Redundancy for storage account of user profiles

Azure Storage Accounts are a vital component in many Azure environments, serving as a versatile solution for various needs – from storing log files to providing data for applications. In my daily work, however, I primarily use them for a very specific purpose: storing user profiles with FSLogix. These profiles play a crucial role in … Weiterlesen …

Configuring the Session Lock Behavior

Since it became possible to log in to AVD Session Hosts with Single Sign-On (SSO), there has been an issue where the session disconnects upon session lock. This problem arises because the lock screen does not offer modern options for unlocking the session. For security reasons, the session was disconnected, assuming that re-authentication would be … Weiterlesen …

Deployment of custom scripts via a storage account with user-assigned managed identity

For the provisioning of session hosts, it can be useful to copy files from a storage account that are required during provisioning or operation. However, these files should not be publicly available and a storage access key should not be used. I can create a short-term shared access signature (SAS) so that a file can … Weiterlesen …

Delete Old FSLogix Profiles with Nerdio

Nerdio provides an Azure Runbook as a Scripted Action, which deletes profiles on a storage account if they are older than a defined number of days. The following parameters are required for execution: I took a closer look and saw the potential for improvement. Authorizations With a Nerdio Manager for Enterprise, I usually also provide … Weiterlesen …

SSO for Azure Virtual Desktop with AD users

I have now activated SSO for Active Directory users in my lab. I already had a configuration that allowed users to log in. The users and the session hosts are already hybrid. Now, the users can log in without entering an additional password. To realize this, I followed the Microsoft documentation: Configure single sign-on for … Weiterlesen …

Session host can no longer be connected

In the last few days, we had an issue at a customer where session hosts were showing as Available, sessions were on them, but no users could connect to them anymore. So they were available first, users could log in. After some time the sessions were disconnected, but the sessions were still present. Logging off … Weiterlesen …