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 an Azure NAT Gateway for the outbound Azure Virtual Desktop traffic with Terraform

Deploy an Azure NAT Gateway for the outbound Azure Virtual Desktop traffic with Terraform

By default Azure virtual machine have outbound internet access. You might have the requirement of having a public ip on your resource for outbound connectivity. To avoid having to assign public ip’s on virtual machines, you can choose to use an Azure NAT gateway. If you enable NAT gateway all the devices in the subnet…

AVD news of the week

AVD news of the week

Hello and welcome to another avd news of the week, the first of February 2023. As usual I gathered the latest news from Microsoft and the community so let’s get started. Announcing public preview for watermarking on Azure Virtual Desktop Microsoft has released the watermarking feature in public preview. This new feature will help secure…