Source article: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/networkatc/update-networkatc?view=windowsserver2025-ps I have worked with a customer that was upgraded from Azure Local 22H2 to 23H2. After upgrade and after configuring Network ATC Intents, we could not continue to solution upgrade because Network ATC Intents was switching between configured/success and validating, for both compute_management and storage intents. After customer worked with Microsoft support, …
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Azure Local – Create Network ATC Intent
To create a Network ATC Intent via PowerShell (either for the first time, doing upgrade from 22H2 til 23H2 where Network ATC was not configured, or doing troubleshooting), we can create it with PowerShell. Prepare If the Intent is already present, make sure to remove it from the node first. If you not want to …
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Azure Local – Lenovo – Firmware and driver patching
Intro It is VERY important to keep physical nodes in an Azure Local Stack up to date with the latest firmware and driver patches. Failing to do so, can lead to network and storage issues within the stack. On Lenovo servers, all nodes within the stack can be updated using Windows Admin Center and the …
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Azure Local – Recreate VM switch for Network ATC Intent
This article contains commands for recreating a VM switch with VM Switch Embedded Team for the Converged Switch for management and compute. This assumes that management and compute is combined in the same Network ATC Intent on your cluster. Normally this is not something you would do, but if you see issues or errors like …
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Email Communication with Azure Communication Services
Intro Sending emails from an application can be very useful. There are also other scenarios where Azure Communication Services can be very useful to implement, e.g. when moving from Exchange Online Basic Auth which Microsoft will retire by September 2025. Key considerations Sending rate limits Microsoft informs about the initial rate limits for the service …
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Azure subscriptions – limit and monitor Pay-as-you-go subscription
Intro There is not direct way to deny administrators the ability to create free trial, Pay-as-you-go and Azure for Students subscriptions in Azure. However their are a few ways to limit and monitor creations. These settings should every organization enable to limit the possibility for users to create subscriptions and resources that is not govern …
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Azure Virtual Desktop – Enable location Services redirection
Enabling location services for users on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) can significantly enhance the user experience and improve the functionality of certain applications. Here’s a detailed description of how and why you should enable these services: OBS: Google Search engine and other webpages that reply only on source IP address will not change location and …
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How to fix common Sysprep issues when capturing AVD Golden Image
If Azure Devops pipeline for capture of new image version from golden image VM fails, and the failed pipeline is caused by failing “VM Sealing” (also called sysprep), most likely it is because of AppX packages on the image VM, that blocks the sysprep from completing. You can take a snapshot of the image VM, …
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Microsoft Teams on AVD – Fix Meeting Add-in
Intro Microsoft Teams is a great app for collaboration. On VDI systems like AVD however, it can be a challenge to install and present to users without any issues. This article is about installation and small workarounds. Bootstrapper installer Instruct Teams to understand it is AVD/VDI It has been reported that Teams is not added …
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Prevent sign-in consent prompt on Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
Before you begin If you have hybrid joined session hosts, remember to first setup SSO using this guide:Azure Virtual Desktop – Entra ID SSO – Complete Guide – Christoffer Klarskov Jakobsen – Microsoft Architect Then configuring AVD, and we have spend some time setting up a nice SSO experience for the users, it is frustrating …
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