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Re: Can EA have two partners ?
nishk27 Typically, an EA has only one Licensing Solution Provider (LSP) managing the agreement and handling the licensing. That said, there are a couple of ways multiple partners might be involved: Primary Partner (LSP): This partner officially manages the EA and deals with the licensing side of things. Other Partners for Services: It’s common for organizations to bring in other partners for things like cloud migration, consulting, or support, but they won’t be managing the EA directly. Instead, they'd operate under separate agreements. Usually this is beneficial to be recognized for the work they do in the account which can add to their SPD or equivalent and incentives from Microsoft as well. The best course of action would probably be to chat with the customers Microsoft account manager to see if there’s any flexibility and get their take on it. Of course, the second partner could still provide services but wouldn’t be managing the EA directly, usually you can do CPOR (Claiming Partner of Record), DPOR (Digital Partner of Record), or PAL (Partner Admin Link) if it's around the SPDs or incentives as above.583Views2likes2CommentsRe: Granular Admin Relationships expired
You need to assign roles to the security groups (i.e. Admin Agents/Helpdesk Agents), rather than those groups being Entra roles --> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/customers/gdap-assign-microsoft-entra-roles These are some of the roles available that you can assign to those Admin Agents/Helpdesk Agents security groups --> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/customers/gdap-least-privileged-roles-by-task Cheers, Andrew.Re: SQL Server Licensing
Correct, easiest way is to buy Software Subscriptions for Azure Hybrid Benefit, but you might find that Azure based licensing is cheaper vs the 1-year SQL software subscription license; with the 3-year software sub license you are slightly better off than compared to Azure-based licensing but you need to pay upfront or annually for it.565Views1like0CommentsRe: AVD pool - performance issues
In addition to the community comments already posted around sizing - have you looked at using newer version of the VMs? V5s as an example? That will give a performance increase as well and probably cheaper than the V3s. You could also look at the AMD variants which offer more performance than the Intel variants (according to the MS docs) and are often the same price if not cheaper.1.8KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Implementing AD into existing Cloud Azure AD
Azure Active Directory Domain Services (AADDS) will do the one-way sync from Azure AD to AADDS, that is however not technically considered a hybrid identity. It will give you GPOs and Kerberos authentication though. Have a look at this if you want to look at doing traditional AD - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-install-existing-tenant#sync-with-existing-users-in-azure-ad690Views0likes0CommentsWindows 365 Trials Location
Hi there, The Windows 365 trials that are available for CSPs seem to be defaulting to a non ideal location. I'm in New Zealand and would expect the trial cloud PC to spin up in Australia but it's gone into Japan (Tokyo DC). Is there a way to resolve this? Cheers, Andrew.819Views0likes0CommentsAzure Bandwidth Pricing
Has the included (First xx GB) bandwidth for Azure recently changed from 5GB to 100GB? I can't see any announcements or information on this so would just like to make sure the pricing page is accurate? https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/bandwidth/3.1KViews1like1CommentMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint - AVD/Windows 10 Multi-session
Hi, With relation to AVD/Windows 10 Multi-session, is there any planned support for third party browsers for web filtering? Currently only Microsoft Edge is supported and Network Protection is not supported on Windows 10 Azure Virtual Desktop multi-session hosts which covers off third party browsers. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/web-content-filtering?view=o365-worldwide#known-issues-and-limitations Cheers, Andrew.3.2KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure AD Login
sreeja8 As above, did you assign the Azure AD user to the Session Host you're trying to connect to? "Assign your users the Virtual Machine User Login role so they can sign in to the VMs." https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/deploy-azure-ad-joined-vm#assign-user-access-to-host-pools The local client needs to be one of these also: The local PC is Azure AD-joined to the same Azure AD tenant as the session host The local PC is hybrid Azure AD-joined to the same Azure AD tenant as the session host The local PC is running Windows 10, version 2004 and later, and is Azure AD registered to the same Azure AD tenant as the session host To enable access from Windows devices not joined to Azure AD, add targetisaadjoined:i:1 as a custom RDP property to the host pool. These connections are restricted to entering user name and password credentials when signing in to the session host. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/deploy-azure-ad-joined-vm#connect-using-the-windows-desktop-client I also found this useful as well in genera: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/wvd/azure-virtual-desktop-azure-active-directory-join4KViews0likes1CommentRe: How to set up license - Windows Server 2016 - RDS Client Access License (CAL)
Would just like to confirm the below is correct, please: If I wanted to run Windows Server as the OS for an AVD Session Host, then the license that is required is just an RDS CAL (Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Client Access License (CAL) with active Software Assurance (SA)) correct? I don't need the actual OS license? Same as it is for Windows 10 Multi-session, where I am entitled to use the OS at no additional cost if I were to use one of the supported licenses, e.g. Business Premium?2.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Windows Virtual Desktop Static IP
Would also like to know the more details on this. This also seems like something you and your team should be testing since there are operations going on in the background with the AVD/WVD control plane and session host that we can't necessarily account for, at least as not as easy as you and your team could. The scenario is that they have web applications that need a static external address. Thanks11KViews1like0CommentsRe: PUBLIC PREVIEW: Announcing public preview of Azure AD joined VMs
DavidBelanger Would just like to confirm that you can access/login to AAD-Joined session hosts from an Azure AD Registered Device using your AAD credentials?? The docs state it below (third point) but when I have tested this it doesn't work; it does however work fine when the local PC is AAD Joined. Does it need to be a certain edition of Windows 10? Connect using the Windows Desktop client The default configuration supports connections from Windows 10 using the https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/user-documentation/connect-windows-7-10. You can use your credentials, smart card, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-hybrid-cert-trust or https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-deployment-rdp-certs to sign in to the session host. However, to access the session host, your local PC must meet one of the following conditions: The local PC is Azure AD-joined to the same Azure AD tenant as the session host The local PC is hybrid Azure AD-joined to the same Azure AD tenant as the session host The local PC is running Windows 10, version 2004 and later, and is Azure AD registered to the same Azure AD tenant as the session host To enable access from Windows devices not joined to Azure AD, add targetisaadjoined:i:1 as a https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/customize-rdp-properties to the host pool. These connections are restricted to entering user name and password credentials when signing in to the session host. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/deploy-azure-ad-joined-vm1.9KViews0likes3Comments
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