Introduction: In this article we will look at identifying and resolving the most common performance issues that can occur in Windows Virtual Desktop Environments. Following the provided steps in this article, you will be able to identify issues relating to capacity, constraint and overall performance lag. There are four (4) Key areas when troubleshooting performance... Continue Reading →
Introduction: The concept of secure browser isolation and Hardware\OS isolation has been raised a few times in relation to Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). I thought it would be prudent to delve into a bit of detail on the security possibility's and to mention a analogy I came up with to assist with explaining how Reverse... Continue Reading →
Introduction Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) offers two flavours of Load balancing known as Breadth-First and Depth-First. In this article I cover both methods. Please note that load balancing is assigned and configured per Host pool, If you operate multiple host pools, you would need to deploy the load balancing configuration to each host pool required.... Continue Reading →
Introduction One key benefit of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is the ability to spin up Windows 10 instances with Graphics Cards (GPU's) on the fly. Where as traditionally it would take significantly longer to deliver GPU graphics to on-premises VDI solutions, due to procurement, logistics and implementation. You can find out more about the different... Continue Reading →
Introduction: This is a quick post to show you how to configure the RDP feed for WVD. I will also detail how to automate the feed deployment using GPO. Getting Started: 1 - Manual Method Navigate to: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\RemoteApp and Desktop Connections. Then Click on the Access RemoteApp and desktops. You will... Continue Reading →
Delegated Access overview: A useful component that comes with Windows Virtual Desktop is the WVD delegated access model. This function lets you define and control access at various levels of the WVD Structure. The role assignment has three key components, which include: Security principal, Role definition and Scope. One point to note is that WVD... Continue Reading →
Introduction: Microsoft first published the Windows Virtual Desktop Management UX files in March 2019. This is a management tool for WVD which provides a User interface for managing WVD resources rather than using PowerShell for the day to day running. This tool does provide IT admins and 1st line support engineers a GUI interface to... Continue Reading →
