Adding Session host image question

[Andrew Harrover]

All:

   so I've got my WVD configured and people are using it.  So far, so good.  I deployed a single  host as it's a proof of concept but customers are interested in it...I've deployed a second session host with the same image as the first and it shows up in the host pool.  However, it has none of the same installed software as the first host.  I'm not shocked by that but it'd be nice to have a way to create a master image.  I did some googling but it seems like most of the information is for those in the enterprise space.  How would I do that for a 2-3 session host environment?

[#2]

@Andrew Harrover I'm not sure how the image is the same but the software is missing.  However, you might want to look at storing your images in a Shared Image Gallery.  When you deploy a new host it will use the latest version of the image from the gallery. You would then just need to update the image and add it to the gallery as a higher version. 

[#3]

@Andrew Harrover 

Yes, using the Shared Image Gallery is defiantly helpful for managing your images.

The steps for setting up your image can be found here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/set-up-customize-master-image

[#4]

Hi @Andrew Harrover 

You should definitely check out Robin Hobo's great guide on this very subject, should only taken an hour or two to build a customer master image with all the software you want on it

https://www.robinhobo.com/windows-virtual-desktop-wvd-image-management-how-to-manage-and-deploy-cust...

Hope it helps!