Disclaimer : This post documents some of my findings when carrying out my own research and understanding the threat of Credential Grabbing. This was also to provide awareness to the End-user Computing community regarding this issue. Links to tools and some of the specifics around the attack have been deliberately omitted from this article. However,... Continue Reading →
Introduction In this article we will take a look at deploying a Azure Virtual Desktop environment using the Quick start feature "AVD QuickStart". I will be deploying to an Existing Active Directory in this example. You will need to ensure, that your network and Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) is configured before starting. Here is... Continue Reading →
Introduction This is a quick article to show you how to configure MFA with a conditional Access policy for Windows365. Please note that I am using Windows 365 Business and a developer licence from Microsoft. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/dev-program Steps: These high level steps will guide you through the process of setting up MFA and creating a conditional... Continue Reading →
Introduction This article looks at the performance metrics of Windows 365, aka the cloud PC. The desired outcome of these tests was to understand the overall performance metrics, including limitations for a Cloud PC user. Benchmark testing can provide an insight into how applications would behave and perform in a production environment. For example, the... Continue Reading →
Introduction Over the last couple of years, there has been significate investment and change in the Desktop Virtualization Sector. A growing number of great content providers and creators spend their personal time producing content/free material for the wider community to help with technical projects and to help others learn about a specific subjects. The purpose... Continue Reading →
Introduction: Over the last year I have been collaborating with Microsoft on a number of FREE resources for those who are planning or looking at Azure Virtual Desktop and VMware Horizon Cloud or Citrix Cloud with Azure Virtual Desktop. Not only are these eBooks a great source of information, they can also be used for... Continue Reading →
Introduction Windows 11 at the time of writing this post is currently launched as an insider preview. On the announcement of Windows 11, Microsoft did state that there are a number of minimum requirements that need to be met to run Windows 11. In this quick guide, I will show you how to configure a... Continue Reading →
Introduction Microsoft announced the Windows 365 Cloud PC on the 14th of July 2021 at Microsoft Inspire 2021. Windows 365, also known as the cloud PC is a new cloud service that introduces a new world of working and experience using Windows 10/11. Windows365 takes the traditional PC operating system to the cloud. This is... Continue Reading →
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