An essential part of building AVD on Azure Local, is to deploy session hosts. In this article I want to share the template I normally use for this task. It is written in Bicep. Template files deploy vm – bicep template with parameter file The template above should be used with either a Bicep parameter …
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Azure Local – IaC – AVD – Azure DevOps – Configuring the first pipeline file
This article is part of a serie. You can navigate to the main page using this link: Intro This guide walks you through how to configure an Azure DevOps Build Pipeline including: Clone repo to local VS Code There will be many guides on the internet on how to clone a repo from Azure DevOps …
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Azure Local – IaC – AVD (Series)
Modernizing Azure Virtual Desktop Deployments with Azure Local and Infrastructure as Code As cloud environments evolve, so do the tools and strategies we use to manage them. Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) has become a powerful solution for enabling secure, scalable remote work experiences—but deploying and managing AVD at scale can be complex without the right …
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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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Azure Virtual Desktop – Entra ID SSO – Complete Guide
This guide will walk through all the steps required for SSO to work, both within AVD session hosts (auto login to Microsoft applications running within AVD) and from clients to AVD session hosts, then connecting to them.If you only require SSO to work within AVD session hosts, you can skip step 12 (that links to …
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