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Unlocking the Power of Windows 365 in 2025: Your Ultimate Learning Guide
Fun fact, the article below is written by Microsoft Copilot! Before kicking off, I want to wish all of you Happy (and successful) New Year! As we move further into 2025, the digital workspace continues to evolve, and Windows 365 remains at the forefront, offering seamless and flexible cloud computing solutions. Last year, we have been recognized for the second consecutive year as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Desktop as a Service (DaaS). Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to the world of cloud PCs, there's always more to learn about making the most out of Windows 365. To kick this year off with a tradition, here’s your comprehensive new guide to mastering Windows 365 in the year 2025! Getting started with Windows 365 Microsoft provides a wealth of resources to help users understand and maximize Windows 365. Start by exploring the official Windows 365 website for detailed documentation, tutorials, and updates. Additionally, the Microsoft Learn platform offers structured learning paths and modules specifically tailored to Windows 365. Windows 365 migration: It's easier than you think - Windows IT Pro Blog Windows 365 Cloud PCs and Microsoft Intune for VDI administrators | Windows IT Pro Blog New end-user experiences for Windows in the cloud: December 2024 | Microsoft Community Hub Technical deep dive bootcamp on Microsoft AVD and Windows 365 The future of Windows, Windows 365 and AI | Microsoft 365 Community Conference Create provisioning policies for Windows 365 Windows 365 deployment overview Windows 365 networking deployment options Windows in the Cloud video series Windows in the Cloud video series dives into Windows 365 capabilities: Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop news from Microsoft Ignite - Windows in the Cloud What’s next in Windows 365 Frontline - Windows in the Cloud Introducing Windows 365 Link – the first Cloud PC device Microsoft Teams in the Windows cloud Windows App: what's new and what's next | Windows in the Cloud GPU-enhanced Windows 365 Cloud PCs - Windows in the Cloud Leadership spotlights Leadership spotlight: Melissa Grant, Windows Marketing Leadership spotlight: Marcus Ash on the future of Windows and AI design Customer spotlights Episode 1 - Windows 365 Customer Spotlights with Sepideh AMAs (Ask Microsoft Anything) Looking for more tips to deploy and manage Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop faster, better, and simple? Catch up on the most recent sessions on-demand: AMA: The latest in Windows 365 and Windows in the cloud(December 2024) AMA: Windows 365 - Q3 2024 capabilities(October 2024) AMA: Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs(September 2024) AMA: Windows App(August 2024) Upcoming dates: January 29, 2025 - AMA: Windows 365 February 26, 2025 - AMA: Windows 365 March 26, 2025 - AMA: Windows 365 Microsoft Ignite ’24 content available on demand In case you missed any of the breakout sessions that the Windows cloud engineering team delivered to Microsoft Ignite, they are now available on demand. Here are just a few highlights: Transform end-user computing experiences with Windows, Windows 365 and Intune Download PowerPoint slides here. Secure and resilient Windows strategy from Client to Cloud Download PowerPoint slides here. What's New in Windows Security, Productivity and Cloud What's new and what's next for Azure Virtual Desktop Books Mastering Windows 365 Mastering Microsoft Intune Get Microsoft certified As a candidate for this certification, you have subject matter expertise managing devices and client applications in a Microsoft 365 tenant by using Microsoft Intune. You’re responsible for: Implementing solutions for efficient deployment and management of endpoints on various operating systems, platforms, and device types. Implementing and managing endpoints at scale by using Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Intune Suite, Windows Autopilot, Microsoft Copilot for Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365. Implementing identity, security, access, policies, updates, and apps for endpoints. Learn more about the course via: Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate - Certifications | Microsoft Learn Join the Windows 365 Community Engage with the Windows 365 community to share experiences, ask questions, and learn from others. Participate in forums such as the Microsoft Tech Community and follow relevant hashtags on social media platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter. Connecting with peers and experts can provide valuable insights and tips. Windows 365 Community weekly newsletters Follow us on LinkedIn Join our community on Discord Hands-On Practice There’s no substitute for hands-on experience. Set up your own Windows 365 environment and experiment with its features. Create different scenarios, troubleshoot issues, and explore various settings to get a practical understanding of how Windows 365 works. This practical approach will help solidify your knowledge and boost your confidence in using the platform. Go for our Interactive Demo for Windows 365 to: https://aka.ms/w365demo Attend Virtual Events and Webinars Save the date now for the third installment of the Microsoft Technical Takeoff for Windows and Microsoft Intune! This free, virtual skilling event will offer prescriptive, technical deep dives and panel-based discussions to help you feel prepared and confident in deploying and managing devices, apps, and experiences from client to cloud! Microsoft Technical Takeoff | Microsoft Community Hub Community events in 2025 to attend Workplace Ninja Summit + local user groups Workplace Ninja Summit is another amazing community event where you can learn about all things Intune and Windows 365. Its goal is to share knowledge with the community and to make workplace management with Microsoft Technologies simpler for everybody. Dates: 22 - 25 September 2025 More information can be found at Workplace Ninja Summit 2025 UK edition Workplace Ninjas UK 2025 - Expo + Breakouts | Edinburgh - 16 - 17 June 2025 Australia edition Workplace Ninja Australia Tour 2025 - Canberra, Fri, Feb 14, 2025, 9:00 AM | Meetup USA edition Workplace Ninjas US | 2025 Two-Day Conference Announcement December 2025 MMS Minnesota The Midwest Management Summit is a 4-day conference purposely capped at 750 attendees so that nobody gets lost in the crowd. Speakers have time to meet and talk to you. There are no people rushing out of a session to get the next speaker going. You have time to absorb what you see and talk it over with speakers and other attendees. Dates: May 4-8, 2025 at the Radisson Blu in Bloomington, MN More information can be found at https://mmsmoa.com/ MEM Summit Modern Endpoint Management Summit is an event dedicated to exploring the latest trends, innovations, and best practices in the field of endpoint management. Dates: 23 - 25 April 2025 - Paris, France Learn more about the event via: MEM Summit 2025 EUC Tech Summit Denmark EUCtech Denmark, an independent organization focusing on End User Computing technologies from Citrix and Microsoft. Dates: May 22, 2025 @ 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Learn more: EUCtech Denmark AVD Techfest AVD TechFest is an international festival bringing industry experts, vendors, and community speakers together to share and discover best practices for Windows 365 and Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) technology. Learn more at avdtechfest.com Stay in touch with us. Learning about Windows 365 in 2025 is an ongoing journey that combines official resources, community engagement, and hands-on experience. By tapping into these diverse learning avenues, you can stay ahead of the curve and fully harness the potential of Windows 365 to transform your digital workspace. Oh, and if you did not already, make sure to follow me on Linkedin to stay connected! Happy learning! Christiaan d.(Azure) Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool now available
Optimizing images has always been an important component of preparing images as part of a traditional Remote Desktop Services (RDS) infrastructure or virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Optimizing session hosts, in particular, can increase user density and eventually lower costs. With the Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool, you can optimize your Windows 10, version 2004 multi- and single-session deployments in Windows Virtual Desktop. Note: The information in this post is community-driven; nothing has yet been officially launched by the Windows Virtual Desktop product team. Credit goes to Robert M. Smith and Tim Muessig from Microsoft, previously known as the VDIGuys, for creating this tool and make it available for free for the community. Windows 10 multi-session image name change As noted in recent announcements, Office 365 ProPlus is now Microsoft 365 apps for Enterprise. With this name change, we have updated the Windows Virtual Desktop image names in Azure Marketplace. As a result, when you are looking for an image in the Azure Marketplace image gallery, you should begin by selecting Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session, version 2004 + Microsoft 365 Apps – Gen1 as your baseline image. How the Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool works The (Windows) Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool disables services in the operating system that you most likely won’t need for your Windows Virtual Desktop session host. To make sure that your line-of-business (LOB) applications continue running as they should, there are some preliminary steps that should first performed. Note: There are settings default disabled when you run the scrip out of the box such as AppX Packages for the Windows Calculator. We strongly suggest analyzing the tool via the JSON files that include the default settings. This also gives you the opportunity to enable them before running the tool so they remain untouched. I'll explain more about this later on in the article. The full list of enhancements for native Windows services will be available soon. Bookmark Run and tune your Remote Desktop Services environment for the latest updates. Expected performance gains Windows Virtual Desktop value-added services provider and Microsoft partner LoginVSI performed early tests with the Virtual Desktop Optimization Too and gained over 100 users in their internal benchmarking lab environment with a Windows 10, version 2004 single session. We, therefore, assume that this gain will also be possible with Windows 10 Enterprise multi-session. VSImax asserts a maximum number of users that are able to log on to the virtual desktop hosts pool as part of the underlying infrastructure. That number is the "sweet spot" as going over that number will decrease performance for all users. (Thanks to LoginVSI for sharing these results with us.) Note: We recommend you use simulation tools to test your deployment using both stress tests and real-life usage simulations to ensure that your system is responsive and resilient enough to meet user needs Remember to vary the load size to avoid surprises. Desktops in the Cloud on Performance Optimizations for Windows Virtual Desktop with Robert and Tim (aka VDI Guys) We recently had the creators of the Virtual Desktop Optimization tool as guests on our Desktops in the Cloud video-podcast. Robert and Tim explained everything you should know, as well as best practices and lessons learned. A must watch in extension to this article. Watch it below. How to use the Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool The Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool makes it possible to disable uncommon services for virtual desktop environments, such as Windows Virtual Desktop. Note: We recommend that you run the script after the Sysprep (System Preparation) process, most likely as startup script w with a large set of virtual machines. This is due to the AppX Packages that conflict and most likely the sysprep will fail. Download all scripts from the Virtual-Desktop-Optimization-Tool GitHub repository. Select Clone or download, followed by Download ZIP. Unzip the folder to your Windows Virtual Desktop session host(s) to a specified folder (e.g. C:\Optimize or C:\Temp). Note: You could also run the scripts as part of your image management procedure e.g. Azure image Builder (AIB) or Azure DevOps. Important information before running the tool There are settings default disabled when you run the scrip out of the box such as AppX Packages for the Windows Calculator. We strongly suggest analyzing the tool via the JSON files that include the default settings. This also gives you the opportunity to enable them before running the tool so they remain untouched. You can find the JSON file in the Windows built number folder, under ConfigurationFiles - e.g. C:\Optimize\2004\ConfigurationFiles. You've to put the settings to Enabled - that you want to keep as default. Below is the example file for AppX Packages, there are JSON files for Services and scheduled tasks as well. Another option is to remove the while entry out of the JSON file. AppxPackages.json - Example Windows Calculator App { "AppxPackage": "Microsoft.WindowsCalculator", "VDIState": "Enabled", "URL": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-calculator/9wzdncrfhvn5", "Description": "Microsoft Calculator app" }, Services.json - example Windows Update Service { "Name": "UsoSvc", "VDIState": "Enabled", "Description": "Update Orchestrator service, manages Windows Updates. If stopped, your devices will not be able to download and install the latest updates." }, Prepare to launch Windows PowerShell and select Run as Administrator. In PowerShell, change the directory to the folder to which you downloaded the scripts, e.g. C:\Optimize or your own specific folder. Run the following command: Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Run the Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool using the following command: .\Win10_VirtualDesktop_Optimize.ps1 -WindowsVersion 2004 -Verbose Note: When you use a different version of Windows 10, you must change the WindowsVersion parameter. Version 1803 and later are supported for Windows 10 Enterprise. Windows 10 multi-session support is only available with Windows 10, version 2004 and later. Select Yes when prompted to reboot the session hosts(s). Start your Windows Virtual Desktop session. As you can see in the Task Manager comparison below, the number of threads and handles has decreased noticeably after running the Virtual Desktop Optimization Tool. Do you have any problems with orphaned Start Menu shortcuts after running the tool? Have the user open Task Manager, then end the following two processes: ShellExperienceHost.exe StartMenuExperienceHost.exe Have them check the Start Menu and they should be gone. Happy optimizing! 🙂 Let us know your feedback on the tool in the comment section below. Prefer to watch and learn? There’s also a video on Azure Academy available later this week by Dean Cefola. You can find it here.How To Learn about Windows 365 Cloud PC in 2022 to jumpstart your implementation
With the increased demand and interest in Windows 365 Cloud PC, this might be a good moment to summarize all the resources available online that can help ramp you up on the technical and business aspects to get started. " With Windows 365, we’re bringing the operating system to the cloud and creating a new category: the cloud PC, providing organizations with greater flexibility and a secure way to empower their workforce, regardless of location.” – Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Let’s get started and show you all the resources that are freely available on the internet to kick the tires with Windows 365 Cloud PC as part of your journey to SaaS-based Cloud PCs. Microsoft certification course Learning about Windows 365 will soon be something you can get rewarded on as well. We are working on an official Modern Desktop Administrator. You can already follow the instructor-led training courses to get trained on Windows 365 today! Stay tuned, more news coming soon! Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate - Learn | Microsoft Docs What's new in Windows 365 Learn what new features are available in Windows 365. What's new in Windows 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Docs Windows 365 for Partners Grow your Microsoft 365 cloud services business with Windows 365, the following resources will help you establish maximum benefit from the Microsoft cloud as a Partner. Windows 365 Official Partner Portal Page Windows 365 Partner FAQ Windows 365 Partner PowerPoint deck Windows 365 Official Training material Windows 365 Product Brochure Technical deployment guide Upcoming partner (free) sales training March 31, 2022, 8:00-9:00 AM, Pacific time Register here: https://aka.ms/W365Salestraining1 April 5, 2022, 5:00-6:00 PM, Pacific time Register here: https://aka.ms/W365Salestraining2 April 7, 2022, 8:00-9:00 AM, Pacific time Register here: https://aka.ms/w365technicaltraining1 April 12, 2022, 5:00-6:00 PM, Pacific time Register here: https://aka.ms/w365technicaltraining2 Windows 365 PowerPoint presentations We know like no other that content is sometimes more important than the technology itself to share the benefits for business before starting a proof-of-concept implementation. Therefore, we made our official Microsoft presentation material publicly available for anyone. L100 overview deck of Windows 365 Enterprise L100 overview deck of Windows 365 Business Windows 365 Business vs Enterprise comparison deck L300 technical deep-dive deck of Windows 365 Enterprise Paperback book: Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager and Windows 365 One of the main reasons for the slow adoption of Modern Workplace solutions designed to simplify the management layer of your environment is the lack of understanding and knowledge of the product. With this book, you'll learn everything you need to know to make the shift to Modern Workplace, running Windows 10, Windows 11, or Windows 365. You can order it here: Amazon.com: Mastering Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Deploy and manage Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows 365 on both physical and cloud PCs: 9781801078993: Brinkhoff, Christiaan, Larsen, Per, Pan, Ken, Manchester, Scott: Books Windows in the Cloud – YouTube webcast series This free live Microsoft Teams webcast series highlights new features, best practices from both Microsoft Engineering and the community, and Windows 365 success stories. We hope you’ll join us right here as we explore technology-focused topics alongside members of the community, Microsoft Engineering, customers, and users. Episode 6: Windows 365 Enterprise and Azure AD join support with Christian Montoya Episode 5: Monitoring, endpoint analytics, and alerting for Windows 365 with Navnith Ramkrishnan Episode 4: Windows 365 Business deep dive with Joydeep Mukherjee Episode 3: Learn from the Experts – MVPs with MVP Anoop Nair Episode 2: Windows 365 at Microsoft Ignite with Scott Manchester Episode 1: Welcome to the Show with Jen Gentleman Demo bytes Create Windows 365 Enterprise Azure AD Join Cloud PCs on your own network How to use the Windows 365 Web Portal the best way possible How to make your Windows 365 Cloud PC users a local administrator How to proactively monitor your Windows 365 Cloud PCs with Endpoint Analytics Windows 365 Business – deep dive technical walkthrough Windows 365 Business is a version of Windows 365 made specifically for use in smaller companies (up to 300 seats). It offers an easy, streamlined way of providing Cloud PCs to your users. Learn in this blog how to configure it. Get started with Windows 365 Business - Microsoft Tech Community Windows 365 Enterprise – deep dive technical walkthrough Find out what you need to know to jump into this new service and make it even easier for your users to connect to Windows running in the Microsoft cloud. Learn in this blog how to configure it. Get started with Windows 365 Enterprise - Microsoft Tech Community How to configure Windows 365 Enterprise Azure AD join (mindcore.dk) Universal Print, Defender, and OneDrive with Windows 365 Learn about how to use Windows 365 with other Microsoft 365 Cloud services such as Universal Print and Defender! Get started with Universal Print and Windows 365 Cloud PC - Microsoft Tech Community Learn how to configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for your Windows 365 cloud PCs and physical endpoints via Microsoft Endpoint Manager Learn how to exclude files and extensions in Windows 365 cloud PCs from syncing in to OneDrive via both GPOs and Microsoft Endpoint Manager Linkedin Learning – Deploy, Provision and Manage Windows 365 Cloud PCs by Brian Posey Learn more about how to configure and enable supporting infrastructure in Azure to create a virtual remote network. Get the skills you need to deploy a secure, manageable network, setting up your organization for success. Brian shows you why Windows 365 is so appealing, as it combines the simplicity of the PC with the security and power of the cloud. Welcome to Windows 365 | Linkedin Learning (linkedin.com) Puralsight online training – Windows 365 In this course, Windows 365 Cloud PC, we explore the value of Windows 365 and walk through accessing your cloud PC from both a browser and through an app called Remote Desktop. Windows 365 Cloud PC | Pluralsight Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Windows Autopilot, Windows 365 | Pluralsight Ask Microsoft Anything – Windows 365 New series! Join us every month with your questions about Windows 365 features, deployment, customization, and best practices. During these one-hour Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA) events, we'll have members of the Microsoft engineering and product teams ready to help and provide answers. Not sure where to start? Watch our Windows in the Cloud web series to catch up on the latest. Upcoming AMAs: Ask Microsoft Anything: Windows 365 - February 2022 Ask Microsoft Anything: Windows 365 - March 2022 Ask Microsoft Anything: Windows 365 - April 2022 Ask Microsoft Anything: Windows 365 - May 2022 Ask Microsoft Anything: Windows 365 - June 2022 Microsoft Mechanics Watch as Microsoft engineers show you how to get the most from the software, service, and hardware they built. Through in-product demos, recommendations, how-to's, and tips, they simplify complex topics so you can share them with clients, peers, and your management team. Windows 365, your Cloud PC | What it is, how it works, and how to set it up - YouTube Windows 365 admin setup and management tutorial for Cloud PCs - YouTube Microsoft Docs Official product documentation for Windows 365 Business Windows 365 Enterprise documentation | Microsoft Docs Windows 365 Business documentation | Microsoft Docs Windows 365 Feedback portal Share your ideas for future features and functionality for Windows 365—and vote on your favorites! Windows 365 feature requests - Microsoft Tech Community Windows 365 Roadmap To help in your readiness and planning, this page lists Windows 365 updates and features that are in development but not yet released. In development - Windows 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Docs Become a Microsoft MVP for Windows 365 Do you aspire to be a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Windows 365? We just announced our new program. If you're interested in becoming an MVP, please reach out to me on social media! Join our Windows 365 Community – led by MVPs! We are a group of EUC, Enterprise Mobility and Azure specialists, sharing their knowledge actively with the wider virtual desktop communities. Our community is open to everyone, and several Microsoft MVPs will keep you posted every week on the latest news and announcements of Windows 365! Welcome to the brand new Windows 365 Community! - Windows 365 Community (w365community.com)(free event) Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop | 4th edition!
April 9, 2021 - 12:00PM - 7:00PM CET | (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris This is the 4th edition marking our one year celebration with Microsoft meets Community! After the great success of last three events, started in April 2020 - with a total of over 8 thousand registrations, we’re doing it again. On Thursday the 9th of April we will host another free virtual Community Event around Windows Virtual Desktop and we celebrate our One Year anniversary! The event will be hosted by Christiaan Brinkhoff, Principal Program Manager and Community Lead at Microsoft, and Dean Cefola, Sr. FastTrack Engineer. This is a free community event organized for Microsoft customers and partners where will bring top speakers to share news, insights, and experiences to the field from the best speakers out of the community. Share this event invite with your friends, colleagues, or on social media – also to receive the recording! It promises to be another great day. Don’t miss out – simply register now to reserve your free seat! Register here: https://info.microsoft.com/WE-WVD-WBNR-FY21-04Apr-09-MicrosoftmeetsCommunityWindowsVirtualDesktop4thedition-SRDEM58777_LP01Registration-ForminBody.html?wt.mc_id=AID3017714_QSG_505879 Agenda: 12:00 – 12:05 (GMT/UTC+1) Virtual event – 5 minutes – walk in 12:05 – 12:15 Desktops in the Cloud – 10 tips and tricks in 10 minutes – by Christiaan and Dean 12:15 – 13:00 Empowering your WVD deployments with Project Bicep, experiences from the field! - Freek Berson, MVP 13:00 – 13:45 Secure and Manage Windows Virtual Desktop with Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Aaron Parker, MVP (veteran) 13:45 – 14:00 Quick “stretch your legs & bio” break 14:00 – 14:45 Mastering Azure Image Builder (AIB) for advanced image management – Dean Cefola, Microsoft FastTrack 14:45 – 15:30 MSIX packaging fundamentals and App-V migration scenarios – Tim Mangan, MVP (AppVirt Guru) 15:30 – 16:15 FSLogix deep-dive - all the things you should know – James Kindon (EUC and Mobility Expert) 16:15 – 17:00 Quick second “stretch your legs & bio” break 17:00 - 17:45 MSIX app attach – level 500+ deep-dive & latest product updates – Stefan Georgiev, Microsoft Engineering 17:45 – 18:15 A deep-dive into the world of Universal Print and Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Christiaan Brinkhoff, Microsoft Engineering 18:15 – 19:00 Latest Windows Virtual Desktop “demos only!” Ignite updates – Pieter Wigleven, Microsoft EngineeringRegister TODAY for (free) event - Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop. 19 days left.
December 11, 2020 - 11:15 / 17:00 CEST | (GMT+02:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris Following the success of September’s event, when over a thousand people gathered online to discuss Windows Virtual Desktop, we’re inviting you to another free learning day on December 11th. The event will be hosted by Christiaan Brinkhoff, Principal Program Manager and Community Lead at Microsoft, and Dean Cefola, Sr. FastTrack Engineer. This time we’re going to put security and containers under the spotlight, with MVPs joining us to share their learnings. During the event you’ll be able to ask the experts anything you want, access exclusive content and resources, as well as meet and mix with the WVD worldwide community. Register here: https://info.microsoft.com/WE-WVD-WBNR-FY21-12Dec-11-MicrosoftmeetsCommunityWindowsVirtualDesktop-SRDEM48757_LP01Registration-ForminBody.html?wt.mc_id=AID3017714_QSG_490080 It promises to be another great day. Don’t miss out – simply register now to reserve your free seat. Agenda Time Session 11:15 – 11:30 Virtual walk-in 11:30 – 11:45 Desktops in the Cloud – opening session w/ Christiaan and Dean! 11:45 – 12:30 Learn how to migrate traditional workloads to Windows Virtual Desktop and beyond - Marius Sandbu, Microsoft MVP 12:30 – 13:15 Customer story: Lessons learned from a 20k WVD production deployment – Jenny Sheerin, Microsoft MVP 13:15 – 13:30 Quick “stretch your legs” break 13:30 – 14:15 Sharing Tips and Tricks on how to Manage Windows Virtual Desktop via Intune in Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Anoop C Nair, Microsoft MVP 14:15 – 15:00 Container up your applications: fast, secure and efficient with MSIX app attach - Patrick Köhler 15:00 – 15:45 Personalize and automate your Windows Virtual Desktop images using a validated vendor best practices way – Matthias Schlimm 15:45 – 16:30 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity (BCDR) options for Windows Virtual Desktop - Ryan Mangan 16:30 – 17:00 Closing session from Windows Virtual Desktop Engineering - User Experience and protocol updates - behind the scenes - Sandeep Patnaik, PM lead, MicrosoftNow available! Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop (second edition) recordings
I still remember it as if it was yesterday, writing the recap of the first edition of this Microsoft meets Community event. I started the article with “A huge success—cannot say more”. This second event exceeded my most humble expectations as we had 2830 registrations and almost 1100 live attendees in total - this second event. 500 more than last. “Community is like a big family” Encouraged by feedback from the community after the 1st edition, we brought together again a great set of speakers envisioning the virtual desktop of the future, sharing learnings, best practices, tools, and services. Closing the event with a product update session from Microsoft colleague from the WVD Engineering team, Pieter Wigleven - out of Redmond. THANK YOU to all the speakers, everyone who attended, and everyone's overall support! We need you! Are you interested in speaking at the next Microsoft meets Community event? Sharing your best practices, field experience, or customer story related to Windows Virtual Desktop - feel free to reach out to me via social media! Virtual backstage footage Some of the behind the scenes pictures of the recording as well as the virtual ON24 platform we used on the day itself. Some of the feedback of attendees. Here’s some of the feedback we received via social media directly after the event. A great session loaded with good tips and information, thanks 😎 Thanks, Christiaan Brinkhoff, it was great! Valuable content for the WVD community. Enjoyed the session today. Thanks again! Great event full of valuable information for all of us! 👍 Great sessions. Keep on track Session Recording You can find all the recordings, and community contact details below to keep informed about the content and the speaker of our second event! Names are in order of original agenda times. #1 – Opening Keynote – Envision the (virtual) desktop of the future – Christiaan Brinkhoff Recording – Twitter – Blog #2 - The power of a community and some WVD Lessons learned from the field – Neil McLoughlin and Stefan Dingemanse from wvdcommunity.com Recording – Twitter (Neil) - Blog (Neil) – Twitter (Stefan) - Blog (Stefan) Make sure to follow the website wvdcommunity.com as well as their Twitter. #3 - Windows Virtual Desktop: Automation (with Azure DevOps, Azure Image Builder, ARM Templates & PowerShell) – Esther Barthel Recording – Twitter – Blog #4 - Sharing everything you want to know about Windows Virtual Desktop – notes from the field – Robin Hobo and Gertjan Jongeneel Recording – deck – Twitter (Robin) – Blog (Robin) – Twitter (Gertjan) #5 - Exploring perceived WVD user experience – Benny Tritsch Recording – Twitter - Blog #6 - Session Host Auto Scaling and Monitoring with Log Analytics – Travis Roberts from Ciraltos.com Recording – Twitter - Blog #7 - Pieter Wigleven - WVD Engineering, from Redmond - Recent product updates! Recording – Twitter - BlogNow available. Desktops in the Cloud Episode 3: What's new from Microsoft Ignite
Now available. Desktops in the Cloud Episode 3: What's new from Microsoft Ignite Hi WVD Community! Something to watch during the weekend. In this episode, (yes, it's number 3 already!) Dean and I invited Pieter Wigleven, one of the Program Manager leads from the Windows Virtual Desktop Engineering team to walk us through all the new announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020 that happened last week. He showed us some great interactive demo's around MSIX app attach via the Azure Portal, Microsoft Endpoint Manager integration for Windows 10 Enterprise, Start VM on Connect, and way more. Did this make you curious? Let's watch episode number #3! 0:00 #1 Intro 3:00 #2 Region availability updates 05:21 #3 Microsoft Endpoint Manager demo 08:00 #4 Microsoft Defender ATP demo 14:00 #5 MSIX app attach via Azure Portal 17:00 #6 Windows Virtual Desktop Quickstart tool insights 19:53 #7 Azure Monitor workbooks 21:03 #8 VM start on Connect feature 22:03 #9 Closing Feel free to share it broader. Episode link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsgWHpA7Uz0&feature=youtu.beNew Azure Solutions Center documentation on Microsoft FSLogix for the enterprise - NOW available!
This article provides insights on designing, sizing, and implementing a Microsoft FSLogix Profile Container solution for large enterprises, as well as shows how to avoid performance problems in production. This article is an extension of the Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) at an earlier released Windows Virtual Desktop at enterprise scale article. We cover the following topics: FSLogix filter driver architecture - explained Profile Container and Office Container Multiple profile connections Performance requirements Storage options for FSLogix profile containers General Best practices Azure Files best practices Azure NetApp Files best practices Storage permissions Storage exclusions Antivirus exclusions When to use Cloud Cache Disaster recovery Backup and Restore Maintenance Best practice settings for enterprises There has been done some hard work behind the scenes to get this document ready and online. By WVD Engineering, GBB, Fast Track, Azure CAT - thanks to everyone involved. FSLogix Best Practices shortlink: aka.ms/fslogixbestpractices Windows Virtual Desktop Best Practices shortlink: aka.ms/wvdbestpractices Read the full contribution here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/wvd/windows-virtual-desktop-fslogixNow available, Podcast Desktops in the Cloud - episode 1 with WVD group PM Manager Kam VedBrat
The Desktops in the Cloud - video podcast has been released! WE ARE LIVE! After months of preparation, we finally released our new technical-driven video podcast called: Desktops in the Cloud. Together with my good friend Dean Cefola (from Azure Academy) we are interviewing people from Microsoft engineering and as well the world-wide virtual desktop community. The main goal is to provide the community deep dive content and stories behind the scenes, on e.g. how Windows Virtual Desktop has been started, what are the stories behind the program managers, and what are the latest updates. Our first episode is a very special one. We had Kam VedBrat on the show who's responsible for leading the Windows Virtual Desktop Engineering team in Redmond. You can watch it here on-demand. We hope you like the concept and become a re-occurring follower of our show. If you are interested in participating in an episode, feel free to approach us via social media – or via our submissions form here. Please follow Desktops in the Cloud ►Website: https://www.desktopsinthecloud.com ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/DesktopsCloud ►LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/desktops-in-the-cloud ►YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv0_Y1wcKvTnLOEmf-3S45Q/ ►Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ii6zQOL4ShUYUg18Tn5g7Virtual event - Microsoft meets Community: Windows Virtual Desktop is back!
I'm very happy to announce the second edition of our Microsoft meets Community event around Windows Virtual Desktop. This is a free community event organized for Microsoft customers and partners where will bring top well-known speakers to share news, insights, and experiences to the field. The last event was a great success with over 2200 registrations - and therefore we decided to take the event to the next step! We have plenty of virtual seats, so feel free to amplify this event! 30 September 2020 - 11:45 / 17:00 CEST Registration link: aka.ms/wvdevent2020 (Customers can use the link as well to receive the recordings afterward) Agenda 11:50 - 12:15 | Christiaan Brinkhoff – Envision the (virtual) desktop of the future – opening Keynote 12:15 - 13:00 | Neil McLoughlin and Stefan Dingemanse from wvdcommunity.com – The power of a community and some WVD Lessons learned from the field 13:00 - 13:45 | Esther Barthel - Windows Virtual Desktop: Automation (with Azure DevOps, Azure Image Builder, ARM Templates & PowerShell) 13:45 - 14:00 | Quick “stretch your legs” break 14:00 - 14:45 | Robin Hobo and Gertjan Jongeneel – Sharing everything you want to know about Windows Virtual Desktop - notes from the field 14:45 - 15:30 | Benny Tritsch – Exploring perceived WVD user experience 15:30 - 16:15 | Travis Roberts from Ciraltos.com – Session Host Auto Scaling and Monitoring with Log Analytics 16:15 - 17:00 | Pieter Wigleven - WVD Engineering, from Redmond - Recent product updates!Azure Friday episode – Enabling secure remote work using Windows Virtual Desktop
Enabling secure remote work using Windows Virtual Desktop | Azure Friday Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is a comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service running in Azure to enable secure remote work. Christiaan Brinkhoff joins Scott Hanselman to show how WVD is different from other desktop virtualization technologies, as well as how easy it is to implement and maintain. Deploy and scale your Windows desktops and apps on Azure in minutes and get built-in security and compliance features. 0:00 - Introduction 0:25 - Episode start 1:07 - WVD architecture 3:40 - Deploying WVD in the Azure portal 7:30 - Managing host pools and sessions 10:17 - Azure Log Analytics and Azure Monitor 12:10 - Connecting to virtual desktops and apps 15:00 - Centralized storage for profiles and files 17:00 - High-performance virtual desktops 19:00 - Using Teams in WVD 21:13 - Virtual applications (MSIX app attach) 23:21 - Feature roadmap & episode wrap-up Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL1LpGpGRIo&feature=youtu.beNow available! Azure Architecture Center - Windows Virtual Desktop at enterprise scale
Azure Architecture Center - Windows Virtual Desktop at enterprise scale Hi WVD Community! I’m very pleased to announce that our first Azure Architecture Center contribution on Windows Virtual Desktop at Enterprise Scale - has been released. This is definitely one resource you want to bookmark. This article helps Desktop Architects, Cloud Architects, Desktop admins and more folks to design proactively at Enterprise scale. Enterprise-scale solutions generally cover 1,000 virtual desktops and above. Windows Virtual Desktop is a desktop and application virtualization service that runs in the Azure cloud. This article helps Desktop Infrastructure Architects, Cloud Architects, Desktop Administrators, or System Administrators explore Windows Virtual Desktop and build virtualized desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions at enterprise scale. Enterprise-scale solutions generally cover 1,000 virtual desktops and above. The following topics are being covered. Relevant use cases Architecture components Cost considerations Enterprise architectural considerations Servicing session hosts Windows servicing Azure subscription limitations Azure Virtual Machines – session hosts Sizing recommendations per session host Read the complete article here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/example-scenario/wvd/windows-virtual-desktopProactively monitor ARM-based Windows Virtual Desktop with Azure Log Analytics and Azure Monitor
Proactively monitor ARM-based Windows Virtual Desktop with Azure Log Analytics and Azure Monitor In this post, we’ll explain how to configure Azure Monitor with Azure Log Analytics in Microsoft Azure, so you can proactively monitor your Azure Resource Manager (ARM)-based Windows Virtual Desktop environment. As shown in the diagram below, Azure Monitor can collect diagnostic data and operational insights from a variety of sources. You can monitor data for your workspace and virtual machine (VM) performance as well as tiered session information from your host pools, operating system and the services it relies on, and the platform itself. By following the steps in this post, you can create a dashboard that provides access to insights about key elements of your Windows Virtual Desktop deployment, such as: Session details Session diagnostics User specific reporting Session performance Host performance Disk performance Read the complete article here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/proactively-monitor-arm-based-windows-virtual-desktop-with-azure/ba-p/1508735Microsoft Learn modules for Windows Virtual Desktop ARM-based now available!
Microsoft Learn modules for Windows Virtual Desktop ARM-based now available! Good Day WVD Community! I'm happy to share that the new Microsoft Learn modules for Windows Virtual Desktop ARM-based are now available! Created by the Microsoft field and Engineering teams. If you receive any feedback, please let me/us know. Modules: Introduction to Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure Prepare for Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure Deploy Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure Optimize Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure The content also includes some new technical drawings on WVD in general and with FSLogix and (future) app attach.Re: [ NEW ] Windows IT Pro: Getting started: Windows Virtual Desktop ARM-based Azure portal
More info on adding your ARM account to the Windows Client can be found here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-virtual-desktop/windows-client-for-spring-update-2020-subscription-error/m-p/1390215#M4020
