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Securing Cloud PCs and Azure Virtual Desktop

You're reading from   Securing Cloud PCs and Azure Virtual Desktop Start implementing and optimizing security for Windows 365 and AVD infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835460252
Length 396 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dominiek Verham Dominiek Verham
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Johan Vanneuville Johan Vanneuville
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: An Introduction to Microsoft Virtual Desktops FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop 3. Part 2: Why Is Endpoint Security Important?
4. Chapter 2: Importance of Securing Your Desktops 5. Chapter 3: Modern Security Risks 6. Part 3: Security Controls for W365 and AVD
7. Chapter 4: Securing User Sessions 8. Chapter 5: Preventing Data Leakage from Desktops 9. Chapter 6: Update Management Strategies 10. Chapter 7: Threat Detection and Prevention 11. Chapter 8: Configuring Access Control 12. Part 4: Additional Security Controls per Solution
13. Chapter 9: Securing Windows 365 14. Chapter 10: Securing Azure Virtual Desktop 15. Chapter 11: Securing Azure Infrastructure 16. Part 5: Use Cases
17. Chapter 12: Windows 365 Use Cases 18. Chapter 13: Azure Virtual Desktop Use Cases 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring AppLocker

A very important aspect to secure is the applications that are running on the session hosts. It can happen that an end user needs a different kind of application than the one that is installed, so they will download and install it. When working in a pooled environment, the end user doesn’t know on which session hosts they are working, so the IT admin doesn’t want them to be able to install applications. To ensure that nobody can install applications on the session hosts, the IT admin can deny the end users the possibility to install applications. This is where AppLocker can help. With AppLocker, the IT admin can configure rules to deny end users from installing applications. Let’s go to Group Policy Management and see how to configure this:

  1. Create a new GPO and go to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Application Control Policies > AppLocker.
  2. The first thing the IT admin does is configure...
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