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Mastering Azure Virtual Desktop

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

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ISBN-13 9781835884140
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Ryan Mangan, with over 17 years in the tech industry, specializes in cloud and end-user computing. His deep understanding of end-user computing, virtual desktop products, applications, networks, and virtualization has earned him recognition as a Microsoft MVP and Parallels VIPP, and previously a VMware vExpert, a title held for over a decade. As a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society and other industry titles, Ryan's professional dedication is evident. An author and speaker, he shares his knowledge, fostering growth in the community. In 2023, he established Efficient Ether, concentrating on cloud optimization, sustainability, and generative AI, demonstrating his commitment to advancing sustainable technology software solutions.
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Neil McLoughlin boasts over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, with a dedicated focus on VDI, DaaS and end-user computing spanning the last decade. His commitment extends beyond professional realms, as he actively engages with the community, sharing insights and best practices in VDI and DaaS. Currently recognized as a Microsoft MVP, he plays a pivotal role in leading the EUC Forum User Group in the UK, organizing four in-person events annually. He also contributes significantly to the AVD Community newsletter, enriching its content on a weekly basis.nPresently, Neil serves as a Principal Technical Account Manager at Nerdio, where he leverages his expertise to address intricate challenges within AVD and Windows 365 deployments.
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Marcel Meurer is responsible for the professional IT services business unit at sepago GmbH – a Proact comapny – in Cologne. His technical focus is Microsoft Azure platform services, and he has been a Microsoft Azure MVP since 2016.nSince 2021, he has also been running ITProCloud, a Germany-based company that builds solutions to manage Microsoft Azure services. ITProCloud shares knowledge and tools like WVDAdmin and Hydra with customers and the community. In 1995, he started studying electrical engineering. Machine learning and neural networks were some of his favorite topics during his studies. He graduated as an electrical engineer from the University of Applied Science Aachen.
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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 28. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Configuring disks

This section will look at Azure managed disks, the different available options, and how to prepare a custom VHD image.

An Azure managed disk is a virtual disk (block-level storage volume) with Azure VMs. Managed disks are designed to provide an availability of 99.999%. This is achieved by providing three replica copies of your data, which provides high durability.

The following table details the different types of managed disks that are available:

Detail

Ultra Disk

Premium SSD v2

Premium SSD

Standard SSD

Standard HDD

Disk type

SSD

SSD

SSD

SSD

HDD

Scenario

I/O-intensive workloads such as SAP HANA...

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Ryan Mangan, with over 17 years in the tech industry, specializes in cloud and end-user computing. His deep understanding of end-user computing, virtual desktop products, applications, networks, and virtualization has earned him recognition as a Microsoft MVP and Parallels VIPP, and previously a VMware vExpert, a title held for over a decade. As a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society and other industry titles, Ryan's professional dedication is evident. An author and speaker, he shares his knowledge, fostering growth in the community. In 2023, he established Efficient Ether, concentrating on cloud optimization, sustainability, and generative AI, demonstrating his commitment to advancing sustainable technology software solutions.
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Marcel Meurer is responsible for the professional IT services business unit at sepago GmbH – a Proact comapny – in Cologne. His technical focus is Microsoft Azure platform services, and he has been a Microsoft Azure MVP since 2016. Since 2021, he has also been running ITProCloud, a Germany-based company that builds solutions to manage Microsoft Azure services. ITProCloud shares knowledge and tools like WVDAdmin and Hydra with customers and the community. In 1995, he started studying electrical engineering. Machine learning and neural networks were some of his favorite topics during his studies. He graduated as an electrical engineer from the University of Applied Science Aachen.
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Neil McLoughlin boasts over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, with a dedicated focus on VDI, DaaS and end-user computing spanning the last decade. His commitment extends beyond professional realms, as he actively engages with the community, sharing insights and best practices in VDI and DaaS. Currently recognized as a Microsoft MVP, he plays a pivotal role in leading the EUC Forum User Group in the UK, organizing four in-person events annually. He also contributes significantly to the AVD Community newsletter, enriching its content on a weekly basis. Presently, Neil serves as a Principal Technical Account Manager at Nerdio, where he leverages his expertise to address intricate challenges within AVD and Windows 365 deployments.
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