You're reading from Mastering Azure Virtual Desktop A practical guide to designing, implementing, and managing Azure Virtual Desktop environments

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835884140

Length 718 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Tools

Azure

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (3):

Ryan Mangan

Neil McLoughlin

Marcel Meurer

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Table of Contents (30) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Introduction FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Azure Virtual Desktop

3. Part 2:Planning an Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture

4. Chapter 2: Designing the Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture

5. Chapter 3: Designing for User Identities and Profiles

6. Chapter 4: Implementing and Managing Networking for Azure Virtual Desktop

7. Chapter 5: Implementing and Managing Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop

8. Part 3:Implementing an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

9. Chapter 6: Creating Host Pools and Session Hosts

10. Chapter 7: Configuring Azure Virtual Desktop Host Pools

11. Chapter 8: Entra ID Join for Azure Virtual Desktop

12. Chapter 9: Creating and Managing Session Host Images

13. Part 4:Managing Access and Security

14. Chapter 10: Managing Access

15. Chapter 11: Managing Security

16. Part 5:Managing User Environments and Apps

17. Chapter 12: Implementing and Managing FSLogix

18. Chapter 13: Configuring User Experience Settings

19. Chapter 14: MSIX App Attach

20. Chapter 15: Configuring Apps on a Session Host

21. Part 6:Monitoring and Maintaining an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

22. Chapter 16: Planning and Implementing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

23. Chapter 17: Automating Azure Virtual Desktop Management Tasks

24. Chapter 18: Monitoring and Managing Performance and Health

25. Chapter 19: Azure Virtual Desktop’s Quickstart Feature

26. Final Assessment

27. Index

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Appendix

What’s managed by Microsoft and what you manage

The following diagram shows what services Microsoft manages and what you manage:

Figure 1.1 – Services managed by Microsoft and you

What Microsoft manages

Azure Virtual Desktop provides a virtualization infrastructure as a managed service. Azure Virtual Desktop’s core components are as follows:

Web client: The web access service feature in Azure Virtual Desktop management allows users to access virtual desktops and remote apps via any HTML5-compatible web browser, similar to a local PC experience. This can be accessed from any location and on any device. Enhanced security for web access is achievable through MFA in Microsoft Entra ID.
Diagnostics: Azure Virtual Desktop includes an event-based aggregation service, Remote Desktop Diagnostics. This service logs each user or administrator’s action within the deployment, categorizing them as successes or failures. Administrators...