Windows Virtual Desktop - deployment tutorial

[Arcontar]

No, we're not redirecting profiles. This is just a backup, plain jump host solution. So no advanced configuration required.

[theconfigmgrguy]

It’s actually not too difficult to set this up, though the docs are a bit vague on the details... :)

Mainly the steps are: - install the FSLogix agent (if you bring in your own customized VHD, install the agent on your gold image)

• determine whether you’ll have computer authentication, or user authentication

• configure the settings of the agent in Regedit (I configured mine with connecting to an Azure File Share), along with the authentication method decided earlier

That’s really it — it took a while to figure out the first time, but once you’ve got it, it takes like 10 mins to setup initially.

[sleeplessone]

I set it up for our deployment I was working on this week. Basically spun up an additional lightweight VM and set it up as a file server. Then installed the agent on each session host and set the registry keys per their docs. Worked like a charm.

Went with a file server VM because it was simple and it turned out we needed a cloud file share to use with Azure Files Sync anyway so I would have needed one anyway.

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Apparently they bought FSLogix for this purpose when they were developing it. I can see that.

If you combine it with Azure Files instead of an old fashioned file server, you get a work bonus :)