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Can i access my USB devices from Windows Virtual Desktop?
Hi Hau_Le ,
You still can manipulate these settings, using the Set-RdsHostPool cmdlet with the -CustomRdpProperty parameter.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/customize-rdp-properties
If you look at the supported settings, you will find the drivestoredirect setting, controlling the drive mappings. If you set this CustomRdpProperty to drivestoredirect:s:*, all new devices should be available as well
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/rdp-files
I did the test with a USB Drive and a USB Keyboard, both became available during an active session.
gadmin285 I also would like to have this functionality working. The interesting thing is it does work if you use a direct RDP to the WVD pool member with the flags included above.
The article on customrdpproperty does offer the same functionality as Azure RemoteApp did back in the old days. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/customize-rdp-properties
As well, from looking at the roadmap documentation this will be a more Horizon/Citrixesque flow later with the new Azure.Virtualization cmdlets.
But for the time being, is there some way we can redirect scanners and USB peripherals to the service through the desktop client?
