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…

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 the Azure Virtual Network Manager (Preview) with Terraform

Deploy the Azure Virtual Network Manager (Preview) with Terraform

Azure Virtual Network Manager is a feature that is currently in public preview. It enables you to view your entire network design in a single pane of glass. You can manage and create network topologies across al your subscriptions using this feature. If you want to learn more about this feature go here In this…

Configure a P2S VPN connection to your Azure Virtual Desktop Environment using Terraform

Configure a P2S VPN connection to your Azure Virtual Desktop Environment using Terraform

So you have an Azure Virtual Desktop environment and you need to check something on a session host. These machines don’t have a public ip address so you need a way of connecting to it on the private ip address. You can use Azure Bastion and connect through the Azure portal or with the native…

Festive Tech Calendar 2022: Deploy a new ADDS forest in Azure without a Remote Desktop Connection

Festive Tech Calendar 2022: Deploy a new ADDS forest in Azure without a Remote Desktop Connection

Hello and welcome to my contribution for the Festive Tech Calendar. This community event is organised by the community for the community. This year they are raising money for Missing People. Check out the website to see all the participants from this year’s edition. Identity and security are 2 of the most important things in…

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…

Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop Session Hosts across availability zones with Terraform

Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop Session Hosts across availability zones with Terraform

This week Tom Hickling shared the news that the host pool deployment now supports availability zones during the AVD deployment. this new feature will speed up the process of deploying your session hosts in for example the 3 availability zones of West Europe. For the people who want to read the official announcement click here.…