How to deploy domain controllers with Terraform

How to deploy domain controllers with Terraform

Hi everyone, Welcome to another deploying Azure resources with Terraform blogpost. As you all know the support for Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 is stopping. Because of this a lot of companies need to deploy new domain controllers. In this blogpost I’ll show you the deployment of 2 domain controllers in West Europe with…

Azure Back To School 2023: Configure the backup of FSLogix profiles with Terraform

Azure Back To School 2023: Configure the backup of FSLogix profiles with Terraform

Hi everybody, Welcome to another blog post about Azure Virtual Desktop in combination with Terraform. This blog post is written for the Azure Back to School community event. This is a annual community event during the month september. Each day community members share their knowlegde with blogposts, videos,… You can check out all content here.…

Use Custom Image Template scripts in Nerdio to customize your AVD image

Use Custom Image Template scripts in Nerdio to customize your AVD image

Hi everyone, Welcome to another blogpost about AVD in combination with Nerdio. In this blog post I’ll take a look at a new and very easy way to customise your AVD images in Nerdio. If you have already worked with Nerdio you will know the scripted actions feature.  This will allow you to execute Azure…

Azure Spring Clean 2023: Configure Microsoft Defender For Cloud Continuous Export for an Azure Virtual Desktop Subscription with Terraform

Azure Spring Clean 2023: Configure Microsoft Defender For Cloud Continuous Export for an Azure Virtual Desktop Subscription with Terraform

Hi there, Welcome to my contribution for this year’s Azure Spring Clean 2023. It’s a community event taking place from march 13 until march 17th. For more info check the website here. Security is a very important part of your journey to and in Azure. If anything happens in your environment you need to be…

Enable Azure Disk Encryption on an AVD session host using a Nerdio scripted action

Enable Azure Disk Encryption on an AVD session host using a Nerdio scripted action

Hi there, Welcome to another Azure Virtual Desktop blog post where I combine AVD with the power of Nerdio. Security is a big subject these days and you want to make sure that you have enough security on each layer. You can have security on your Azure network but you also need to secure your…

Add a new session host to an existing host pool the easy way with Terraform

Add a new session host to an existing host pool the easy way with Terraform

In my last couple of blog posts about deploying an AVD host pool and session hosts I always deploy all the resources in one deployment. Till now Terraform couldn’t load the host pool in your main.tf file other then with an import command. Recently I got a question from a community member if I had…

Deploy Private Endpoints for Azure Virtual Desktop with Terraform

Deploy Private Endpoints for Azure Virtual Desktop with Terraform

Hello and welcome to another Azure Virtual Desktop with Terraform blog post. In this blog I’ll show you how you can automate the deployment of private endpoints for AVD. Networking and security are 2 very important components in Azure. By default, the Azure Virtual Desktop is available through the internet. With the option to use…