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Stefan Georgiev
Former Employee
Apr 15, 2020

FSLogix profile container using Azure Files and domain controller step by step

This guide walks an IT administrator through the steps needed to configure an existing Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) hostpool with profiles stored on an Azure Files storage account. Authentication wi...
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Nagorg-Terralogic
Brass Contributor
May 01, 2020

Stefan Georgiev ...  Very much interested in this but waiting for native AD support to get out of Preview.  Any idea when that might be coming?

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Christian_Pedersen
Brass Contributor
May 06, 2020

Nagorg-Terralogic i have tested the Azure Files as backend for FS Logix for days now - and its pretty well varying in performance - i get some really weird lockups from time to time where the VM is freezing a bit..

 

Using azure files premium, premium ssd and E8s 8 Cores 64 gig memory..

 

It works - but there are some really strange "pauses" 😞 

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    Nagorg-Terralogic
    Brass Contributor
    May 11, 2020
    This is a concern of mine. Not sure how practical it is to use a PaaS storage backend for FSLogix profile containers. But I do like the concept..
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        Nagorg-Terralogic
        Brass Contributor
        May 20, 2020
        If its more performant, it's more practical!
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      Christian_Pedersen
      Brass Contributor
      May 06, 2020

      Stefan Georgiev well call it "freezes" (5-10-15 seconds) - its kind of difficult to be 100% accurate if its the storage system or the issue with Office and Modern Authentication that im also struggeling - because it seems that if Office have ADAL disabled it can also cause freezes in the users profile on Open/Close actions

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