Webcast resource guide: All you need to know about Windows Virtual Desktop

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This post offers a summary of the resources discussed during the one-hour webcast, “All you need to know about Windows Virtual Desktop”—as well as resources to help you learn more how to set up and utilize Windows Virtual Desktop in your organization. The slides from today's presentation can also be found as an attachment below.

Introduction

• What is Windows Virtual Desktop?
• Windows Virtual Desktop overview: Microsoft Mechanics
• Windows Virtual Desktop Public Preview
• Blog post: Announcing the public preview of Windows Virtual Desktop
• Blog post: Getting started with Windows Virtual Desktop

Concepts

• Delegated access in Windows Virtual Desktop
• Host pool load-balancing methods

How-to guides

• Connect to Windows Virtual Desktop resources from Windows 10 or Windows 7
• Connect to Windows Virtual Desktop resources from a web browser
• Create a host pool with an Azure Resource Manager template
• Create a host pool with PowerShell
• Set up a user profile share for a host pool
• Configure the Windows Virtual Desktop load-balancing method
• Prepare and customize a master VHD image
• Install Office on a master VHD image
• Configure GPU for Windows Virtual Desktop
• Automatically scale session hosts

Tools

• FSLogix profile containers and Azure files

• Windows Virtual Desktop Cmdlets for Windows PowerShell

Have questions?

Join the Windows Virtual Desktop AMA at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, June 12th or start a conversation on the Windows Virtual Desktop Tech Community.