Windows Virtual Desktop Technical (2020 Spring Update – ARM-Based Model Public Preview) Deployment Walkthrough
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26/07/2020 Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all … HOME » MICROSOFT » AZURE » WINDOWS VIRTUAL DESKTOP WVD » Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all you need to know and beyond! By Christiaan Brinkho˛. Published on May 1, 2020. 0 Click here if you are looking for instructions for the non-ARM based – 2019 fall release of Windows Virtual Desktop. The new Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) Azure Resource Manager (ARM) based model is now in Public Preview available for everyone – and the interest is enormous. It addresses a lot of customer feedback, such as extra management (GUI) capabilities, AAD group support, metadata location changes and more… WVD can be a good Ût for di˛erent kind of scenario’s to enable remote working. “An Virtual Desktop running on Azure and available anywhere in the world on any device” We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. YoInu c thisan õ articlend out ,mo I’dr elike ab otou tcover which the coo deep(er)kies we a rtechnicale using o rpoints, switch whilethem osomeff in s earettings. just not part of the public message but still way too important not to share. Accept It’ll hopefully help you as consultant or architect to bring the technical (and https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/05/01/windows-virtual-desktop-technical-2020-spring-update-arm-based-model-deployment-walkthrou… 1/66 26/07/2020 Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all … functional) message around Windows Virtual Desktop – ARM-based to your customers ! Note Table of Contents Click on the title to jump to that spot in this article: The Desktop-as-a-Service market is growing New Azure Portal – Dashboard Di˛erences between WVD non-ARM and ARM New user management options Custom RDP Settings (via the portal) New PowerShell Modules Windows Virtual Desktop and Azure Log Analytics Azure Automation – auto-scaling tool Once more – What is Windows Virtual Desktop? The architecture behind it all WVD User connection Tra¸c Flow Windows Virtual Desktop service network access requirements Measure your latency – tools Manage Windows 10 multi-session via Endpoint Manager (MECM) What about GPUs? MSIX app attach – app delivery of the future Windows Virtual Desktop – ARM based portal enrolment process Pre-requisites for Windows Virtual Desktop Create an custom Windows 10 multi-session image Install OneDrive Per-Machine OneDrive Known Folder Move – modernize your proÛle Install Teams with AV Redirection media optimizations Add language packs Add FSLogix ProÛle Container as proÛle delivery solution Sysprep the image Capture the custom – Azure Managed – image Create an Azure Shared Image Gallery (SIG) Perform the Microsoft.DesktopVirtualization resource provider We are usregistrationing cookies to give you the best experience on our website. You can õnCreated out mo a hostre ab poolout which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. VM details Accept Administrator account https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/05/01/windows-virtual-desktop-technical-2020-spring-update-arm-based-model-deployment-walkthrou… 2/66 26/07/2020 Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all … Create the Workspace Select your image type Network and Security Start enrolment Create and Assign Remote Applications (to AAD Groups!) Expand your existing host pool with new session hosts Update the host pool images – create a new image version (SIG only) Change the name of your Workspace Change the name of your Virtual Desktops Install the Windows Virtual Desktop Client Use the HTML5 Web portal The Desktop-as-a-Service market is growing Gartner expects that by 2023, 30% of all the on-premises VDI users will access a workspace in the cloud using DaaS! The yearly VDI Like A Pro survey lists Windows Virtual Desktop as number one as a response to the question below. With remote working more popular than ever due to the current circumstances this is still unexpected. This yearly research is a global initiative for and by the entire EUC community and answers independently how the market looks like. Note New Azure Portal – Dashboard The new landing page for Windows Virtual Desktop in the Azure portal looks like this. It’s very slick and steps are dramatically simpliÛed. Previous steps such as consent, and PowerShell creation of the tenant are all gone! We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. YoLearnu can õ morend ou tabout more aitb laterout w onhic inh c thisook iarticle.es we are using or switch them off in settings. Accept https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/05/01/windows-virtual-desktop-technical-2020-spring-update-arm-based-model-deployment-walkthrou… 3/66 26/07/2020 Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all … Di˛erences between WVD non-ARM and ARM The new Management portal integration is completely build on ARM, which means that permissions can be managed via role-based access control (RBAC). All the deployment objects of WVD e.g. host pools, workspaces etc are objects within your Azure subscription. This makes it easier to manage and automate your environment. See below the most important di˛erences and changes of WVD non-ARM current and ARM future ! Di˛erences from a more high-level component architecture. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. You can õnd out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. Accept https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/05/01/windows-virtual-desktop-technical-2020-spring-update-arm-based-model-deployment-walkthrou… 4/66 26/07/2020 Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all … User session management With the new ARM-based – spring update release of Windows Virtual Desktop being available. We also have the option to do more user session troubleshooting directly from the Azure Portal. The users menu option gives us the option to search for users, see their active sessions, application assignment, and send them messaging during maintenance work. This allows helpdesk employees to do some Ûrst line of support for Windows Virtual Desktop from the Azure Portal. Note Custom RDP Settings (via the portal) Previously in the non-ARM version of Windows Virtual Desktop, you had to activate RDP settings via PowerShell. In the new ARM-based model it’s possible to do this directly from the Azure Portal menu (GUI). We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. You can õnd out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. Accept https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/05/01/windows-virtual-desktop-technical-2020-spring-update-arm-based-model-deployment-walkthrou… 5/66 26/07/2020 Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all … New PowerShell Modules As part of this release, WVD now also integrates into the AZ PowerShell module. Command are now with e.g. Get-AzWvdDesktop instead of Get- RDSDesktop. This leaves up to still create all the Windows Virtual Desktop components completely automated via PoSH. ARM templates for doing the Workspace (tenant), host pools and application group deployments automated are coming soon. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. You can õnd out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. Accept https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/05/01/windows-virtual-desktop-technical-2020-spring-update-arm-based-model-deployment-walkthrou… 6/66 26/07/2020 Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all … Windows Virtual Desktop and Azure Log Analytics The main purpose of leveraging Public Cloud is not saving money. It’s around leveraging platform services to adopt as much as services to create the digital workspace for your business. One of those platform services in Azure is Log Analytics, the service to gather metrics in your environment and bring them down to one single pane of glass dashboard. Log Analytics gives you all the information about sessions. This includes e.g. bandwidth and latency for every single user and session on your site. This can be relevant for troubleshooting or just monitoring purposes, and it doesn’t require any additional investments. There a lot’s of new metrics and integrations possible now within Windows Virtual Desktop directly from the Portal. This dashboard below includes insights about the following components of your Windows Virtual Desktop deployment: 1. Overview 2. Session Details 3. Session Diagnostics 4. User SpeciÛc Reporting 5. Session Performance 6. Host Performance 7. Disk Performance Learn here how to deploy the Azure Monitor – Log Analytics workbook below. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. You can õnd out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. Accept https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/2020/05/01/windows-virtual-desktop-technical-2020-spring-update-arm-based-model-deployment-walkthrou… 7/66 26/07/2020 Windows Virtual Desktop technical (2020 spring update – ARM-based model public preview) deployment walkthrough. It covers all … Azure automation – auto-scaling tool For many Windows Virtual Desktop deployments in Azure, the virtual machine costs of the Windows Virtual Desktop session host VM represent the most signiÛcant portion of the total deployment cost. To reduce cost, the WVD Depth-Ûrst mode automatically Ûlls up the Ûrst session host server maximum amount of users before spinning up the next one, and so on.