Greetings from the Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Community Newsletter (November 7th, 2024)
We are delighted to present the 83rd edition of our community newsletter, released on November 7th, 2024. Our primary objective is to provide you with the most important 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
How to Seamlessly Connect Non-Azure AD Joined Devices to Azure Virtual Desktop
Shaun Hardneck aka the Lazy Admin has written a blog post in which he discusses the targetisaadjoined hostpool property. You can read his blog post here –
Optimising Autoscaling profiles in Nerdio Manager
Dominiek Verham has shared a blog post in which he writes about how to optimize auto-scaling profiles using Nerdio Manager for Enterprise. In his blog post he deep-dives into the autoscale profiles feature. You can read his blog post here – https://dominiekverham.com/optimizing-auto-scale-profiles-in-nerdio-manager/
Session Host Update Part 2: Deploy and update a host pool and session hosts
Johan Vanneuville has shared his 2nd part of his blog post in which he explores the new session host update feature. Check it out here – https://johanvanneuville.com/avd/session-host-update-part-2-deploy-and-update-a-host-pool-and-session-hosts/
If you want to know more about MSIX and how it can help your AVD Deployment then you need to watch this podcast with Ingmar Verheij and Patrick van den Born where they share some of their experiences.
Microsoft
Jim Moyle has shared some news around App Attach integration. App Attach now integrated with Liquidware, Numecent & Omnissa. You can view the news here https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azurevirtualdesktopblog/app-attach-now-integrates-with-partner-solutions/4284141
