Mar 02 2021 07:41 AM - edited Mar 02 2021 07:50 AM
We hope you are all enjoying the Microsoft Ignite conference. Here are some announcements on Windows Virtual Desktop that you will be hearing during the event.
Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop - Provides a centralized view with all the monitoring telemetry and visualizations you need to debug and troubleshoot issues. We have received amazing feedback during the public preview and have made several updates to this capability including:
Thank you for the support during the public preview. We expect to make Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop generally available in next few weeks, with additional updates in store. Learn more about Azure Monitor for Windows Virtual Desktop
In case you had missed, here’re some recent announcements we made leading up to Microsoft Ignite.
EU metadata storage now in public preview - We have a public preview of the Europe (EU) geography as a storage option for service metadata in Windows Virtual Desktop. Customers can choose between West or North Europe when they create their service objects. The service objects and metadata for the host pools will be stored in the Azure geography associated with each region. To learn more, read our blog post announcing the public preview
Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification - We announced a new Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty Certification for professionals planning, delivering, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps on Azure. The related Exam AZ-140: Configuring and operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure will be available soon in beta version.
Smartcard authentication – You can now use smartcard authentication (available in public preview) with the Windows client from outside the corporate network without requiring line-of-sight to the Domain Controller. Learn more about supported authentication methods.
You can keep track of these and other news about Windows Virtual Desktop in our what’s new page.
Mar 02 2021 03:44 PM
@Kam VedBrat How are there no updates for Teams VDI? I've had to stop my WVD deployment because Teams VDI doesn't work for meetings.
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@Anders Jensen Nah, Azure ADDS works too -- the issue is that essentially, this is just an lite version of an on-prem AD environment. There's still servers behind the scenes, and there's quite a bit of expected functionality that doesn't work -- things like OU structure, etc.
So again, organizations that have bought into cloud-only infrastructure, essentially have to spin up some kind of on-prem infrastructure, whether it's AD using Azure IaaS servers, or using Azure ADDS. This really defeats the purpose -- I should be able to use Azure AD only to handle WVD VMs. Just like any other user device can straight join Azure AD.
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@Quentin Gerlach it is extremely easy to Deploy and integrate AADDS for your session hosts and Azure Files enrolment. Additional cost, yes $100/month for the smallest SKU that will work for a several hundred users environment. SSO option with AD-connect was around for a few months now, also really easy to implement, have a look.
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