session hosts really quick and simple. You can read his blog post here – https://letsconfigmgr.com/avd-app-deployments-made-easy-with-nerdio-shellapps-and-psadt/
FSLogix Performance Best Pratices: Optimize AVD User Profiles
Travis Roberts has shared another excellent video in which he goes through the best pratices for FSLogix Performance for AVD. You can check out his video here:
