What this book covers
Chapter 1, Introduction to Azure Virtual Desktop, provides an introduction to Azure Virtual Desktop, giving a high-level overview of the service offering and the associated benefits.
Chapter 2, Designing the Azure Virtual Desktop Architecture, provides guidance on the requirements to plan and design an Azure Virtual Desktop environment. You will also learn about sizing, network guidelines, and Azure Virtual Desktop connectivity.
Chapter 3, Designing for User Identities and Profiles, covers everything you need to know for designing user identities and profiles.
Chapter 4, Implementing and Managing Networking for Azure Virtual Desktop, looks at the considerations and techniques for implementing and managing networking for Azure Virtual Desktop.
Chapter 5, Implementing and Managing Storage for Azure Virtual Desktop, details the requirements and storage options required for FSLogix components as well as teaching you how to create storage accounts and configure disks and Azure file shares.
Chapter 6, Creating Host Pools and Session Hosts, teaches you how to create and configure Azure Virtual Desktop host pools and session hosts.
Chapter 7, Configuring Azure Virtual Desktop Host Pools, guides you through the configuration of host pools, the use of a Remote Desktop (RD) license server for those using server-based session hosts, custom Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) properties, and applying security and compliance settings to a session host.
Chapter 8, Entra ID Join for Azure Virtual Desktop, teaches you how to join session hosts to Entra ID and how to carry out basic troubleshooting.
Chapter 9, Creating and Managing Session Host Images, looks at the configuration of host pools including the configuration of a gold image, Azure Compute Gallery optimization, and basic performance troubleshooting.
Chapter 10, Managing Access, discusses how to plan and implement Azure roles and role-based access control (RBAC) and how to manage local roles, groups, and rights assignments for Azure Virtual Desktop session hosts.
Chapter 11, Managing Security, provides a clear understanding of Azure multi-factor authentication and its benefits, how to configure conditional access policies, the use of Azure Defender for Cloud, and the configuration of Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Azure Virtual Desktop.
Chapter 12, Implementing and Managing FSLogix, shows how to install, configure, and manage FSLogix profile containers and Cloud Cache.
Chapter 13, Configuring User Experience Settings, looks at some of the features and functions you can configure with Azure Virtual Desktop, including Universal Print, Start VM on Connect, Screen Capture Protection, FSLogix troubleshooting, and Remote Desktop client troubleshooting.
Chapter 14, MSIX App Attach, teaches you how to implement and manage MSIX app attach for Azure Virtual Desktop.
Chapter 15, Configuring Apps on a Session Host, teaches you how to configure app masking, deploy RemoteApp applications, configure Microsoft Teams AV Redirect, multimedia redirection, and manage internet access for Azure Virtual Desktop.
Chapter 16, Planning and Implementing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, discusses the options available to you when planning and designing business continuity and disaster recovery for Azure Virtual Desktop.
Chapter 17, Automating Azure Virtual Desktop Management Tasks, teaches you how to automate repeated maintenance tasks, implement custom autoscaling scripts, and configure and deploy scaling plans.
Chapter 18, Monitoring and Managing Performance and Health, teaches you how to configure Azure Virtual Desktop insights to monitor user experience and overall environment performance. This chapter also discusses setting up alerts and an introduction to Kusto.
Chapter 19, Azure Virtual Desktop’s Quickstart Feature, teaches you how to use the getting started feature to deploy an Azure Virtual Desktop environment.
Appendix, Microsoft Resources and Microsoft Learn, contains useful information and other interesting content from Microsoft, communities, and MVPs on Azure Virtual Desktop.
