What is new in Azure Virtual Desktop for July 2022

 

Scheduled agent updates now generally available

Scheduled agent updates on Azure Virtual Desktop are now generally available. This feature gives IT admins control over when the Azure Virtual Desktop agent, side-by-side stack, and Geneva Monitoring agent get updated. For more information, see our blog post.

 

FSLogix 2201 hotfix 2

The FSLogix 2201 hotfix 2 update includes fixes to multi-session VHD mounting, Cloud Cache meta tracking files, and registry cleanup operations. This update doesn't include new fatures. Learn more at What’s new in FSLogix and our blog post.

 

Japan and Australia metadata service now generally available

The Azure Virtual Desktop metadata database located in Japan and Australia is now generally available. This update allows customers to store their Azure Virtual Desktop objects and metadata within a database located within that geography. For more information, see our blog post.

 

Azure Virtual Desktop moving away from Storage Blob image type

Storage Blob images are created from unmanaged disks, which means they lack the availability, scalability, and frictionless user experience that managed images and Shared Image Gallery images offer. As a result, Azure Virtual Desktop will be deprecating support for Storage Blobs image types by August 22, 2022. For more information, see our blog post.

 

Azure Virtual Desktop Custom Configuration changing to PowerShell

Starting July 21, 2022, Azure Virtual Desktop will replace the Custom Configuration Azure Resource Manager template parameters for creating host pools, adding session hosts to host pools, and the Getting Started feature with a PowerShell script URL parameter stored in a publicly accessible location. This replacement includes the parameters' respective Azure Resource Manager templates. For more information, see our blog post.